When Worlds Collide: Nissan GT-R Vs Bentley Continental Supersports Drag Race

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Rocket vs Refinement
Transcript
00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:27 Two cars, two different worlds.
00:31 The Nissan GT-R, poster boy for the PlayStation generation.
00:35 The Bentley Continental Super Sports, a leather-wrapped cruise
00:39 missile, good for the discerning gentleman racer.
00:43 The GT-R's 485 horsepower twin turbo V6, sophisticated all-wheel drive
00:53 system and chassis controls make it a technological tour de force
00:59 and the stuff of legend.
01:01 But the Super Sports is no slouch either.
01:04 It has a six liter twin turbo W12 engine and its own fancy set of electronics.
01:11 Two cars, two different worlds.
01:17 What happens when they collide?
01:19 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:47 [EXPLOSION]
01:50 Miss it?
01:51 Then let's take a closer look.
01:53 Despite weighing some 5,000 pounds, the big Continental Super Sports
01:57 scores the whole shot, thanks to its all-wheel drive system
02:01 and the 620 horsepower and 590 pound feet of torque.
02:06 The GT-R, down 1,000 pounds and 136 horsepower, rapidly makes up ground.
02:12 It hits 60 1/10 quicker than the Bentley and just keeps pulling away.
02:18 At the finish line, it beats the GT-R in 11.9 seconds at 120.1 miles per hour.
02:25 Super Sports is just behind, nailing the quarter mile in 12.1 seconds
02:30 at 113.8 miles per hour.
02:34 It's an astonishing performance by a $273,000 super exotic.
02:41 But it's proof that money can't buy everything.
02:45 [EXPLOSION]
02:48 (whooshing)
02:50 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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