Bentley Continental GT Drag Races Jaguar I-Pace, Britain Wins

British drag races aren't as good. There's usually no quarter-mile drag strip, and in this case, the opponents aren't evenly matched. But we're still curious what happens when you race a Jaguar I-Pace against the new Bentley Conti GT. Obviously, the Jag is going to lose, but how badly?

But first, the specs. The 3rd generation Continental GT uses a new 6-liter twin-turbo V8 which produces 636 HP and 900 Nm of torque for a 0 to 100 km/h sprint time of 3.7 seconds. It's got permanent all-wheel-drive and seems very easy to launch. On the other hand, the two electric motors of the I-Pace offer 400 HP and 696 Nm of torque for a theoretical sprint time of 4.8 seconds.

We've already seen the latter drag racing a bunch of Teslas and an RS3 sedan. It's not a very fast car, and we've often complained about Jaguar making it so heavy. But what are you going to do? Probably wait for the Audi or Mercedes models.

In the meantime, we have to see if the instant torque of the e-motors can bridge this performance gap. And... no, it can't. Even though it struggles for traction, the Continental GT still has a much better launch. Obviously, after that, the gap between the two cars continues to grow.

The obligatory rolling race sees the Jaguar initially responding much faster because of its lack of gears. But again, we want to complain about the Bentley not being in Sport mode. And finally, there's the braking test. Even though both cars weigh about 2.2 tons, the Conti GT has some of the largest diameter disks ever fitted to a car, so it easily stops first.