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Toyota Land Cruiser Drag Races Lamborghini Aventador, Wins: Only in UAE

During our Ferrari FF drive on the Jebel Hafeet Mountain Road in Dubai, we came across a teenager that was really unhappy with his brand new Nissan Patrol. The young man was staring at out FF test car and kept complaining about how his parents didn’t want him to drive a supercar. We didn’t have time to chat, but, apparently, the teen had never heard of the things that take place on the United Arab Emirates’ tuning scene.
Toyota Land Cruiser Drag Races Lamborghini Aventador 1 photo
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The latest example of this comes in the form of the clip below, which shows a Lamborghini Aventador drag racing a... Toyota Land Cruiser on a highway. The sheer idea of this race taking place is absurd, but the most amusing thing is that the Toyota won. There you go kid, you can stick to the Patrol your parent wanted you to have, but this doesn’t mean you can’t have your fair share of fun!

At first, one would be tempted to think the footage is staged. Nonetheless, the rev counter of the Aventador seems to be climbing in a natural fashion, while the Land Cruiser and the Lambo appear to be sharing the same frames.

Moreover, we know from previous UAE-sourced articles that those people like to take offroader tuning to an absurd level. Yes, that is correct - in that area, it is not uncommon to see offroaders gifted with monstrous engines and used for drifting.

Heck, you’ll even find sand drag races in the UAE. There are multiple classes, with the top tier one seeing pumped-up offroader being gifted with paddle tires for extra grip. These are V8 contraptions we are talking about and their best 1/8 mile runs sit in the high 2-second area. Sure, those are pure racecars, while the Land Cruiser we see here looks much closer to the road-going state, but, for the sake of comparison, we’ll mention the Aventador needs just over 7 seconds to play the 1/8 mile game.

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About the author: Andrei Tutu
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In his quest to bring you the most impressive automotive creations, Andrei relies on learning as a superpower. There's quite a bit of room in the garage that is this aficionado's heart, so factory-condition classics and widebody contraptions with turbos poking through the hood can peacefully coexist.
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