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title: 'Lambo Huracan Perf v Zeekr 8X: DRAG RACE'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=B9upjQFN-aM'
video_id: 'B9upjQFN-aM'
date: 2026-07-01
duration_sec: 782
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# Lambo Huracan Perf v Zeekr 8X: DRAG RACE

> Source: [Lambo Huracan Perf v Zeekr 8X: DRAG RACE](https://youtube.com/watch?v=B9upjQFN-aM)

## Summary

This video features a drag race between a Lamborghini Huracan Performante and a Zeekr 8X, a large Chinese hybrid SUV. The race highlights the contrast between a lightweight, naturally aspirated Italian supercar and a heavy, electric-motor-assisted SUV. Ultimately, the Lamborghini edges out a narrow victory in a best-of-five series.

### Key Points

- **Initial Impressions and Banter** [0:03] — The host and driver banter about the disparity in size and power, setting up the challenge.
- **First Race Reaction** [0:25] — The Lamborghini gets a better launch and pulls ahead, winning the first race, but the driver admits he was lucky with the launch.
- **Car Specs Revealed** [1:13] — Lamborghini Huracan: 5.2L V10, 640 hp, 600 Nm, AWD, 1.5 tons. Zeekr 8X: 2L turbo petrol as generator, three electric motors, 1400 hp, 1400 Nm, 2.8 tons.
- **Rolling Race in Comfort Mode** [2:35] — Zeekr easily wins the rolling race from 50 mph in comfort mode, showcasing instant electric torque.
- **Sport Mode Rematch** [3:00] — Lambo in Corsa, Zeekr in Sport Plus. Race is extremely close, Lambo wins narrowly, but Zeekr hits speed limiter at 237 km/h.
- **Rolling Race from 10 mph** [4:35] — Zeekr wins decisively due to instant electric torque from a low speed; Lambo struggles in first gear.
- **Brake Test** [6:07] — A brake test from 100 mph; results not conclusive due to driver error, but Zeekr likely loses due to weight.
- **Drag Race Best of Five** [8:04] — Best-of-five standing quarter mile drag races. Lambo wins first, Zeekr wins second and third after using a 'boost' button. Final race is neck and neck; Lamborghini wins by a very small margin.
- **Final Result** [12:52] — Both cars completed the standing quarter mile in 10.6 seconds. Lamborghini just edged out the Zeekr 8X.

### Conclusion

Despite being a much heavier Chinese SUV with a conventional 2L engine, the Zeekr 8X proved an incredibly close match for the Lamborghini Huracan Performante, demonstrating the effectiveness of powerful electric motors. The final result was a narrow victory for the Lamborghini, with both cars achieving identical quarter-mile times.

## Transcript

Come on, Lambo.
What will win in a drag race between a
Lamborghini Huracan Puffamante with a
5.2 L V10 and some big heavy Chinese SUV
with a 2 L turbocharged petrol engine?
Well, we're going to find out by racing
them over the standing quarter mile. I'm
M Watson. You're watching Carw Wow.
>> Here we go.
3 2 1
>> It's close. Pretty close, actually.
It's close, but I've got a better
launch.
I've got him. Well, even at higher
speed, I'm already 180.
Got him.
>> That's close.
>> He was a bit delayed on the line. I was
lucky there. I was very lucky. I bet he
can go quicker. Well, I had the perfect
launch, but I think you might have been
a bit delayed. Otherwise, it would have
been a lot closer.
>> Yeah, actually, I think I can do better.
>> Well, I'll tell you what. We're going to
do best three out of five. Anyway, but
before we get into that, let's do
another race first. I'm going to give
you the stats on these cars really
quick. So, this is a 5.2 L naturally
aspirated V10. It's got 640 horsepower,
600 new m of torque, allwheel drive,
dual clutch auto, and it weighs about
1.5 tons. That Zika has a 2 L
turbocharged petrol engine, which acts
as a generator to provide electricity
for the three electric motors, which
combined have 1,400 horsepower, 1,400
new meters of torque. It is heavy
though. It weighs in at 2.8 tons. Still,
it's cheap. It's about 50 grand in
China. Anyway, let's do a rolling race.
Comfort mode. Kanan, we've got to go in
our comfiest, most relaxed mode.
>> So, you go in comfort mode. I'm going in
strradda.
>> Yeah, but this comfort mode reduces the
power huh Matt?
>> Well, that sounds like a you problem.
Let's race. We're going to race over the
half mile. Just get level with me. I'll
get the speed up to 50. Cars are in
automatic and I'll go 3 2 1 and then say
go. 3 2 1 go.
Come on, Lambo.
Bye-bye.
Bye-bye. Ah,
Bye-bye.
Absolutely hammered him.
That is slow. You're up for the win. Oh,
Kenan, you got absolutely destroyed.
Your big heavy Chinese SUV is no match
for this Italian lightweight. Yeah, but
I would do much faster with the sport
plus.
>> Okay. Right. Well, we'll see about that
because we are going to do the same race
again, but I'm going to be in manual
mode and I'm going to be in coarser.
>> You can be in sport plus. Do whatever
you need to do, my friend. I don't care.
>> We'll see how much faster it is in sport
plus cuz don't forget this car is now
going to be quicker. And his he's got no
gears to change. So, it just should be
the same. Right. So, here we come. I'm
going to go into second gear. 3 2 1 go.
Come on. This is so close. Neck and
neck. Absolutely at neck and neck
acceleration.
No, he's coming fast. He's coming fast.
Oh, what's happening now? It's neck and
neck. I flust the gear change. Wait a
minute. 234. 236. Oh.
Oh, I just got him on the line. I hit a
limiter. I just got him on the line. I
was so lucky. I fluffed a gear change
and it was odd. Then it's almost like he
backed off. What happened? Oh, I think I
know. Hey, Kenan. I don't suppose your
car has a speed limiter, does it? I'm
not sure, but it says from the, you
know, public information, it says it's
limited to 230. I think I kind of hit
some limiter at 237.
>> If you hadn't hit that limiter, you
would have won because I fluffed a gear
change. So, that was a lucky victory for
me. However, I'm not going to up
next time. I'll meet you back on the
start line. We'll see what's what.
Right, Keenan. What we're going to do
now is a rolling race from about 10
miles an hour, first gear over the half
mile. And I'm not going to mess up any
gear changes. So, get ready. 3, two,
one.
>> I'm definitely faster in terms of uh
power response.
>> He's ahead of me. Can I reel him back
in?
Oh, the pickup. I was too low down in
the rev range.
>> The initial moment, the reaction from
electric motor is really, really
amazing.
He's going to hit his limiter in a
minute, but it's too little too late.
I'm gaining now.
>> Okay, I won. Woohoo.
>> I was just too far down in my rev range,
then in first gear, and he's shut off.
Doesn't have that problem. Instant
torque from his three electric motors.
Blime me. 1,400 blumbing Newton meters.
Blimey. Blimeiness. Now, if you want to
compare these cars stats, here's a
table. Just pause the video. Next
challenge. I bet you're pleased with
that, aren't you?
>> Yeah. Yeah. Actually, from the response
of this electric motor, it was really
insane. I mean, instantaneous.
>> I know. But don't forget, we're going to
go to the drag race in a second, and
I've already won one. You better be
prepared. Before that, though, there's
another challenge which I think might go
in my favor. It's a brake test from 100
miles an hour. You ready?
>> Let's try.
Yeah, I think it's really difficult for
me to in a break test to to outperform
you. It's almost not possible. That's a
supercar math.
>> Well, we shall see.
That's 100 miles an hour. I get lovely,
mate. Now, if you'd rather watch another
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Here comes the clones now.
Mate, you must have broken early for
sure.
>> Yeah, I think slightly earlier.
>> Okay, I'll meet you back up there. Let's
have another go. Let's do it fairly.
Right, I hope that he did break too
early because if he wins again, that's
going to be humiliating for me. Right,
the cones are coming up now. into it in
3 2 1
this time is actually spot on.
Was close up.
Let's do the drag race. This is what
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Okay, let's do this race. Remember, 1
nil to me, best three out of five.
>> Three, two, one.
on the head.
>> Oh yeah, I've got him.
Yeah, I've got him. I'm slightly slower.
Woohoo.
Yeah, it totally dropped. He done. He
diddly done. There's no way he's going
to win the next race. No way. I hope.
>> So, I think I'm slightly slower at the
at the at the reaction. So, you have to
really go 3 to one with the one to to
press the acceleration pedal. Otherwise,
it's slow for sure.
>> Yeah, that's right. So, you need to be
on it. I was on it and that's why you
got beat, but I'm not sure you'll win
anyway. This just seems too fast.
>> Yeah, but obviously there is another
button I haven't pushed. So that's
called boost. So might be faster next
time.
>> Boost button. E. Well, he thinks it
might be faster. We'll find out, won't
we? Okay, Kenan. Well, you better hope
that your boost button works this time
because I've got two. I just need one
more. And it's victory to the
Lamborghini. And you can take that big
heavy lump away from the drag strip.
Come on, Lambo.
No. Okay.
No. No. No. No. No. No. No. Spald on
acceleration.
I'm reading him in a bit, but I don't
think I'm going to get him.
That is my best launch yet. I was just a
bit delayed. He went before me, but that
time was like banging. Oh my goodness.
Oh my goodness. Boost worked there,
Kenan. I think you went off a little bit
earlier than me. I I I could have done
better on my launch. The actual launch
itself, the way it hooked and went up
the runway was great, but my reaction
was a bit delay compared to you. This is
going to be so close. 2-1 to me. Keenan,
you still need to win this one to stay
in the game. No pressure.
>> No. Again,
just ahead of me on the launch. Good
launch.
I know if I get a better launch, I'll
have him. I'm sure I'm getting him. I'm
pulling him back in now.
Man, it's my fault that there's a delay
on this. You lift off the brake and
there's a pause then it goes. So trying
to time it right is quite tricky. If I
time it right though, I don't know which
one's going to win. Right. Good news for
you, bad news for me. I was a bit behind
on the launch means it's two to you, two
to me. We're all square. Right, Kanan?
This is it. Whichever car wins this race
is the overall winner. If we can match
the launches side by side, we will
genuinely see which is the quickest.
Good luck.
2.
Closer.
Come on.
So close. Nice start.
Acceleration
really neck and neck.
I'm just ahead. I'm just going to do it.
>> Wow, that was so close. I think we
launched it at the exact same time. It
was amazing.
>> Yeah, I think I last time I couldn't
have done better. nor me. I think that's
a fair result. These cars are so closely
matched, but the Lamborghini just edged
it out. Wow. So then, what exactly
happened? Well, the Lamborghini just
about beat the Zika, but both cars
completed the standing quarter mile in
10.6 seconds.
Listen, I hope you enjoyed the video. If
you did, give it a like. And if you want
to suggest some other drag races for us
to do, let us know in the comments.
Thanks for watching. We'll see you next
time.