When Worlds Collide: Nissan GT-R Vs Bentley Continental Supersports Drag Race

Rocket vs Refinement

Transcript

00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:27 Two cars, two different worlds.

00:31 The Nissan GT-R, poster boy for the PlayStation generation.

00:35 The Bentley Continental Super Sports, a leather-wrapped cruise

00:39 missile, good for the discerning gentleman racer.

00:43 The GT-R's 485 horsepower twin turbo V6, sophisticated all-wheel drive

00:53 system and chassis controls make it a technological tour de force

00:59 and the stuff of legend.

01:01 But the Super Sports is no slouch either.

01:04 It has a six liter twin turbo W12 engine and its own fancy set of electronics.

01:11 Two cars, two different worlds.

01:17 What happens when they collide?

01:19 [MUSIC PLAYING]

01:47 [EXPLOSION]

01:50 Miss it?

01:51 Then let's take a closer look.

01:53 Despite weighing some 5,000 pounds, the big Continental Super Sports

01:57 scores the whole shot, thanks to its all-wheel drive system

02:01 and the 620 horsepower and 590 pound feet of torque.

02:06 The GT-R, down 1,000 pounds and 136 horsepower, rapidly makes up ground.

02:12 It hits 60 1/10 quicker than the Bentley and just keeps pulling away.

02:18 At the finish line, it beats the GT-R in 11.9 seconds at 120.1 miles per hour.

02:25 Super Sports is just behind, nailing the quarter mile in 12.1 seconds

02:30 at 113.8 miles per hour.

02:34 It's an astonishing performance by a $273,000 super exotic.

02:41 But it's proof that money can't buy everything.

02:45 [EXPLOSION]

02:48 (whooshing)

02:50 [BLANK_AUDIO]