Luxurious limousines look fairly fancy, however how briskly are they in a straight line? There’s just one method to discover out!
We’ve pitted the Bentley Flying Spur S V8 up towards the V12 Mercedes-Maybach S680 and the V12 Rolls-Royce Daybreak to determine which is quickest.
The winner then goes up towards the all-electric Korean missile: the 2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N.
Thanks once more to Hyundai for serving to cowl the price of placing this collection collectively – it’s MEGA costly to do, so with out assist it wouldn’t have occurred. You’ll be able to learn extra about that right here.
The vehicles
First cab off the rank is the 2024 Bentley Flying Spur S. We couldn’t get our fingers on the mighty W12, so as an alternative needed to accept the twin-turbocharged petrol V8.
It’s barely one thing to scoff at. It makes use of a 4.0-litre twin-turbocharged petrol V8 engine that produces 404kW of energy and 770Nm of torque. It’s mated to an eight-speed dual-clutch transmission and makes use of an all-wheel drive system.
Bentley says it’ll do 0-100km/h in 4.1 seconds with a high velocity of 318km/h.
Subsequent up is the Mercedes-Maybach S680 V12. It’s the head of the S-Class vary and represents probably the most luxurious limousine on sale by Mercedes-Benz in Australia.
It makes use of a 6.0-litre twin-turbocharged V12 engine that produces 463kW of energy and 900Nm of torque. It additionally makes use of an all-wheel drive system mated to a nine-speed automated transmission.
Mercedes-Maybach claims a 0-100km/h time of 4.5 seconds with a high velocity of 250km/h.
Lastly, it’s the gorgeous Rolls-Royce Daybreak V12. This one is somewhat particular; it options an exhaust, is lowered, and sits on 23-inch alloy wheels.
The Daybreak makes use of a 6.6-litre twin-turbocharged V12 petrol engine that produces 420kW of energy and 820Nm of torque. It’s mated to an eight-speed automated transmission, and is the one rear-wheel drive automobile right here.
Rolls-Royce claims a 0-100km/h time of 5.0 seconds with a high velocity of 250km/h.
The attainable challenger
Priced from $111,000 earlier than on-road prices, the totally electrical Hyundai Ioniq 5 N makes use of a dual-motor all-wheel drive electrical powertrain producing 448kW of energy and 740Nm of torque.
These outputs enhance to 478kW and 770Nm with the N Grin Increase operate, which could be mated to the launch management operate as effectively. It has a claimed 0-100km/h time of 3.4 seconds with N Grin Increase lively.
It additionally has a bunch of different features like the power to destroy tyres, make engine sounds, and even pulse fictional gear shifts to make it really feel like an internal-combustion automobile with a DCT.
The outcomes
Whereas this appeared prefer it’d be a fairly simple contest, it was something however!
We had been locked out of the Mercedes-Maybach twice, after which on one event it determined to not transfer off the road as a result of it thought there was one thing in entrance of the automobile (outdoors of the empty runway forward of it).
When it did lastly get shifting, the ultimate contest got here all the way down to the Bentley and Mercedes-Maybach, exhibiting that the cylinder rely isn’t all the time the one factor that issues.
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