Who's the Fastest (civic, corolla, sentra or lancer)

**tuwato** · July 6th, 2009 05:37 PM

Just curious and for the sake of comparison. which among the 1997-1999 sedans is the fastest? (considering they're all stock)

1. Honda civic (vti) ph16 engine?
2. Toyota corolla (Gli) 4afe
3. Nissan Sentra (super saloon) Ga16dne
4. Mitsubishi Lancer (GLXi) 4g92

base from experience and figures released from the manufacturers. which one is the fastest? If you're going to rank them in order, what would be the sequence?

If they're all going to race in a drag strip (considering they're all stock) who do you think will have the lead? If they go an uphill race, which one will have the edge?

**hilldweller** · July 6th, 2009 05:42 PM

Uphill = Mitsubishi Lancer, good low end power.

**sboogie** · July 6th, 2009 05:44 PM

if uphill maybe the sentra

sentra's have good torque

**ghosthunter** · July 6th, 2009 05:59 PM

Originally Posted by tuwato

Just curious and for the sake of comparison. which among the 1997-1999 sedans is the fastest? (considering they're all stock)

1. Honda civic (vti) ph16 engine?
2. Toyota corolla (Gli) 4afe
3. Nissan Sentra (super saloon) Ga16dne
4. Mitsubishi Lancer (GLXi) 4g92

base from experience and figures released from the manufacturers. which one is the fastest? If you're going to rank them in order, what would be the sequence?

If they're all going to race in a drag strip (considering they're all stock) who do you think will have the lead? If they go an uphill race, which one will have the edge?

And what is the point of this comparison?

**tuwato** · July 6th, 2009 09:06 PM

^ just curious and to really know who performs better. this might also help buyers looking to get a second hand car.

**niky** · July 6th, 2009 10:43 PM

There's really not much point... despite the differences in quoted horsepower, the performance of most mid-90's 1.6 MTs is quite similar. Hell, we were able to keep up with a Civic VTi 1.6 AT in my overweight and pig-slow Sentra Exalta 1.6 AT before in a full-speed expressway blat... and the VTi has one of the best engines out there. We kept up, that is, until he turned off his aircon and gained an extra 5 hp and started creeping away from us... didn't feel like turning mine off...

The differences aren't quite as big as they are now, with modern compacts having such big differences in weight and engine power.

**ghosthunter** · July 6th, 2009 11:25 PM

Originally Posted by tuwato

^ just curious and to really know who performs better. this might also help buyers looking to get a second hand car.

As Niky mentioned, there isn't much of a point when comparing those cars. Especially if your point is supposedly helping 2nd hand car buyers. People buying used cars would be looking at fuel economy, reliability, ride quality, interior space, etc. Very rare would they be choosing based on their quarter mile times (and for those, the choice will usually be Honda).

**s_quilicot** · July 6th, 2009 11:34 PM

Originally Posted by ghosthunter

As Niky mentioned, there isn't much of a point when comparing those cars. Especially if your point is supposedly helping 2nd hand car buyers. People buying used cars would be looking at fuel economy, reliability, ride quality, interior space, etc. Very rare would they be choosing based on their quarter mile times (and for those, the choice will usually be Honda).

Very well said.