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THE PEOPLE'S SPORTS CAR; The Corvette proves world-class performance need not be exclusive.(Auto File)
We just knew the Chevrolet Corvette had more to give, even though numerous runs down the drag strip told us a different story.
After 12 attempts at a 0-to-60-mph time, not a single run came back under five seconds. You might guess our problem could be attributed to excessive wheelspin as we tried to control the potent LS2 V8. It wasn't.
The Corvette is actually extremely easy to launch, especially when you remember there are 400 hp and 400 lb-ft of torque under your right foot. Running the car all the way to its 6500-rpm redline in first gear (reaching 55 mph), then shifting to second for 60 mph produces no drama whatsoever.
Then we realized it ...
- MPH BOYS WIN CLASS C SOCCER TITLE WITH PKS; THEY BEAT MT. MARKHAM 5-3 AFTER...
- Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) November 2, 2003 700+ words
...stopping Mt. Markham's second penalty shot with...Trojan teammates as MPH advanced to the state...first header. His second appeared to beat Lockwood...cleared it away. MPH also nearly tallied...at the start of the second 10-minute session...for the top of the MPH net. Telonis ...
- MPH Ventures Sampling on Geneva Lake Project Returns 15.9 g/t Gold and on Big...
- News wire article from: Marketwire Canada July 23, 2009 700+ words
...23, 2009 (Marketwire via COMTEX) -- MPH Ventures Corp. (TSX VENTURE:MPS...MPH H185061 Felsic Volcanic 4.99...MPH H185062 Quartz Vein 0.29...
- 65 MPH SPEED LIMIT SENSIBLE.(Local)
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) July 10, 1990 700+ words
...of trying to raise the speed limit to 65 mph from a driver who was tailgating me on a...if he did. I was cruising at perhaps 60 mph in the passing lane with nowhere to go...Remember, we were both only doing 60 mph. They stifle a yawn at that speed. Don...
- MPH Ventures Corp.: Drilling Plans for Raney Gold Project, Timmins, NE Ontario.
- News wire article from: Marketwire Canada September 22, 2009 700+ words
...22, 2009 (Marketwire via COMTEX) -- MPH Ventures Corp. (TSX VENTURE:MPS...past project operators and five holes by MPH. Raney project drill hole location map...MPH Ventures R-09-06 119.5 127.0 7...
- MPH(TM) In-Band Mobile DTV Creates Major Market Opportunites for Broadcasters...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire May 14, 2007 700+ words
...N.Y., May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The MPH(TM) in-band mobile digital television...analysis of the mobile DTV market and the MPH system launched last month, the Envisioneering...services to individuals and vehicles, the MPH in-band mobile DTV system seems to provide...
- Fueling a debate: 55 mph vs. 65 mph in 1987.(street smarts)(Column)
- Magazine article from: Diesel Progress North American Edition Winsor, Jim October 1, 2004 700+ words
...revisit the subject. The subject is fuel economy--55 mph vs. 65 mph with diesel engine and truck technology from the early...which would confirm the mpg differences between 55 and 65 mph. During this time period, 55 mph was the predominant...
- Time to raise 55-mph speed limit? (pro and con arguments by J. James Exon and...
- Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report May 19, 1986 700+ words
Time to raise 55-mph speed limit? Q Senator Exon, why do you...when you look at the statistics. The 55-mph law is not being obeyed or enforced. Q...occur on roads where I would retain the 55-mph limit. Q But there are claims of widespread...
- PUT BRAKES ON 75 MPH LIMIT.(OPINION)(Editorial)
- Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) July 17, 2005 700+ words
...on Interstate highways in Wisconsin to 75 mph. At stake is the safety of everyone who...Great Plains has a speed limit as high as 75 mph: It's dangerous. A study completed in...when states increased speed limits from 65 mph to 75 mph, deaths per million miles traveled...
