Our Avenger clocked from 0 to 60 in a respectable 7.2 seconds and through the quarter-mile in 15.7 seconds at 90 miles-per-hour.

It took the Americans 6.14 seconds, respectable at that, to speed the first 50 meters.

That Winslow runs a respectable 4.6 seconds in the 40-yard dash does not begin to explain how he has plundered defenses this season.

Car and Driver magazine ran the Aero from a stop to 60 m.p.h. in a very respectable 6.1 seconds.

Motor Trend magazine found that the increase in power pared the Miata's 0-to-60 m.p.h. track time down to a respectable 6.2 seconds.

Ferreira placed a respectable second.

That combination will take the X-Type to 60 miles an hour in a respectable 6.7 seconds.

Acceleration from 0 to 60 is a respectable seven or so seconds.

His personal best for the 200 metres was a respectable 20.08 seconds set in June 1990.

Its top speed is 142 miles an hour, and its best elapsed time from a standing start, over a standard 1,280-foot course, is a respectable 9.38 seconds.