Re: 0-60??? (DwightLooi)
I have had a V6 4motion since the end of August, had a Mk3 VR6 before that.
I can tell you, that when you come to a junction, wet or dry roads, and see a gap, you just put your foot down a little and it takes off like a bat out of hell, no wheelspin, no under/oversteer, just goes right where you point it so fast it scares me sometimes.
0-60 though, isn't what this car was built to do, you need to get into third which slows you down a bit. But how often, actually driving on real roads, do you want to go 0-60 as fast as possible? On roads with traffic, 0-30 is probably more important, in gear acceleratiion is important for overtaking ie 30-50, 50-70.
What this car is built to do though, is play "who's got a v6 4motion and who hasn't" at the traffic lights, or drive along twisty country roads pretending to be a rally driver! or cruise easily at high speeds.
The new engine is fantastic, the number make it look only a little better than the 12V but they don't give the real picture. It just pulls and pulls at almost any RPM, in 3rd or even 4th at 1500 and want to overtake? no problem! The torque is spread so much wider.
ESP is really worth having too, it combines stability control and traction control. Say you come up an off ramp from a main road, one of the decreasing radius ones, and its been raining (all to frequent here), and you've gone a little too quickly, Instead of the back spinning out or understeering the ESP applies the brake to individual wheels (yes, just 1) and modulates the throttle to keep the car pointing the way you want it to (measures the steering angle). So although if you don't have anough grip to follow the line you want, at least the car doesn't spin off the road, you can actually feel it alterating between slight under and oversteer as it does this. Obviously it won't help if you do something really too stupid though, but a fantastic safety feature nonetheless.