You know what Cyrus?
I'll tell you the kind of fun I'm gonna have right now
One, I'm gonna have an insane amount of wheel spin here, at the launch
And then, I'm going to be doing some very quick power shifts.
This is Signal 2 Signal, we're back again on the streets
This is my signal, it's still lit red and when it goes green
I am going to be drag racing against that man there, his name is Cyrus Dhabhar, as you already know
He is going to be in India's one of the most famous sedans
A household name, a Honda City
Cyrus, so tell us what do you like about Honda City?
Why do you own one and will you ever let it go?
The funny thing is, I have met a whole bunch of them go
I'm now on my sixth Honda City in the last seven years.
Are you serious?
I'm bit of a Honda fan.
Well, City has always been like this, affordable and within reach, driver's car, isn't it?
Yeah, an enthusiast's car for sure!
But today, we are doing that what nobody asked
We are dragging the Honda City against ZS EV, an electric vehicle
Last time around, the ZS EV, beat the enthusiast's, every enthu cutlet's apple of the eye, Volkswagen Polo, by quite a margin.
Let's see how well the ZS EV, that represents the future, does when pitted against the Honda City
Which happens to be the quintessential family sedan of the present.
Now, there's another reason why I chose the CIty
It's not just the fact that I owned a whole bunch of them
It's also the fact that it's got VTEC!
We know the result, what's it going to be
But just we're going to show you the result, what it is going to be
Yeah, all ready?
To say goodbye to the past?
But you know what? I really loved the past!
There's another reason why I actually chose the City
It's because it gets a manual
And I thought, maybe, that's the way to go! 5... 4... 3... 2...
1... Go!
Oh, he's got me! He still gets such a good start.
But the ZS EV is just off off off off off!
It's off, it's out of everyone's cameras!
I mean this, this is what an electric vehicle does ladies and gentlemen
Well, maybe not!
Because even with all VTEC in the world
Kickin' in yo!
That ZS EV is just gone, yo!
And as lame as that sounds, it's true!
This is what an electric vehicle does, ladies and gentlemen!
It's a speed machine when compared to IC engines.
Cyrus, what are we going to do when all the cars are going to be EVs?
And how far away are we from that?
Well, I think in India, we're still a ways away
Because we just don't have the infrastructure yet, we have the cars here
I mean, that's a lovely little, quick little EV that you're driving. It's a perfect family car, isn't it?
Looks really nice inside, as well.
And at the end of the day, it's quick!
Yeah, this is like a sleeper car
It's white in colour, one out of four cars in India are white
Is this is the way EVs are taking off.
I don't know, I have no words
It makes me happy to be winning
But it makes me very sad to be, you know, winning against the past that we love so much.
Well, it looks like all the VTEC in the world and the manual gearbox
Things that are really close to my heart as a car guy
Didn't do much to take on the might of that electric motor.
Alright, ladies and gentlemen.
So that was the first run in the MG ZS EV against the heartthrob there, Honda City
I look forward to us going into the Honda City now.
I know I'm going to lose!
But you know what? I don't mind losing to the future!
You know what Cyrus?
I'll tell you the kind of fun that I'm going to have right now!
One, I'm gonna have insane amount of wheel spin here at the launch.
I know I'm not gonna make it with the launch, you're gonna just shoot ahead
And then, I'm gonna be doing some very quick power shifts
Which the Honda City does allow you to do
Yeah, I'm just gonna end up having more fun while you bore yourself to death in there, maybe
The funny thing is, he's brought this car to the table
And he's winning this, obviously
But he still has to rub it in my face, doesn't he?
Because that's so much more fun to drive, in general
This is quicker, this is the future, of course!
And it's a great display to the force technology.
Try doing that, Cyrus!
Watch me guys and see how you do losing in style, yeah!
You know what the funny thing is?
The City, for the first, say 30 or 50 metres
Actually keeps up with the ZS EV.
The ZS EV is five car lengths away from the Honda City.
There's nothing I can do about it.
There's nothing anyone can do about this future.
And that's just testament.
I mean, even though you get all that torque, 353 strong-big-fat newton metres of torque
Right from the get-go.
That engine, with its high revving sort of nature.
That little 1.5, still manages to sort of keep up for a little bit.
I can't believe I had such a good start with the City
Yeah, it does keep up, doesn't it?
Yeah.
Are you trying to patronise me by being slow off the launch or something?
No, I wasn't!
But you know the funny thing, even the first time around when I was in the City?
It sort of for the first 30-40 metres, it kept up!
The VTEC kicked in!
It did kick in but
Sort of kicked in. And then it got left behind in the smoke somewhere!
And it got kicked off!
Good, on to the next one. Thanks a lot, guys!
Bye!