After all, the Cybertruck is several tons heavier than the aging Corvette, which may have given it a disadvantage. Sure, if this were a drag race, Tesla's stainless steel monster would smoke the Corvette, accelerating from 0 to 60 mph in less than three seconds, depending on the trim. The Corvette's 5.7-liter V8 engine, comparatively, is much more sluggish.
But things get a lot more complicated around a race track, where planning ahead, driving perfect lines, and timing acceleration and braking matter far more.
During the Cybertruck's unveiling, the company showed off footage of its truck beating a Porsche 911 on the drag strip while towing another Porsche 911. But as analysis and a rematch by Motortrend have exhaustively demonstrated, Tesla rigged the race.
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