Mercedes G63 vs. BMW i8: Our Silly Drag Race Between the Past and Future

il y a 8 années, 11 mois - 17 Novembre 2015, Autoblog
Mercedes G63 vs. BMW i8: Our Silly Drag Race Between the Past and Future
You see, we were just trying to conserve resources. We had Milan Dragway rented for a test of the AMS Alpha 10 Audi R8, and there was some extra track time, so we brought these two along. That's called saving money. Or something.

Aside from being German, the G63 and i8 couldn't really be much more different – one is a prehistoric military vehicle with a nutty twin-turbo V8, the other a vision of the near future of efficient sports cars. So what did we do? We lined them up against each other, editor-in-chief Michael Austin in the i8 and me in the G-Wagen. Though we had a good idea of the likely winner – note which car the boss is driving – the results were still surprising.

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