It’s half hybrid, half EV in a drag race between the Mercedes-AMG C63 S and a Volvo EX30.
Automobiles.co.za introduced collectively two unlikely contenders for a drag race. Nevertheless, this isn’t some high-octane matchup between two gas-powered performers. No, Jacob Mashokoa and Ashley Oldfield introduced a Mercedes-AMG C63 S up in opposition to a Volvo EX30 to see which one would kick the opposite’s asphalt.
Mashokoa pulled up within the Mercedes-AMG C63 S. It’s the most recent W206 fifth-gen mannequin producing round 500 kW and 1,020 Nm (about 671 horsepower and 752 lb-ft of torque). Nonetheless, in a controversial transfer, Mercedes-AMG dropped the orchestral twin-turbo 4.0L V8 in favor of a hybridized and turbocharged 2.0L four-cylinder utility. Nevertheless, even with half the cylinders of its predecessor, the brand new C63 S E-Efficiency is sweet for a 0 to 60 mph dash of round three seconds.
Within the different nook, Ashley Oldfield pulled up in a Volvo EX30. In contrast to the hybrid Mercedes-AMG mannequin, the EX30 is a battery electrical car (BEV). Nothing however battery-fed dual-motor all-wheel drive (AWD) and near-silent launches. Even with out assistance from a whirring turbocharger and burning gasoline, the EX30 is sweet for 315 kW and 543 Nm (about 422 horsepower and 400 lb-ft of torque).
Regardless of the Volvo EV’s snappy launches, the C63 S received the day
The automobiles got here collectively for the race at Killarney Worldwide Raceway in Cape City, South Africa. “It’s nuts and bolts versus watts and volts,” Oldfield jested concerning the matchup. The 2 lined up beside one another, eliciting photos of yin and yang. In spite of everything, the Mercedes-AMG C63 S was in a shiny shade of black and the Volvo in sterile white.
After two runs, the Mercedes-AMG C63 S emerged victorious. Nevertheless, the second run was a a lot nearer bout. Oldfield even admitted that even after he “jumped the beginning just a little bit there, and it nonetheless didn’t make any distinction.”
Take a look at the video of the races between the 2 very completely different efficiency rides beneath!
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