High-performance pleasure no longer requires compromise. Automakers are packing huge amounts of power into their crossovers and family SUVs, and you can watch two powerful haulers – a BMW XM and a Porsche Cayenne Turbo GT – battle for supremacy in a new drag racing video.
Neither car is standard, with the BMW having a tune. The plug-in hybrid SUV features a 4.4-liter twin-turbo V8 that produces a combined 738 horsepower and 738 pound-feet of torque in standard form. However, he produced just over 800 horsepower in this fight.
It came up against the less powerful Porsche Cayenne Turbo GT. It had downpipes, developing 650 horsepower and 625 lb-ft of twist. Both SUVs battled with eight-speed gearboxes and all-wheel drive, but the XM was a strong boy weighing just over 6,000 pounds. The Cayenne Turbo GT was almost 1,000 pounds lighter.
It didn’t beat the Porsche in any of the races, struggling to get off the line when the tree went dark. But the BMW covered the quarter mile faster than the Porsche in the first run, posting a time of 11.371 seconds at 124.08 mph. The Porsche did it in 11.621 seconds at 118.67 mph.
The second race was closer, but the Porsche took a real victory with its time of 11.168 seconds to the BMW’s 11.354. The third race was the same, with the Cayenne needing 11.216 seconds to the XM’s 11.263 seconds.
