VW Transporter v Ford Transit v Toyota Proace v Mercedes Vito - VAN DRAG RACE!

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carwow is turning into ‘vanwow’ for our next drag race! Mat is in a VW Transporter 6.1, and he’s going up against a Toyota Proace, a custom Ford Transit and a Mercedes Vito! All four of them have 4-cylinder engines, but it’s still everything to play for! Will the Toyota’s 180hp give it the edge? Or will the Transit triumph with its 405Nm torque? The VW has the most impressive claimed 0-60mph time of 7 secs, while the Merc has a 2.2-litre engine - larger than the other vans’ 2.0-litre units. Which will win? Join Mat and see!
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[@96jessman]

Mat sounds like someone from a tavern in Game of Thrones

[@automotivetvchannel]

Sounds like Rhys Darby from jumanji movie 😀👍😀

[@EmilAjduk]

He is method acting a van driver role apparently

[@alexascs2679]

He Sounds Like a Course Between🧔🏼Aitch🐝nnie and YORKSHIRE!!!✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿

[@aabidamn]

Great video. Too bad it's not as good as the BMW iDrive system.

[@philipmarlowe4682]

Sounds like someone from Doncaster

[@swamin764]

The thing everyone likes about carwow is they do the drag races which nobody has asked, but everybody loves 😁👍

[@carwow]

Hey, thanks!

[@hellcat7394]

Hi fasbeamer

[@savitaarya5359]

@@hellcat7394 oh motorbeamers Faisal khan

[@Manunavesp]

Trueeee 🤣🤣🤣

[@hellcat7394]

@@savitaarya5359 he is the top commenter

[@gabedellar588]

Me: haha nice accent 1min later: surely he won't do that for the entire video At the end: oh feck

[@AntJoseph_]

IKR 🥺

[@Thawhid]

I lov it 😂👌

[@markonovak8444]

So annoying

[@paulharper4196]

It did begin to grate after a couple of minutes

[@milliemone]

@@markonovak8444 there's a very big world out there

[@joepopes7923]

The Mercedes in a cheap version, one of the cheapest here in test, did well with the wrong version and 50 HP less than the others.

[@alizaitun6142]

The 119 CDI will kill them all 😂🔥

[@ThePanickedWrench]

@@alizaitun6142actually the 116 cdi would have been also enough tongive them a hard time

[@hakim.4507]

That's how an english person with a good mood sounds like ?

[@normang3668]

I'm literally sitting in my work van, wearing a reflective vest, watching a man in a reflective vest drag race a work van. What is my life. . .

[@ideologicduck]

Fucking awesome mate, that's what it is!!!!

[@miljkovicsrb]

I just finished my shift, removed reflective west and started watching this :D

[@williamhall8460]

How exactly would you not be literally sitting?

[@Junkfist]

As British as it gets mate 😂👌

[@THE-BUNKEN-DRUM]

A paradox, by the sounds of it.

[@_Davepocalypse]

Wow, that Proace was pretty quick! Imagine what it could do if it was painted white!!

[@jjharson7344]

I can see it now - hogging the outside lane at 80mph+ and in the grime on the rear doors someone has scribed the immortal words.... "I wish my wife was as dirty as this van"

[@TheRokas9944]

and its actually fun to drive compared to other vans. I got Peugeot Expert (which is literally same as Toyota, except front design) and you can take turns well

[@dinkata2005]

And the Peugeot did the best. Nice.

[@TFSIChristmas]

Rebadged Opel

[@danielpei9859]

I love this channel cause they drag race every vehicle from the top end to everyday car. They treat every vehicle the way they deserved. Respect to you all

[@Kittiesanddragons]

So that’s why my FedEx packages are late

[@darkraft100]

😂😂 one stage 4 and done :)))

[@vincentmaduka3350]

Funny

[@arlesiodiamantino5727]

😂😂

[@michaellin802]

Which type of van do they use?

[@hakim.4507]

Lol.

[@vadym8713]

For non UK viewers this accent was “interesting “

[@Piranhafish123]

For UK viewers this accent was "interesting "

[@chiefkevbe]

If by interesting you mean bloody annoying, then yes, it was very interesting.

[@annasazis2394]

Mat's accent reminds me of a comparison between steel and feather video

[@jgb.325]

I‘m from Germany but i like his accent and its easy to understand😂

[@chaoszombie9995]

It was like a Chav mixed with Scottish accent

[@BomberFletch31]

Damn, I thought you were going to drag the Top Gear Transit with the XJ220 engine.

[@draggy6544]

That thing was the best

[@laaams]

Nice this van drag race 😉 but here I just noticed that you took the mercedes Vito with the lowest power category, you should have taken those around 200 hp to have a fairer race👍

[@ducatiman4016]

119’would of been better

[@justsomeguy1695]

He apologized about that in the outro

[@Harryarku]

For a while I thought my playback speed was 1.25 😂😂

[@aquaboy1650]

ARKU HARRY agree, until I have to check my playback is 1.25 or not 😂. Matt spoke like he was rapping.

[@ciorteaandrei9447]

Same)))

[@jianyuhua]

ARKU HARRY I have a hard time understanding what he said

[@cs_044]

The ford is the definition of “All Show No Go”

[@bwmim9709]

CS_044 bmt

[@derbigpr500]

@@shepherd7990 Well it lost the fookin brake test too and it has upgraded wheels, tires, suspension and it's light.

[@MrBreakingBud]

@@derbigpr500 Transit is always the worst van

[@bajabarajas3467]

They need to have the gas engines. The 3.5 boost in the transit is actually pretty quick for its size. And more HP plus more Torque

[@ryadhasanahmed5443]

@@bajabarajas3467 will be very expensive to tax in the UK

[@patricklobig5122]

Just a reminder that you can get a 3liter diesel and awd in a Vito

[@VinDieselS70]

Yes and a V6 petrol and the year 2024 also available as an EV.

[@OneWayCH]

I was so confused when that Vito was sooo slow, but that outro cleared everything up xD It's fine Mat :)

[@alizaitun6142]

Because it’s The 1.6 109cdi 💔😂 Am sure that the 119 will kill them all .

[@ryuu3489]

Only race I can watch without feeling poor.

[@comedyman112]

they're still over 35.000 GBP

[@aabidamn]

Yet, didn't change the fact that I can only afford walking.

[@03056932]

who knew vans were so expensice?!

[@ryuu3489]

@Fire Heart oh , I assumed they weren't that expensive.

[@Way2EasyDIY]

I still feel poor

[@okbro10]

7:18 "ThAt' S LoVLeH ThAt Is AbSoLutLeY LoVLeH"

[@Manuel-gs6qw]

Lovlehh

[@yammer5]

Simpleh lovleh.

[@joemoz7977]

Vito was absolutely shhhiiite.....😂

[@FoolOfAToke]

Quarantine means that not only did I watch this video on Vans once, but now twice. Wonderful...

[@THENAGES]

Of course we know it's Matt Watson... we always do😂

[@haukurorsson833]

1:35 - "405 of them newton meters" :)

[@bigbadwolf9513]

Haukur Þórsson I was rolling when he said that

[@albanianking6402]

Not the drag race we asked for but surely a welcomed one.

[@lonifejzullai7841]

Albanian King ajde shqipe

[@chaoszombie9995]

They made one with a Sprinter VW crafter etc so this ain’t their first time

[@Camo1x]

Definetly was, and needed, so funny

[@josharmstrong3392]

Dont always get what you want

[@Bella_Deer7504]

Disappointing that he didn't call it a trani van when he was going through specs 🤣🤣

[@pequlatv4814]

I drove that new vito multiple times, i had the exact same version with seats, really really comfortable even on the 3rd row where that axcel used to jump on my 2010 model. Although only thing i dont like is the 2.2l engine, i mean yeah it will go most likely 1mil km but still that is expensive to register where i live, 600EUR/year

[@jackvanepps7301]

Finally! This is what we really want!

[@carwow]

You're welcome 😉

[@jackvanepps7301]

@@carwow thanks 🤣

[@pointbreak24]

@@jackvanepps7301 yup

[@thisararanjith7696]

@@carwow plz we need pickup off road race

[@TK-on7cz]

The most accenty I have heard Matt

[@stefanosassi]

T K what accent was it? from where?

[@danklim7604]

@@stefanosassi northern england

[@stefanosassi]

Dan Klim thanks. also for a foreing person like me it’s so weird 😄

[@DudiMr]

I've been driving a proace for a year by now. I figured it was fast but didn't think it would be so dominant

[@ac4453]

OMG I BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS KZbinR CARWOW FOR 1 YEAR

[@HalalFoodTherapy]

Video: Which van is the fastest? Comments: All about Matts accent 😂

[@hartcobbie3370]

His accent was the fastest

[@100ksubscribersandipostvid5]

Relax the van was the fastest

[@Mapelo-Lubleki]

Matt sounds like he has a lot on mind. He's not there. 😂😂

[@MarvelloPerdana]

4:22 Mercedes Vito? You sure about that editors? 🤔

[@jarvond21]

Haha omg 🙈🙈 I was stunned you got me lol

[@georgerammah]

0:53 He says "Bloomin heck! Ecky Thump! Eeh bah gum! Eeh bah bloomin gum!" It's Yorkshire slang

[@redghost8871]

George Rammah you guys need to work on your slang it sounds like straight jibber jabber

[@matthewbowler6563]

Shut it tha knows naff all leave the accent to us true yorkshireman don't be jealous bout it

[@markfox1545]

George Rammah - the slang may be from Northern England there but he's from the Midlands; his accent his West Midlands.

[@erikallen81]

Hilarious if you keep playing it over and over 🤣🤣

[@kinyerainnoarnolds7281]

Am lost in that mashup of the english language...Thanks for confusing me. i need to visit England and learn

[@saadwaheed5304]

The most wanted drag race in the history of carwow

[@carwow]

We aim to please!

[@thisararanjith7696]

@@carwow try pickup off road race

[@leighcoombs2485]

I have the VW transporter T6.1. 199ps standard but I have the Pendle map (249 bhp). Imagine how rapid that is!!

[@joecherry7870]

My parents got a t5.1 remapped to 215 bhp I used to ask why have we got a van it’s slow but now I think it’s well fast after that vid

[@oldloafandyoung]

Can't believe a Brummie is taking the mickey out of accents 😂😂😂

[@ScottBOnline]

no one: Car wow: We need to do a van drag test. everyone: This is exactly what we needed to see.

[@rishigannamani7340]

You should do more of these “non car” races there so much more interesting

[@pointbreak24]

Agreed..the outcome is always unexpected

[@Moray2023]

Do one with lorries 👌

[@Datoda]

You dont know the difference between they're and there so you're not allowed to have an opinion mate

[@hasifaiman]

@@Datoda Who hurt you? 👀

[@hasifaiman]

Should do with *Fighter Jets* too! Eurofighter vs F16? For the old folks like me? 🙋

[@praguebiker]

I own this proace with actual strognest engine and shortest version. I can say that car feels extremly comfortable to drive due to torque it has, also the transmision is pretty fast and smooth. Wondering when it starts to put a sh1t from me cause its peugeot engine, anyway till now it has been bloody good car.

[@sosteve9113]

I have the expert,I have to say it drives great so far

[@tariqmahmood1847]

Hahah this is funny as hell do we really sound like that up north 🤣

[@samyakjain5569]

Bmw fanboys be like Van??🤷🏼‍♂️

[@emanueliosob1814]

samyak jain wait until bmw brings a van

[@Luckyjo21]

@@emanueliosob1814 NEVER GONNA HAPPEN

[@karabosathekge]

@@Luckyjo21 😂😂

[@samyakjain5569]

@@emanueliosob1814 it's gonna be awesome I know but bmw is into better stuff....I too love bmw

[@pavansampath7201]

audi van bois cries

[@jannickstahl]

Wow, this time I was really struggling to understand Mat. The British accent is pretty difficult to understand to germans 🤣

[@Mattittas]

@@alexascs2679 What.

[@chrisdeuna1]

Ja , man hat wirklich zu tun bei dem Akzent 😂 I have the same Problem

[@jannickstahl]

@@alexascs2679 well I'm from Germany obviously. What do you mean? I don't think I got it... 🤔

[@rohan_0191]

For anybody really. Except Britishees maybe.

[@aabidamn]

@@alexascs2679 Based on the Oxford dictionary, the word "Germans" indicates that the person come from Germany. You might wanna brush up on your English, Majority.

[@kylekaye9147]

If I hadn't watched any other carwow videos I would have thought he was genuinely local

[@andymcall1986]

Carwow: Van Race Me, a simple man: YES

[@DriftxKingGTR]

So that Ford is all show and no go? *TIME FOR TRANSIT RAPTOR SVT*

[@FrozenDung]

Like all Fords then

[@jamesellis3135]

Should have used the 205 Bhp msrt

[@philproffitt8363]

Should have had the new MS-RT R185...the spec to match the body kit.

[@bazoo513]

No, time for Transit with Rivian drivetrain - that one will cover 1/4 mile in, what, 12 seconds?

[@alistairupton1960]

Cham JDM like every Ford ever

[@SharapovaFan]

I'm not British and I understood everything he said. *pats meself on the back*

[@chrisdooley6468]

Kyle L me too. My Irish relatives speak with an equally unintelligible brogue when I’m back home so perhaps I’m used to it lol

[@joanna6866]

Cuz it's English

[@dreweburgess6837]

Kyle L that should be pat's meself ont back or pat this en ont back.👍

[@hamzachecouh7692]

@@chrisdooley6468 man. I'm moroccan we don't even study english at school and I understood most of what he said😂😂😂😂

[@Alex-Walker]

mesen*

[@saqi93]

You went full British in this one Matt 🤣

[@OfficialItsJebrael]

Love this channel alot

[@usmanrafiq3554]

Thought he'd never lose the accent. Thank god he did Actually he didn't 😂🤦🏽‍♂️

[@OzAkman]

While this is great I want to see the ultimate family sedan drag race - Mazda 6 vs Accord vs Camry - Passat vs Hyundai Sonata You get the jist of it.

[@jackmillin]

Were in England not US

[@prits5976]

No one buys those cars they're horrible little plastic shitboxes

[@lukiotemmi]

Merc amg e63s

[@silkywelshman1999]

We don't have the new accord or the new sonata here in the UK, sedans aren't that popular here, it's mostly hatchbacks on the road

[@JustAnotherGuyOnTheInternet]

@@prits5976 like your fiat 500 which was launched on 1975 😂😂😂

[@silverliteway]

I love how he falls in and out of accent ;)

[@asheshmalla1537]

Lol i was voluming up to hear if he was speaking English or whatt 🤣🤣💯

[@inasu100]

"Riight ewerybody. Its Maa Waason hay from kaa wa." Edit: omg lads. I deen't espekt sa maany laikes

[@kudzisiwadi5593]

Johnson 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@rezaulkreza]

I Think He Was Hungover

[@yungmou3033]

I've never laughed so hard at a comment 😂

[@user-nx3to4bq4t]

Johnson впресмпа

[@sathvikp_03]

I thought Mat had a jaw injury that he's speaking that way😂

[@leejones5638]

Had to turn this one off his voice was doing my head in, and I’m from Birmingham as well 😩

[@Thor86-]

Thats not fair! Apart from the engine displacement, the Mercedes Vito has the least power and it is the heaviest, it is no wonder that it is slower than the others, if you had taken the 170 PS version or the 204 PS version, this race looked very different, but no Mercedes has to lose! 👏🏻🤦🏻‍♂️🙄

[@KitKitChanIsaac]

lol that shows how even outside the F1 world,everyone is against Mercedes

[@epicgamerov1116]

Who thinks they should show the speed that they are going after crossing the line

[@markziff7234]

Yes drag race stats are alway time & terminal speed.

[@ahemgee9542]

Always said that, Car Wow doesn't how 1/4 drag races work.

[@halohunter5217]

Pretty sure they are just making fun of drag racing...

[@peteydynamite8794]

Probably about 57mph

[@dbagdi1998]

Matt hit the accents spot on, even missed out a few words in a sentence like a true northerner

[@drawwithdan5821]

Haha, he really didn't but that was part of the charm/humour I suppose!

[@badlarry172]

no he didn't funny tho

[@geeandme7760]

You must be from the south. He didn't lol.

[@TheBimmerMan]

4:24 the results of the Transit became the Merc’s 😂

[@skullofserpent5727]

NEEDS...MORE...VANS...VIDEOS!!!

[@nadeem1504]

You should do it again with the Vito 119 CDI and Mercedes should have been more careful with its workers

[@cleopaschisambiro5097]

I drive 115 CDI manual its so so fast

[@muhammadakar_1069]

What happened to his accent! He went full throttle on his British accent holy cow I didn’t understand a thing from this video. JESUS😂

[@ispitrealshyt]

I came to the comments section to find this exact comment before I went thru the trouble to type it. Man's I did not understand a goddamn word 🤣🤣. I think Matt was drunk

[@antiimposterclub]

It's the beautiful Northern English accent 😂

[@AJ-ge9fu]

muhammad Akar same i swear 😂😂😂

[@EFerrorfile]

Yeah, absolutely horrible. Could understand a word here and there, but it kind of made the whole video unwatchable. Haha.

[@checkmyplaylist317]

Dont call Jesus brother. Jesus Peace be upon him was a prophet. He is not God. Dont use his name for just fun. Respect all of our prophets. Salam

[@begecse02]

02:29 Me when my mum came home from parents meeting

[@0QXWP0]

His accent in this one somehow hits harder than in other videos

[@basti8539]

Yeah

[@zerobambiro]

He took few shots of vodka before.

[@triscuitbiscuit]

0:53 is that English? I have zero clue what was said

[@clovrse]

Lmao look at the sub titles

[@triscuitbiscuit]

@martin i It's worse than a Glaswegian accent!

[@AdDashcamFrance]

It seem like the French Brittany accent

[@berendtwohl-bruhn4668]

Dutch

[@BoldBrandFlakes]

This is the first time in Carwow history where I can’t understand some words that Matt is saying because of the thick accent

[@fxndz21]

2:45 2JZ VAN JUST KICKED IN

[@ardcollectsphones]

1:20 the transit sounds awesome

[@slooriginal1727]

It's fake tho

[@ardcollectsphones]

@@slooriginal1727 ik

[@jajkc]

£44,000 on a transit?! Hahahahaha someone will actually spend that.

[@raulbos2296]

You can probably get a used BMW M2 for that price :))

[@raulbos2296]

Found one on Mobile.de for 43,000€ and 20000km

[@poosh6529]

And it's slow

[@poosh6529]

@The Stig's English cousin That's the thing, it looks like it should to 7.1 seconds to 60 but it's slooow

[@Heragoose]

du-te ma a lot less than that for a used m2 lol

[@DuoMotovlog]

This is the episode where we ask: "what exactly happened here?!?!?!"...man, that accent requires subtitles for me

[@1ewi5]

If you watch this 10 times you will get what he is saying. 20 times you will be speaking with the same accent.

[@DuoMotovlog]

@@1ewi5 🤣✌️

[@lollipopyummy4924]

@@1ewi5 lol

[@xrecovery9]

0:15 turn on captions

[@itzmespencer]

A toilet

[@90aqeel90]

Is that accent at the beginning what Matt thinks all trade people have 😂😂

[@KaranpreetSingh-vy6sg]

Mat’s totally high on weed😂😂

[@jzoz]

When you're so bored you start to drag race work vans

[@Bella_Deer7504]

And do a Yorkshire accent because your that bored

[@crestas9]

Not fair! A 136hp Mercedes against a 180hp Toyota :(

[@atarvhegde5210]

7 months later Carwow decided to do a lorry drag race

[@michaldvorak367]

4:23 "The manual ford took 18.4s" top of the screen: "Mercedes Vito" :D

[@EsPpY]

Love the Merc van driver This thing is slOoOoOoOooooOOoOOooOOw~

[@drexartim560]

I saw this recommended . And i came to say what i thought as soon as i saw the thumbnail . Criminals: yeah booooiiii

[@mouaxiong8618]

A man with a Ferrari or Lamborghini can steal your girlfriend. But one if these vans in white could too.

[@gabrielcend5723]

4:23 that Mercedes is so fast. It finished twice in the same race.

[@turkishstig8489]

How so

[@bg73]

@@turkishstig8489 It took me a while but the writing for the Ford says "Mercedes Vito..."

[@aghevl9999]

3:30 absolute legend honestly

[@achuthn7284]

This video was a suggestion, anyway I want to say this after watching matt for the first 2 minutes, "Whoa sir, slow down for a moment"

[@snazzyabdul]

Yes I might be late but on the 2nd drag race the Ford Transit MSRT was named as a Mercedes Vito on the 1/4 Mile timings this was at 4;24 within the video

[@F1ChequeredFlag]

He sounds like a person from peaky blinders 😂

[@adr3510]

no

[@brettlee6211]

Thats a birmingham accent...

[@adr3510]

Brett Lee something very different from where matts from ennit

[@mjrc123]

KZbin: How many adverts would you like? CarWow: Yes

[@timfagan816]

Dont be a tight arse and just go KZbin premium!

[@kylebudd5479]

I had one ad, at the end, if you don’t like supporting businesses, use a Adblock or yt premium

[@mjrc123]

Kyle Budd I’m very happy supporting businesses. I just thought it was a bit greedy to have a double ad at the beginning, followed by 3 in the middle.

[@anthonymillar6183]

Matt try this again with Vito 119 auto and transporter 4 motion dsg Would be fun 🤩

[@gertigumeni2604]

Best weather video 😁

[@rkuncin]

the accent hahaha

[@dwilson2126]

Mat! What are you on about?! I can't understand a WORD you're sayin!! 😂🤣

[@dumbledork9558]

As a northern lad from Yorkshire. Your accent is on point. 😂😂😂

[@steveGee5787]

I've got a Transporter in that spec at work as a hire van and it is awesome

[@iam3mondoot]

I was a van driver for 17 years but i never sounded like a twat.

[@daijudo]

Until now.....

[@dwaynehicks6838]

Probably drive like one , most do

[@tombalom986]

@@dwaynehicks6838 uncommon misconception 😃

[@1rewd133]

Sure you did.

[@rchad129]

Just looked like one 😏

[@staycold547]

Mercedes is slow in here but i can tell you, if he have only 120hp from 2,2l engine he will live veeeeery long time

[@rafaelbrown2122]

Mate, I don't know regarding engine, but that Vito will fail you in electronics(in an artistic variety of ways) before 60.000 miles. You don't want to buy that thing new.

[@patw2697]

Mine had problems with the electric immobiliser, and it's windows need to be cajoled and begged to go up or down. Mercedes didn't acknowledge there was a problem with the immobiliser, saying that they had never encountered issues. I rang a specialist to fix it, and he guessed that I had a vito and its age from the conversation long before I told him what van I had. What's more, he reprogrammed it and replaced it with a vw part for less than the price of towing my immobile van to the nearest merc dealership. So unhelpful and I own one of their cars. So I'm a regular loyal customer. Not so sure I'd get another one.

[@sasiripro]

Lol he sounds like an old Diesel engine.

[@zerobambiro]

I really tried to understand, but it's so damn hard :D

[@Arun-xl9ls]

Imagine if this was the first video someone was watching from the channel. They’d be so confused lol😂

[@user-hb3ey3rv4f]

Spoiler: The van won.

[@baldeepsingh9736]

Omg mannn. Ruined it 😅😅😅😅

[@kristosadikaj4738]

Its actually depends which engine you get or order in Vito 111 or 113 or 117 or 119 or 122

[@lmee6402]

Thought I was goin insane lol