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Audi RS 3 Drag Races RS 5 and RS 7, Puts Up a Good Fight
Audi RS 3 Drag Races RS 5 and RS 7, Puts Up a Good Fight

6 Sep 2023, 22:47 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The RS 3 finished two of three dig races in second, but from a rolling start, the RS 5 showed the RS 3 how it's done. Of course, RS 7 was quicker than both

 
Old Mercedes-AMG C 43 Drag Races New C 43, Proves There Is No Replacement for Displacement
Old Mercedes-AMG C 43 Drag Races New C 43, Proves There Is No Replacement for Displacement

6 Sep 2023, 19:10 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Not surprising anyone, the heavier W206 was absolutely obliterated by the W205 from both a standing start and from a rolling start

 
F1 Car vs WRC Car vs WRX Car vs MotoGP Bike vs Electric Van Is One Intense Drag Race
F1 Car vs WRC Car vs WRX Car vs MotoGP Bike vs Electric Van Is One Intense Drag Race

5 Sep 2023, 19:21 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Spoiler alert: Dani Pedrosa and his 270-horsepower KTM RC16 MotoGP bike are the quickest of the bunch in the quarter mile

 
2023 BMW M2 Drag Races an EV That Costs Nearly Half as Much, It's Pretty Close
2023 BMW M2 Drag Races an EV That Costs Nearly Half as Much, It's Pretty Close

5 Sep 2023, 16:58 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / EVs are undoubtedly quick, but once they pick up speed, they can't hold a candle to internal combustion-engined automobiles

 
1,500-HP Ford F-150 Drag Races 1,100-HP Nissan GT-R, Someone Gets Walked
1,500-HP Ford F-150 Drag Races 1,100-HP Nissan GT-R, Someone Gets Walked

4 Sep 2023, 20:17 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Although less aerodynamic and heavier, the single-cabbed pickup doesn't even break a sweat racing a 1,100-hp R35 over 1,000 feet

 
2024 Ford Mustang GT Hits the Drag Strip, Rear Drag Radials Help It Run 12.3 Seconds
2024 Ford Mustang GT Hits the Drag Strip, Rear Drag Radials Help It Run 12.3 Seconds

4 Sep 2023, 18:43 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / 12.3 seconds isn't exactly impressive, but had this car featured more aggressive drag radials out back, maybe it would have cracked into the high 11s

 
Porsche GT3 RS Has the Run of Its Life Against the Hardcore BMW M3 CS
Porsche GT3 RS Has the Run of Its Life Against the Hardcore BMW M3 CS

31 Aug 2023, 15:29 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / A track-oriented machine picks up the gauntlet thrown by a high-performance BMW, but the German feud leaves us with mixed feelings

 
Has Audi Missed the Boat With the R8 GT? A Supercar That Can't Hold Its Own in a Drag Race
Has Audi Missed the Boat With the R8 GT? A Supercar That Can't Hold Its Own in a Drag Race

30 Aug 2023, 22:33 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / Three Audi R8 supercars take it out on the drag strip, and the underdog with the least power takes home the win, beating the Quattro every time

 
Rimac Nevera Drag Races 1,800-HP Lamborghini Huracan, All Bets Are Off
Rimac Nevera Drag Races 1,800-HP Lamborghini Huracan, All Bets Are Off

30 Aug 2023, 14:35 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Even with close to 1,800 mechanical ponies on tap, the all-wheel-drive Huracan simply doesn't stand a chance against the four-motor Nevera

 
Dodge Charger Police Car Races 2023 Ford F-150 Raptor R, Winner Gets to Race a C6 Corvette
Dodge Charger Police Car Races 2023 Ford F-150 Raptor R, Winner Gets to Race a C6 Corvette

28 Aug 2023, 22:17 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Raptor R made easy work of the V8-powered Charger Pursuit, then asserted dominance over the C6 Corvette in the quarter mile

 
BMW M850i Drag Races Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio, AWD Is the Secret Sauce
BMW M850i Drag Races Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio, AWD Is the Secret Sauce

28 Aug 2023, 17:07 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The Bimmer won two dig races and one rolling race as opposed to a single rolling race for the lighter and less powerful Alfa Romeo

 
No Holy Water Required: Tesla Model S Plaid Electroshocks Dodge Demon at the Drag Strip
No Holy Water Required: Tesla Model S Plaid Electroshocks Dodge Demon at the Drag Strip

27 Aug 2023, 20:36 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / The mighty Mopar didn’t even beat the factory-claimed 9.65-second quarter-mile pass despite going full-throttle in a roll race

 
Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat Drag Races Tesla Model Y Performance, It's Not Even Close
Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat Drag Races Tesla Model Y Performance, It's Not Even Close

25 Aug 2023, 15:30 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The Durango SRT Hellcat may be faster in the quarter mile, but it's also four tenths of a second off the MYP in Edmunds' trademark U-Drag race format

 
BMW M5 Competition Drag Races Audi R8 Spyder, They're Uncannily Fast
BMW M5 Competition Drag Races Audi R8 Spyder, They're Uncannily Fast

24 Aug 2023, 17:15 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / You'd expect the R8 Spyder to be stop better in an emergency braking situation, but alas, the M5 Competition's brakes do a better job

 
BMW M2 Family Boys Go to a Drag Strip Looking for a Fight; 'Naughty' Gets Taught a Lesson
BMW M2 Family Boys Go to a Drag Strip Looking for a Fight; 'Naughty' Gets Taught a Lesson

23 Aug 2023, 14:39 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / Five BMW M2 versions race each other over the quarter-mile, and the results might surprise you, even if the race has its fair share of unfair play

 
New Mercedes-AMG C 43 Drag Races BMW M340i and Audi S5, Comes in Second Place
New Mercedes-AMG C 43 Drag Races BMW M340i and Audi S5, Comes in Second Place

23 Aug 2023, 14:17 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / As expected, the 4MATIC-equipped Mercedes-AMG C 43 plays second fiddle to the less powerful yet lighter BMW M340i xDrive

 
2023 BMW M3 Competition Drag Races M5 Competition, Puts Up a Good Fight
2023 BMW M3 Competition Drag Races M5 Competition, Puts Up a Good Fight

22 Aug 2023, 21:07 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / As expected, the G80 M3 Competition doesn't really stand a change against the heavier yet more powerful F90 M5 Competition

 
Fast & Furious Toyota Supra Tribute Drag Races Ferrari SF90 Stradale, It's Not Even Close
Fast & Furious Toyota Supra Tribute Drag Races Ferrari SF90 Stradale, It's Not Even Close

21 Aug 2023, 18:05 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Even with multiple handicaps, the 2021 model year Ferrari SF90 Stradale makes easy work of an F&F-inspired Supra with 850 rear-wheel ponies

 
2023 BMW M2 Drag Races M5 Competition, All Bets Are Off
2023 BMW M2 Drag Races M5 Competition, All Bets Are Off

19 Aug 2023, 20:06 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Although it launches fine from a dig and from a 30-mph roll, the M2 simply doesn't have the legs to keep the M5 Competition at bay

 
2023 Ford F-150 Raptor R Drag Races High-Performance SUVs, Beats All But One Challenger
2023 Ford F-150 Raptor R Drag Races High-Performance SUVs, Beats All But One Challenger

17 Aug 2023, 16:12 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / As hardly conceivable as it may be, the Ford F-150 Raptor R is faster in the quarter mile than a G 63, Escalade-V, Cullinan, and Range Rover P530