DRAG RACE: Tesla Model Y dethroned by BYD Sealion 7

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The BYD Sealion 7 Performance is cheaper and faster than the new Tesla Model Y Juniper…so why would you waste money on the Tesla? We put them up agains teach other to figure out which is quickest in a drag race!  Hardness tester, noise and lane keeping results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/121Auf6HGvaBqRToYcuAz94alin7Sw55SpOPECBDlnKE  Skip Ahead: Intro: 00:00 Race 1: 00:25 Race 2: 01:11 Roll race 1: 02:58 Roll race 2: 04:00  Timed runs: 05:13 Result: 06:09  We review every new car on the market, bust car myths, cover the latest car tech and answer your burning questions.  Whether you need new car advice, purchase validation or simply love learning more about new cars and technology, we are your car experts.  Subscribe to Car Expert: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7DvMhvy3H7ntEgn9n3xQcQ?sub_confirmation=1  You'll find us dropping new video content three times a week. If you'd like to ask a question about one of our videos, simply leave us a comment. If you'd like to give us any feedback on our content, feel free to email us, or alternatively, hit us up on social media.  Finally, we want this channel to grow with your support and feedback. If there's anything you don't like or would like to see us change, we'd love to hear from you!  Follow us on social media to see what we're up to and to ask any questions!  CarExpert: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CarExpertAus Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/CarExpertAus Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carexpert.com.au  Paul Maric: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PaulMaric Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/PaulMaric Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/PaulMaric  #tesla #byd #dragrace

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00:00G'day, I'm Paul. We're going to go drag racing with the new BYD C-Line 7 Performance and the

00:06Tesla Model Y Long Range. These are really close in terms of performance numbers, but the C-Line

00:127 is about 200 kilos heavier, so I think this is going to be pretty close. I'm going to run you

00:18through all the specs and stuff in just a sec, but I reckon we just get straight into it and see

00:22which one's quickest down to the finish line. Launching on, go. Three, two, one, go.

00:30Oh, nice start by me. Holy moly. It is hosing the Tesla. That is amazing. Oh, there it is.

00:52Wow. This is quick. Holy moly. It just sort of leaves it in the dust.

01:00Oh, that was fast. I reckon we go do that one more time because I think I left a tiny

01:07bit early there, but this thing is properly quick. Now, before we get into our second drag

01:13race here, worth pointing out some of the figures. Over 300 kilowatts of power out of both of these

01:18cars. These are some monster performance and I just can't overstate enough how impressive

01:24that is for an electric car in today's day and age. These are kind of just family cars. To think

01:29that they are capable of doing zero to 100 in a little over four seconds, I think is pretty

01:34remarkable stuff. So official performance figures, this is four and a half seconds to 100, whereas

01:38the Tesla is around the 4.8 second mark. So pretty close there, but the Tesla is lighter than this.

01:45It's also more expensive. Big difference as well is that this uses an LFP battery, whereas that uses

01:50an NMC battery. So that battery contains nickel. It has a better power density, which means they're

01:55able to basically pack more energy into the battery and it is lighter than the energy density you can

02:00get out of this battery here in the C-Line 7. So that is definitely going to help the Tesla. But

02:04anyway, time for our second drag race. Let's see how this goes.

02:08Launching on go. Three, two, one, go.

02:17Oh, that was better. All right.

02:25This is properly quick.

02:29Oh, the Tesla's catching us.

02:34Tesla, you almost caught us at the end there. That was impressive. All right. So I think this

02:50is the quickest to that marker, but I reckon we need to go back now and do a rolling race because

02:56I think this is going to be close. Okay. It's time for the roll race. So with this, basically we're

03:01going to accelerate up to 50 Ks an hour. I'll count us in. We're going to mash the throttle

03:06and see who can get there first. It's going to be close because the Model Y was kind of catching

03:10just as we got near the end there. So this is going to be interesting. Very interesting. Given that

03:15that is so much more expensive than this, this is such good value for money for what it is.

03:19All right, let's do this. So up to 50 Ks an hour, and then we will mash the throttle. So there's 30,

03:2640, and 50, and 50. 3, 2, 1, go. Oh, come on!

03:38Go! Go! Go! Go! Oh, no!

03:45Oh, no! Oh, no! Oh, no! Oh, dear. That is not very good. All right. Well, I guess let's go do that

03:54one more time just to make sure that I didn't leave late there, but I kind of feel like you had

03:59me there. Okay. Run two. That one was very close. Oh, actually a little too close for comfort, I reckon.

04:06So there's 30, 40, 50. All right. 3, 2, 1, go. Oh, come on, baby.

04:21Come on, baby. Oh, this is close.

04:24Oh, that was close. That was close. Igor, that was like a dead heat. What does it look like on the

04:42camera? Yeah, so the Tesla won that by about a wheels diameter. Okay, so that was very close then.

04:49Well, I guess that concludes it. So basically, C-Line 7, fastest from a standing start.

04:56Tesla Model Y Juniper, long range, fastest once it's moving, which makes sense given that it is

05:02lighter than this by a fair old margin. So what we're going to do now, though, is I'm going to be

05:07quiet so you can, well, I guess, listen to these things go and get some actual performance numbers.

05:19So what we're going to do now, though, is I'm going to be quiet.

05:49So there it is. That was good fun. Let us know if there's anything else you want us to drag race,

06:13especially in this sort of family car performance type segment, because it is really good fun.

06:19If you do want to check out our other drag race videos, we've done a stack of supercar drag races

06:23and a bunch of other stuff. There is a playlist on YouTube with all of those videos. You can catch

06:28that in the description below. Let us know what you thought of the result as well. Did you think

06:32that the C-Line 7 was going to walk away, or do you reckon the Tesla was always going to have the

06:36goods? I'm keen for your feedback. But until next time, take it easy.

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