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Sports cars and supercars are faster and more capable than ever. A base C8 Corvette can bang off a 0–60 sprint in under 3 seconds, territory not long ago inhabited solely by six-figure exotics. The degree to which this performance is usable on the street is open for debate, but there’s no mistaking the fact that bragging rights still matter. And short of pitting cars head-to-head on a closed course, performance testing by the automotive media is still the best way for the public to compare cars by the numbers and validate automakers’ claims. In a century of this tradition, while the mission has remained the same, the methods and tools of the trade have transformed just as dramatically as the vehicles themselves.