1000-HP BMW M3 Touring Takes on Lamborghini Revuelto and Koenigsegg Jesko: Video

The M3 Touring is fast wagon. There’s little question about that. Even towards the better sports activities automobile phase, it actually holds its personal. However due to the wonders of recent tuning — and the pleasant powertrain underneath the M3 Touring’s sheet steel — it seems, the efficiency wagon may even give a big part of the hypercar market a run for its cash. In a brand new video from Carwowa tuned M3 Touring reportedly touting four-figure horsepower takes on a $450,000 Lamborghini. We may’ve ended the sentence there and also you most likely nonetheless would’ve needed to see what occurs. However in truth Carwow exams a trio of automobiles — which additionally contains the multi-million-dollar Koenigsegg Jesko.

The Contenders

You’re most likely already aware of the M3 Touring. It’s the wagon variant of the M3 Sedan, using the venerable S58 enginean eight-speed automated transmission, and M xDrive all-wheel drive to place the facility down. Oh yeah, energy — usually, the automobile makes 523 horsepower. This M3 Touring particularly has gotten the works thrown at it, sporting a constructed engine and gearbox and loads of different goodies. The declare is 1,000 horsepower, however we’ll should see how that holds up on the drag strip.

The Lamborghini is the latest V12 flagship mannequin, the Revuelto. Just like the BMW i8it includes a hybrid powertrain and all-wheel drive, solely right here the three electrical motors and mighty V12 produce a mixed 1,001 horsepower. It’s essentially the most horsepower of any Lamborghini ever. The Koenigsegg, however, has the intriguing distinction of being essentially the most highly effective and lightest automobile right here whereas concurrently being the one rear wheel drive automobile. The automobile makes 1,280 horsepower right here, as with out E85 gas readily available, you’ll be able to’t get the complete kill 1,600 horsepower.

The Race

After some revs and basic banter, the automobiles take off. As you may need suspected, the all-wheel drive automobiles instantly soar out forward of the Egg. It’s additionally pretty simple to inform that the Koenigsegg’s pilot maybe isn’t essentially the most skilled drag racer. It’s, in any case, the proprietor, somewhat than a tamed racing driver. Whereas the wagon takes dwelling the W fairly handily, it additionally launched fairly a tick forward of the others — early, that’s. The Egg driver loses their passenger and the trio line up thrice extra. Lengthy story quick: the Koenigsegg by no means wins one.

The Touring backed up its 1,000 horsepower declare with a crispy 9.5-second quarter-mile sprint. And, notably, there wasn’t a gradual run right here — each automobile posted a time beneath ten seconds. Increased pace roll races see the Koenigsegg carry out notably higher, which is sensible as restricted traction isn’t a problem. Anyway, watch and revel in. The M3 Touring is a tremendous machine with or with out 1,000 horsepower. But it surely’s very cool to see one constantly thrashing on automobiles with exponentially increased value tags.