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1h ago
The Ferrari has a horsepower advantage over the Lamborghini but has less torque.
Powering the Urus is a 4.0-liter twin-turbocharged V8 while the Purosangue has a 6.5-liter V12.
These two Italian thoroughbreds are the pinnacle of super SUVs.
For many years, the Lamborghini Urus has been the go-to super SUV for those in the market for a practical vehicle with near supercar levels of performance and and Italian flair. It now has a rival in the form of the Ferrari Purosangue and this video shows how evenly matched they are.
In launching the Purosangue, Ferrari could have gone down a similar ..read more
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1h ago
While these two American sports cars are very different, they are both incredibly fast.
The Challenger SRT Demon 170 boasts a significant power advantage over the Corvette E-Ray with 1025 hp compared to 655 hp.
While the Demon 170 excels in raw acceleration, the Corvette E-Ray offers superior handling.
American performance cars have undergone an impressive renaissance over the last decade or so and two of the most noteworthy cars launched over the past year have been the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 and the Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray.
While these are both extreme performance cars, they ..read more
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1h ago
The tri-motor Lucid Air Sapphire has 214 hp more than the Model S Plaid.
The Air Sapphire was recently independently tested from 0-60 mph in 1.77 seconds.
While the Lucid is quicker, it costs more than twice as much as the Tesla.
The Lucid Air Sapphire can officially claim on being the world’s quickest-accelerating production sedan after the DragTimes YouTube channel pitted it against a Tesla Model S Plaid in a series of drag races.
For a few years now, the Model S Plaid has been virtually untouchable on a straight line and only rivaled by electric hypercars like the Rimac Nevera. With ..read more
Carscoops » Drag Racing
6d ago
The Porsche 918, Ferrari SF90, and Lamborghini Revuelto all leverage hybrid technology.
Despite coming out across different years in the last decade, they perform similarly in a drag race.
Here’s one of our first chances to see how Lamborghini’s latest flagship does when head-to-head with rivals.
Product specifications tell us a lot about the Lamborghini Revuelto, but how it performs in the real world tells us more. Stacking it up against two other hybrid supercars says even more. Here’s a chance to see it go head to head with a Ferrari SF90 and the legendary Porsche 918.
The Revuelto i ..read more
Carscoops » Drag Racing
1w ago
This Corvette E-Ray also features new pistons and delivers approximately 1,000 hp.
The car can comfortably sprint down the quarter-mile in 9.7 seconds.
Chevy’s upcoming C8 Corvette Zora is tipped to use a twin-turbo 5.5-liter V8.
Chevrolet is believed to be developing a flagship C8 with a twin-turbocharged V8 and a hybrid-electric drivetrain with upwards of 1,000 hp. While this new model is bound to be impressive, a U.S. tuner has decided to make its own electrified Corvette with forced induction. This is it.
The Corvette featured has been built by Boost District and is a new E-Ray mode ..read more
Carscoops » Drag Racing
1w ago
A customer-owned Lucid Air Sapphire has run the quarter-mile in a record-breaking 8.930 seconds.
With a one-foot rollout, it managed to reach 60 mph (96 km/h) in just 1.77 seconds.
Lucid’s work to make the car easy to drag race has been successful, and sets the Air Sapphire up as a reliable giant-killer.
We’ve seen Ben “The Stig” Collins run some impressive quarter-mile times in a Lucid Air Sapphire in official videos, but now that customers have their hands on them, we can validate those results with some independent runs, which is exactly what the DragTimes YouTube channel has done.
I ..read more
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1w ago
The tuner has fitted a new supercharger, upgraded the throttle body, and made various other changes.
Hennessey also offers the Escalade-V with a 1,005 hp package.
A modified Escalade-V can outsprint a Ram 1500 TRX with ease.
The Cadillac Escalade-V is an absolute beast. It is powered by a 6.2-liter supercharged V8 churning out 682 hp and 653 lb-ft (885 Nm), figures once reserved for market-leading supercars. Hennessey Performance has now made it even quicker with its H850 package.
To boost the SUV’s performance, the Texas tuner has installed a new air induction system, an upgraded super ..read more
Carscoops » Drag Racing
3w ago
2023 Chevrolet Corvette’s hybrid powertrain helps make it the quickest Corvette ever off the line
The McLaren 750S has more power, similar torque, and less weight
Can the $150,000 Chevy take on a $450,000 supercar in the U-drag race?
The Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray is a very fast car. In fact, when Car and Driver got its hands on one, they determined it was the quickest-accelerating Corvette they had ever tested posting a time of 2.5 seconds in the 0-60 mph sprint. But can it take on one of the real champions of the supercar world?
Edmunds decided to try and find out, and pit the American ..read more
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1M ago
Apart from the wheels and tires, this M240i xDrive appears to be in stock condition.
However, under the hood it has received lots of modifications that allow it to deliver this incredible output.
The modified M240i had previously run down the quarter-mile in 7.9 seconds at 175 mph (281 km/h).
Save for the aftermarket wheels, beefy tires, and the NACA duct in the hood, this BMW M240i xDrive looks just like any other. However, hidden beneath the standard skin is an extremely modified powertrain that has made this the quickest BMW on earth.
Each M240i xDrive to leave the BMW factory is equ ..read more
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1M ago
Fisker is struggling to the point of breaking – especially after today’s news that the talks with a major automaker ended, and this video, showing the all-electric Ocean racing a Tesla Model Y Performance, won’t do the EV startup any favors.
Over the past few weeks, the Fisker Ocean has been subjected to a handful of highly critical reviews and the automaker is reportedly on the verge of bankruptcy. Recently, CarWow got its hands on the electric SUV and raced it against its most direct rival and while the Fisker puts up a good fight, it is unable to match the Model Y, despite actually havin ..read more