The folks at carwow have raced no fewer than four supercars abreast, with said vehicles packing anything between six and ten cylinders. On the flip side, the supercar with the smallest engine of the bunch also happens to be the most powerful.
Enter the Ferrari 296 GTB, a superb-looking berlinetta with a 3.0-liter V6. Said engine is joined by an electric motor that drives the rear wheels exclusively, with Ferrari advertising a maximum output of 819 horsepower and 546 pound-feet. If you prefer metric, that's 830 ps and 740 Nm.
In the order of displacement, the next contender is the 3.7-liter Porsche 911 Turbo S. For the 992 generation, the quickest and fastest Neunelfer available to purchase today packs 640 horsepower and 590 pound-feet (650 ps and 800 Nm) from six horizontally opposed cylinders. The 992 Turbo S also happens to be all-wheel drive, but alas, the Porker is quite a bit heavier than the Fezza.
Porsche claims 1,640 kilograms (3,616 pounds), while Ferrari advertises the 296 GTB with a dry weight of 1,470 kilograms (3,241 pounds). Next up, the McLaren 750S relies on a familiar V8 engine. But as implied by the 750 in 750S, the 4.0-liter mill now produces 750 metric ponies and 800 Nm. An idea lighter than the 720S before it, the 750S tips the scales at 1,389 kilograms (3,062 pounds).
It's not clear why carwow didn't source a facelifted Huracan, but nevertheless, the fourth car of the four is a Lamborghini Huracan Performante. Weighing 1,382 kilograms (3,047 pounds) in dry form, the supercar from Sant'Agata Bolognese belts out 640 ps (631 horsepower) and 600 Nm (443 lb-ft).
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Similar to the other Volkswagen Group-designed contender, the Huracan Performante is all-wheel drive as well. That said, can you believe that McLaren's new 750S proved quickest in the quarter mile? Mat Watson somehow clocked 10.3 seconds in the Macca, which is an utterly insane ET.
The 296 and 911 are best described as insanely quick as well, for both recorded 10.4 seconds. However, the Ferrari was quicker by the smallest of margins. In last place, yet still impressive, Lamborghini's track-focused Huracan Performante finished the standing quarter in 10.7 seconds.
From a rolling start, the 296 is pretty much unchallenged over the half mile. Its electric motor doesn't need any internal combustion assistance until 135 kilometers per hour (84 miles per hour), but on the other hand, electric range is pitiful at 25 kilometers (16 miles) in the European WLTP.
The 120-degree V6 of the 296 also won races for the Prancing Horse of Maranello, the most notable being the overall win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2023. Going forward, this engine will be used by Ferrari's long-awaited replacement for the LaFerrari hypercar.
After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well. Full profile
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