We're not even sure why we keep posting videos featured by the Russians from DragTimes, since it's pretty obvious that there are a lot of things which are simply not right with most of their drag races.
As we mentioned before, they either have very poor drivers at drag racing, the tuned cars aren't as good as the horsepower numbers would suggest or the timing mechanisms used on the runs are as accurate as a blindfolded archer.
We couldn't think of anything else wrong with 6-700+ hp cars making 13+ seconds in the quarter mile (402 m).
Still, our predicament with the Russians never stops us from featuring videos of highly desirable cars, no matter in what situations they are put in.
This time we're talking about a rare Mercedes-Benz SL 65 AMG Black Series having a go at a BMW M6 (F12) with 680 hp and then at Porsche 911 Turbo pre-facelift (997) with an Evotech Stage 2 tune that develops 620 hp.
The odd fact isn't the Black Series losing to both cars in the quarter mile, but its quarter mile time, which is over 13 seconds - the slowest we've ever seen.
May we remind you that the R230 SL 65 AMG Black Series is about 250 kg (551 pounds) lighter than a “regular” SL 65 and has a twin-turbocharged V12 with 670 hp and 1000 Nm (738 lb ft) of torque that's electronically limited. What do you think is wrong with the one here?
Alex handled his first real steering wheel at the age of five (on a field) and started practicing "Scandinavian Flicks" at 14 (on non-public gravel roads). Following his time at the University of Journalism, he landed his first real job at the local franchise of Top Gear magazine a few years before Mircea (Panait). Not long after, Alex entered the New Media realm with the autoevolution.com project. Full profile
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