Just so happens I had a run against a SSS this moring in my 03 stivo (both cars stock from what I could tell). Standing start from traffic lights, uphill where two lanes had to merge into one. This guy had been driving like an idiot swerving in and out of traffic so I thought I would show him what a real performance 4cyl can do. Both of us lauched with low revs then floored it. Race was dead even until I hit lift in first, between 6000-8000 rpm I put about 2 car lengths between us, by the time I got to the rev limiter in 2nd the SSS would have been about 10 car lengths back. I thought maybe he had given up and this was why I was so far in front, but as I backed off and slowed down he came charging up behind, so I don't think he had. By the way, I traded an N15II SSS to by my Sportivo, so I knew the sportivo was going to be a fair but quicker.