The all-new, 2018 BMW M5 has landed in Australia, coming in as the most powerful BMW production car ever offered. How powerful is it really? Well, one of the first dyno runs has produced very impressive results. It’s not uncommon for manufacturers to understate their power figures, and BMW is […]
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Tesla Model S P100D makes 438kW at the wheels (dyno video)
Tesla’s headline-grabbing Model S P100D is the world’s fastest four-door production car, with 0-60mph (97km/h) times as low as 2.275 seconds recorded, thanks to its 100kWh battery pack, all-wheel drive system and furiously powerful electric motors. Drag Times decided to strap one to an all-wheel dynomometer to see exactly what […]
IAG Performance builds 900kW Subaru WRX STI (video)
The Subaru WRX STI has certainly done a great job of becoming one of the legends of the performance car world, however, the latest model has been ridiculed for being slower than its predecessors. IAG Performance in the USA has come up with a solution. Taking a 2015 STI, the […]
12.3L V16 Devel Sixteen engine hits the dyno; over 4500hp (video)
When the Devel Sixteen was first shown at the 2013 Dubai Motor Show, many stratospheric performance and power claims were made, and the media was sceptical and even ridiculed it as another vapourware hypercar that will never see the light of day. Promises of 5000hp, a 560km/h top speed, and […]
Stock Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk7 makes 170kW ATW (video)
Volkswagen, it seems, might be underrating its cars. Or at least the Mk7 Golf GTI. An apparently standard example was put on the dyno in the US and it churned out 170kW at the wheels. We’ve certainly heard of carmakers underrating their vehicles before. BMW has a habit of it, […]
Tesla Model S P85D produces 308kW/1170Nm at the wheels (video)
The new Tesla Model S P85D, arriving in Australia in mid-2015, is the quickest production sedan in the world. Like us, you might have wondered what sort of numbers it dishes out on a dyno. DragTimes recently strapped an example to a rolling road to find out. In standard form […]
2015 HSV GTS Maloo makes 368kW at the wheels (video)
How much power does the new Gen-F HSV GTS actually make at the wheels on a dyno? We’ve just put the popular mystery to bed by taking a fresh GTS Maloo over to Tunehouse in Sydney. As we’ve discovered over the years, many performance cars don’t produce the exact power […]
2015 Ford Mustang 2.3 EcoBoost makes 206kW ATW, runs 12.8
A brand new 2015 Ford Mustang equipped with the 2.3-litre EcoBoost four-cylinder option has been strapped to a dyno to see what sort of figures it actually produces. And surprise, surprise, in reality, it’s more powerful than what Ford claims. Carmakers do this all the time. Underrating vehicles seems to […]