EV vs TT! 1234hp Lucid Air Sapphire Drag Races 1000hp Audi TT RS

[@Optimus_Media]

Bring back hoonicorn vs everything with Lia!

[@LearningWithTitus]

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

[@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 🤣.

[@partysodown]

@@NekoWintersintegrity? What are they going to do, tell their bosses no? Ken sold the company before he died, so change has been coming for a long time

[@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

[@TheStorkSR]

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!!!

[@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

[@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

[@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!

[@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.

[@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

[@travisyarbrough4033]

Come see me in Long Beach CA with street tires and no cheating head up and you will be sorry ya did. Waste of time and money if you want performance. You can try and cheat like these guys know they have to. Gas is trash. It's over. Our $53,000 KIA EV6 dual motor will pull your paint off. All day for 10 years with no service ever. Bring tissues because you will need them. See ya in the mirrors !!!!

[@John__-ie3od]

Driver on Audi jumped.

[@TheRMSAndre1]

That last bonus round...damn so satisfying!

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@AlteredCarbons]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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 😉

[@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

[@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.

[@ryanb200]

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

[@slickman5969]

me too bro

[@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

[@scottyboy6269]

Until you have to corner :D

[@tornatic1983]

@scottyboy6269 I have my C6 Corvette for that and also have a G35 coupe as a daily. See its about versatility for me. Lol

[@allanpedersen9852]

@@scottyboy6269but are they doing corners in this vid? And are a 5000lbs car made exactly for cornering?

[@GDM22]

​@@scottyboy6269You don't think the Lucid can corner then how did it achieve the 2024 Lightening Lap time. Lazy comment.

[@scottyboy6269]

@@GDM22 Porsche 911 GT3 RS third place on the all-time leaderboard with a 2:37.2 despite having a comparatively piddly 518 hp. Dark horse 2:51.2 at a cost of...74.5k almost 1/4 of the price @ 500HP it can't corner dumbass

[@Leoniswolf]

Whoever edits these videos is funny af😂

[@Dark_Buck]

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

[@LaGarajShow]

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

[@Ontheregz]

He’s the worst one… such a 🤡

[@bryanmccarthy6493]

He has already left.

[@elgiacomo]

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

[@CR36111]

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

[@straightpipeproductions3726]

Yes

[@justsaying5633]

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

[@allanpedersen9852]

Clear win for the Lucid 😀

[@Dreadwrld]

That Lucid is nuts 😂😂

[@whizthesk8r]

😮 the lucid interior looks amazing

[@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.

[@TB-vb3ov]

Tesla Plaid did it first....

[@Heartfromsomewhere]

@@TB-vb3ovbut the sapphire did it better

[@TB-vb3ov]

@@Heartfromsomewhere I'd hope so it had a few years to figure out how to take over the top dog in EV and it still cost 3x lol

[@Heartfromsomewhere]

@@TB-vb3ov yeah exactly

[@Heartfromsomewhere]

@@TB-vb3ov 250k for some Mercedes on cracks is ridiculous

[@2010-b8w]

Remember when this vs that was good?

[@Sajuuk]

Jesus that Audi TT is a beast. Lovely car ❤

[@davisflyer]

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

[@ragtop63]

Imagine having to add 4-people ballast just to make it “even” lol

[@4literv6]

They did it last year for the plaid vs a modified McLaren 720 and still spanked the McLaren ass very soundly! 😀👍🏻

[@ragtop63]

@@4literv6 The McLaren also has about 280 HP less than this Audi too. So I’m gonna say the Sapphire would have dominated that McLaren as well, with ballast.

[@4literv6]

@@ragtop63 that McLaren had allegedly 1000+hp fully tuned and still got whipped. 😀👍🏻

[@ragtop63]

@@4literv6 So now we know, it didn’t have 1000+ hp 😂

[@4literv6]

@@ragtop63 eh still just an ice on st tires with a transmission holding it back rwd only. Even on a track beaten to death by an experienced driver on sticky tires I doubt it would have beaten a stock plaid. The ice age ended when the p100d came out imo. 😎

[@camirocz]

Audi jumped almost every run.Lucid is a real 8.9 second car.

[@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.

[@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.

[@olu]

Crazy world of performance at live in! 🎉

[@i.d.6492]

We*

[@Four_Eyes]

Surprised the TT did as well as it did. and it can fully recharge in 3 minutes which is a nice feature.

[@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.

[@blakeuhl8731]

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

[@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.

[@fstap]

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

[@ryanparris28]

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

[@milkofthepuppy]

Bro exactly why I got this exact car 18’ mk3 TTRS stage 3 on E these days. Just added fuel system and plus intercooler to make stage 3 bc it stage 2 for a long time. Anyways these things are crazy fast for not a lot of difficult modding. This guy just said 1000hp on a stock transmission it’s just the billet block clutch package. Outside of that factory a GTR nor G80 could never do this and hold up. I’m don’t care to have 1000hp I love this car at exactly where it’s at and it looks stock! This i5 platform is sick iRoz has a build this just hit 7.9 in 1/4 I think not much done to the transmission on that as well which again is nuts!!!! I’ll add my car now feels like a legit race car the pulls now are I’d imagine feel supercar like and no where near the supercar price but the looks it gets feels like a poor man’s supercar! Especially when I pull up at Kroger and my little 4 year old jumps out lol!! One guy was like “that thing has a backseat can’t be an R8 what is it?” It was at that moment I knew I picked the right car this thing just cost me under $60k originally owned by a VP in Alexandria, VA! It was bone stock when I had and it’s been mine ever since 2020😊!! I almost pulled the trigger on a C8 that cost almost $40k more 😅 so glad I didn’t do that SO GLAD!!!

[@Rocksolidbullys]

The audi is frickin impressive!!

[@samGD3]

The fact that it took a gutted built 9 second awd gas powered car to keep up with a lucid with 4 people…texas 2k is going to look wild in 2034

[@origaminefretami3480]

Will definitely look wild in autonomous cars with no steering wheel

[@Jesus_christ333]

rip hoonigan😔

[@finnmacleod3774]

This video was the perfect layout! Great job hoonigan❤

[@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

[@swankperfection]

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

[@ryanjones8326]

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

[@Choconuss]

Crazy.... and that Lucid weighs about 2k more pounds!

[@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

[@martinekstrom6303]

Are you kidding? The Audi was on slicks and bare naked. The Lucid absolutely smoked it. They had to add several hundreds of pounds and do a bad start to finish even.

[@uawanalickmee]

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

[@uknterror508]

"Fully built drag car" Stock diffs Upgraded clutches Stock interior Literally can drive just as comfortably around town

[@Ricky-dp4bt]

Stock transmission

[@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.

[@Barberdan]

Lucid's 1234hp at the crank? What crank? Dyno's appear hard to come by at the moment but I expect it'd be pretty close to 1234 wheel horsepower.

[@stickyfingerz31]

Last round, gaaaaadamnn!

[@mrbananasplitman7]

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

[@marvlombard887]

I knew the Lucid was fast but that TT 😱

[@minnesotatomcat]

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

[@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!

[@gfdrambo2691]

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

[@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......

[@MichaelTV44]

The Lucid is probably the best looking EV on the road in my opinion.

[@brianjacobs1241]

Holy cow lucid cars are fast FAST!!!

[@wesleybrock2971]

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

[@na_inline4]

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

[@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

[@JosephJonesboy88]

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

[@justinnabong9619]

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

[@tdwl4373]

Good to see Doug. Solid as per usual fellas.

[@rmp5s]

5:35 - Didn't know a built bottom end was "bolt ons". Interesting.

[@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 :)

[@christopherbarrett8710]

I've never been so happy to see an audi win!

[@GDM22]

What did it win the participation award.

[@JayDon-z4s]

10:17 had me cracking up. That was some funny ish. Nicely done.

[@CruzSoClean]

Can’t wait for the next video 🔥🔥

[@radcardad]

This has to be Doug’s best video yet

[@Lysol_kb]

ok i rate this 7.5/10 for a TvT, the TT's jump on the 2nd race soured it, but that last bonus round, while there was still a jump from the TT, it was a really close race. ive enjoyed this episode.

[@LightningSe7en]

Imagine the power of that electric in a roadster. Jesus.

[@nicholasdely1256]

LOVE SEEING DOUG BACK

[@Lazakos]

Nothing beats the Audis

[@gunsandcommissions]

Came for This vs That, stayed for the "Doug is the kind of guy" energy.

[@sunsetgarage755]

Audi TTRS with drag slicks being described as a “sleeper”! In what universe does this qualify as a sleeper? 😂

[@stevebarnette]

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

[@Zoliansanga1983]

😮 that Audi is FAST..!!!🔥💥❤️🤘🏼

[@rickyt310]

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

[@howa08]

Great race, props to the Audi for the W against an electric beast.

[@THEKNOWLEDGELOG]

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

[@EndlessWeekendFishing]

Headphones on, that engine is damn fine 🔥

[@THESLlCK]

lucid commercial was great guys thanks

[@cj41079]

Raptor edit was hilarious 😂😂

[@louieperez806]

TT RS FTW🙌

[@stevetheodore_specialtycars]

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

[@HioSSilver1999]

Sure it is....nothing ice that's stock is running with that stock ev

[@jpfragola2000]

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

[@bigAP5.7]

The editor is a god lol

[@99savage1]

What’s impressive to me is that a built 2.5L 5 cylinder turbo sports coupe (that has more potential) is keeping up with a 1200+ crank hp awd ev, even though it was full of people its impressive that it could give the instantaneous torque a run for its money.

[@halfwaytobedlam3234]

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

[@mugdays]

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