Tesla Model 3 vs BMW M2 Competition vs Audi RS3 - TRACK REVIEW // DRAG RACE & LAP TIMES

you're watching a test at the throttle house

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welcome back to the throttle house test

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our own fourth year corner we can do

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racing and set lap

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I'm Thomas and I'm James and today we have three cars that have three different philosophies and yet are priced pretty close, so we want to see how they perform in the truck now. We already know from earlier testing this season that the normal oil transmission

model

three crushes the m2

competition

in a

drag

race

and that the rs3 crushes that same

model

three, so now all we have to find out is whether the performance of the model three can avenge its non-performance brother against the Audi and yes, the m2 will be left out because I can't stand to see it lose. again and B was rear wheel drive, a manual that was never going to win anyway, plus it's already lost in a rolling

race

against the regular model three, so it's basically going to sit in the corner and plot its revenge around the track.

Today it's about performance. one track, three cars and luckily for the rear wheel drive BMW it's nice and dry so the Audi rs3 and yes obviously the TT RS exists but the rs3 is a better match on price and interior space with the other two Okay, some numbers of RS3s are turbocharged. Inline-five that delivers 394 horsepower and 350 4 pound-feet of torque to all four wheels through our DS Quattro system and, although it may not seem like it, this little thing hit 60 in less than four seconds today, it's in stock Pirellis and technically it is the lightest of the three, so let's enjoy the performance of the model three with pleasure and without difficulties because with the recent software updates it now exceeds 470 horsepower, so this dual motor Tesla loves to make quick work of almost anything off the line and since this is the high performance model three, it also has lowered suspension, 20 inch wheels, larger brakes and essentially sits on the Michelin Pilot Sport, a tire that has already proven itself many

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in this traffic, so the Model 3 not only faces this endurance race with a calm smile.

It is also ready to show its worth on the track that leaves the

competition

m2 405 horsepower 460 pound-feet of torque and powered by a 3-liter twin-turbo engine in 96 can be had in a DCT but today we have the manual it is a car We've had it on the channel before and it's one of our favorite sports cars on sale right now, rear-wheel drive or not, as mentioned, although it'll sit back in this drag race and wait for these bimbo Billies to finish their feud and then they meet. them on the track, you know what to do, subscribe, ring the bell, you will see our videos as soon as they come out, also to see more interesting things.

Instagram on the throttle heads, ok, the performance of the model 3, so it generally has more power than James' car, but 400. pounds heavier, so I don't know that both all-wheel drives always use a dual motor, for I've never really launched an all-wheel drive performance at full speed in one direction. I'm very, very excited to see what this can do in a straight line. I am very excited to beat James because I have noticed a trend where he could give me the cars well in the RS3. I've been here before and crushed the regular Tesla model. 3 Oil Drive, so this is the three performance model that has a chance to beat me.

I don't know what's going on here. I know that no matter what, I can hear the sound of a glorious five-cylinder and that's good enough for me, God, this car is fast. Let's always completely crush him and give him a chance, absolutely dusted, absolutely dusted, and he still keeps coming back. I have no chance north of chance. I think it's really happening to him. I want a career, just one hundred and ninety-nine. kilometers per hour at the finish line there is a fast car. I didn't have a chance here as soon as she got faster and faster and faster and I knew the throw.

I know the pitch seemed slower in this, but that's because Lyon has to speed up. I started the engine and turned on a sentence there. I just took off like it was instantaneous. It was instantaneous. The acceleration was the same until the finish line. It was much bigger. Oh yeah, we accidentally put Thomas in a car. that wins I was I had this amazing plan where you would look bad for weeks and weeks but then I planned your Redemption yeah I played your Redemption and now everyone thinks you're a legend thanks James let's see how this goes in the future track let's do it right Performance of the Tesla Model 3 we are in track mode, which means it does not recognize the throttle heads test track as public property, which means we are worthy.

I'm dying to try this on the track because I really want to see what it's capable of here it's good on the rs3 so what do we have? 394 horsepower, 5 cylinders, great sound, you come around the corner, hit the gas, nice lights on the dash, tell me when to shift, that feels good. that feels good and it's such a lovely little package and the power is there in droves the brakes feel great this car only comes with a 7 speed dual clutch automatic transmission which i have to be honest the shifts are amazing, I have nothing to complain about first.

What you notice is incredible torque coming out of the corner. I know I'm used to doing it in a straight line now, but just put it, it's okay if it just gets ridiculous, ridiculous power, so quiet at 107 miles an hour it feels smaller. I see the m2 comfortably, so what I just dropped there. Hi, they have a reputation for something and a lot of it is a result of the engine being located in front of the front axle so the weight distribution is poor compared to the BMW and also the Haldex system. has been accused of being leaned too far forward, resulting in something that rhymes with smun - simply, but hello, I said no with this new generation of RS3 today not because they have staggered the tire settings in an unusual way, The front tires are now wider than the rear tires cause oversteer and that is their way of combating understeer.

Well, let's see what he has. Track mode actually uses regenerative braking when you let off the throttle to put some weight on the front, something I would naturally do using the. The brake stopped or just let off the accelerator, but the weight on the front, but it kind of does it for you, so you have to get used to that; It's a bit strange to drive it with a bit of understeer, let's see what we can do. There's no way this system can send one hundred percent of the power to the rear wheels, but only if the front wheels have absolutely no traction, whether it's a pretty pink rose hanging off the edge of a cliff, otherwise , it maxes out at fifty fifty, although I will tell you that it works one hundred percent in the rear, it is not as simple as that, it is a little more complicated, the steering feels very good, in fact, the center of gravity is obviously low but one thing I've noticed is that this suspension is it's not stiff enough to handle the weight of this body even though I'm into performance and it's lower and stiffer it's just not enough I'm getting Much thinner and there's so much weight transfer around the car, I mean.

To really concentrate and deal with it, the car feels pretty well balanced, but the natural balance of the car is interrupted by the computer brain of this Tesla trying to do some things for you and that's what I don't like, no. wanted to. to do anything for me I just want to drive the car, however it exists wherever the weight is. I want to control that, fight with it, can you drift with a Tesla Model 3 with all-wheel drive? Let's find out quite easily, in fact, quite easily. There was easily no throttle modulation, it was just a foot on the floor, control it with the steering, that's fun, that's different, that's different, yeah, this thing that's still under the stick spilling out, it's not used, but It has power 16 and breaks.

The brakes feel great, it just lets you down in these corners with catastrophic understeer. Sorry, even with the staggered configuration it doesn't solve the problem. There are aftermarket defeats to completely override the track control, but right now the track mode is allowing me to slide a little and that's what I've noticed: any amount of brake you apply will overload the front tires in the corner and it will understeer. I can't use the brakes to turn it. Well, let's see. What happens when I put my foot in second gear in this corner? Hey, it's okay, I lost my back a little bit, he's fighting, you know, he's really nice to you, he's really nice to you, you can't mess that up and you know what?

If this is the beginning of electric cars, which are made to be fun, not just to be fun, it's a good start, it really is. I've always loved this car, it's like a cold drop and a crack, and that's exactly what it is, so if you want it. golf about you like the idea of ​​sleeping, this is a great dream. It seems to me that you see this driving around town and no one knows what this can do, however, I'm wondering if the power and torque of this car is enough to overcome that understeer issue in the track test and we'll see what it can get out of it.

Shots of the car. As far as I'm concerned, this car is still a masterpiece of an all-wheel drive car all year round, but it doesn't belong on the track it's not like the m2 competition does, okay, m2 competition and immediately guess what you end up with Getting out of the Tesla Model 3, that's a lot of threes, which is fine, but I don't have the RS 3, I'm sorry to say. All James are dead, oh my god, this the engine, the front grip, the steering is just amazing, plus it's manual so it's more fun, even the DCT on this car is great, although it is, actually it is. is and would probably be faster around here. but we'll never know because they're going to kill you for this, it's not necessary today, so it's like I was going to make a slide, yeah, it wasn't actually a question, I was just being right, that's what I thought.

Yeah, okay, so the thing that has four or five horsepower, yeah, it's like Linux, technically it's not as powerful as the Tesla and it makes this noise, it will show up slightly on the rs3, while the rs3 could write a book, but I understood that he doesn't even know this. I would understand this theory, I'm not even sure this is the funniest of the three. He belongs on the track more than the other three. There are at least four driving and enjoyment dynamics. I thought everything is for the best. Yes, those are the other two in acceleration.

No. it doesn't go out of the curve. I can feel that I am fighting for the power of the differential. He's doing a fantastic job of taking it around the corner. Going into the corner, I can carry more speed. Let's go, yes, up, so it is. A real question mark and what an apple with fast laps, but this is simply an excellent car on the track. I tried doing that on the rs3. I tried. I know and you can't. I tried to do it before. I don't like. Not so, although surprisingly Tesla does it. You could do a great supervisor slide takeoff on the rs3.

We don't have the room to do that on this track, but that's not really the point. The point is how easy. It's how controllable it is and nothing I've honestly driven other than a prep drift car can do a slide like this? You know, the strangest thing is there in anything other than a track. I take the rs3. I don't think I would. I would accept not having all-wheel drive just for that and just for the directness of every aspect, this car feels small, it feels compact and as a result it feels sharp, although it feels a little dangerous, sometimes you have two of these three . call the

tesla

and the rs3 the most interchangeable, yes then you would want one of those and the m2.

I'd probably do well with the Tesla just for a charger. Yes, yes, I would do the Tesla and then this for the weekends. a six-in-a-row type. I love the way these revs remind me of an e46. I know you miss ever commenting on how much of a six-in-a-row guy I am. I think if you were single, it would be on your Tinder and you wouldn't get anywhere. I don't know, I think I would understand, they have a girl, oh baby, you get to where you're going and his name would be Damian. I should have a hose on my front step, you didn't know.

Oh God, I mean, lovely. between this car because it can take on so many things, it's a staple of the 75,000 Canadian brand and as you know if you want to see more cars there's no way you'll want to go back and see everything you see in these

review

s it's just me and Thomas, whether it's the organization, the print editing, you know, the filming, it's just the two of us, we got help from some friends with the drone flying and, oh, and the organization, like the food and water, making sure we are hydrated, we forget to have water on days like this, but it's a shame, it's not a great team with us, we're doing the best we can, well, this is all pretty subjective now and we're just talking about what what elseWe enjoy. which is important well let's let the crap on the hot lap speak for itself let's do it right hot laps so it'll be one warm up lap three hot laps and one cool down lap and Thomas is dying on performance of the Tesla Model 3, let's see.

How is it going well, it's time for fast laps. Remember that our test track is very narrow and winding and that handling is prioritized over power. Here too most of the tire squeaks you hear come from the Tesla and the Audi finds it difficult to move them. the really tight corners now let's see he comes out victorious so we just did all the applications, we did it right, you did it, I did it and so, I don't know, Thomas likes to wait until this moment, my favorite part of the day, I don't know. Tell no one that no one knits here that day knows these times except me and this is the best part of my day.

He comes, he comes back after each hot lap with the cheekiest face. I'm like I know something. Okay, is that you? Ready, are you ready for this? This is exciting, actually, well, this is where it ranks right now in order of price. What do you want? What do you want to know first in terms of time? rs3 the rs3 did it and this is not slow around here a 114 point eight nine Wow, okay, that's so good, it's basically the same as the Civic type-r, yeah, more or less, okay, yeah, in actually it's a very fast time, right, it's a good time, yes, okay, now the m2 competition that in the past has done 113. nine yes, okay, and we were, this is a 114, eight, are you ready, This was a one, thirteen, point five.

Wow, Thomas is getting better now the track is getting better. The same thing happened to me. Well, now it's the moment of truth, the Tesla, so let's go. up one 114 eight 113 five five on this drum wise oh please one thirteen point nine Wow Wow, there you go, so the m2 competition beat the Tesla round here. Do you know why this is a really good car? This is such a good car. It steers so well that I was struggling a lot with understeer with the Tesla, but I could shoot out of corners in a way that my brain had never experienced before, so I could make up time by exiting corners that are incredibly close, that are incredibly close. close, these did it.

Not even drifting this no, I couldn't resist the understeer much, yes, but you can oversteer because of the way the power changes, it's still very good, but this is just a better chassis, it's just a better chassis, right up there . see yes thanks for seeing you