And for as soon as, the EV within the bunch is on no account the quickest
by Stephen Rivers
December 31, 2022 at 20:21
by Stephen Rivers
The legal guidelines of physics point out that huge heavy tall autos shouldn’t naturally be as fast as sleeker, smaller, lighter ones. After all, if you do sufficient intelligent engineering, you possibly can flip that concept on its ear. And within the drag race movie beneath we get a peek at simply how audacious trendy tremendous SUVs actually are in a straight line.
Jason Cammisa is again with one other Drag Race Replay and this time it options the Rivian R1S (835 hp / 622 kW), the Aston Martin DBX 707 (697 hp / 519 kW), the Porsche Cayenne Turbo GT (631 hp / 470 kW), and the Maserati MC20 supercar (621 hp / 436 kW). To place it evenly, this can be a lot of energy on a single drag strip.
Sometimes, electrical autos just like the Rivian dominate straight-line testing however right here, it is available in lifeless final. In contrast to the remainder of the autos right here, it options on a regular basis all-terrain tires and occurs to weigh nearly 7000 kilos (3,175 kg). In case these burdens weren’t sufficient, it’s additionally top-speed restricted to simply 110 mph, a pace that it reaches properly earlier than the quarter mile is completed which occurs at 11.8 seconds and 110 mph (177 km/h).
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The Aston Martin, the ICE automobile with essentially the most energy right here by some margin, manages to return in third place with a complete time of 11.3 seconds at 122 mph (196 km/h). In keeping with Cammisa, that comes right down to tires and tuning greater than anything. Whereas the Porsche can construct full increase and put it down with 80 treadwear tires, the Aston has to make do with much less sticky 280 treadwear rubber.
The Cayenne Turbo GT not solely has the advantage of sensible tire know-how and large increase but it surely additionally advantages from the R&D achieved in-house at Volkswagen group. It does the quarter mile in 11.1 seconds at 120 mph (193 km/h). That occurs to be simply fast sufficient to maintain up with Maserati MC20 too.
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Whereas the precise supercar right here doesn’t take pleasure in AWD, it’s sleeker and lighter, and nearly as highly effective. The result’s that it lags off the road however manages to hit 100 mph (160 km/h) quicker than the Porsche after which reel within the Cayenne by the top of the race whereas going 131 mph (210 km/h).
Positive, these SUVs wouldn’t have something to throw on the MC20 if there have been a flip or two concerned on this race but it surely’s staggering to consider simply how briskly trendy SUVs will be with the correct engineering.