I've raced a Crossfire to 60mph once in my RSX (0-60mph in 6.7 seconds) and beat him by a couple car lengths, so the 7.1 seconds from Motor Trend seems accurate for the autostick. The guy probably didn't turn off his traction control, either...

The better gas mileage and the ease of an auto are really tempting. I hear that the manual in the Crossfire is really clunky and resistive, too.

I've kind of grown out of the desire for speed somewhat, too. But 7.1 seconds is ludicrous if it is true.

And I have read the chipped thread, 5.7 seconds to 58mph with a chip and new filter. Sounds good.

Someone needs to get the Apexi OBDII dyno tool. It gives you dyno readouts and times you to 60 and a quarter mile just by plugging it into the OBD II port. Just get on the interstate, put the car in 4th gear, the device will beep at you to hit the throttle and then give you a readout of peak hp. Or you can get AutoEnginuity's tool that connects to a laptop and will burp out graphs and such for you. Forget finding a dynamometer.
http://www.autoenginuity.com/