In a world of six-figure Cadillacs that soften tires on a whim and million-dollar hypercars, it may be exhausting to keep in mind that you do not at all times have to spend so much of money to have enjoyable behind the wheel. And should you actually need to get choosy, there are even a handful of brand-new efficiency bargains on the market that will not have you ever hiding behind that outdated slow-car-fast adage. Eager to type out the most effective from the remaining, Hagerty introduced collectively the Ford Mustang EcoBoost, Subaru WRX, Volkswagen GTI, Hyundai Elantra N, Mini Cooper S, Mazda3 Turbo, and Toyota GR86 and put them on a drag strip collectively, in a video you’ll be able to see on the finish of this text.
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Breaking Down The 4-Cylinder Competitors
Regardless of their various type components, every $35k pocket rocket has a four-cylinder engine underneath the hood. They vary in output from the 201-horsepower Mini to the 315-hp Mustang, and sensing that this range of expertise may make a real seven-way drag race a problem, Hagerty host Jason Cammisa thought it clever to separate them up a bit. First, the front-drivers would claw their means down the monitor, adopted by the automobiles with rear- or all-wheel drive. Then, the winners of these races would face one another for a last, winner-take-all drag race.
Within the first warmth, the moderately priced Hyundai Elantra N jumped to an early lead, hustling previous 60 mph
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in 4.9 seconds and hanging on to its hole with a 13.1-second quarter-mile time. Regardless of its lowest-in-test energy output, the Mini got here in second, registering 5.4 seconds and 14.0 seconds respectively, with the GTI citing the rear at 5.6 and 14.1 seconds. The remaining 4 automobiles line up subsequent, and the considerably extra highly effective Mustang takes dwelling the win this time, with a 13.2-second quarter-mile and a 0-60 time of 4.5 seconds. Launching exhausting because of all-wheel drive, the WRX beats the Mustang off the road, however its tempo slows quickly, hitting 60 in 5.4 seconds and crossing the road in 13.8 seconds.
The Last Showdown
The Elantra N’s faster quarter-mile however slower 0-60 time relative to the horse automobile means this race may come all the way down to the Hyundai driver’s shift speeds – did we point out it is a stick? The Mustang pilot, in the meantime, wants to simply put the automobile in Drag Race mode and let the 10-speed auto slam away on the gears. With the automobiles lined up and able to run, the inexperienced flag goes down.
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Maybe attributable to fatigue (on the motive force and the automobile), the Elantra is not as fast this time round, hitting 60 miles per hour in the identical 4.9 seconds however delaying its arrival on the quarter-mile mark by 0.4, or 13.5 seconds complete. The Mustang, in the meantime, is in its glad place, hitting 60 in the identical 4.5 seconds and crossing the end line in 13.2 seconds. Cammisa notes, nonetheless, that the lithe Hyundai is certainly gaining on the Mustang towards the center of the race, so given a protracted sufficient size of street, it may have been anybody’s sport.
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