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That's "super car" performance, the performance of "regular" cars was much worse!
I remember my new '81 BMW 320i, was considered a pretty hot performance sedan back in the day. It did 0-60 in 11.1 seconds! (12.1 with an automatic).
Everyone pretty much thought that smog and safety had killed high performance cars forever.
If you would have told someone in 1981 that in 2008 your average family sedan (i.e., a Honda Accord) or minivan would have 265+ hp, that there would be dozens of cars and trucks available for sale in the US with 400-500 hp, and that average cars would be doing 60 in the 6 second range, they would have said you were absolutely nuts.
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