Audi R8 v RS Q e-tron: DRAG RACE

[@marksapollo]

That was awesome. I always loved the crazy wacky machines they build for the Dakar rally. It’s literally like wacky races without the cheating.

[@purwantiallan5089]

I bet they should do Nissan Pickup vs Koenigsegg next.

[@James-oo1yq]

Yeah, without the cheating! "(Presses a button to double horsepower) 😄

[@Charmer4856]

“At the moment it feels good at least” 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ANSWERTHECALLOFJESUSCHRIST]

Awww. Wacky Races! You took me back to my childhood! I loved the laughing dog. Forgot its English name. I watched it in Spanish. 😄

[@theikeon]

@@ANSWERTHECALLOFJESUSCHRIST Muttley

[@Presto_001]

Man that Rs Q e-tron sounds like a balistic rocket, looks like one also. Awesome drag race guys. Good to see Mat race in the dakar car this time round.

[@Cientokince]

En el interior tiene ke ser una locura el ruido

[@bluemutt9964]

Sounds like a broken Dyson, what a god awful noise to listen to while you drive a brickhouse

[@manuelpaglia1211]

​@@bluemutt9964a broken Dyson beat a r8

[@AleksanderHoff]

That RS Q e-tron sounds like a fighter jet! Insane!

[@purwantiallan5089]

RS Q ETron sounded like Formula E Gen 3 car.

[@skylined5534]

@@purwantiallan5089 More like a jet.

[@jaronyuriyh7931]

@@purwantiallan5089 it actually sounds like 2 gen3 cars mated to a dtm car

[@erenkarahan8242]

@@skylined5534 Sounds just like an ice racecar just without the engine noise. That whining noise comes from the gearbox

[@rdmz135]

Its the straight cut gears

[@Isha048]

The noise is absolutely unbearable and I'm not on that car! WOW! Thank you for sharing Mat, very interesting to see that monster in action.

[@purwantiallan5089]

Absolute. Maybe Nissan Pickup vs TVR GRIFFITH?

[@tokinGLX]

i was sad when the video ended and the noise stopped.

[@kromeousible8040]

It's just a Swedish accent. You don't have to be rude.

[@bekeneel]

I think when you're racing it you don't care about the noise you just enjoy the rush :)

[@okithdesilva129]

620hp and 580Nm of torque from a naturally-aspirated engine in the Audi R8 is absolutely insane!

[@shfla7293]

9:12 nah bro it’s turbocharged

[@herschelle.c]

@@shfla7293 huh

[@azeQify]

@@shfla7293 tell me you're stupid without telling me you're stupid

[@saketchaturvedi1073]

@@shfla7293 it said internal not turbo

[@invinciblebaybay9132]

@@shfla7293 2:50 naturally aspirated bud 🤪

[@hamzaaleemshami6114]

Audi R8: Vroom vroom Audi RS Q e-tron: *cry baby alien sound intensifies*

[@trg3625]

best ev i’ve heard

[@vicky-oo2nf]

That R8 looks so damn good....you can't argue with that

[@purwantiallan5089]

R8 sounded far better than Formula E sounds.

[@KaushikBala333]

It is ironman's car what do you expect

[@aubw4156]

Yess🥰

[@Isaac862]

We’re used to seeing these vehicles in context, it’s so cool to see them on a normal road next to a “normal” (super) car like the r8, and really get a sense of how insane, everything about them is, the looks, the sound, the performance, everything

[@okithdesilva129]

These are the drag races we love!

[@nadirrahmouni5333]

I don't like too

[@lonetrader1]

Ehh

[@XoticEditz.]

I don’t, I don’t like electric cars.. you already know why…..

[@marco.umhang8670]

No

[@purwantiallan5089]

@@marco.umhang8670 yes.

[@jasch9879]

The combination of the DTM engine and the V10 sounds so good!

[@lonewolf1300]

Remember that dtm engine beat bmw for longer time than one year 😂😂 Audi s5 dtm wasn't a joke

[@purwantiallan5089]

@@lonewolf1300 yep.

[@Fourbasher61]

Love the colour of the r8, never seen one in red

[@milanb.6022]

I watched this on headphones, and i can say that i never ever want to be in a car that sounds like that 😱

[@SAK_-]

A good friend of mine build his Golf 2 GTI into an "kind of rally" car. He used a flat cut gears for his transmission and this sounds like that. Holy hell, sitting in a car like that with ear muffs is soo much fun and loud af

[@Superboss2.0L_16v]

“I’m basically Lewis Hamilton but with freckles” 😂

[@antonjulius3548]

He is tho

[@kayotic321]

Saying it to a RedBull sponsored co pilot too 😂😂

[@muqz187]

Luis Hamilton but in an Audi not a Mercedes 😂

[@apekatt2007]

That's the wackiest and some of the most insane I have ever seen! That electric gear-whine makes an awesome sound!

[@okithdesilva129]

Mat is working so hard to keep us entertained using Carwow videos! Thank you so much Mat for that!

[@80srenaissance67]

Hardly...

[@Freddy99871]

What a suck up. You think he’s doing this for you? He’s doing it for the ££ 😂

[@LilBunny6077]

Maybe CarWow should get the credits

[@provahs6352]

@@LilBunny6077 ikr 🚖

[@sebske]

@@LilBunny6077 they get the money

[@okithdesilva129]

That Audi RS Q e-tron is one of the most coolest looking rally car I've ever seen! Shows us how clever German Audi engineers are!

[@USUG0]

then, I must be smarter than German engineers as I thought that's how PHEVs should be engineered at least ten years ago!

[@dragon81heart]

Eh, it’s something that I’ve been saying they should implement into cars years ago, using an ICE engine essentially just as a generator for the electric motors. But in reality this idea has been used for decades in locomotives and off road haul trucks. All diesel electric locomotives have been this way since the 1950s-60s Still, even if Audi didn’t really come up with any new ideas here, it still does look pretty damn cool lol

[@Hold_me_forever]

Germans and clever, hahahha keep dreaming you little fanboy

[@dragon81heart]

@Vux why? Easy, range. That’s just one of the many benefits Other benefits to that this type of design is that there are absolutely zero concerns of battery overheating, maximum power output, battery degradation, or extremely long charging times. Pretty much eliminates every single one of the drawbacks and downside that affects every single EV, all while retaining pretty much all of the benefits that ICE vehicles have to offer.

[@Hold_me_forever]

@Vux so much talking just to tell us that you talking bullshit

[@johncenile8044]

The most German conversation I've ever heard lmao Matt "yeah but you could cheat..." "I would like but I cannot" 😂

[@okithdesilva129]

I think that cool Audi engineer gave his Audi R8 to this insane drag race!

[@Kubafalkowski97]

Reporter: how many repeats you need to proof you're the winner? Matt:yes

[@mrkevin8124]

He said "im basically lewis hamilton" right next to a driver wearing a redbull shirt 😅

[@purwantiallan5089]

Or Sebastian Vettel 2009.

[@jamesonlartigue1664]

I was laughing at this 😂😂

[@nicholasstocker6866]

The RSQ E-Tron sounds like a overpowered electric toothbrush.

[@EVMan298]

That’s the motor inverter.

[@25ja98]

I like how relaxed and calm the R8 driver is

[@hamzaaleemshami6114]

unlike some noisy lambo dude XD

[@elonnut]

This was a well done video, the co-driver in the video was very cool he’s seems very calm for a rally driver lol

[@okithdesilva129]

So happy to see Emil with the insane Audi RS Q e-tron after a long time!

[@Mister_5150]

Pretty sure it's not "his".

[@okithdesilva129]

@@Mister_5150 I'm sorry! Thank you!

[@bluemutt9964]

Insanely ugly

[@tsitsomaphatsoe521]

This is the most thrilled I have ever been watching a car wow drag race. maybe its that sound , but i felt soo engaged

[@purwantiallan5089]

Yep. Do also about NSX Type R vs this Audi RS Etron GT.

[@nikheilsingh8096]

It's absolutely the sound. I watched in headphones and felt like I was strapped to the roof 😂

[@kinggamertraveler7778]

The Audi RS Q etron Dakar SUV is a sure a heck of a thing , it has so much disadvantage like power to weight ratio , no summer tyres , bad aerodynamics and drag coefficiency and a speed limiter, and still it beat a modern more power efficient supercar , it would be a beast if Audi made it road legal

[@skylined5534]

Jesus... imagine that chassis but with an SUV or X6 type body over it for the road?!

[@denisdeari1]

A drag race is not the only criteria for being a beast

[@varuntomer1725]

Look at how its steering is how difficult to control it.

[@Divine_Serpent_Geh]

I must admit, the philosophy and design of this setup would be awesome on the next RS4/RS6. Paired with the 3.0t and 4.0t respectively. It would be a good way to give them crazy power.

[@jaronyuriyh7931]

nah, that dtm engine is purely for recharging. they would eliminate that engine in a heartbeat if there is a slight chance one battery can last an entire leg. but imagine a toned down version of this mgu mated to transmission so its power can stack on the v6 or v8

[@danield9737]

The r8 quarter mile time has gone down from 10.7 to the 11 seconds

[@Siamese_cat_]

Because they made it RWD

[@Mostdiscreet]

@@Siamese_cat_ That's the awd version!

[@Siamese_cat_]

@@Mostdiscreet oh my bad, so it is!

[@ak2807]

That was kinda disappointing tbh. From 10.7 to 11.3, something seriously wrong with that r8 in this video

[@Tejssssssss]

the sound of the r8 flyby is just f****** insane

[@NotJanine777]

The noise that Dakar car makes - it’s what I expected electric cars to sound like when I was a kid 😊

[@jondrizzle4554]

Yea shite 🤣

[@bajszosjozsef4850]

@@jondrizzle4554 Exactly. Like fucking RC cars from my childhood, only a 100 times louder...

[@memehouse4888]

@@bajszosjozsef4850 i miss v8 and v12 engines

[@jondrizzle4554]

@@bajszosjozsef4850 electric vehicles suck.... I really don't care how fast they are

[@bajszosjozsef4850]

@@jondrizzle4554 I say the same thing lol

[@ashouhdy]

this car is so hard to control , its ground clearance is unbelievable , at that speed it might flip over 🤣

[@DonegalTDI]

That thing sounded like a bunch of castrated squirrels in a blender.

[@davrikgolden]

I remember that time the audi r8 1/4M was 10.5 at the last videos it’s every time above the 11

[@marshallaffleck6229]

Sounds like an RC car crossed with a dyson hoover 😂

[@finlaybruce7673]

That audi r8 sounded good i always loved cars with V10s 😍

[@mitasaha1158]

The time when mat says " I am basically Lewis Hamilton but with freckles" the red bull Audi driver was like " we r from red bull mate , say max verstapen ".

[@cybertree]

As an Alaskan* who appreciates the ultimate V10 engineering, and Group B rallying (at it's finest), I can absolutely confirm this is my favorite Carwow video ever made. ~ Thank you Carwow for making my favorite comparison ever.

[@beijingbond]

That was like watching Car Wow whilst sat on the washing machine on spin cycle.

[@Blingchachink]

The cross eye is improving

[@bttawfiq]

Man, the R8 sounds really good!!

[@phreakii]

Someone else should count down when you do the rolling start. Matt has the upper hand counting down.

[@ANSWERTHECALLOFJESUSCHRIST]

That electric Audi sounds like something awful is about to happen. 😳 It just sounds crazy.

[@tejjjapaddda6401]

The eletric car sounded AMAZING

[@tejjjapaddda6401]

It’s like a rocket ship about to take off

[@jaimeisreal]

Absolutely entertaining stuff. 👌

[@crimsonelite6882]

5:34 that sound of the v10

[@Bethrezen111]

This was incredible to watch. So cool! I really love Audi cars!

[@sylvaind.6786]

When you have no taste...

[@lonewolf1300]

@@sylvaind.6786 why he have no taste? Because he likes something you not? Pathetic.

[@gopanski5330]

@@sylvaind.6786 When you don't accept others opinions 🤦

[@skylined5534]

@@sylvaind.6786 When you sound nearly like you've been named after a brand of light bulb and like your own comments.

[@mihaelferencov_fit8980]

The guys from Audi are so nice, i love them!

[@Under_Construction100]

Mat is such a crazy awesome car reviewer. But you know what's also crazy insane? The performance of that R8, man.

[@Fact7707]

"I'm lewis Hamilton with frackles" 😂

[@abdelboussaid8978]

Thanks Mat. I hope the helmet protected your ears. Had a blast watching it dsepite the weird noise.

[@alanbaker6727]

Mat, this was like a Mad Max episode! 😵‍💫😵‍💫😄 You were Mad Mat today!

[@SMX815]

What a race & the Audi R8 still looks fantastic 👏

[@purwantiallan5089]

But against Ford GT40, R8 has no chance.

[@luisabaunza8949]

That was amazing! This is now my favorite video of all your videos. Additionally, I like that helmet more than the previous ones.

[@valentingaultier217]

Always push on the limits with carwow

[@44bladerunner1]

Mmmm 🤔 I’m not sure that was fair, I think you jumped the start on that 3rd start 😅😅🤣

[@Nealatosis]

I've never seen Matt so scared, that thing must be a beast to drive.

[@ambrose1821]

Hi Mat. I think that the battle of the year and the most desired by all of us would be for you all to try the all Group B's street version together. Lancia Delta S4, Peugeot 205 Turbo 16, Audi Sport Quattro, Renault 5 Turbo, Ford RS 200, Citroen BX 4TC, Lancia 037, etc... Only you can bring together the kings of the rallys.

[@SpartanHighKing14]

God bless the Audi R8. One of the greatest cars of all time.

[@markarnold8160]

Did you make coffee at the end of the race? It sounded like the kettle had definitely come to the boil 🤣

[@blancomusic]

WOW the RS Q e-tron sounds like a spaceship 🚀! 🤣😃 Great Race ! 😃

[@JoriDiculous]

Best thing about the EV's besides the instant throttle response, is how quiet they are...

[@bluemutt9964]

Is that why this one has a god awful rc whine to it

[@okithdesilva129]

Mat thank you so much for this insane video!

[@FilyGiannini]

It's awsome how the 2.0 and 5.2 harmonize so well, during the launch phase 🤩.... Just like two singers!

[@FrankJohn]

The R8 looks absolutely stunning at high speed.

[@purwantiallan5089]

Especially at 330kph.

[@FrankJohn]

@@purwantiallan5089 right on!

[@jacobb2805]

Looks exactly the same as when it’s at low speed

[@skylined5534]

@@jacobb2805 There's always one.

[@FrankJohn]

@@jacobb2805 it moves with grace

[@savagegunner9040]

“I’m basically Lewis Hamilton with freckles” had me laughing pretty hard

[@athilsageer]

Batman: Does it come in black? This is a proper Batmobile! Sounds like it too.

[@shaharyarshahid1370]

Gotta be honest, Emil is such a nice chill dude

[@TheMegsie1]

The difference is, the RS e tron would also do an 11.2 sec quarter mile on dirt!

[@HiiroShah]

mat saying he's lewis in front of a redbull racing driver im dying

[@jameshawthorne6220]

Jumping the start.. again!

[@badwolfdude]

Hey Matt love the videos, Id love to suggest doing a proper circuit in addition to the rolling starts,brake tests....a short one atleast to really set the benchmark on how good a car is overall 😀

[@draxxsklounst6595]

So what magic spell was cast to rid the skies of rain and bring in all that sunshine?

[@brose069]

This was a cool ass race!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@J2A61]

I’d take combustion over a giant rc car any day… they are fast and nice but just not the same

[@TyFyy]

Wouldn't mind seeing a 2017 r8 v10+ vs 2022 r8 performance. Wondering if it got any slower since the 2017 ran 10.7 on Carwow multiple times 🤔

[@theofficialbabatunde6378]

That's what I was thinking, it's probably just the driver though

[@TyFyy]

@@theofficialbabatunde6378 Agreed, but I haven't seen the new one do better than a 10.9 on Carwow

[@theofficialbabatunde6378]

@@TyFyy yeah that is weird, I know the best I've seen an r8 do is a 10.6 quarter mile at the world's greatest drag race 6

[@leonpano]

How about klasen r8 v10+ BiTurbo

[@tomripard8748]

This was a really entertaining vid Matt! Some bits were proper funny. Maybe its cos I'm a little high. good stuff 😅😅

[@johnlaw5762]

Matt always jumps the start a tiny bit 😂

[@camwhitman5425]

The circumference of the tires on the rally vehicle makes a huge difference.

[@shahidrainudeen5640]

That R8 needs a better driver because it’s best time is 10.7 secs in carwow and 10.6 in motor trend channel

[@mohammadhoseinkhatami9703]

Please review the Landcruiser LC300 with the best performance🙏

[@wrangler10]

Keep in mind with the electric vehicles you have full hp if you have over 70% charge in your batteries bellow that cars hp drops dramatically. With the combustion engine you have full hp until your have empty fuel tank .

[@markus1351]

that hasn't been true for many modern electric cars,... it's mostly a tesla thing

[@anthonyway]

Thats not true lol

[@markus1351]

@@anthonyway oh well, I do own an EV,... and until about 10% battery capacity I can draw full power,... and that limitation is probably not even technical

[@Dxeus]

How do you know which car will win from the start of the video? Matt is always driving the wining car.

[@DuecyHD]

RC Truck beats Audi R8

[@fxrrari]

Screw you

[@ItsAlwaysHappyHour]

Janosz from Ghostbusters II sitting in the passenger seat of the RS Q e-tron.

[@xXxkolinkl]

Race starts at 6:00,you are welcome

[@purwantiallan5089]

I bet this drag race is absolute BANGERS.

[@IM_ROZZ_YT.O1]

Let's w a moment to appreciate how much effort he puts into his contact to entertain::.❤️🤠

[@MrSepox]

I took a moment to appreciate their calls to action to go to the carwow site :) although im not british and only british people can use it

[@chekiechekie]

That etron sounds like the mabuchi motors in my tamiya RC car...

[@Chrassi]

Okay this video+surround sound really made my neighbours happy.

[@atee9210]

This e-tron's whirring reminds me of the sound of my washing machine spinning on max rpm and I hear it only slightly because the bathroom door is closed.

[@sayyedameerarkhisro1464]

Is it because of the aesthetics or what, I find the V10 in the R8 sounding better & more refined than the one in the Huracan. How could the same engine be so different?

[@hipphyseni0194]

When you said the marketing part with that helmet on im sure this will never end 😂😂

[@inasimulationwelive]

If I had an R8 and someone beat me in that off road thing. 😤 I would try for a fist fight at the end..

[@ABCDEFGHIJKELA...]

I'm beginning to absolutely love the combination of small combustion engines working in synergy with electric motors, it seems to be the best thing for the era of technology we're living in, and the performance advantages, as well as range increases are extremely valuable.

[@keithyco4009]

But really, the R8 won… it sounds gr8 too. And it’s not an uncomfortable sweat box.

[@reruedamotor7514]

What a drag race!!! Congratulations!!!

[@conacter]

I have seen that RS Q-etron live in Ingolstadt, where I live....its quite impressive, but the sound level inside is just louder than in an airplane cockpit.

[@LearningFast]

Mad Max would be proud to drive this vehicle.

[@olalekanosuolale-ajayi3815]

Matt, you jumped the second race. Watch the vid. Lol

[@jmcl99s]

What a hell that race 1 vs. 1 but still enjoying and fun to all! Goodluck!