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snooper2

(30,151 posts)
Thu Oct 2, 2014, 10:09 AM Oct 2014

World's Greatest Drag Race 4!




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It's back! The World's Greatest Drag Race returns with 10 of the world's best supercars and sports cars facing off in an epic quarter-mile sprint for glory... and ultimate bragging rights! This year's field includes all 10 contenders from Motor Trend's 2014 Best Driver's Car Powered by Mobil 1 (https://www.youtube.com/user/Official...).

We have the Alfa Romeo 4C, BMW i8, BMW M4, Chevrolet Camaro Z/28, Ford Fiesta ST, Jaguar F-Type R Coupe, Nissan GT-R Nismo, Porsche 911 Turbo S, Subaru WRX STI & Volkswagen Golf GTI -- all gathered together on an abandoned airstrip at El Toro Marine Base to find out which car is the fastest. Obviously these 10 competitors display a wide range of power and performance, so why do we continue lining them up for one, over-the-top drag race?... Because We Can!

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World's Greatest Drag Race 4! (Original Post) snooper2 Oct 2014 OP
Oh that kind of drag race. FSogol Oct 2014 #1
you don't think that is one sexy lineup? snooper2 Oct 2014 #2
Select your challenger(s) wisley........... wandy Oct 2014 #9
No rupaul? maximillian1974 Oct 2014 #3
because those were the competitors this year for World's best drivers car snooper2 Oct 2014 #4
So my GTI won't beat an Alfa-Romeo... brooklynite Oct 2014 #5
Fossil Fuels. Meh. Noticeably Absent: Faster Electric Vehicles. NYC_SKP Oct 2014 #6
So you didn't notice the i8 in the lineup? snooper2 Oct 2014 #7
It's a hybrid, it's part electric. It's a start. NYC_SKP Oct 2014 #8
Watch at least the first few minutes of this and Carlos will explain it- snooper2 Oct 2014 #11
Kind of SLOW for a Drag Race One_Life_To_Give Oct 2014 #10

maximillian1974

(25 posts)
3. No rupaul?
Thu Oct 2, 2014, 10:16 AM
Oct 2014

Thought it was gonna be about new season of drag race.....that being said I watched this on tv. Porsche of course wins and why did they put the vw in, just makes it looks slow, which it isn't and why no 458?

 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
6. Fossil Fuels. Meh. Noticeably Absent: Faster Electric Vehicles.
Thu Oct 2, 2014, 10:46 AM
Oct 2014

0-60 MPH---

2014 Porsche 911 Turbo S = 2.9 seconds

1972 Datsun White Zombie = 1.8 seconds

The internal combustion engine, a quaint technology that the world needs to kiss goodbye.

 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
8. It's a hybrid, it's part electric. It's a start.
Thu Oct 2, 2014, 11:16 AM
Oct 2014

I don't really know what the criteria were for selection, they threw an affordable Ford in there.

More interesting to me would be to see line-ups of all EVs, or all hybrids, or affordable cars, line-ups of efficient cars, line-ups of practical cars.

Sure, fun, cars, but how this fits the general discussion SOP is lost on me, it's more of an DU Automobile Enthusiasts group OP.

I guess I just disagree with the concept that this is the Worlds Greatest Drag Race.

 

snooper2

(30,151 posts)
11. Watch at least the first few minutes of this and Carlos will explain it-
Thu Oct 2, 2014, 11:34 AM
Oct 2014

Motor Trend also does best compact car, best supercar-


The competitors for drivers car are the ones selected by Motor Trend's editors as the cars they had the most fun driving and testing over the year-


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