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Twin-Turbo Hennessey Cadillac Escalade Outruns 2011 Nissan GT-R: Video

 
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Hennessey twin-turbo Escalade squares off against 2011 Nissan GT-R

Hennessey twin-turbo Escalade squares off against 2011 Nissan GT-R

The Nissan GT-R is no slouch even among cars costing twice its price or more. It's also a very large car in relation to much of its competition. But it's dwarfed by the HPE1000 Hennessey twin-turbo Cadillac Escalade paired up with it in this video. Even worse: it gets outrun by the 6,000-pound behemoth.

It's just a 0.1-second margin between the GT-R and the twin-turbo SUV to 60 mph, but it's in the Escalade's favor at 3.3 seconds to 3.4.

Of course, there are many sources noting faster 0-60 mph times for the GT-R, and the 2012 model shaves a half-second off the time in this video, but to even mention the Cadillac and Godzilla in the same sentence when it comes to performance is mind boggling.





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Comments (9)

  1. By Chuck O Posted: 4/12/2011 4:18pm PDT

    Interesting that the driver of the GT-R hesitates for quite some time before taking off. If they took off together, the GT-R most likely would have won!
     
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  2. By Richard Posted: 4/12/2011 4:42pm PDT

    Wouldn't it be more fitting to place that Hennesey Escalade against the Hennesey GTR?
    Or to mention the price difference between the stock GTR and the Heavily (their highest package) modified Escalade?
    I understand this is meant to be a power trip comparison, but it's likened to the old school ricer flyby's that domestic drivers laughed at. Give me enough money and a prius can be built to outrun a GTR. I don't put faith in any stock versus modified comparisons.
     
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  3. fb_100000079225802 avatar Samuel Choi Posted: 4/12/2011 5:36pm PDT

    that was a terrible start for the GT-R, nice try advertising Henessey.
     
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  4. By Learn to drive Posted: 4/12/2011 10:13pm PDT

    How about putting it on a race trace against a GTR. You know a REAL race with corners. Oh I forgot Americans don't know how to race other than in a straight line. Here's a tip you know that round thing in front of you? It's called a steering wheel!!!
     
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  5. By Drive to Learn Posted: 4/13/2011 12:40am PDT

    Don't be pissy just because an American tuning company can do nearly anything when given anything. It's a statement, not a race car. It's beautiful engineering.
     
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  6. By phil12321 Posted: 4/13/2011 5:51am PDT

    Pointless comparison but hey, If you got the money to waste than go for it, I think any car with 1000hp will out run a stock gtr with 500hp. I think it would be much cooler to see a diesel pick-up full of bricks in its bed out run a GT-R... lol IMO...
     
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  7. fb_100001663981238 avatar Daniel Chavez Moran Posted: 4/13/2011 10:24am PDT

    HAHA! Eat it GTR. In drag race you loose. Lets not focus on anything but how fast they can go in a straight line. Curves would make it about handling and not just sheer power. lol
     
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  8. By Burke Posted: 4/14/2011 10:07am PDT

    Like Vinn Diesel said in The Fast and the Furious I: It doesn't matter if you win by a second or a mile, winning is winning!
     
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  9. By Darren Posted: 4/14/2011 11:35am PDT

    Don't quote Fast and furious ever again..This race Proves nothing. Wasn't even raced on a real drag strip. They changed camera angles.. on top of that The FAT BOY had a small jump from the start. not to mention. your comparing a 1000hp truck to a 500hp car.. and it barely won.. they wanna convince people to spend money for 1000 hp and barely beat a car half its power? really.. really. Plain foolish twin tubro 1000 350z. 1/4 in 6 seconds.. youtube it.. vipper henny 1000 hp what 10seconds youtube it. This is a joke..
     
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