{"id":462701,"date":"2023-10-12T07:31:27","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T07:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?p=462701"},"modified":"2024-12-08T14:08:39","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T14:08:39","slug":"can-a-porsche-918-spyder-beat-a-rallycross-car-in-a-drag-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/can-a-porsche-918-spyder-beat-a-rallycross-car-in-a-drag-race\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Can A Porsche 918 Spyder Beat A Rallycross Car In A Drag Race?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@carwow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carwow&#8217;<\/a>s got a new drag race for us and this time it&#8217;s between a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/porsche-918-spyder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Porsche 918 hypercar<\/a> against a Red Bull WRX Rallycross car.<\/p>\n<p>The Porsche boasts a 4.6-litre naturally-aspirated V8, paired with two electric motors, delivering a combined 887hp and 1,280Nm of torque! Weighing in at 1,674kg, this modern-day Porsche icon now demands seven figures plus if you want to own one.<\/p>\n<p>On the other side, we have the WRX rallycross car, based on a Peugeot 208 rally car, featuring a 2-litre turbocharged engine generating 620hp. All that power is distributed to the four wheels.<\/p>\n<p>The WRX is pretty quick right off the line, but can it outrun the 918 over the quarter-mile? Watch the video to find out!<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"Porsche Hypercar v Red Bull Rallycross: DRAG RACE\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/14RUMMJLAHY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Porsche Hypercar v Red Bull Rallycross: DRAG RACE\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/14RUMMJLAHY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carwow&#8217;s got a new drag race for us and this time it&#8217;s between a Porsche 918 hypercar against a Red Bull WRX Rallycross car. 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On the other side, we have the WRX rallycross car, based on a Peugeot 208 rally car, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":803692,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[718,16906,12919],"tags":[89,389,22625,115,8441],"class_list":["post-462701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-honda","category-porsche","category-videos","tag-porsche","tag-porsche-918-spyder","tag-porsche-media-918-spyder-videos","tag-porsche-videos","tag-videos","post_format-post-format-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>VIDEO: Can A Porsche 918 Spyder Beat A Rallycross Car In A Drag Race?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/can-a-porsche-918-spyder-beat-a-rallycross-car-in-a-drag-race\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"VIDEO: Can A Porsche 918 Spyder Beat A Rallycross Car In A Drag Race?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Carwow&#8217;s got a new drag race for us and this time it&#8217;s between a Porsche 918 hypercar against a Red Bull WRX Rallycross car. 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