In one corner we have a naturally aspirated V12 with all-wheel drive, while in the other corner we have a turbocharged V8 with rear-wheel drive. All that matters is which one can cross the finish line first. This is our CLOSEST drag race yet!
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00:00G'day, I'm Paul. I'm sitting in a 1 of 63 Lamborghini Chian. It's like a $5 million car.
00:06My mate Albor's over there. He's sitting in another car that is quite rare and also quite expensive, McLaren Senna.
00:13Run us through that thing.
00:14Mate, this thing, 4 litre twin-turbo V8, it's got so much torque, it's got so much power.
00:19I mean, this car leaves literally no introduction.
00:21But it is rear-wheel drive and you're in an all-wheel drive V12, so I am a little bit worried about the launch.
00:26But I reckon, once I get going, if I ever do, I'm going to have you as we get closer to the end of the runway.
00:31Well, I've got a 6.5 litre V12, naturally aspirated, but it does have a supercapacitor, which is like a 48-volt thing.
00:38It's an electric motor that gives you a little bit more power.
00:41This engine's from the SVJ, and then they've added a couple of these little components in.
00:45It's kind of all shared with the Countach as well.
00:47And it's made it to an automated manual, so the gear shifts in these are just monumentally fast and hard.
00:52So, it's pretty incredible stuff.
00:54So, this is how this is going to work.
00:57We're going to do a drag race down the quarter mile, then we're going to come back and do a roll race.
01:02And then at the end, I'm just going to be quiet so you can hear these things accelerating down there.
01:07You can see some acceleration figures as well.
01:11It is going to be truly exciting.
01:13I'm a little bit nervous, but we will see how it all goes.
01:16I'm going to give a massive shout-out to Caltex, who are helping us put this on.
01:19This is an expensive event.
01:21Without their support, none of this would be possible.
01:23Big shout-out to our mate Lawrence.
01:24He owns all of these cars, plus others.
01:27And we wouldn't be able to do any of this without him supporting us, so we genuinely appreciate that.
01:32But, Elbors, figure out all your switches and stuff, and I'll do the same, and then let's go.
01:38Okay.
01:41Megan, count us in.
01:43Oh, man.
01:58That is brutal.
02:02Oh, I'm catching him.
02:10Oh, I'm catching him.
02:12Oh, I'm catching him.
02:17Oh, what?
02:18Oh, I don't know if I want that or not.
02:23Holy shit.
02:24What?
02:27What?
02:27Wow.
02:30What?
02:33That was insane.
02:35That was insane.
02:38Oh, man.
02:38I was so far behind.
02:40You had such a good launch, and then I just reeled you in.
02:43I don't know if I want.
02:44I really don't know.
02:45I actually, I didn't have time to check where you were, because I was like, I've easily won.
02:52He's somewhere completely behind.
02:53There's no way he's going to catch me.
02:55Then we get to the finish line, and I'm about to celebrate, and then all of a sudden, you fly past me like I'm standing still.
03:02This has got so much more torque in the top end.
03:10It's crazy.
03:12I'm honestly stunned, because I think the thing with this car is the gear shifts are so brutal that you feel like you're going a million miles an hour, but I don't think I actually am.
03:22That is on another planet, but there is, if you get a proper launch, there is no way I will be anywhere near you.
03:30G'day, I'm Paul.
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04:02All right, second run elbows.
04:03I think you've got some warm tyres now, so let's give this a crack.
04:06Megan, count us in when you're ready.
04:07Next, let's go.
04:11The launch is so brutal.
04:20Come on.
04:28Nah, I know it cracks us in there.
04:33Nah, there's no way he's going to catch me now.
04:35Nah.
04:39It's fine.
04:44Nah.
04:45What happened there, champion?
04:46I just bogged down at the start, so look, I think it's fair to say the all-wheel drive in that car has this for the straight line.
04:55But I reckon, let's do a roll race, because I think you haven't got a hope in hell.
04:58Yeah, so I think the roll race is going to separate the men from the boys.
05:04Well, when it comes to manufacturers, I think it's quite clear which one of us is a man, which one's a boy.
05:08But anyway.
05:11All right, let's go back there and do a roll race.
05:13Now, we're going to do a roll race here.
05:16So we're basically going to accelerate up to 50 k's an hour to where Igor is with the hat.
05:21And then we're going to drop the hammer and see how we go.
05:23I reckon this is where he's going to have me, because that thing is not another planet.
05:27Right, elbows, let's do this.
05:29Oh, so much faster.
05:50Oh, man.
05:54Look at that.
05:55I am so much faster.
06:07Yeah, baby.
06:08That's how you do it.
06:10Seriously.
06:11That's how you do it.
06:12That is insanity.
06:14Mate, that's what we call a comprehensive defeat.
06:17Yeah, I'm happy to give you that one.
06:20That centre is otherworldly when it comes to acceleration.
06:24It does look like, I don't know, it just looks like a bit of a science project.
06:29I don't know that I love it, but yeah, it is pretty cool.
06:31Yeah, I agree.
06:32If I had to pick between the car I'm in and the car you're driving, I would pick your car every day of the week.
06:36Yeah, pretty much.
06:37It's not the size, it's the, what is it, the motion in the ocean, I think is the thing.
06:43Now, this is where I'm going to throw to the part where I'm just going to be quiet,
06:46and you get to hear what these cars sound like accelerating down a quarter mile.
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