Lucid Sapphire Takes Down Tesla Plaid In Drag Race, Becomes The World’s Fastest Production Sedan | Dealer Mobil Toyota

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The Tesla Model S Plaid and nan Lucid Sapphire are 2 of nan fastest-production sedans connected nan marketplace today. But which 1 is faster? Going by each car’s specs, nan Lucid Sapphire should beryllium nan quicker of nan two.

However, nan only measurement to cognize which car is faster is to person them spell head-to-head successful a race, which YouTuber DragTimes decided to do. In nan video, he and his chap driver went caput to caput successful a Tesla Model S Plaid and a Lucid Sapphire to spot who would travel retired connected apical successful a best-of-three-quarter mile resistance race.

The Lucid Sapphire

The Lucid has astir 3,000 miles, though DragTimes did not specify really overmuch this mileage would impact its capacity times. The Lucid Sapphire has 3 electrical motors that make a whopping 1,234 horsepower distributed to each 4 wheels.

Despite its hefty weight of 5,336 pounds, nan Sapphire is simply a fast-track artifact that rips done nan 4th mile successful conscionable 8.93 seconds while reaching a apical velocity of 154 miles an hour. According to DragTimes, nan Lucid Sapphire tin besides rip from 0 to 60 successful conscionable 1.77 seconds.

All 4 Sapphire tires are Michelin Pilot 4Ss, pinch nan rear tires being 21 inches and nan beforehand tires 20 inches. The video specifies that nan Lucid Sapphire successful this resistance title costs $250,000.

The Tesla Model S Plaid

While nan Lucid Sapphire is impressive, nan Tesla Model S Plaid is nary slouch. While its quarter-mile clip runs somewhat down nan Sapphire’s astatine 9.2 seconds, nan Plaid is still a deliriously accelerated car. According to YouTuber DragTimes, nan Plaid tin do a 0 to 60-second sprint successful astir 1.9 seconds astatine its best.

In his video, DragTimes claims that Teslas tally their highest capacity times erstwhile new. So, luckily for immoderate Tesla fans watching this race, nan Plaid only has astir 1,000 miles connected it. The specs for nan Tesla Model S Plaid successful this video authorities it has 3 electrical motors that nonstop 1,020 horsepower to each 4 wheels.

While nan Plaid has 214 little horsepower than nan Sapphire, it weighs less. According to nan video, nan Plaid weighs 4,830 pounds, whereas nan Sapphire weighs 5,336 pounds. Will nan Plaid, being complete 500 pounds lighter than nan Sapphire, dress up for their quality successful horsepower connected nan resistance strip?

Another noticeable quality betwixt these 2 vehicles is their value tags. The Plaid successful nan video only costs $88,000, which is $162,000 cheaper than nan Sapphire. For nan $250,000 it costs to bargain nan Sapphire, personification could bargain 2 Tesla Model S Plaids and still person $74,000 near over, which is almost capable to bargain a 3rd Model S Plaid. Like nan Sapphire, nan Plaid is riding connected Michelin Pilot 4S tires. However, dissimilar nan Sapphire, nan Plaid has 21-inch tires connected each 4 wheels.

Racing To A Red Light

The Plaid sewage disconnected to a awesome commencement successful nan first race, getting up early and leaving nan Sapphire behind. Unfortunately for Tesla fans, this did not count because nan Plaid driver was antsy and launched nan car while nan commencement ray was still red. So, Sapphire won nan first title by default because Plaid was starting excessively soon.

The Sapphire’s driver must person been edgy from nan Plaid bolting disconnected nan statement during nan first race, which explains why they launched earlier nan ray was greenish astatine nan commencement of nan 2nd race. So, nan Plaid won nan 2nd title by default, meaning that nan only existent racing betwixt these 2 velocity demons happened successful their 3rd and last race.

The Third Race

Thankfully, some cars had cleanable starts this time. Unfortunately for Tesla fans, location was nary title betwixt nan Plaid and nan Sapphire. The second changeable disconnected nan statement to return an early lead, which quickly accrued to nan Sapphire being 1 and past 2 car lengths up of nan Plaid.

Still, while nan Plaid mislaid nan competition, it posted an awesome quarter-mile clip of 9.28 seconds, reaching a apical velocity of 149 miles per hour. The Sapphire, nan plaid driver called a “rocket,” completed nan quarter-mile tally successful conscionable 8.96 seconds, reaching a apical velocity of 153 miles per hour.

Every Fraction Of A Second Counts

Before pitting nan Sapphire against nan Plaid, DragTimes noted that nan erstwhile had a chopped advantage, stating that while “anything tin hap successful heads-up racing…at slightest you’ll beryllium capable to spot precisely what nan quality is betwixt an 8-second car and a 92 car, which really is rather nan difference.”

It’s a quality that DragTimes further noted erstwhile he Pointed astatine nan Sapphire and said, “I tin decidedly show you this point ripping disconnected 0 to 60 and 1.7 seconds is decidedly noticeably different than nan Tesla Plaid, which is fortunate to driblet into nan 1.9 [0 to 60 seconds] range.”

The 3rd title made that fraction of a 2nd quality very clear. Outside of having nan cleanable motorboat aliases getting a caput start, it’s improbable that nan Plaid will ever beryllium capable to hit nan Sapphire successful a resistance title for illustration this. Maybe erstwhile Elon Musk unveils a caller car powered by “rocket-y things,” Tesla will guidelines a chance.