I had an fascinating realization throughout Motor1’s inaugural Cool Automotive Cup take a look at—you possibly can flooring the throttle in a Lamborghini Revuelto with out waking up its monster V-12. The Revuelto is a hybrid, with a motor for every entrance wheel, and one other motor connected to the transmission. In its Città (metropolis) mode, you get about 185 horsepower.

We simply occurred to have a equally highly effective automotive readily available—the Mazda MX-5 Miata, with 181 hp from its 2.0-liter four-cylinder. An fascinating matchup began to kind in my thoughts, so, we used the entrance straight of Streets of Willow to see which is faster—a Miata, or a Revuelto in electrical mode.

Whereas the Lamborghini’s electrical motors can deploy all their torque instantaneously, and there is not any shifting to interrupt the movement of energy, the Miata takes it on this specific contest. They could have comparable horsepower, however this Miata RF weighs round 2,450 kilos; the Lamborghini weighs someplace within the area of 4,000 kilos.

In a roll race from 20 mph, the Lamborghini received nearer, however the Miata nonetheless pulled forward. We additionally tried it out with the Lamborghini in Corsa mode, unleashing its full 1,001 hp, and I in all probability needn’t inform you how that went. 

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