I was looking through lap times of different production cars, and there are some wildly out of place cars doing ring laptimes, some cars are faster than they seem they should be, while others are slower than they should be. Which got me thinking how some cars truly get tested in showroom condition, and others get the “marketing” treatment to produce a laptime a showroom car would never touch, solely to sell more cars. Then I found this article that talks exactly about just that.
https://www.thedrive.com/porsche/11012/nurburgring-times-dont-matter
or 0 to 30. that’s where most people notice slow acceleration.
0-30 and close to weight capacity. I bought my Rav4 as a work vehicle, and you would be amazed at how much difference not having 400-500 lbs of tools/parts in the back makes.
I’d say 0-40 is a good metric. Basically how long does it take to hit cruising speed.