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How Does The Latest Model S Plaid Stack Up Against The Taycan Turbo GT?
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Brooks Weisblat Of DragTimes YouTube Channel Recently Had The Chance To Do A Head-2-Head Compaison
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The Taycan Turbo GT's Dual Motor Setup Puts Out 1,019 HP And 988 Lb-Ft Of Torque
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The Performance Weissach Package Reduces Weight By 154 Pounds
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The Model S Plaid Features Tri-Motors Which Put Out 1,020 HP And 1,050 Lb-Ft Of Torque
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Brooks Has Dragy Times For Both Cars, And The Tesla Narrowly Edged Out The Taycan Turbo GT (0.01 seconds)
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He Also Has Comparative Times With The Model S Plaid With The Track Pack And The Turbo GT
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The $20,000 Track Pack Includes Carbon-Ceramic Brakes, Aluminium Wheels, And Upgraded Tyres
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While The Taycan Has Pedigree And Build Quality Going For It, Does It Justify The Near $140k premium?
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Swipe Up To Find Out.
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Tony Hamilton From Hamilton Collections Recently Organized An Epic Showdown Recently
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A Drag Race Between The Fastest Cars In The World - The Bugatti Chiron SS And The Rimac Nevera
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The Race Was Held At The Space Coast Testing - A 3-Mile Landing Strip For Space Shuttles, In Florida
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For This Run, Each Car Had Drivers From Their Respective Brands On Site - Jamie Morrow Represented Bugatti
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Gordan Drndak Represented Rimac
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Jamie Requested Specific Michelin Tires And 100 Octane Fuel
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Gordan Also Requested Certain Michelin Tires And Full Charge
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The Chiron Packs A 8.0-liter Quad-Turbo W16 Engine
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The Nevera Features 4 Electric Motors - 2 Up Front And 2 In The Rear
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Both Of These Cars Have A Combined Price Of $6.7 Million Dollars
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This Is One Of The Most Expensive Races Organized By The Channel
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Round 1 Is The 1.0 Mile Race
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During A False Start Where The Bugatti Failed To Launch, The Nevera Hits A Top Speed Of 250 MPH
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The Rimac Nevera Outstrips The Chiron Here
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Round Two, Is A Longer 2.0-Mile Race
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The Rimac Comes Out On Top Yet Again
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The Nevera Is Clearly The Faster Car, Swipe Up For A More In Depth Comparision
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As part of its annual Performance Vehicle of the Year award, MotorTrend organized a few drag races
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One of the cars is the Porsche 911 GT3 RS, which packs A 4.0-L N/A engine with 518 hp
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The GT3 RS seems better suited for track use with its focus on aero and lap times
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The Maserati MC20 Cielo is a mid-engine sports car, that boasts more horsepower 621 hp from its 3.0-L twin-turbo V6
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However, it weighs 3,920 lbs, which is 700 lbs more than the GT3 RS' 3,220 lbs
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So, the MC20 packs more power, but the GT3 RS is lighter. Which RWD car will win?
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Despite the weight advantage, the GT3 RS initially struggles due to the runway surface
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But once it was hooked, the GT3 RS blitzed past the MC20 and took the win
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The Porsche completed the quarter-mile in 10.9 seconds, where as the Maserati took 11.7 seconds
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This victory highlights that its not always about power
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A lightweight design is equally important in achieving a higher top speed
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Next, Swipe up to find out which car will win in a duel between a McLaren 750S and a Chevrolet Corvette C8 Z06.