Why are some cars not able to accelerate as fast as others?

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Like why does it take mine like 15 seconds to get up to 60mph and other cars they do it in 5 or 8 seconds? They’re faster away from the traffic lights too.

Their engines work fundamentally the same like the same combustion process so what makes slow cars and what makes faster ones?

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The engine power may differ a lot. A car with 400 kW engine will faster accelerate than one with only 50 kW. It’s all about the power/weight ratio. And today we have electric vehicles where the engines do not need gear boxes and deliver the same force at any speed.

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