RYAN ZUMMALLEN: Taking the launch of my life here.
ANNOUNCER: One.
Two.
TRAVIS LANGNESS: Oh.
Got him on the launch.
We are so evenly matched.
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RYAN ZUMMALLEN: 60 right away.
TRAVIS LANGNESS: Oh.
That feels good.
Today it's Chevy versus Ford.
Good old American V8 versus brand-new American EV.
What are you driving, Ryan?
RYAN ZUMMALLEN: I'm driving a four-door family SUV.
TRAVIS LANGNESS: That sounds like it's
going to have a tough time against this mid-engine sports
car.
RYAN ZUMMALLEN: Well, I left out that it's a GT performance.
It has 480 horsepower, 634 pound feet of torque.
And it's going to all four wheels.
TRAVIS LANGNESS: You make a good point.
This Corvette however, has 495 horsepower, 470 pound feet
of torque.
And it is way, way, way, way, way lighter than your Mach-E GT
Performance.
And it launches really well.
So I'm curious to see how you're going to do.
And I'm curious to see how I'm going to do.
But mostly, I just don't want to lose this race,
so currently I hate your car.
RYAN ZUMMALLEN: That's OK with me.
Let's hit it.
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TRAVIS LANGNESS: The Corvette has
taken on lots of competitors on the drag strip in our series,
the M4 recently.
It's taken on things like the GT500, the Tesla Model Y.
Today, it's taken on that Mach-E.
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RYAN ZUMMALLEN: So launching a Mustang Mach-E.
Again, this is the GT version with the performance package
upgrade.
So we get extra torque and a couple of extra goodies
as well.
But one thing that we don't have is any kind
of launch control system.
Really all you do is put it into the most sporty mode that
is unbridled.
And then when you're ready, you stomp on the throttle
as hard as you can and watch Travis disappear
in your rearview mirror.
One problem, though, is that Ford says with the Mach-E GT,
you get five seconds of full power.
That's it.
After that five seconds is up, the battery
is going to hold back performance,
so that it doesn't degrade prematurely.
That's going to be a problem here because the Corvette is
very, very fast.
TRAVIS LANGNESS: So to launch the Corvette,
there's a couple of steps.
It's not as simple as Ryan's Mustang over there.
I have to, obviously, put it in drive.
And then I go over into Track Mode.
There is Sport Tour, My Mode, Snow,
and then Track finally over there all the way on the right.
Double Tap the Traction Control.
Now, essentially what I have to do
to launch it is bury my foot in the brake, hit the gas.
It'll rev up to 2000 RPMs.
And then it'll launch me.
So I hope for the best.
It does not like doing burnouts.
And I don't want to do it burnout because that'll
lose me traction.
I'm excited about this one.
I think I'm going to win.
ANNOUNCER: Drivers, race in three.
RYAN ZUMMALLEN: And the launch of my life here.
ANNOUNCER: One.
Two.
TRAVIS LANGNESS: Oh.
Got him on the launch.
RYAN ZUMMALLEN: We're up to 60 right away.
TRAVIS LANGNESS: We're so evenly matched.
RYAN ZUMMALLEN: It feels like that power is tailing off
at 90.
TRAVIS LANGNESS: Oh.
That feels good.
RYAN ZUMMALLEN: That thing is gone.
TRAVIS LANGNESS: Oh.
That was so close.
RYAN ZUMMALLEN: 100 across the finish line.
TRAVIS LANGNESS: Wow.
That was really.
RYAN ZUMMALLEN: Got to 60 like that.
Did not get to 100 like that.
TRAVIS LANGNESS: That was a close one, man.
That was really good.
RYAN ZUMMALLEN: I'm a little surprised, man.
I didn't feel like I got the best start.
And I thought you were just going to run away.
And it was definitive.
But it wasn't a blowout.
TRAVIS LANGNESS: Yeah.
It wasn't a blowout at all.
It took almost half of the quarter mile,
the 1/8 of the mile, to actually pull away from you on there
and get into the high horsepower band on this one.
This thing launches really, really well.
I mean for some with just the rear wheels being driven.
How'd that one feel?
RYAN ZUMMALLEN: You know, I got up to 60 in like an instant.
And then I kind of started to crawl to 100.
I hit the line at 100.
TRAVIS LANGNESS: So do you feel like going again?
You think you have a chance?
You want to get a better launch?
RYAN ZUMMALLEN: I think I can do better.
And let's just see what happens.
TRAVIS LANGNESS: All right.
So drag race number two.
I'm going to do exactly the same thing.
I change nothing at all because I won last time.
And I hope he doesn't have a better reaction.
Mash the brake, mash the throttle, rev-up to 2,000 RPM,
take off.
RYAN ZUMMALLEN: Travis has a pretty sweet sound coming out
of that Corvette.
I have zero sound, whatsoever.
So this time, I'm going to turn on propulsion sound,
just to give you guys a little extra symphony.
I might not win but at least I'll sound good doing it.
ANNOUNCER: Race in three, two, one.
Go.
TRAVIS LANGNESS: Here we go.
RYAN ZUMMALLEN: Oh, no.
He beat me again.
We're close though.
TRAVIS LANGNESS: I think, I might have
left the line a little early.
RYAN ZUMMALLEN: Close but I'm not reeling him in.
TRAVIS LANGNESS: Oh.
I don't care.
I'm still going to win.
Yes.
And across the line, 113 miles an hour.
That is a nice little top speed there.
RYAN ZUMMALLEN: I didn't think it was
going to be this close at all.
TRAVIS LANGNESS: It felt pretty good.
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TRAVIS LANGNESS: Did I leave early or is
it just my imagination?
RYAN ZUMMALLEN: No.
I think you nailed it.
TRAVIS LANGNESS: I wanted to feel guilty
but I also don't feel guilty because I won.
RYAN ZUMMALLEN: No.
You shouldn't.
I thought I got a pretty good start at that time.
And you just got a better one.
TRAVIS LANGNESS: I mean, this thing is so consistent.
It's so easy.
You just mash the brake then mash the throttle,
it revs up to 2000.
You let off and it goes.
It wants to launch well without spin.
It's not like our long-term GT500
at all where it wants to spin the tires just
to make you laugh.
This thing is a missile.
RYAN ZUMMALLEN: No.
That's a really, really good launch for a rear-wheel drive
car.
But what does it feel like once you're going?
Because it's not jumping out and pulling away right away.
It's kind of jumping out and then building consistently.
TRAVIS LANGNESS: Yeah.
Honestly, it's the power.
I mean, I can't wait to get behind the wheel of a Z06 with
the 5.5-liter, the flat plane crank.
And that thing is 670 horsepower.
You know this is 495 with the performance pack.
And it's a lot.
And it launches really well.
And the weight balance is good.
And it's low to the ground.
It really knows how to do that.
But it does feel like in a straight line,
something like the GT500 is more dramatic.
There's more theater to it.
This just feels like I'm kind of a cog in the wheel.
RYAN ZUMMALLEN: We're going to need Ford to take the reins off
of this one to compete with that Z06 or a Mach-E Shelby.
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TRAVIS LANGNESS: In light of the fact that we don't
have a Mach-E Shelby currently available to us, what
do you say about a roll race?
We go 30 miles an hour, see which one of us
comes out on top?
RYAN ZUMMALLEN: I mean, totally.
I didn't expect the regular drag to go the way that it's gone,
so let's see what happens on the roll.
TRAVIS LANGNESS: All right.
I'm in.
Let's do it.
All right.
For the roll-on race, no foot in the brake, obviously.
I'm going to try and shift gears this time.
Go Manual Mode here.
Keep it in a low gear so it doesn't drop down
during the roll race.
And then take off.
ANNOUNCER: All right, guys.
You ready?
TRAVIS LANGNESS: Ready when you are.
Let's do this, Ryan.
Get it up to 30.
Keep it in Manual Mode.
OK.
Second gear.
RYAN ZUMMALLEN: Not getting a lot of help here.
Propulsion sound didn't help me at all.
TRAVIS LANGNESS: All right, 30 miles an hour.
RYAN ZUMMALLEN: I'm going to come up with something else
instead.
TRAVIS LANGNESS: Roll on.
Try not to jump the line.
Still want to see the camera results from that last time.
RYAN ZUMMALLEN: Catch me now, Travis.
TRAVIS LANGNESS: Oh.
He took off early.
Oh.
Come on.
RYAN ZUMMALLEN: Turns out, cheating wins.
He's gaining but it's not going to be enough.
Oh.
So close.
TRAVIS LANGNESS: Oh.
I lost because he cheated.
RYAN ZUMMALLEN: Oh.
So close.
TRAVIS LANGNESS: Very much cheating.
RYAN ZUMMALLEN: I cheated so hard.
TRAVIS LANGNESS: What does it feel
like to be a dirty, rotten cheater?
RYAN ZUMMALLEN: It doesn't feel that different from losing
three times in a row.
So I'm OK with it.
TRAVIS LANGNESS: I mean, I guess now
I know what the back of your car looks like.
So he jumped the line there, which was fun.
Almost caught you.
I think if we had a little bit more road ahead of us,
I would have caught you at that time.
I'm really interested to see the photo finish on that one.
But you did cheat so we're going to call that a loss, right?
RYAN ZUMMALLEN: Oh.
For sure, I lost.
Yeah.
But it was really, really close.
And again, I could see you coming, but it was slow.
It was slow.
And then it was boom, freight train.
TRAVIS LANGNESS: I think, looking at the track test
results, we're going to see the difference in track
speed between these two.
And it's going to be pretty big.
So how did these two do back at the test track?
Well, the Corvette is faster, all around.
From 0 to 60 and in the quarter mile.
Getting a launch in the Corvette isn't nearly as hard
as it is in some front engine sports cars, like the GT500.
So it's easier to match or beat something like the Mach-E,
even though it's got all-wheel drive.
Also, it doesn't hurt that the Chevy weighs
half a ton less than the Ford.
It should be noted though, the Ford stopping power
is incredible.
With the upgraded tires on the GT Performance Model,
the Mach-E stopped from 60 miles an hour in just 106 feet.
That's an incredibly short distance.
And while the Corvette beat it by five feet,
something around the 100 foot mark
is really reserved for high-end sports cars.
That impressed us back at the track.
But my question is, which one would you
rather spend your $60,000 on, your hard-earned gapplebees
money?
RYAN ZUMMALLEN: That's tough, man.
I like the Mach-E GT a lot.
Only giving me five seconds of power,
I understand Ford has its reasons.
That's kind of tough, man.
And at this price, you can get supercar looks
and a mid-engined layout.
That's tough.
TRAVIS LANGNESS: Yeah, it's tough for me too.
But you have kids.
And I don't need a backseat.
So I'm going to go with the Corvette.
RYAN ZUMMALLEN: She can fit in the frunk.
TRAVIS LANGNESS: All right.
You're going to strap your Recaro child
seat to the frunk of the Corvette
and put your kid in it.
On that note, we're going to end this one.
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