The Tesla Cybertruck Can’t Keep Up With A Porsche 911 Turbo S – Who’d A Thunk It?

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The Tesla Cybertruck is an uncannily fast pickup truck, one that’s able to accelerate faster than anyone should reasonably expect it to. Even the company’s CEO, Elon Musk, made a claim that was just a little too over the top, and now that’s all anyone can talk about.

After the Cybertruck was launched, we wrote that Musk’s claim that a Cybertruck can outrun a Porsche 911 while towing a 911 down the quarter-mile had not been proven by the video they shared. Instead, the truck out-dragged the Porsche in the eighth mile.

Read: So If The Cybertruck Only Beat The 911 Over A 1/8th Mile, Not A 1/4, Who Would Win A Real Race?

Then, Jason Fenske, the host of the Engineering Explained YouTube channel, used math to show that had the race continued for the full quarter-mile, it couldn’t have beaten the 911 it was racing against.

Now, Throttle House has run its own real-world test. The popular YouTube channel decided to pit a 911 Turbo S against a Cybertruck Cyberbeast edition that wasn’t towing anything at all, instead of sourcing a pair of base 911s and a trailer to replicate Tesla’s elaborate stunt.

Well, that’s not fair

Two things to note here right off the bat. Firstly, as has been pointed out before, Tesla likely used a base $114,400 Porsche 911 Carrera with 379 hp during the promotional shoot of their video, rather than the range-topping 911 Turbo S with 640 hp, which starts from $230,400, making it considerably pricier than the tri-motor Cybertruck ($96,390) with 845 hp.

Not exactly a fair comparison, is it now? And in any case, while we can fault Tesla and the Cybertruck for a number of things – from quality to design shortcomings – a full-size electric truck not beating a dedicated supercar that costs 2.5 times its price in a straight-line race is certainly not one of them…

Unsurprisingly then, Porsche’s legendary sports car proved that it’s no slouch, and in this video won both the standing and the rolling quarter-mile drag races. Although the Cybertruck’s stunning electric acceleration allowed it to jump off the line faster than the sports car, the Turbo S was able to reel it in and beat it in the end.

Following the test, the Cybertruck’s driver said that the EV’s acceleration was shockingly fast, but that at around 80 mph (129 km/h), the driver said he could feel the wind pressure against the car slowing it down, and limiting its high-end speed.

What we’d like to see is someone taking a base 911 Carrera and racing it against the Cybertruck – both with and without a trailer carrying another 911 Carrera to replicate Musk’s stunt. Any brave souls willing to step up to the plate?