Where does “0-60” come from?

0-60 (English) comes from English 0 — 0; The origin, starting point, or fixed reference...

0-60 (English): A performance measure for automobiles that measures elapsed time; the time taken for an automobile that starts from a standing start to accelerate to 60 miles per hour (roughly 100 km/h)

Definitions

  1. A performance measure for automobiles that measures elapsed time; the time taken for an automobile that starts from a standing start to accelerate to 60 miles per hour (roughly 100 km/h)

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0-60 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

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