Tuned Porsche 911 Turbo S Races C8 Chevy Corvette and Ducati, Someone Gets Smashed

America's sports car - the Chevrolet Corvette - was invented in 1953 as a convertible, and only starting with the second generation, it gained the attractive two-door coupe body style. It has also gained widespread popularity across no less than eight generations thanks to its daring mix of affordability and small or big-block V8 prowess.

Additionally, until very recently, it has always abided by the classic recipe of a front engine and rear-wheel drive traction. Thus, only starting with the C8 iteration, we have seen a complete paradigm change where the Team Corvette was finally allowed to try and duke it out with European sports cars and even supercars by way of a reinvention to rear-mid-engine, RWD, or eAWD format.

Meanwhile, the coveted Porsche 911 series has never disavowed its philosophy of putting everything toward the back – including the boxer engine and the transmission. Only during the later times of the 964 series and onward has the 911 gained all-wheel drive variants, and that about sums it up for significant changes if we don't also count the switch from air- to water-cooled engines that was implemented with the 996 series.

Today, the Porsche 911 has also reached its eighth generation, just like the Corvette – and it has been in production since 2019, a little earlier than the C8 iteration of Chevy's sports car. However, even if the 911 and Corvette have a rear-biased format, that doesn't mean they're equal in terms of performance. And there is no need to take our word for granted, as we have the Netherlands-based YouTube channel cvdzijden - Supercar Videos, which takes a break from filming prototypes and gives us a supercar vs motorcycle showdown followed by a 911 versus Corvette brawl.

The focus point for the feature embedded below is a tuned Porsche 911 Turbo S that, according to the description, came to the party with 750 horsepower on tap and a secret in the pocket. Said 'party' is the SCC500 Rolling 50 1000-meter race, which is why this European encounter is not of the head-to-head quarter-mile dragstrip variety but rather a rolling race from 50 kph (32 miles) or whatever speed the racers agree between them.

I say that because during the initial race, the Porsche 911 Turbo S driver and his Ducati-riding opponent spent some time before agreeing to the start (like they would do in a street race) and then unleashed a fantastic spectacle for the audience – the 911 was giving all it had while the Ducati rider performed a wheelie and still (narrowly) won the skirmish. Then it was time for the little secret – the 911's team dialed the tuning to 900 hp and then raced a crimson C8 Chevy Corvette Stingray.

Interestingly, faced with double the power, the American sports car held on as tightly as it could – the end result is measured based on the car's top speed, and it showed the difference was a little more than overwhelming: over 306 kph (190 mph) for the mighty Porsche and almost 234 kph (145 mph) for the feisty and stock American pursuer. However, if I had to choose, the Corvette would adorn my garage – only in the novel 655-hp E-Ray form, as it will probably turn into a great daily driver even during the winter months.