Performance

So, how fast is a Westfield? Fast enough to take the fastest time of the day at a typical autocross, and fast enough to be playing with the other quick cars at a track day.

We took our car to Automobile Magazine. When the tire smoke had dissipated, here's what they discovered. Note that Automobile doesn't subtract a "rollout" time from their acceleration runs, so they are 0.3 seconds slower than if the car had been tested elsewhere. This is a car fitted with a stock 1.8 engine.

As we expected, the 1/4 mile is hampered by the aerodynamics of the car. It takes about as long to get from 0-70 mph as it does to go from 80-100. Of course, if we'd installed the aeroscreen...

0-60: 5.5 seconds
30-70 mph passing: 6.4 seconds
1/4 mile: 14.5 seconds at 94 mph
70-0 braking: 156', 1.16g peak deceleration
Lateral acceleration: 1.15g