How can a car with more hp and torque have a slower 0-60 than a car with less hp and torque but similar weight?

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How can a car with more hp and torque have a slower 0-60 than a car with less hp and torque but similar weight?

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Answer 1

Can you provide an example of cars in these conditions…?

The only thing I can think of off hand would be variations like the type of tires (different grip levels), different drive trains (RWD vs higher starting grip AWD for example), naturally aspirated vs boosted…

There are a lot of factors that “could” play a roll should that be happening…