How does the performance compare between an 05 Suzuki SV650s and a Mazda RX8?

I know that the Mazda has a higher top speed, the question relates to the overall performance. Which accelerates faster? How does the handling compare?|||The bike will have better acceleration in a straight line, but the car can corner quicker and brake far harder due to having a lot more rubber on the road, so on a race track there probably wouldn't be that much in it.|||One is a motorbike, and one is a car, you can't really compare! There are VERY few cars which will beat the 0-60 time of a motorbike, and the SV650 is no exception. With a 0-60 of around 3.5 seconds, it will leave an RX8 (along with most Ferrari's, Lambourghini's, etc....) far behind, and with a competent rider and good tyres, it will easily out-handle all but the very best super-cars too. Cars have a higher top speed, because bikers want something that will accelerate quickly, not have an extra 50mph of performance that they will never be able to use.|||The SV runs bottom 12s, the RX8 mid 14s, if its a manual. So in other words, its not even close in acceleration. The RX8 does have a higher topspeed, but it would require over two miles to catch the Suzuki in a striaght line from a standstill. The RX8 does have more rubber, but also alot more weight. It would be easier to drive the RX8 to its limits, but all in all the cornering and handling would be evenish. Of course the RX8 has a much better heater, can hold twice as many people and is easier to get road head in. But it cost 5 times as much.|||there are a number of motoring shows on TV %26amp; DVD that have compared Bikes with cars on the track...





%26amp; a very fast car will still be beaten by a fast bike...





in the real world where speed limits %26amp; obsticals on the road,, limit how fast you can go..





low speed acceleration makes all the difference.. which is great until you get to the next traffic light.. then the car catches up again... light goes green.. bike takes of %26amp; is in front.. next light.. car catches up again... this can go on all day...the bottom line is..





if you travel 15 miles to work/school in the morning.. at 45 MPH it takes 20 mins (if its a straight through run)... i8f you do it at 60 MPH..it takes 15 mins... you save a whole 5 MINS..





but run the risk of a speeding fine... all to save 5 mins... easier to get out of bed 5 mins earlier..|||You are trying to compare two rather unrelated means of transportation.


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