1234hp Lucid Air Sapphire vs 1000hp Audi TT RS // THIS vs THAT

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00:00 THIS vs THAT
00:52 THIS: The 2024 Lucid Air Sapphire
04:11 THAT: Thomas' 2018 Audi TT RS
07:06 Specs & Predictions
08:12 Round 1
09:23 Round 2
10:27 Round 3
12:04 Bonus Round
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[@Optimus_Media]

Bring back hoonicorn vs everything with Lia!

[@crazyfast4439]

Lia wouldn't have anything to do with this channel at all...they are a bunch of sale outs

[@og_doughboy]

She's working with Williams in f1 academy

[@NekoWinters]

Lia has more integrity, why do you think so many of the OG crew have bailed

[@Willis-de5hx]

Lia is garbage

[@joshreynolds729]

It’s their show who cares nothing last forever doesn’t mean they are sell outs. The chicks dad died and she’s young believe me the last thing on her mind is I wonder what the shows fans think 🤣.

[@traingeek2000]

Doug's reaction time on that first launch was pretty solid gotta say

[@Krushking99]

The second one, however 💀

[@boerieza]

Don't mess with Doug hey. Legend says he actually came up with the "street's closed, pizza boy. Find another way home" line.

[@Rev.Match.Reviews]

​@@Krushking99 I feel like that was Doug being cocky seeing if he could still beat him 😂

[@JWEAVWUZHERE]

Such a slow reaction in the bonus round I think Doug would’ve taken it.

[@kevinporter1832]

That lucid air is crazy fast

[@williamupdegrove5340]

$249,000.00 MSRP on the Lucid Air Sapphire, it better be fast.

[@sylvaind.6786]

Stupid comment

[@rosstee]

Damn. I'd love one, so I could sell it and then buy something fun to drive.

[@S63jah]

Buy a 911 turbos

[@naufalkusumah2192]

about the same price as the Taycan, with double the horsepower

[@phillipcarroll6625]

@S63jah from what I've researched, the 911 Turbo S gets less range on a full tank of gas than a Lucid Sapphire gets fully charged. Plus, the Lucid is much faster (in a straight line). It's kinda hard to find range info on a Porsche so I'm waiting for someone else to chime in.

[@nickbrown7990]

On one hand this is an ad for Lucid. On the other hand the engineers behind it are cool car people so nothing wrong with supporting the homies and helping pay the shreditors energy drink bill so they can keep cooking. Throw in that it was actually a good race and this is one of the better TvT episodes lol

[@jasonveto2320]

Yeah, but they never disclose when there soing car ads. Which leads to people not trusting them. Now you have to assume if they have a new car on its an ad. Not like back in the day when you could almost guarantee they just knew someone who bought one

[@OhCorny]

It defiantly ain’t no Kia ad and we can be thankful for that

[@ianlong5208]

@@jasonveto2320gotta pay the bills, and it sounds like they have more bills to worry about nowadays. Change or die is often what you have to do as a company. Wild people don’t understand that.

[@466rudy6]

Really? Is that why everyone left?

[@leviberkland9392]

Could not agree more!!!

[@TheRMSAndre1]

That last bonus round...damn so satisfying!

[@pawg206]

Nobody talking about how hard that lucid launch on street tires compare to the Audi with all four slicks?! Talk about traction control technology!

[@Noto5oh]

That should be expected if you pay 250,000 dollars

[@johncena-hq1ti]

@@Noto5oh lol there’s cars that cost 3 million dollars that don’t launch as good

[@sergeantspeed5941]

That's because it weighs almost 6000 lbs. Weight means you don't need as sticky of a tire for straight line traction.

[@stephenEs3532]

@@sergeantspeed5941 lmaoo @ pawg206 has low iQ

[@doaudi1720]

I think it's because it's a lardass ,weight helps with traction, tt kept getting faster as lucid kept getting slower , plus tt had 200 less hp ,good race though

[@nikhenry4621]

I like how zach keeps calling it bolt on but the guy said he built the bottom end of the motor. Thats not bolt on anymore pal.

[@tubed332]

he ain't build the top end still beat that gay ass electric car

[@SaitamaTerra2]

@@tubed332 a car the struggles beating a sedan with 5 people in it 😂

[@AlphaDino]

@@tubed332 who says "gay ass" anymore?

[@notchit3542]

That's the beauty of ICE cars "unlike EV performance" sky is the limit. TT next week 2Khp while Lucid still the same.

[@99Lezard99]

exactly. "bolt ons" 😂 that tee tee had bottom end build upgraded clutches, fat turbo and what not. so yeah. bit more then just bolt ons

[@crimpinurpimpin]

That was actually a good matchup with the ballast added. Audi driver did a good job. I love those Audi builds. Def gonna do my own build with an RS3 sometime soon.

[@b4ssfunk3d]

Audis are the best bang for buck if you're building off the 2.5 inline 5. That engine is so capable of real power without any forged internals

[@stickyqtip20]

@@b4ssfunk3d can easily make mid 6 whp with just a small hybrid

[@Slow40sx]

Crazy to think my hands were on that motor! So cool to see it go down the strip!!!

[@ifoundjesusbehindthecouch6261]

Well done brother!

[@Slow40sx]

@@ifoundjesusbehindthecouch6261 yea it’s pretty cool putting together a motor that’s got 1000HP and can go 200+ 😂

[@danielaguiar9807]

you definitely cooked considering its 1k with just bottom stuff, best motor ever

[@milkofthepuppy]

I5 2.5 is no joke definitely best bang for your buck which few cars check this many boxes all in one

[@jax9074]

⁠@@danielaguiar9807great motor but best ever? Not a chance.

[@AlteredCarbons]

that TT has got some MEATS on it. ight time to watch the race

[@ryanb200]

I just want an album of the beats you play over the car intros

[@slickman5969]

me too bro

[@Nahimgood3]

its not a bolt on build if you open up the motor, he said it was built bottom end pistons rods with headstuds LMAO

[@TheRealSykx]

It's all very complicated

[@gapcityracing6086]

Ehh still cost 150k less then the lucid being built

[@MsLoneWolf4]

Technically it is. That only changes if machining work was done. Otherwise it just swapping out parts.

[@TheRealSykx]

@@MsLoneWolf4 never heard anyone call rebuilding the bottom end a "bolt on" mod, it's called a built bottom end not a bolt on bottom end..

[@MsLoneWolf4]

@TheRealSykx exactly,that's how the whole argument of "built and bought" between modded engines got started. Every one calling thier shit built but all only did turn some screws while others did customization machining work. So yeah it's still a "built" cus it isn't stock but literally just a bolt on build. Which any car enthusiasts could do in their garage.

[@Leoniswolf]

Whoever edits these videos is funny af😂

[@4DSCdude]

Beadlocks on all four corners = Sleeper....

[@rustymustard7798]

I don't think bro knows what a 'sleeper' is lol, but then again it's one of those words that lost all meaning, like 'literally', it's just sentence filler at this point.

[@TheRealSykx]

I fell asleep lookin at it, does that count? Ha jk

[@rustymustard7798]

@@TheRealSykxIt's not a sleeper, you're just narcoleptic lol.

[@TheRealSykx]

@@rustymustard7798 thanks doc

[@40yr.Old.Nerdin]

Big props to the Audi. I thought this was going to be another cakewalk for the electric car. Like Micah said, it's crazy that a production car (of that style and weight) is accomplishing those types of drag racing performances.

[@watchmework3688]

But it was a cake walk for the lucid😂 did you not see the amount of extra weight they needed to make the race comparable??

[@40yr.Old.Nerdin]

@@watchmework3688 Ballast boys or not, a lot of times the electric cars still win. After the first race, I thought the Lucid would win 2 or 3 times today. They said the Audi was getting faster, but I'd sooner think the Lucid was losing power as the charge drops. Definite downside to any electric car if you can only do a few runs before you're out of power. Still showing the inevitable future though. Soon enough internal combustion vs electric will be like a prop-plane vs a jet engine. I'm just glad combustion put up a good fight. Audi's usually perform pretty well on This vs That, almost any model.

[@gabrielmendonca1884]

​@@40yr.Old.Nerdinwell, most of the time electric cars improve their numbers with each pull, there are times when what you are talking about happens, due to lack of traction or the software is updating and various other reasons, but yes, what you are saying also happens Speaking, but the battery has to be very low, very low, the electric motor needs a certain amount of energy to be able to generate its maximum power, if it doesn't have the right amount of energy, it won't generate its maximum power, and if it gets further and further away from the amount of energy it needs, it will become weaker, and there will come a time when the amount of energy is so little that it won't even be able to start, combustion engines have the same problem, since it needs to have a certain amount of fuel to be able to generate its maximum power, for example, the top fuel engines are v8 8.1l fueled with nitromethane, "8.1 liters" it needs this to be able to generate its maximum power, or else it won't it will generate its maximum power, which is more than 10000 horsepower, it will drop to just 9000, or 8000, this depends on the amount of fuel you have in the tank, if you have 4 liters in the tank, it will not generate even half of its power maximum. the lucid air sapphire in the first round won for the simple fact of having only the driver in the car, and the audi also had only one driver, that is, it is being completely fair, in fact, it compares a sports car with a sedan, and even modified above, it's a bit unfair, isn't it? and even so lucid won the first race, which was obviously the one that was fair

[@gabrielmendonca1884]

​@@40yr.Old.NerdinWell, electric cars improve their numbers with each pull, but there are times when what you are talking about happens, but this is due to lack of traction, or because the software is being updated and various other reasons, but yes, you are right, it also happens This is because of the low charge, but the battery has to be very low, very low, it turns out that electric motors need a certain amount of energy or otherwise they will not generate their maximum power, this also happens with combustion engines, They need a certain amount of fuel to reach their peak power, which is their maximum power, if there is little fuel in the engine it will not generate its maximum power.

[@TheRealSykx]

@@gabrielmendonca1884 if the battery is too hot it puts out less voltage as well, reducing power.

[@Fpvpilot928]

Love that I don't have to close my eyes and plug my ears when I click on a this vs that. No ending spoiled at all. This is a change I can get behind!

[@VAbikerboy]

Y'all could make a new series called Electric vs Combustion at this point. Good race between these 2

[@rustymustard7798]

Nah, call it Zap vs Bang lol.

[@VAbikerboy]

@@rustymustard7798 😂😂

[@kmac720]

@@rustymustard7798 [hat tip]

[@davekal]

Modified vs EV Commercial*

[@Scottholiday13F]

Crap vs gap

[@MiguelTorres-vv2rm]

Thanks for having us. We appreciate what you guys are doing for the car enthusiasts. Keep up the good work! Its Gas powered ftw though lol 😆 Thanks thomas from Emd auto and Darin for tuning. Once in a lifetime experience and glad I was able to showcase my TTRS and all those who have helped with the build. Had us racing like we were EV. 4 laps no cool down whatsoever, so yea these cars were pretty evenly matched. Whoever gets out first, will win. Now we up the boost 😉

[@joesutinen7705]

Description of the interior of the Lucid was just funny. "It's got a steering wheel, and seats!" Solid EV / ICE matchup this time though.

[@Dark_Buck]

Man lucid is flexing software in a drag race, times have changed

[@elgiacomo]

That bonus round was a great race! I think a roll would've been super close, too.

[@cylentone]

I used to drive a stock TT-RS of the same generation (in Europe). Not fond of the color - but great sound, great fun, loved it. I still have my Audi Cabrio 5-cylinder, such an iconic engine.

[@whistlinduramax7723]

The audi is frickin impressive!!

[@CR36111]

Give the editor a raise lol I love these freaking vids bro

[@straightpipeproductions3726]

Yes

[@TexasLindbloom]

"Production model car vs. a built car" yeah, but y'all ever Googled the price of a Sapphire? Last I checked, it was $360,000. I dont think the TT cost that much, even with the upgrades lol

[@Glock7eventeen]

With all the mods and upgrades it would be $80K at most. It would probably beat a GT3 RS in a track race too, the Audi is lighter and faster. Honestly the TT RS has always been the best bang for your buck

[@Ed2tone]

250k

[@downt3mpo]

Thank you for getting Zac to narrate this time. An actual car guy that speaks the lingo. That's what we want, not the random other guy who has no idea what he's talking about.

[@Belgiannnn]

Great race, great video (shoutout to the editors, those cuts and clips added in always make me laugh). What I like even more is seeing Doug DeMuro collaborating with other popular channels too. Love that for him, and you guys as well.

[@user-sv4rp3yd4x]

Remember when this vs that was good?

[@thebikespot9177]

I've been watching each and every video since bradds s10, and I can positively say, hoonigan doesn't quite feel like hoonigan anymore... it feels like we're only left with the crumbs

[@TADAZ623]

Hoonigan is Dead.

[@dpastrana82]

I'm glad I'm not the only one.

[@Touwtje]

Did the minutes-long ad sadden you too?

[@lionelmazura3784]

we need better matchups

[@bryanmccarthy6493]

Hoonigan sold their building to DDE and all of the people are now working for other channels. It is dead but they don't have the balls to come out and say it.

[@Sajuuk]

Jesus that Audi TT is a beast. Lovely car ❤

[@finnmacleod3774]

This video was the perfect layout! Great job hoonigan❤

[@gfdrambo2691]

Love the this vs that series Keep it up we need more sick ass cars

[@LaGarajShow]

Zac please dont leave Hoonigan 😥 One of the OGs still standing 👍

[@K20_EM1]

He’s the worst one… such a 🤡

[@bryanmccarthy6493]

He has already left.

[@loose_nuts_are_faster]

That last run... 🔥🔥 Someone mentioned that it's time for Lia to bring out the Hoonicorn to take the world on again... ☑️ 🙋🏻‍♂️ Give the people what they want.

[@popsmoke2032]

I hope she never returns this channel is a sell out

[@SteveHarrellRally]

No time in her schedule right now. Our girl gettin' busy over in Europe.

[@oscarfernandez2223]

Love the show 👌🏻👌🏻🔥🔥like always...great match up💯

[@CruzSoClean]

Can’t wait for the next video 🔥🔥

[@olu]

Crazy world of performance at live in! 🎉

[@i.d.6492]

We*

[@Natepwnsu]

I think the cost is relevant here. Unless he dropped 250k on it which he obviously did not, I'd say the Audi is super impressive. I'm impressed.

[@justsaying5633]

The race was very close even with the lucid being packed with people. Very impressive

[@frankie6120]

Ready for that next episode 🎉

[@BitchenMarsRockstar]

Why has the last month of TvT just felt like shilling for EVs?

[@swankperfection]

The editing on this is hilarious!!! Best one is at 10:18. 🤣

[@mrbananasplitman7]

The edit at 10:20 got me🤣🤣Great vid as usual🔥

[@ryanparris28]

This was sick! the last race was awsome!! good work Audi !

[@ryanjones8326]

i thought it was a drag race show.... why do i need to know about the steering wheel material or snow driving mode

[@fstap]

Doug is just living his best life and I'm so happy for him

[@whizthesk8r]

😮 the lucid interior looks amazing

[@papayspeanut]

First race was the only one that counted really, those Lucids are fast

[@blakeuhl8731]

Thank you for the bonus round. Round 3 jump was bad, woulda been upset😢 me 😆 haha! Awesome work you guys!

[@nicholasdely1256]

LOVE SEEING DOUG BACK

[@monsieur-bissonious]

Best intro to-date.

[@JosephJonesboy88]

Finally a great match up, this was actually a fire episode!

[@davisflyer]

That Lucid Air is insane! Also, the TTRS sounds amazing!

[@mugdays]

They should do the "fair" race twice to make sure the first one wasn't a fluke lol

[@mikebaham8534]

LOVE these vids!!! id like to see yall get that challenger 170 out there! Make some calls fellas!!!

[@user-sx1ov1bu2w]

That jurassic park reference had me ROLLIN! 10:18 "Clever girl"

[@wesleybrock2971]

Loved the reactions in the back of the Lucid! 😂😂😂 Georjahs Grin said it all!

[@justinnabong9619]

I have the new RS3 and I cannot wait till we’re able to tune it !

[@snutmeez]

Yoooo, them was two super duper quick cars. EV vs ICE to be side, by side is amazing.👊🏿💪🏿🔥🔥🔥🔥💯🇨🇦

[@MrTurbo_]

This was actually a great matchup

[@tornatic1983]

I love my Tesla Model S Plaid but Lucid Air Sapphire but if i could own any sedan in the world it would be the Lucid Air Sapphire for sure! It took putting 4 people in car for the TT RS to win. Impressive

[@na_inline4]

First run was solid, Doug has that reaction time on point the lucid gets out 😮‍💨

[@johnoo98]

NEXT THIS VS THAT. Finna be 🔥

[@jpfragola2000]

Great episode, I hope this is the new direction of things to come !

[@tonychavez4030]

The raptor part got me rolling lololol

[@robertfader3046]

Glad hoonigan is back wish i got to meet ken my uncle was a subaru mechanic on the rallys with ken and trav

[@tdwl4373]

Good to see Doug. Solid as per usual fellas.

[@BrownsRUs]

What’s sup Doug!!!!! This was dope! The edits are always so clean!!! The TTRS is 🤩

[@minnesotatomcat]

Not an Audi fan but I absolutely love that green!!

[@halfwaytobedlam3234]

pretty funny seeing the crew yelling in the back seat of the lucid while its accelerating without the sound of a combustion engine 😂

[@Sakosaga]

The air isn't just fast acceleration, it also pulls on the high end too and keeps going, alot of evs don't do that. This thing is built for just continuing to go.

[@Htx_Bag]

Ondgas Upcoming Episode lets gooo!!!

[@stevebarnette]

That last one gave me goose bumps. Nice race, gents.

[@bluerootz]

This has to be Doug’s best video yet

[@boerieza]

Not gonna lie - I skipped all the way to the Audi's intro and watched from there instead :D Also, it has to be said that the editing in these videos is underrated...serious lolz. #moredougplease

[@skeletanger]

Lol same no one cares about a soulless boring ev

[@GDM22]

Remain ignorant, good for you.

[@Dukes3677]

I don't blame the audi for doing a lil drag racing manuver at the end, but i think heads up on the 3rd wouldve been REAL good.

[@LordAfrocious]

That was closer than expected.

[@TestpowerKo]

Happy to.see how cars nowadays are so incredible off the lot and you don't haft to get rid of your seats and you basically can drive your family with you and experience the speed of course with safety precautions

[@ntf543]

Best match up so far. They both rip so fast...

[@josh33025]

I saw that farscape clip. Man that was a really good sci fi series.

[@monkey0550ify]

Wow this is the most calmest this v.s. that show ever

[@fleetgt]

Yeah they pre record too much and edit out the banter too much

[@monkey0550ify]

@fleetgt that's what we live for all the banter it's what made the show I mean if I wanted to watch car and driver I would have but no what the hell is going on here we want the old channel

[@fleetgt]

@@monkey0550ify yeah the new corporate owner is killing the fun. It's all about Jason Cammisa on Hagerty now.

[@phoenixdk]

The most amazing thing is how close these two cars were. I could watch fifty more drag races with that match-up, I'm sure you guys can come up with some more good handicaps to apply :)

[@sk8xaq]

10:30 Dayum, Georgia!

[@EndlessWeekendlife]

Headphones on, that engine is damn fine 🔥

[@josevenegas9863]

A lot of people used to hate on the audi TT but i saw one at work that was getting fixed n those cars are dangerously fast modified

[@HeltKlartSoeholm]

They still do here, if you're not a hairdresser, you're getting bullied for driving a TT xD

[@99Lezard99]

thanks to double clutch automatic trans and awd. but yeah its a tee tee......

[@trees4584]

great match up

[@stickyfingerz31]

Last round, gaaaaadamnn!

[@spirlindizzy]

Hearing all that noise from the TT and watching the lucid pull harder puts it in great perspective

[@cj41079]

Raptor edit was hilarious 😂😂

[@thomas-918]

I love how Zach says verse instead versus. You think by now he would know the difference. Lol

[@ever2gut1]

Don't understand how everyone is saying this was an Ad for Lucid. If it really was an Ad the Lucid would have won every race.

[@mcsike7264]

I mean it would have if they didnt stuff more ppl in it so they take a already heavy car and made it even more heavy XD

[@ever2gut1]

@@mcsike7264 sabotage haha #ballastboyz

[@stevetheodore_specialtycars]

It's not the end for ICE powered cars just yet...that was awesome and a great match up!

[@da5863]

I love DAZAs, one of the best sounding engines ever and unlike most petrol heads I like electric cars too so the results have me feeling a little conflicted lol. A couple points, the TTRS is neither a bolt on car or full on drag car, it’s somewhere in the middle. The Lucid is 250K, so it is much more expensive but at the same time, it’s faster than everything in its prices range and all the way up into the $1 million price range, which is extremely impressive. The TTRS is a little 2.5L 5 cly so the performance tuners are able to extract from it is also very impressive. With that 6870 I still think there’s more boost to push but overall the results were very interesting. Great video

[@Nordlaw876]

I love how Lucid counted the horse power number 1234hp..love it😂...that TTRS for 1000HP is crazy

[@m25khalid23]

We are proud that this is a Saudi industry

[@kjeaston926]

You know what else has 2.5L 5 cylinder turbo that people sleep on Volvos!!!! Volvo s60R 2.5L Inline 5 turbo! Doing from 2.3L, 2.4L, and 2.5L blocks all in Volvos! Mannn Audi and Volvo been pushing those 5 cylinders! They make power! I have two Volvo s60Rs both getting different mods :) ones an 05 ones an 07. Super reliable sleepers! AWD too!

[@diegougarte]

WHAT A BONUS RUN

[@sinful6speed]

Car go vroom, I like

[@rickyt310]

Win or lose. That's nasty fast.. big difference in tire too. I'm impressed

[@jordanthomson7682]

That last race was the one 🏁👍