Four legendary muscle cars take on two Tesla EVs to see if they can take back the crown for gas-powered vehicles

A Dodge Hellcat, a Chevy Camaro SS, a Chevy Corvette and a Mustang GT500 took on two Tesla EVs, including a Plaid, in back-to-back drag races.

It didn’t really go well for the internal combustion team, if we’re honest.

Even the Model 3, not even the Performance version, did better than expected against these four muscle cars.

And you’ll never guess which one was the slowest.

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Bad day for team internal combustion

A YouTube channel simply named Wheels put together a compilation of drag races between muscle cars and Tesla EVs.

Specifically, the video features a Dodge Hellcat, a Chevy Camaro SS, a Chevy Corvette, and a Mustang GT500 taking on a Tesla Model 3 and a Tesla Model S Plaid.

But even the Avengers-like team of muscle cars couldn’t really do much against these Teslas, especially the Plaid.

Put simply: no one was able to beat the Plaid, and, with exceptions, these muscle cars had a hard time keeping up with the Model 3 as well.

Amazingly, the Corvette C8 was actually the slowest across the board.

Muscle cars are generally slower than Tesla EVs: are we surprised?

This is probably no longer surprising.

There are several reasons why people still definitely love muscle cars and still won’t buy EVs, but speed isn’t one of these reasons.

At this point, everyone knows EVs are generally faster than equivalent combustion cars.

At the end of the day, instant torque makes all the difference.

That’s because 100 percent of the available torque is delivered instantly, whereas with a gas car, a lot of components need to move in synchrony before the car can move.

The silver lining is that people clearly care about performance, but they care about other stuff as well.

This explains why, as confirmed by most luxury automakers, customers are still not fully on board with EVs in certain segments of the market.

And it also explains why so many brands – from Dodge to Abarth and even Ferrari – are giving EVs ‘fake’ exhaust sounds.

Because, as crazy as it may sound, this is still a crucial component of the experience.