2023 Maserati Grecale Trofeo vs BMW X4M Competition, the unexpected happens. Drag and Roll Race.

[@SamCarLegion]

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[@behindthebuild8016]

Love having the times! Please include 100-200 and a time board with all the cars you test 🙏🏼

[@GT-gt4bf]

I’m impressed with the Grecale since those Competitions are heavily underrated. Good job, Maserati!

[@cthis4786]

well it does have the MC20 supercar engine

[@hassanger8128]

The X4 driver is so dumb

[@URFATH3R]

F1 tech stop playing with Maserati idc if the interior is from a fiat…. Ferrari used to do the same

[@francescodevivo1867]

@@URFATH3R says the German kid who play video games 🤦

[@clarasolismartinez8069]

grecale no vale verga. the bmw x4m is so much better

[@pinyuchen6133]

You didn’t get early start in the first drag race. You can check 3:54 - 3:55. Actually X4 moved before Grecale. But the second try Grecale actually started too late while X4 has already moved 30-40 inches.

[@alengreen589]

I´m impressed from the Maserati 👍

[@SamCarLegion]

And it’s slightly heavier and winter tires on. Performance Winters

[@ArcherHwang-jr8wd]

@@SamCarLegion did you'll use launch control, it feels like you didn't since I didn't hear the launch control.

[@jjchockey]

Maserati for me. That Stelvio/Giulia Chassis is sublime. Better steering and more playful chasiss dynamics than the BMWs.

[@Smoking_Lofi]

100%

[@lucasworktv]

Agree, bmw are junk

[@Tireburner7]

Bmws are junk, while praising a maserati??? Are you high? The s58 has been getting tuned for 3 years now running 700hp-900hp with zero issues.

[@lucasworktv]

@@Tireburner7 ?

[@jjchockey]

@@Tireburner7 when did I ever say BMW is junk? The Giorgio platform is far more engaging and fun than the BMW. I could care less about making power, the way a car drives is way more important to me than bragging that I pulled on someone in a race.

[@jimmymeragias6170]

I would love to have that Maserati! It’s a rocket and looks beautiful too.

[@charlesclement383]

Just imagine if it was 150 lbs lighter.

[@robloxcreator437]

Nah that sh ugly, uglier in person tbh

[@v12-s65]

@@charlesclement383 don't need to. Drove it yesterday on winter tires. I had wheel spin at 120 kph. It unleashed all power at once it's furious

[@Smoking_Lofi]

Bro the way the Stelvio and Grecale front ends look accelerating, like they are ready to pounce, is just perfection.

[@germanengineering204]

This matchup made for some really competitive races! Great job Sam, and i really appreciate you giving us the 0 to 60/quarter mile times!

[@SamCarLegion]

B58 for life

[@germanengineering204]

@@SamCarLegion Yes sir!

[@jimwallace4164]

@@SamCarLegion reported this post for slander 😂

[@JohnSmith-n9f]

@@SamCarLegion please include trap speeds!

[@Eugen-E]

The BMW with 200 pounds lighter and with underrated engine power and is +/- the same. Maybe Maserati also underrates the engine power )))

[@MattBo724]

What a match up, that Maserati is awesome!

[@Virudebwoy]

Been wanting to see this match up. I'm team X4M but let's see what the Trofeo can do

[@La-yt1wr]

I love the Italian cars

[@MauriceBln1]

Ok, then buy a Fiat. 😆

[@everypc]

@@MauriceBln1 maybe you should get one first, so that you can intelligently change your stereotypes

[@alinevianna3923]

@@MauriceBln1 fiat is the perfect car for who don't wont spend a lot money a fiat never died

[@mrporsche4236]

In terms of style the maserati wins by a huge distance

[@jimwallace4164]

Ah ya, lookit that proper booty dump on the Maserati, all the way through the race. Impressive. Surprising to see the god tier S58 meet its match in the Grecale, at least in this drag race. In that first dig race, it didnt look like you got too much of a jump. Clearly a dice roll from race to race. Great video mate. Nice hat too ;)

[@TonyVee89]

Grecale is such a beautiful car, and what an incredible chassis

[@valeriomelz486]

We are comparing different segments.Actually grecale creates a new segment between an x4 and x5. x4 is 4,75 and grecale is 4,85. it s more near to a bmw x5 (4,92), same type of car also.They are suv and not sav. Anyway the point is grecale is heavier.

[@lawrenceredden9049]

Weight doesn’t put it in a new segment. If they’re natural competitors with similar pricing, features and performance then their competitors regardless of weight. Vehicle size and pricing are more what define what segment they belong in.

[@TheLOL4DUDE]

The Grecale falls under that segment because of pricing, engine power, etc. It is in some ways on it's own tho, more like the Macan cause It's more luxurious, one of the best cabins i've sat my butt in really. Have one right now and it's just so goddamn good. Furthermore, the interior colors as well as the exteriors are so many, you could even spec it with a 20k exterior paint (had mine in that and it's epic, silverish light blue with gold reflexes)

[@lucasworktv]

Heavier but faster 😂 And more comfortable

[@clarasolismartinez8069]

grecale didn't create anything new dude. the grecale is basically a lwb version of the stelvio, so it's still a compact suv like Q5, x3, glc, macan, cx-70, xc60, f-pace. And guess what? Audi Q5 and mercedes glc exists in lwb version since a while. For people that have the excuse ready (it's for China only eheh :) ) I'd say, don't forget infiniti, that made the QX60 lwb way back in 2015

[@lucasworktv]

@@clarasolismartinez8069 so?

[@clbernier2]

The BMW pulled away the second race and stayed right with the Italian on the first. Both are killer beast!!!❤

[@jz7551]

What would be the real HP numbers on that BMW. We all know BMWs always make more power than advertised.

[@Tireburner7]

X4m Competitions are running 500- 510hp to the wheels, so around 560 to 590. Although that 120mph trap speed for a 4500suv , puts it closer to 600.

[@genderlessyoutubefanperson]

@@Tireburner7 Nope, around 480 WHP.

[@markhuang9271]

Maserati grecale actually have same wheelbase as cayenne, which make it have much better back seat room than x4m。If I need to have people on back seats very often, in such close performance I'll choose maserati

[@488ferc4]

Maserati new interiors elite quality over bmw, Mercedes’, etc.

[@chrism869]

Closer than I tought, the Maserati sounds better and it's faster technacly, even start i think the maserati would take it

[@UnlimitedGamerUNG]

Wow, these cars are extremely close

[@faizelphilander6938]

That X4M Competition is naughty.😂😂😂

[@lucasworktv]

Especially when you start to repair it 🤣

[@genderlessyoutubefanperson]

@@lucasworktv X3M /X4M are extremely reliable. Overbuilt race tanks.

[@lucasworktv]

@@genderlessyoutubefanperson 🙈🤣

[@wbwayne8887]

3 things, 1: I fully expected the X4 to crush that Maserati, so very impressed by Stellantis. 2: Between the Maserati grille and the way the front end cants upward during acceleration, it looks like a hungry boat. 3: Thank you, thank you for the acceleration times. Makes your video even better. 👏

[@exe-li3bt]

this is not a stellantis project, the grecale is based on the same platform that giulia and stelvio use already The giorgio platform born in 2013 and was created by FCA to reinsert the alfa romeo into the market with a proper rear wheel drive traction. so same for grecale and stelvio

[@wbwayne8887]

@@exe-li3bt I stand corrected. Thanks for the added information.

[@Smoking_Lofi]

@@exe-li3bt And the Stelvio and Giulia are a Stellantis project...

[@chrism869]

it didnt crush it, on a roll the maserati would pull away from it, the maserati is clearly a better car

[@Smoking_Lofi]

@@exe-li3bt Re-read your comment and I agree with you -- the platform came before Stellantis came into the picture :) Cheers bro

[@TheChismillionaire]

Wait until that Grecale gets a tune to MC20 levels.

[@Tireburner7]

Won't be remotely close of what the s58 have been doing. Maserati can't build anything reliable, so I want even mention tunes but the s58 have been running 700-900hp reliably for years with zero issues. These two are not the same.

[@lucasworktv]

@@Tireburner7 sources?

[@BlackMozes]

Somehow I can't shake the feeling that the strip is too short for the BMW. It really does look like it comes alive at really high speeds 🧐

[@Dunsmore71]

They’re reaching over 200km/h

[@FXM3]

Since they are even I’d rather the Maserati, it sounds wayyy better

[@marsallen4298]

That masi sounds insane

[@justinleuropa]

That grecale was a surprise to me. X4m moves very well, close to an m3... so that grecale is really a fast car

[@JoseTorres-vo3pv]

IM TEAM Grecale with my Honda HRV budget

[@robertarthur3711]

Maser is very expensive but looks it, the badge is class but the depreciation is worrying.

[@gavcom4060]

Depreciation is only worrying if you’re buying new lol get one of these bad boys used for 30K less next year!

[@chrism869]

but worth every penny in my opinion

[@s194274]

Great drag race but I did notice that the Grecale did not have launch control mode activated, would love to see what it looks like with both of them using launch control, no launch control and a roll race! Keep up the great work!

[@ermanluk005]

Maserati!👍

[@Luminary2024]

Wow that Maserati is no joke

[@jomo2483]

Interesting, performance from the Grecale. The M4 is running an engine tuned for performance, the Grecale is detuned so as to not upset MC20 owners. Italian manufacturers are doing something special at the moment

[@jamesr8172]

Any reason why launch control isn't used?

[@markbrix9385]

If both cars have a clean start then the BMW will be faster but I think the Italians are much easier to launch.

[@SamCarLegion]

They are a pain to launch both! We had to do multiple runs

[@Mohammed-_-Ali]

Damn great job from Maserati because the BMW only better from zero by a little but after that they nearly same preformance also let us not forgets that BMW bhp always underrated by the company they have more whp when they dyno it

[@NoName-b5k1e]

Considering only the test result, it was impossible to distinguish between superior and inferior. But BMW's performance was obtained at the expense of durability, and Maserati's performance was a performance that secured durability, so it is an overwhelming victory for Grecale. Well done Maserati!

[@donteadoss]

At first I was like did the transmission just suddenly give way but then realized the traction control looked to have kicked in on the X4M Comp from the first dig, when I watched the external angle … both definitely cool nimble CUVs.

[@Privileged_Slave]

Maserati are doing so well🧍car community needs to give them some attention and love

[@shaneducholke364]

I don't think Sam jumped on the first race, just a better reaction time. These vehicles are basically even Steven

[@ZoomZoom81]

Holy brake dust (on the front wheels of the X4) Batman!

[@ReaperOfSouls83]

Grecale for me ❤

[@lawrenceredden9049]

Seems like the outcome is based on who gets the launch..

[@tepes141]

Really close races, great match up! ✌

[@Libertino]

Hey Sam! Besides engine specs and curb weight, I think it would be helpful to also display the price-as-tested (at least when you have it, haha). Thanks for another amazing race video!

[@SamCarLegion]

We shall

[@brahim0x]

@@SamCarLegion i wonder how you gonna do it, when dealing with tuned cars

[@Libertino]

@@SamCarLegion CarLegend

[@Libertino]

@@brahim0x The owner of the car would need to disclose how much they spent on the tuning I guess. Then you could display the MSRP and also the tuning costs. I don't know I'm just thinking out-loud.

[@lucasworktv]

BMW Are more expensive

[@tarekhossain9487]

Hi Sam: waiting to see a drag race between Mazda CX 90 and Acura MDX Type S

[@Tireburner7]

Said no one ever.

[@joegraziadei7895]

They did one on car wow the MDX smoked it

[@wilsonguerrero1710]

No way that bmw gets 0-60 in 3.4 seconds🤯 man how far cars have came along.

[@EnisOzt]

If the idling sound of the Maserati at 0:44 seconds was added here for like 10 hours, I would listen to it non-stop. Maserati all-day everyday.

[@code7.62x39]

Love both but I felt like the bmw needs a better driver 😂

[@dstewusa7054]

The Grecale Trofeo I bet is a great car, they’re depreciating quite heavily and n the US I have a Grecale Modena rental car for a few days and it’s quite impressive, it just needs the extra 200hp the V6 Trofeo brings

[@afn110]

Nice job, better and better 💪!

[@lttsr]

Interesting. Italian HP seems to be greater than BMW HP for the first time ever lol

[@henzo7087]

Nope

[@lttsr]

@@henzo7087 did you watch the video

[@florinrad4647]

Bmw got less power

[@jeremyfong5684]

​@@florinrad4647BMW definitely understates power output

[@florinrad4647]

@jeremyfong5684 , if bmw understates power then is better for me buying one, I get more for the money 💰, you pelican. Audi, porshe, mercedes, lamborghini, they all understates power figure. Do me a favour and wake the fuck up

[@S8ER]

Stock X4M Comp 3.4 to 60 and 11.4 1/4? 😮 I need some mods 😢

[@SamCarLegion]

Those things are rockets

[@S8ER]

@@SamCarLegion was there a trick to getting the launch? I’ve heard there is a way to spool up the turbos before launching but I don’t have any first hand experience.

[@SamCarLegion]

@@S8ER you need to warm up the cars, you can only do 1 launch at time and cool down. You have a few seconds to get it right. Honestly - it’s better brake boost. It launches just as hard and it doesn’t spin which means it doesn’t cut the power. The first one you can see how it cut the power.

[@S8ER]

@@SamCarLegion I did notice that. Appreciate the info! One last question quick… is that 0-60 with or without rollout? (Assuming with). Crazy good times from them… rockets as you said. 🍻

[@dutchdna]

You need a X4M

[@sametyldrm8837]

Sam please bring the daily car races we really miss that 😢

[@bradyaradgamer1630]

I have feeling the trofeo is going to win very underrated cars but at the same the x4 is fast boy

[@Biaigio]

As usual, BMW's official power is much less than the real data. Not a fair opponent for the Maserati.

[@mohammadal-abbasi7247]

Good race 👌🏼 Hate that roof camera

[@mryouknooow]

There was no jump on the first race and the 2nd seamed like Sam held back…the Grecale is faster…

[@SamCarLegion]

It wasn’t about a Jump, more so that the X4M bailed the launch control. Very finicky

[@duanecartwright971]

Thank you for stopping the editing of the races from the drones point of view. This is a hybrid but back to the more engaging style.

[@KPSX1]

MASERATI 🔱🔥💯

[@pommoh1293]

Maserati ♥️🇮🇹🚀

[@simonecocco091]

Italian do it better 🇮🇹🇮🇹

[@philipsfilis3254]

Why no launch control?? The sluggish way the x4m launched, omg, even my x3m40i lauches much harder then that. What about the first drag, why the x4m braked just after launch??

[@anique1990]

Keep up the good work

[@precisionmotors]

Finally..... been waiting for this race for a while... Thank you Sam for making this happen...... My Money is on X4M COMP...... Team BMW....

[@lucasworktv]

Team uncomfortable seats and suspension 😂

[@hassanger8128]

​@lucasworktv5280 bro you drive a Corolla. Shut up

[@KOytmusic]

@@lucasworktv its a competition level M car if you want S class comfort its the wrong car 😂

[@lucasworktv]

@@KOytmusic s class is comfort

[@johnevals]

FYI In the second drag race BMW jumps the start, in rollrace BMW has way more speed upon start of competition. Poor accuracy on test, Disapointing

[@jacknapier9026]

That Grecale is 🔥💪💯💯

[@miauversion]

maserati looks much better

[@alj7094]

Great job launching in P Sam 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jimwallace4164]

The parking brake on the Grecale is finicky and introduces itself at the most inopportune times.

[@varel221]

I’m not going to lie, that could have been a nice prank.

[@ganuv]

Close but I believe if the course would be longer the BM would pass it.

[@marsallen4298]

Why does BMW 6 cylinders sound so bad? Yeah they’re fast but damn they’re annoying that Maserati, GLE53, and landrover sound crazy good

[@mbertono7568]

I love alot about the Maserati Grecale trofeo except that price tag. I understand your paying for the brand but its way more money then that X4M Comp.

[@lucasworktv]

It’s not

[@iPhoneAppReviewer]

​@lucasworktv USD$80k vs 105K, substantial difference. If you were to use that difference to spend on modding the BMW, it'd be putting out hypercar numbers.

[@lucasworktv]

@@iPhoneAppReviewer more like oil and car shop 😂

[@guillezazueta7898]

Why didn t use the launch control??

[@dbrondi]

Put them on dyno before the comparison. I am expecting some surprise...

[@alinevianna3923]

This Maserati is made starting by Alfa romeo Stelvio quadrifoglio , one of the best SUV on the market So , no wonder this is a very good car

[@grazianodimaggio813]

Maserati 10 BMW 0

[@11bravo392]

Getting one for my wife and she can drag next to me in my Dangcat!

[@FabricioCatalini]

Maserati, único, bello, potente. Tiene espíritu. El otro es un zombie. Bien por Maserati.

[@kengithinji8403]

Just thinking..imagine if the alfa romeo giulia quadrifoglio was awd 🤔

[@SamCarLegion]

Rocket

[@kengithinji8403]

@@SamCarLegion absolutely

[@Tireburner7]

Is everyone here just going to pretend that the Gre ale Holly Trofeo doesn't cost $110,000 U.S. Even for 80k it's hot garbage for what it offers.

[@lucasworktv]

BMW is far more garbage

[@Tireburner7]

​@lucasworktv thanks for letting everyone know you have no idea what you're talking about, without me having to say a word. The BMW has a higher skid pad rating, way better breaks, much better interior tech, way more reliable and on top of which has the s58 engine, if you do a quick Google search, you should see that it's really being called one of the best engines of the last decade because it makes close to 1000 horsepower on stock internals. Maserati has the most garbage reliability in the industry, hence why the depreciate faster than ANY luxury car in the industry. I Stated facts, you stated nothing.

[@lucasworktv]

@@Tireburner7 sources?

[@lucasworktv]

@@Tireburner7 you stated a piece of frickin nonsense. You’re just plastic German biased, that’s all 😂

[@lucasworktv]

@@Tireburner7 Maserati grecale is built on one of the worlds most advanced platforms, the FCA Giorgio.

[@bussterdouglas]

You definitely didn’t jump the start in the first race. You both started at the same time.

[@dillongargano9282]

Why aren’t these guys using launch control?

[@justcars1033]

I respect you but unfortunately you are not a good driver and that’s a fact don’t be upset

[@c.c2979]

Maserati kicks Arse 🤩

[@diegodiegito7248]

Maserati Grecale Trofeo 🔥

[@smeagol80]

I was excited to see this race but I'm gonna have to wait for someone normal to make it cause this makes me scratch my head. First of all, you did not use launch control, so it is not possible to do those times without it, but the larger problem is that on the first attempt, go and slow it down on replay and you will see that BMW actually started first but it bogged down and on the second attempt BMW did not bog down but it pushed pedal before you and it started rolling before you, no mention of that, not to mention roll race, BMW jumped before you but you never mentioned that, maybe because grecale was faster anyway. All in all, impressed with grecale, but confused about this test execution...

[@cbi04]

Grecale❤❤❤

[@stevenwedge6850]

Thw BMW will win . Is that bmw 340i u had doing any more racing? Would love to see that against a lamborghini svj

[@SuperTipsLLCs35]

I like every car brand

[@mirshahnawaz1391]

Impressive i love it 👍

[@MuhammadUmar-ip6ch]

Very beautiful ❤️

[@blkriqan]

Evenly matched

[@sergesimonin8837]

Tu abîmes le moteur d’accélérer comme un Âne en restant sur place ! Lors d’essais certains treaders refusent ce genre de pratique a juste cause. D’ailleurs trop drôle les Éoliennes sur un test voiture thermiques avec essai race. En gros Ridiculous!😂

[@UnlimitedGamerUNG]

I think X4M will take it

[@SamCarLegion]

Mmmm

[@lucasworktv]

It can’t even take itself to the dealership 🤣

[@heinedenmark]

This dude is a fool. The Grecale wasn't in its lowest suspension setting, in the final drag race.

[@lowemichael03]

Either the BMW had a soft limiter. When it was being Rev. up or a girl was driving. I really quit the tail.

[@mcphersonjohnathon]

That bmw is actually reliable now though, s58 engine will last reliably for a super sport suv like a performance lexus

[@jomo2483]

It won't be Lexus reliable. In terms of reliability, some mechanics actually rate Maserati above BMWs. I know, craaazy. Engines on Maserati are easier to work on

[@lucasworktv]

BMW and reliability are antonyms.

[@rickybalbia9612]

My man is testing the grecale in a drag race with x4 m competition which is pretty rapid and doesn't even have a clue how to activate launch control for optimum performance and I bet the x4 m is in launch mode. Ffs 🤦‍♂️ considering the time it ttok him to figure out how to switch driving mode to corsa he might have to go to high school or college for a few years just to figure it out. In launch that maser is a little rocket ship and due to right amount of power/torque and good drive train will keep pulling hard all the way to 180.. It has the nettuno engine in a slightly detuned form of the mc20 supercar powerplant.. Same headlights as well both of which can be found in the new maserati grand tourer gt car also which is an outstanding alternative to the regulars in the super gt market. Super speed allied with ultra levels of comfort and luxury with a gorgeous interior aswell as "hitman" looks with every bell and whistle coming as standard in the purchase price don't have to pay an extra 50k for them bar a few exceptions maybe. Maserati really have come on leaps and bounds now.. The mc20 "in my opinion" the most gorgeous supercar in long time, since the 458.. Waited a long time for the current line up being a huge maserati fan. The previous gen maser gt trofeo arguably amongst the most beautiful cars ever made and a deep growling and loud barking v8 to match minus the stupid childish and immature pops and bangs or sounds closely resembling someone farting like in other expensive cars designed for stupid people. Maserati the cars which personify beauty in the simplicity of its elegance, bravo