New 911 Turbo S vs Ferrari 296: DRAG RACE

[00:00] Oh my goodness. Oh,

[00:04] what will win in a drag race between the

[00:05] new Porsche 911 Turbo S hybrid and a

[00:08] Ferrari 296? Well, we're going to find

[00:10] out by racing them over the standing

[00:12] quarter mile. I'm Watson. You're

[00:13] watching Car.

[00:17] What we have here is a 3.6 L twinturbo

[00:20] hybrid with 711 horsepower and 800 new m

[00:24] of torque. That Ferrari is a 3 L V6

[00:27] hybrid with 830 horsepower and 740 new

[00:31] meters. Right, let's start off with a

[00:32] drunk race.

[00:33] >> 3 2 1

[00:40] so quick off the line.

[00:47] Oh, it's fast. Can he catch me up?

[00:59] Oh, here he comes now. Oh. Oh,

[01:05] he's gaining. If he gets a better

[01:07] launch, he might be in with a chance.

[01:09] Oh, mate, that thing was flying at the

[01:12] end of that. Wow. I didn't think this

[01:15] was going to stand a chance. I can't

[01:16] believe how this was reeling you in.

[01:18] >> If I'm napping on the launch, this might

[01:19] not win. Anyway, it's not a foregone

[01:21] conclusion this. What we're going to do

[01:23] is some other challenges. Let you warm

[01:24] up your tires. I'll warm up mine and

[01:25] then we'll come back to the drag racing

[01:27] cuz it's best three out of five. What

[01:28] we're going to do is make sure our tires

[01:30] are fully warm. We are going to do a

[01:32] rolling race. We're going to be in our

[01:33] sportiest setting, but automatic mode

[01:35] for the gearbox. We're going to race

[01:36] over the half mile from 50 mph. Are you

[01:39] ready?

[01:39] >> Yeah. I'll see you later, buddy.

[01:41] >> Okay. Oh dear. Here we go. 3 2 1 go.

[01:46] >> I think it was right. Look at that

[01:48] takeoff. Oh my goodness.

[01:52] Woohoo!

[01:57] Oh my goodness.

[02:02] Look at him.

[02:09] That is a rocket ship.

[02:20] Oh, mate. Your car just absolutely shot

[02:22] off. Mine was just changing gear as I

[02:26] called it and so it changed up and then

[02:28] had to change down again which didn't

[02:29] help it out much. Your car was gone.

[02:31] That was destroying you. It was humbling

[02:35] that explain. Very humbling. And it

[02:37] makes me worried about the drag races in

[02:39] a bit. Um, let's take the changing of

[02:42] the gearbox out of it and just go in

[02:44] manual mode. See if there's a difference

[02:45] there. Third gear. Roll on.

[02:46] >> Absolutely. Oh, he's loving it, isn't

[02:48] he? Vment. Third gear. Here we go. 3 2 1

[02:52] go.

[02:54] God, he's just dropping me.

[03:02] That is madness.

[03:17] This is so fast. But

[03:22] >> and I'm carrying no weight cuz I'm

[03:23] running out of fuel. Sam, Sam,

[03:25] >> you're enjoying yourself now, are you?

[03:27] >> If that's a supercar and a Yes, go is a

[03:30] hypercar. What's this?

[03:32] >> I wanted to come up with something funny

[03:34] there. Maybe we can use AI to make me

[03:36] say something funny.

[03:36] >> It is a red car. Do you know what? I've

[03:38] got a way where I think this car might

[03:39] beat you cuz it's really really fast in

[03:41] this very specific area. Meet you back

[03:43] on the start line.

[03:44] >> No, we're done, aren't we?

[03:46] >> Right, Sam. What we're going to do now

[03:47] is a roll in first gear from 10 mph. The

[03:50] starter will start us race over the half

[03:52] mile.

[03:52] >> 3 2 1

[03:58] >> See, dropped it. Wow,

[04:06] it's crazy.

[04:11] Now, where is he?

[04:22] Can I get to the half mile mark before

[04:24] he come? It's coming now.

[04:33] Oh, damn it.

[04:38] This takes off though, doesn't it? This

[04:40] is mad in first gear.

[04:41] >> Tell you what, that is some party trick.

[04:43] I genuinely thought I was going to walk

[04:44] past you and laugh. I It took me ages to

[04:46] come past you.

[04:48] Right, we're going to get into the drag

[04:50] races cuz it's best three out of five.

[04:52] And I've won one so far, but it was

[04:54] very, very close. Before we do that

[04:55] though, brake test.

[04:57] >> Uh-oh. I don't want to go up against the

[04:58] Porsche.

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[05:18] to go to Carw Wow. Right, what's going

[05:19] to happen now? Here comes the line.

[05:28] OH, YOU BUGGER. DAMN. THAT is so close,

[05:31] but no win for me. Well, it looks like

[05:33] your car seems to be winning the rolling

[05:35] races and the brake test. I've won one

[05:37] drag race. Can I win more? Let's do it,

[05:39] Sam. This is it.

[05:40] >> Just remember how close it was. Don't

[05:42] panic. Don't fluff it now. Okay.

[05:46] >> 3 2 1.

[05:55] >> It's better.

[06:04] It's come on.

[06:11] >> That wasn't the best launch from this.

[06:12] He's coming back now.

[06:21] >> I did exactly what you said. I didn't

[06:22] fluff it. I nailed it. Um, so thanks for

[06:24] your words of encouragement.

[06:26] >> Formal protest. Can we do a half mile

[06:27] drag race, please?

[06:28] >> No, thank you. Right. Come on. One. Last

[06:30] go. You got to win this one to stay in

[06:31] it.

[06:48] Oh, it's a better launch from the

[06:49] Porsche.

[06:54] Oh.

[07:04] He was coming back. Whoa. Get out the

[07:06] way, little birdie.

[07:07] >> I tell you what's worrying. I had a

[07:09] better launch that time.

[07:11] >> Well, there we go. Sam, clean sweep in

[07:13] the drag races. I mean, this just

[07:15] launches so well cuz it's four-wheel

[07:16] drive. But actually, when you think that

[07:17] that is just two wheel drive, it's

[07:18] insane, isn't it? And it was coming

[07:20] back. It always is just coming back.

[07:22] Just hasn't got enough room over the

[07:23] quarter mile. Yeah, it's ridic how this

[07:25] rear wheel drive puts that power down. I

[07:27] don't understand. I think this needs two

[07:29] more meters on the quarter mile and

[07:31] that's it. Game over for you.

[07:32] >> But there's not two more meters, is

[07:35] there? That's why this wins. So then

[07:37] what exactly happened? Well, the Porsche

[07:39] won. It completed the standing/4 mile in

[07:42] 10 seconds dead. The Ferrari took 10.2

[07:45] seconds. My question is though, is this

[07:47] new Porsche 911 Turbo S actually that

[07:50] much faster than the previous generation

[07:51] car? Well, to find out, click on the

[07:54] video window and you'll see me drag race

[07:56] it against that car and all of its

[07:59] predecessors.