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Yes I know the history of them, but just because the history of suspension is the hotchkiss leaf spring, doesn't mean we have to keep using them.
There's a reason why no-one else designs cars with vertical tail lights, especially sports cars. It's the same design science as haircuts, sunglasses, clothes etc. You wear certain designs to accent certain features. Vertical thin lines make you look taller and skinnier (fat people should wear vertical pin stripes for example). These are universal design teachings. Those vertical tail lights make the CTS-V's ass look way fatter than it already is. Horizontal tail lights would have hidden the fatness.
Anyway, my main question was: how is it possible to launch a 4200lb car to 60 in 3.9s? Okay the HP/Torque is large, but not nearly as large (it seems) as would be necessary to propel such a heavy car to 60. Especially if we account for tire width, and comparisons with other cars of similar weight/HP or weight/torque.
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