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The hybrid hypercar Porsche 918 and the C7 Corvette Z06 are very different cars, but how do they compare on the strip?

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pokerpro

You have a better chance of seeing God (and we all know that ain't happening) than any Vette beating a 918!

ZMan64

Monkey D. Luffy

$1,000,000 vs $100,000 car, no surprise the hypercar Porsche 918 is faster

pokerpro

but why would that Z06 owner want to attract negative attention to himself and his car when he should know that he had less than a 0% chance of winning?

OnPoint

Meh, I've lined up against cars faster than mine. Still good, clean, American fun to let 'er rip and see what happens.

ZoratZ06

Sure it's a mismatch...but it's a real world drag strip match up. What I liked about it were the 'normal' results. No hero runs for either car. 10.05 for the 918 and 11.6 for the Z06...those are 'average' runs for 'average' drivers in both of those cars.

BladeZ06

Sounded like an M7 car.... with full AERO3 plus the other car is a freaking 918 with 887 HP and AWD.

Maybe they can race a Z06 against this....

06_LT1

Car and Driver managed 9.8 for the quarter in the 918; Drag Times lists it at ten seconds flat - so I'm not sure that I'd rate the 10.05 in the video as an "average run for an average driver."

I don't think either driver has anything to be ashamed about - well, except that the Z06 is rocking vanity plates while the 918 is wearing whatever the DMV printed out...

Crazy that the Z06 makes it down the track that quickly w/ RWD; the man can hook up.

It's also crazy that street cars on street tires are doing 10's - 11's. Anyone who claims that the Z06 isn't a s**t-ton of car for the money is high.

thebishman

No chance in the 1/4, but after a couple of laps on a road course; (meaning the 'juice' for the 918 front electric motors has run out), the Z06 would give it one hell of a run for its money.

Gxpz06

thats the point and fun of racing... theres always someone outthere faster... the interesting thing is that one race is not one and done(at least for some types of folks like myself) .. the z06 can go out and run 20 to 30 times (or hundreds like my stubborn self) and hit a good air day once mastered launch and go deep into 10s ... the 918 is a done and ready to launch car...a driver cant do much better then the effort Porchse into this supercar...


thumbs up to both drivers for letting them rip without shame...

sunsalem

I kinda doubt it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_918_Spyder

In addition to a plug-in charge port at the passenger-side B-pillar, the batteries are also charged by regenerative braking and by excess output from the engine when the car is coasting.

TRANS DAMM

Pretty shitty run for the Z I think. Plenty of high 10 sec stock Z's that would make that gap a lot smaller. I do respect the 918 owner for having to ***** to lay his 1m dollar ride on the track. That could be one very very expensive wreck without insurance.

thebishman

It has already been shown that within two laps on a road course there is not enough power stored to run the front electric motors, and hence the car is essentially powered only by the ICE.

Btw, not too much "coasting" on a road course! lol

Bish

MindBend

[yawn] Let's go for a spin at Nurburgring and my measly $100K track car will school it.

GP1224

10.40s is what Z can do. 11.6 is asleep at the wheel.

johnglenntwo

Fair Ball!

And very cost effective!

911 Turbos came easy for me, and they were part of my game plan buying!

CFHay

Maybe because he wanted to have some fun? Not everyone wants to sit with a plaque at a car show.

upcharger

That Porsche is so fast. Holy smokes.

DLC7

I thought CF had come to the conclusion: " the Ring" does not matter? Remember that thread?