How Good Is the Dark Horse? | Head 2 Head Drag Race | MotorTrend

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[stevep]

should be tested from a set MPH not 1/4 mile and side by side to see if the drivers applied the brakes at the same time.

[josephwatts]

No roll race, and auto vs manual is just unthinkable

[aventusV]

This is the most scuffed test I've seen in a while 💀

[jonosono]

I'm sorry, but... sacrilegious to you or not, why ignore the facts then complain about the same facts?? The manual dark horse is slower than an automatic dark horse. Facts.

[AC-blrl]

Brake test doesn't count, unless they both hit the brakes at the same speed. I doubt they crossed the 1/4 at the same speed.

[charleswhite]

Weird how no one is testing the A10 Dark Horse against the competition. Would be more apples to apples and what most people are wanting to see.

[NvrDwn]

If you can't get auto vs auto or dct then wait until you can.

[GRCDriver]

As many others have said, these "tests" are bogus. Launching a manual vs PDK car makes no sense. Doing a braking demonstration without the vehicles traveling at the same speed is pointless.

[FMYAS]

How fast was the gts trapping on the 1/4 mile vs the mustang, I'm sure that's why the mustang won the break test

[deekay]

Motor Trend exposing how untalented one of their drivers are in driving a manual transmission.... Priceless.

[asclepius]

Instead of the guy driving the Dark Horse, bad mouthing it... why not take them both to a local prepped drag strip (with an automatic Dark Horse as well) and test the automatic and manual Mustang against the Porsche? I can only imagine the results then!

[officialyasir]

This was just terrible all around. What happened to motor trend?!

[cdangers]

You guys are car guys? How do you do a brake comparison using 1/4 mile instead of breaking from the same speed? Your drag race already showed the Mustang was slower, which means it has less speed to scrub at the 1/4 mile. What a dumb thing to do.

[TX_Blake]

Somehow the sports car that costs 50% more than the Mustang is faster. Why are we surprised by this?

[cupair]

Brake test was based on nothing. Morning news level showcase. 😅

[larzlarz]

The braking premise is all wrong. Using this test, a Nissan Sentra would beat a Ferrari SF90 because it would be stopping from 90 mph instead of 135 mph.

[SalesLimtech]

I will never understand why people try to drag race an auto gearbox with launch control to a manual gear.

[maxfried]

You are comparing an auto to a manual and are surprised when the manual loses to a pdk???

[mitchellsobol]

The 1/4 mile brake test was silly. If i went across the 1/4 mile in a Citroen 2CV at 10mph and stopped I would destroy the Mustang.

[Jagssvp]

BOTH SHOULD BE STICK SHIFT. DID PORSCHE PAY FOR THAT COMPARISON?