https://www.autoevolution.com/news/acceleration-test-nissan-skyline-nismo-takes-on-bmw-m3-competition-and-lexus-is-500-230123.html

 

0-62 (100kmh) in 5.3 seconds? I think not...

 

The other cars were off their advertised times too so it's not surprising for the IS to be off. They might be at altitude where the NA engine is hit harder, but that time is 100% believable.

 

Stock tires and a cool day you will lose time to tire spin / traction control in this car. So it's believable to me they had these results. Many OEM equipped tires are just blah.

 

In the case of the Nismo Skyline, it has the same Dunlop tires as the GT-R. So, they're considerably better than our Bridgestone Potenza S001L's.

 

I don't think the time is surprising. This car isn't a great 0-100 performer. It shines when speeds are 80ish and up.

 

4.48 seconds for the M3 seems considerably slower than what is advertised, which is ~3 seconds for the all-wheel car, which was the car in this test. All cars in this test seem to be off considerably. Not saying the IS500 should be clocking low 4's, but 5.3 seconds seems quite slow, even with the bridgestones and all.

 

Yeah that's why I was wondering if they were at elevation or something. Maybe it's just a **** driver 😂

 

I think it's just a fairly low-grip kind of day. Seems cloudy and potentially had rained at some point. Also, I don't think they were counting one foot of roll-out.