Here's The Proof... Tesla Cybertruck vs Porsche 911 Drag Race

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No, Tesla's Cybertruck is not faster than a Porsche 911 while towing!
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At the Cybertruck delivery event, Tesla CEO Elon Musk claimed the Cybertruck could tow a Porsche 911 down the 1/4 mile faster than a Porsche 911 could do it by itself. I did not believe it, so I made a video explaining why - but math is for nerds, let's do it for real! Thanks to MotorTrend, this test is now a reality, as we pitted the CyberBeast against a manual Porsche 911 T - the slowest current generation Porsche 911.

For all the data and details, check out MotorTrend's full analysis:
www.motortrend.com/reviews/tesla-cybertruck-beast-…

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All Comments (21)
  • @dennisl6198
    You know what's sad? If TESLA had said 'we ALMOST beat a 911 towing a 911' I would have been just as impressed.
  • Something I look for in a pickup truck is the capability to tow a sports car faster in a drag race situation than the sports car itself. Extremely important factor in my purchasing decision.
  • @davidvrtel7113
    What a power move to actually test that to prove the math is correct
  • @SinisterMD
    Once again an engineer with a white board has trumped marketing propaganda. The hero we deserve.
  • @MaC111
    I love the fact the cybertruck board drawing is just a triangle with wheels 😂😂
  • @cinimini4854
    About Porsche providing the car, I think I remember Mat from the Carwow channel mentioning how Ferrari, Mclaren and so on usually, send some extra people to drag races to be around the car in case anything goes wrong, while Porsche just sends the car like "It'll do whatever you need it to". So among all performamce brands I somewhat trust that the Porsche provided was just a regular Porsche Carrera T with no special adjustment for this specific drag race.
  • @Gurn-xh5fg
    So an aluminum single-axle trailer rated below the weight of the 911, and then they gutted 150 pounds out of the trailer. Yikes.
  • Tesla is so lucky, picking the exact right model randomly out of dozens and dozens of different 911s!
  • @stevenreddy6842
    This is probably the furthest anybody has gone to disprove an auto manufacturer’s marketing claims since everyone jumped on SSC for lying about the Tuatara 316mph top speed run. The automotive community needs to do this more often.
  • @MrOsmodeus
    everytime a cybertruck shows up on screen i think my gpu is artifacting.
  • @Gurn-xh5fg
    The 379-horsepower 911T with a manual transmission is also the lightest and slowest 911. The base model 911 also has only 379 horsepower, but comes only with the 8-speed dual-clutch PDK transmission, and is faster. Optioning the lighter 911T with the PDK, would make it faster than the base 911. The 450-horsepower 911S is significantly faster, ESPECIALLY if optioned with the PDK. The 473-horsepower 911 GTS is the real sweet spot in the 911 line-up, and is even faster with the PDK. The 572-horsepower all wheel drive 911 Turbo with the PDK is simply in another league. And there really isn't anything available that's faster than the 640-horsepower all wheel drive 911 Turbo S.
  • @Exkhaniber
    This channel is such a treat! No arguing. No taking sides. Just math. And occasionally, a nice demonstration to back up said math :D
  • @lagundafire
    Jason: “Lawyers don’t want anyone to have any fun.” *lawyer leans into frame and whispers something to Jason. Jason: “in my opinion”
  • Porsche Carrera T = 4.3seconds, Porsche Turbo = 2.7s, Porsche turbo S = 2.6 seconds for 0 - 60mph.
  • @surferdude4487
    The Cybertruck achieves 88 mph at the 1/8 mile? That explains how they won the drag race. It begins to time-travel at the 1/8 mile, then it can finish the drag race before it even launches. You forgot to activate the flux capacitor.
  • @n.o.b.s.8458
    “Nothing too serious” cut to $350,000 worth of cars on a drag strip for the express purpose of calling out the most hyped car company in existence for lying 👌
  • @nateracing
    motortrend collab? ✅ cybertruck v 911 drag race? ✅ math? ✅
  • @lhill4363
    Is this the German citizenship test? Congratulations on passing
  • @JaredAF
    That's crazy you calculated it exactly down to a hundredth of a second, always love this channel