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ELANA SCHERR: Oh, man.
It has been a long day
here at Willow Springs.
It was 8 million degrees,
there were wolves.
We definitely almost died
about a jillion times.
KURT NIEBUHR: Holy [BLEEP].
ELANA SCHERR: But
it was worth it
because we were able to race
all three of these SUVs,
and they're all good.
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ANNOUNCER: 3, 2, 1, go!
ELANA SCHERR: This is a
2020 BMW X3 M Competition.
Under the hood is
a turbocharged,
3 liter, 6 cylinder
engine similar to what
you'd find in the X3 M40i.
But instead of 382 horsepower
and 365 pound feet of torque,
The X3 M Competition
boosts the figures
to 503 horsepower and
442 pound feet of torque.
If you're looking for something
to surprise the other parents
at daycare drop-off,
the X3 M will do it.
Warning, car makers:
if you put competition
in the name of your car,
we'll consider that an order.
If you have friends who hate
the whole idea of a crossover
coupé, it doesn't matter
because you'll be going so fast
in the 2020 AMG GLC 63 S
coupé that you won't even hear
their complaints.
This beast is powered by a
turbocharged, 4 liter V8,
conveniently also rated
at 503 horsepower.
But bragging 516
pound feet of torque.
This version of the GLC
is an absolute monster,
and since it has a launch
control option specifically
called race start, we obviously
have to start it in a race.
Ah, the Tesla
Model Y. Unburdened
by geared transmissions
and full gas tanks,
as well as being
hundreds of pounds
lighter than either
the X3 or the GLC,
the all-electric Model
Y is just a charge away
from charging away.
This is the Edmunds
long-term Model Y performance
performance.
Yes, that's right, it's
the performance model
with the performance
package, and we're
going to see if that double
performance can perform.
All three crossovers in our
race are all-wheel drive,
and we plan to use
whatever launch
assist technology they
offer when we line them up
and launch them.
These three coupé UVs are
putting the sport back in SUV,
and with radically
different power plans.
Which one does it best?
SPEAKER 1: What are you doing to
prepare your car for the race?
KURT NIEBUHR: I mean, I'm
trying to talk real nice to it.
Let it know that it's fast.
ELANA SCHERR: I wanted to make
sure that the transmission was
in the right
settings, and I wanted
to make sure that all the
shift points for the engine
were right and that it had the--
oh no, wait.
None of that, because it
doesn't have any of that.
KURT NIEBUHR: Seriously?
This car is not too picky
about that kind of stuff.
You can put it in
sport, you can put it
in sport plus, or race mode.
Then it's brake
pedal hold it down,
throttle pedal hold it down,
and then just let it rip.
REESE COUNTS: So sport
plus transmissions, sport
plus suspension, 6 sharp on the
transmission, and then ready
for launch control.
ELANA SCHERR: A very
important part of any race
is intimidating your rivals.
And normally, you do that
by revving up the engine,
so let's--
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Sorry.
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ANNOUNCER: Ready.
3, 2, 1,
REESE COUNTS: Ah, [BLEEP]
ELANA SCHERR: What happened?
REESE COUNTS: I jumped it.
ANNOUNCER: Drivers ready?
Let's do this.
3, 2, 1, go!
ELANA SCHERR: You guys
all good behind me?
KURT NIEBUHR: Yep.
REESE COUNTS: Yeah.
ELANA SCHERR: I have the feeling
that I either slightly jumped
that start, or the boys
were badly sleeping.
I mean, it is nighttime.
It is well past their bedtime.
They are both very old.
So could be that
they were napping.
Ooh, bunny!
REESE COUNTS: So my launch
control didn't activate.
KURT NIEBUHR: I'm not sure if
you got a really good launch,
or you did jump in I'm not sure.
But didn't really matter.
You pulled away anyway.
ELANA SCHERR:
Yeah, it was weird.
It was like the second half felt
like a totally different car
than the first half.
Are you guys going to
use launch control again,
or are you just going
to foot break it?
KURT NIEBUHR: I'm going
to use launch control.
REESE COUNTS: I'm going
to use it this time.
ANNOUNCER: Ready.
3, 2, 1, Go.
REESE COUNTS: Man, this
thing is sluggish [INAUDIBLE]
ELANA SCHERR: Is that what you
felt like in the GT500, Kurt?
KURT NIEBUHR:
That's exactly what
I felt like but without
that smug, EV feeling that
comes along with it.
Is there something like
an electric supercharger?
ELANA SCHERR: It does make a
kind of supercharger whine,
so I'm basically
just telling myself
that it's just a very quiet V8.
KURT NIEBUHR: I think we could
do one more quarter mile run
and then do a roll
race after that.
ANNOUNCER: Drivers ready.
3, 2, 1, go.
REESE COUNTS: God,
those two are so close.
I wanted this to be better, but.
ELANA SCHERR: I think
you got me there, Kurt.
KURT NIEBUHR: I just
shorted a lot of Tesla stock
with that one.
ELANA SCHERR: I mean,
you still lost overall,
and I was sleeping.
KURT NIEBUHR: So if you
were sleeping at the light,
does that mean that
you were on autopilot?
ELANA SCHERR: I wonder if it
could do this in autopilot.
Maybe the roll racing.
KURT NIEBUHR: So what
we're going to try and do
is a roll race here.
But we have to use the honor
system which, I, frankly,
don't trust either of
these other people.
But we're going to set our
speed at about 40 miles an hour
and hope I can beat
an electric vehicle.
I hope so.
ELANA SCHERR: Was that not
how you're supposed to do it?
KURT NIEBUHR: That's how
you're supposed to do it.
That thing is electric.
REESE COUNTS: That felt
a lot better once I
was right in the power band.
KURT NIEBUHR: Holy [BLEEP].
REESE COUNTS: [BLEEP]
KURT NIEBUHR: Well that
thing owns the roll on,
that's for sure.
ELANA SCHERR: The thing
is it's not very exciting.
I mean, I know that I'm going
fast and that part is good.
But it's not, nothing shakes
more or makes more noise.
It's just kind of
like, wooshier.
KURT NIEBUHR: That wooshier
noise is the sound of progress.
REESE COUNTS: The
BMW sounds awesome.
It's just slow.
ELANA SCHERR: I'm really
surprised that the BMW is
having so much trouble,
because everything
that I've read
about that car had
pretty stout numbers for it.
REESE COUNTS: It just
feels like there's a 1/2
second delay off the line.
It doesn't feel like it's
hooking up right in the power
like I expected it to.
KURT NIEBUHR: Just
out of curiosity,
what's your battery look like?
How much range you got?
ELANA SCHERR: It's
right about at half now.
Kurt, I think the Mercedes
has the most impressive lead.
I mean, if I gave you
even a second, even
a fraction of a
second, it was like,
oh, man, now I've got
to chase you down.
KURT NIEBUHR: Yeah, it's
weird racing at night
because I can't see you.
So I'm looking
over and I'm trying
to find where you
are and I think
in the last quarter
mile run we were
so close that your headlight
was in the blind spot.
I kept looking over
and seeing black.
REESE COUNTS: Don't worry, I
got a good look at both of you.
KURT NIEBUHR: I will say that
it is somewhat demoralizing
to have the sound
of a V8 engine,
and then just know
full well that I'm
getting passed by
something that's
making no noise whatsoever.
ELANA SCHERR: I'm
sorry, I'm busy.
I'm doing Adele karaoke.
Hello.
REESE COUNTS: You hear this?
ELANA SCHERR (INTERCOM):
It's this thing.
REESE COUNTS: This is Elana
singing karaoke from the Tesla.
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ELANA SCHERR: The BMW may have
come up short both in the drag
race and at our test track, but
it posted the shortest braking
distance and highest
lateral g on our skid pad,
giving some respect to the
competition part of its name.
You may be surprised to see
that the Benz was quickest
at our test track, even though
it lost most of the drag races.
How does that work?
Well, the Benz's engine
uses air to make power,
and the heat and
the high altitude
where we filmed
this race meant it
wasn't breathing as well as
it was on our test track.
Combine that with
real-world reaction times
and this is what you get.
The Tesla's immediate
power delivery
and all-weather consistency
make for high performance
both at the test track
and during the commute.
Man, winning feels good.
Winning always feels good.
But winning when your
competitors should beat you,
when they have
turbocharged engines
and they come from very famous,
long-standing luxury marks
with a huge history
of performance,
and you're just in a little
start-up from California,
you don't even have a
gas engine, it's an EV.
Yeah.
Yeah, that feels really good.
Tesla takes it.
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