CARLOS LAGO: You've got the downshift better.
MARK TAKAHASHI: No!
No!
SPEAKER: Three, two, one, go.
MARK TAKAHASHI: Oh, boy.
Hey, Carlos.
CARLOS LAGO: Hi, Mark.
What are you driving there?
MARK TAKAHASHI: This is the Ford Mustang Mach 1.
Starts around 54 grand, has a five-liters V8 that
does around 480 horsepower.
CARLOS LAGO: What is that?
MARK TAKAHASHI: This is a BMW M4 competition, Twin Turbo,
three litre straight six, 503 horsepower, and eight speed
automatic.
CARLOS LAGO: Come on.
Throw that again.
MARK TAKAHASHI: $76,000 to start.
But how much is that one?
CARLOS LAGO: I knew you're going to ask.
So this one has all the options like the Carbon ceramic brakes,
the Carbon bucket seats, the Carbon exterior package,
all that stuff.
So it has an As tested price of $102,000.
MARK TAKAHASHI: Wow.
That's like five sheets of plywood.
CARLOS LAGO: What does that one cost?
MARK TAKAHASHI: So this starts at 54.
But it's got the tenns speed auto, Recaro car seats,
handling package, and premium audio.
So it brings it right at around 65
grand, which is still cheaper than that stats.
CARLOS LAGO: That's pretty remarkable.
The question though is, which of these two
is quicker in a straight line?
That's what we're going to find out in this heads-up Drag Race.
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BMW launch control has traditionally
been overly complicated and this M4 it's a lot easier.
What I have to do is put it in drive first obviously.
Turn off stability control, wait for that button
to get depressed.
Then switch the shifter into manual mode.
And then put it at the harshest shift setting.
At that point, once the engine's warmed up,
foot hard on the brake, foot hard on the gas at which point
the engine speed will start climbing.
It'll tell me launch control ready after a couple of beats.
And then I release the brake.
We'll see how it all works in practice though.
MARK TAKAHASHI: Well, Carlos needs--
I don't know-- maybe a PhD in astrophysics
to figure out how to launch that thing.
This one's pretty easy because there is no launch control.
The launch control is me.
So what do I do?
I put it into Drag Strip mode.
I'm going to break, talk a little bit.
I've got traction control off.
So it is really truly just me.
My only real concern does not spin the tires
right off the line, which is pretty easy with this car,
and not hit the Rev Limiter.
Seems pretty easy.
CARLOS LAGO: I think I'm going to beat that Mustang.
I hope it should be that Mustang.
I have more power, and I'm lighter.
SPEAKER: Drivers are you ready?
Let's race in three, two, one, go.
CARLOS LAGO: More a little bit speed to control the line
and that Mustang is gone.
No problem running away from that thing.
Oh, boy, wow, this is faster.
Boom!
MARK TAKAHASHI: Spun the tires bad at the beginning.
Oh, that was weak start.
CARLOS LAGO: Mark, what happened there?
MARK TAKAHASHI: Whoa, I gave it just a little bit too much
throttle.
CARLOS LAGO: A little bit of spin off the line, huh?
MARK TAKAHASHI: I was just so excited.
CARLOS LAGO: So what's interesting
about this launch control is it bites really hard,
waits for the tires to slip, and then
gets you a little bit of stability control.
And then Oh, my God, does this thing accelerate away quickly?
MARK TAKAHASHI: Hey, Carlos.
You wanted to know what bites really hard?
The grill on that car.
CARLOS LAGO: Yeah, it is kind of unfortunate.
At least with how quick this thing is, no one
really sees the front-end.
MARK TAKAHASHI: Yeah, I'm happy because it
looks great from back here.
CARLOS LAGO: I will say that Mustang
looks terrific in my rear view mirror
as I'm accelerating away.
MARK TAKAHASHI: I'm not sure if that's a compliment or not.
[LAUGHING]
CARLOS LAGO: I think I'm complimenting the car.
So what went right and what went wrong with your launch?
MARK TAKAHASHI: Oh, I just left-footed it.
I spun it all the way into third gear.
CARLOS LAGO: Tires made a little more heat in them,
but we might have that on the second run.
MARK TAKAHASHI: Possibly, I mean, obviously, the problem
exists between the steering wheel and the driver's seat.
CARLOS LAGO: The manual launch control
is a little not functional?
MARK TAKAHASHI: I prefer to call it organic.
CARLOS LAGO: Anyway, we'll try race number two.
And we'll see if you can get your launch right.
MARK TAKAHASHI: Yeah, I give myself about 50, 50 here.
SPEAKER: Race in three, two, one, go.
MARK TAKAHASHI: Oh, boy,
CARLOS LAGO: Yep, there is that power-weight difference
right there.
MARK TAKAHASHI: Come on baby hook up.
Whoa.
Oh, he's still going.
She's the same for as first.
Huuh, It's spinning fast.
But, yeah, that initial hop off the wall, and I
know it's finished.
CARLOS LAGO: That launch seemed pretty decent at first
but then the M4 just found a way to advance.
The M4 has really started to run away, doesn't it?
MARK TAKAHASHI: Yeah, boy, Howdy.
I got pasted back there pretty easily.
CARLOS LAGO: I don't know about you,
but this thing wiggled quite a bit through second gear,
reminding me to keep looking forward and not over at you.
MARK TAKAHASHI: Yeah, I got some pretty decent wheelspin
in first gear, but I got a little control by second.
CARLOS LAGO: Did that launch feel better than the first one?
MARK TAKAHASHI: Oh, worlds different.
Way, way, way better.
CARLOS LAGO: Well, I think we've basically backed up our data
from the test track though.
But if I recall correctly that Mustang does
stop shorter and have more grip on our skitpads.
So it should be better handling part two.
So what do you say we go for a roll race now.
What do you think?
Like 30 miles an hour, and as soon as we cross the start line
we're both going the nail the gas pedal as far as we can.
MARK TAKAHASHI: I assume that the power difference
is going to be pretty obvious.
CARLOS LAGO: Now, we're eliminating the launch
from the process.
MARK TAKAHASHI: Look at that, flying in formation.
So sexy.
Oh, here we go.
We're going to get him.
And here we go.
CARLOS LAGO: Oh, so you got the downshift better.
MARK TAKAHASHI: Huh, of course.
No!
Come on.
CARLOS LAGO: That's horsepower.
That's horsepower.
MARK TAKAHASHI: That was better.
That was so much better.
[LAUGHING]
CARLOS LAGO: So you totally got the launch.
You got the downshift faster than the M4.
I didn't start the lowest possible gear
but that must have felt good.
MARK TAKAHASHI: Oh, man, I was a hero for like half
a second there.
CARLOS LAGO: Yeah, it's crazy to see how big of a difference
the horsepower is, isn't it?
MARK TAKAHASHI: Oh, yeah, totally.
But yes, rolling in second, and just popping in the third
was super easy.
CARLOS LAGO: I will say, I really like the way
that Mustang sounds.
So I was happy to have it next to me for as long
as we have it next to me.
Because it just can't be the same.
MARK TAKAHASHI: I can't even hear your car.
CARLOS LAGO: But you can't be a naturally aspirated V8 when
it comes to just sounding good.
So we'll do that one more time, and I'm actually,
going to try to stick in--
were you in second gear?
MARK TAKAHASHI: Yeah, I was rolling in second.
CARLOS LAGO: But you have 10 of them so that's like--
second gear for you is like negative first for me.
MARK TAKAHASHI: Fair enough.
It's like full mode.
CARLOS LAGO: Yeah, something like that.
That's how gearing works, right?
MARK TAKAHASHI: Right.
CARLOS LAGO: All right.
So second gear, that's pretty high.
We'll see.
I might actually get some wheelspin,
which may not help me.
MARK TAKAHASHI: Here we go again.
Something, something, copywrite.
CARLOS LAGO: Oh, no the traction is [INAUDIBLE]..
MARK TAKAHASHI: He got me.
CARLOS LAGO: More than traction.
MARK TAKAHASHI: This car is fast.
This thing is so fast.
CARLOS LAGO: Moving closer.
MARK TAKAHASHI: Get the revelator in fifth.
But I had already lost.
CARLOS LAGO: So Mark, I think that pretty much seals it.
The more powerful lighter and more expensive
BMW is quicker in a straight line
than the less expensive heavier, and less powerful Mustang.
MARK TAKAHASHI: Why do you hate America, Carlos?
CARLOS LAGO: I'm a fan of testing,
but I feel like in true Edmunds Drag Race tradition,
we've proved the obvious.
MARK TAKAHASHI: I concur.
CARLOS LAGO: But I will say I think I like that Mach
1 a little bit more.
What do you think?
MARK TAKAHASHI: Yeah, this would be the one
that would be in my driveway.
CARLOS LAGO: Both of these cars though have very cool wheels.
MARK TAKAHASHI: I like the lacy delicateness
of yours, like hmm, tasty.
CARLOS LAGO: I like the brutish strong severe book
of Mach 1 wheels.
Anyway, it's cool to like things across both cars, right?
MARK TAKAHASHI: Yeah, we're all for diversity.
CARLOS LAGO: Anyway thank you guys for watching another Drag
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