thats a european model and perhaps the euro model is slightly quicker than what we have here in america, not really sure if there is a difference though...
you've got to keep in mind that car and driver is using some of the worlds best drivers to test their cars, most of the numbers you see are unrealistic under normal circumstances for normal drivers.
EDIT
And i think that car and driver used the pre-production model which included launch control.
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