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- Mat’s lining up in the incredible Audi S1 Hoonitron, and is about to go head-to-head with the iconic 1985 Audi S1 Quattro Group B rally car!
So let’s see how these three incredible Audis stack up. Starting with the S1 Hoonitron, it’s a car you would normally expect to see smashing out doughnuts rather than running in a straight line!
However, it still packs a mighty punch, with its two electric motors delivering 680hp and 640Nm of torque. What’s more, despite packing a 50kWh battery, it’s still fairly light, weighing in at 1,620kg.
Then we have the infamous Audi Group B rally car. It’s got a 2.1-litre 5 cylinder turbo producing 500hp & 480Nm. It may be down on power but it’s a fair bit lighter than the Hoonitron, tipping the scales at just 1,090kg.
So how do you think this one will play out? Will the Hoonitron leave the old rally car in its wake? There’s only one way to find out… LET’S RACE!
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That 360 turn was brilliant. The cockpit cam made it look effortless!
@@Luzzi-ic4fr For real!
It's one of the coolest things I've ever seen
@@Luzzi-ic4fragree. This should be added in every single Carwow video from this very point.
@@elijaholingwell truly is.
Super jet noise what a wow carwow nice one mat absolutely awsome noonitron 👌 rip Ken block
Considering the SWB wasn’t built for drag racing the 11.6s for a 40 year old car is insane 💪🏾
and I'm pretty sure that engine is probably detune compared to what they were racing back then. just to preserve the historical drivetrain.
@@V10PDTDI yep - didn’t hear anti lag for sure.
@BobbySinghRacing 1985 model might not have had it available, and even if it did it would have been a very crude system
@@BobbySinghRacingI don’t think they started using Anti-lag until the 90’s Gr A cars.
Devious 360
The Quattro has such an iconic sound, it's beautiful
The only Marlboro I like.
yeah,it sounds like a car,very iconic
@@razumikhim 5 cylinder engines aren't that common, they sound like mini V10's
Sounds normal; nothing special or iconic about it.
@@onekidneystan4330Yeah, sure, whatever. 🙄 Sounds iconic, my arse! 🤣
That 360 drag run was the perfect hommage to Ken 🤩🤗😎
That 360° really made my heart ache a little. Knowing the person it was made for wont ever drive it again. Im glad Kens spirit can live on in so many ways,and that 360° was one of them.
Agree.
Agreed. RIP Ken Block.
Lets just remember that the original S1 is over 40 years old, I'd say that's damn good going considering the gap! I'd still take the group B beast over any modern, solely electric car, for sound alone! TBH I'd have expected more development over 4 decades, nonetheless the Hoonitron still shines & is an amazing car in its own right! RIP Ken.
to be honest, i like the electric while more than turbo whistle, ill take the faster car.
@@kpcart I wonder will people be getting hearing damage in the future from the high-pitched whine of the electric motors. My brain is just screaming "change up!!!".
Seeing that old Audi being driven right, and that guy banging gears like a right legend is awesome 💪 Dindo, I think Ken would have given you a thumbs up. Great episode Carwow!
Seeing it "gallop" from the outside when he was changing gears was freaking legendary.
Dildo. Not dindo
@@Timmycoothe Audi Hoonitron S1 has 999bhp and 360kph top speed...
@@purwantiallan5089 Where did you get that number from because it's alarmingly inaccurate from every other publishing site.
Also, one speed does not negate how cool shifting gears looks in an oldschool car.
course he would, with all due respect, hes like 10 times the driver Ken was...
Over 40 years difference and just 1 second between them. The Quattro is magnificent!
It was more than a second. Your watch is broken.
That Audi 5-cylinder turbo "chirping" in between gears is legendary... I remember their IMSA cars with the same noises. Love it.
Yeah, that rally chirp is something else, ha-ha! Back in '03 I turbocharged my '94 Celica. I used a Blitz Dual Drive blow-off valve from Japan I won on eBay. Combined with the compressor housing I was using on the hybrid T3/T4 turbo, it sounded exactly like that but way louder. It was deafening!😅
Yeah. Love this turbo sound also. But the E-Audi has also a different but crazy nice sound.
@@chriskross1660 Yes, most of the e-cars make boring noises but the Hoonitron is "special"
The 360 was hilarious with all the smoke and high pitched noise coming from the Hoonitron.😂
Right, the 1/4 mile with a 360 has to become a regular feature!
This was amazing, big respect to Audi for letting Mat race these legendary cars!
With Matt and Yianni driving this will result in a mid-runway collision or both cars careening off into the grass with summersaults. (or both)
So yeah... It should definitely be a regular feature.
That was brilliant… by far my favourite part and the highlight of this video!!
360 should be in all videos
@@BrunoPOWEEER360 spin videos?
Is the S1 Audi's car?
@@magnus2025both are, actually
Must be an amazing feeling to drive Ken’s car.
Also I honestly almost think the Hoonitron wins the sound check. The electric whine is actually really cool.
Agreed - Ken recognised the future and the options the power of electric motors bring
When you don't have the loud engine, you hear the traction limits better :)
Yes! It is a whine! 😂 You are right 👍😂
It's certainly distinctive 🤔 I can't say I'm really a fan though.
I think the hoonitron sounds really cool. A big complaint a lot of people have about EVs is the sound, but I like it. Of course the Quattro sounds better, though.
That 360 was clean af!
Very clean like the Hoonitron itself.
Would have been even better if they showed it in a continuous shot. Why the cuts? Movie magic?
How many tries do you think it took?
The 360° in the middle of a 1/4 run was one of the coolest things I’ve seen on this channel. Well done!
That 360 was something else!! So unexpected and deeply cool, especially at that speed.
Hopefully they kept it permanently for the next Carwow Videos.
Quatro doing 11s 40 years ago is pretty epic.
We will always rembember you Ken Block❤️
RIP
🙏
Did he die or something? I thought he was still alive and well.
@@moogle68 Died in January this year from a snowmobile accident.
@@moogle68🙄
The Hoonitron should have been untouched since Ken passed away. I know it's a great marketing tool, but it wouldn't have been exist without Ken.
S1 is still one of the best cars that ever made, this sound is makes always goosebumps on my skin. Brilliant.
Well Audi owns it so...
well the thing is it was build to race and to gather info to move the ev forward yes it was ken but at the end of the day ken and audi build it for a reason and they still working on that reason also to make you feel little better lia is now working with audi and with that car so it still within the block family racing (the video is on audi channel)
It was not meant to be a show car or a car behind a glass, it was meant to perform stunts for the Gymkhana series. I think Ken would've wanted it to be used instead of be a show car that only can be looked at.
That 360 was so clean
Very. Even Coco Hayashi also love the Audi Hoonitron that accelerates as fast as KTM RC16 MotoGP bike.
What will win is whatever Matt chooses. Never fails
Sound test: 2:30
Drag race 1: 3:31
Drag race 2: 4:20
Rolling race 1: 5:28
Brake test: 6:31
360° Turn: 8:10
Your point 🤡
*nice*
You forgot the 360 quarter mile 🤮
Danko
You're a god, thank you.
That RC car can never take place in my heart like the S1 car have. Always No.1 rally car 🥰
RIP Ken Block, you are a legend.
What’s a dead man supposed to do with your youtube comment asking him to rest in peace
Gonna say the same thing if someone close to you passes away?
@@hsvrwhy don't you get lost 🤡
@@kilomisterr I won’t be leaving TH-cam comments saying RIP if someone passed away that was close to me
@@hsvr quite a sad individual, are you?
"If you like to see the stars Pause the video now" I was about to pause when mat said now and an ad pops up... We'll done matt
Wow! He absolutely nailed that 360!! Don’t even think I saw any over rotation. As soon as that nose came around, he was ready and kept that thing straight down the runway! Impressive!
OK this is hands down the best 1/4 mile I've ever seen... a full 360 spin??? You saved the best for last.
I still love the old Quattro car better, it's not slow and its got the history.
That sound Matt made for the hoonitron was Spot on 💯
Hoonitron also has 360kph top speed and 240bhp more than the Toyota GR010 Hybrid 2021.
@@purwantiallan5089Whatever, it's boring anyway. The 85 audi quattro is the most stylish one
1985 rally beast vs that crazy electric.. 😮 im shocked it was only 1 second different
Who thinks carwow is becoming one of the best channels to watch drag races?
Me
Where have you been?
To watch in general
Who thinks you are bot? Me
Becoming? It is
A fair DRAG RACE Challenge would be the Audi Hoonitron vs the Audi RSQ e-tron. Maybe next time?
Racism should be celebrated
tf you mean despite being turbocharged?
I dont understand this statement aswell .
@@Helios_1ne i think he mean't that most turbocharged cars were sound muffled except for audi s1 quattro
No Fart💩. Beautiful sound
@@Helios_1nesince exhaust goes through the Turbo and the sound waves gets distorted, therefore many turbo does not sound as good as an NA engine. Turbo cars usually has a bit lower max RPM. The Quattro sounds amazing though.
RIP Ken. Legends never die 🍺
I never get tired of the 5zyl sound of the old Audis 👍
The Audi 1985 even 38 years on still GOATED along with Renault 5 Turbo.
@@purwantiallan5089
Lancia Delta is iconic too 👍
@RogDeller and can't forget the 205 t16! mad thing that it was
That S1 is simply spectacular. 40 years old 😳💪
I had really so much fun enjoying watching this drag race, especially that Quattro Rally car, it's such a masterpiece of a machine and I seriously wouldn't mind seeing Mat bring it again in the drag racing videos!
Me too. The Group B cars like Renault 5 Maxi Turbo and Delta S4 should be there for the next drag race also.
Seeing ev trash makes me puke.
Wow that 360 was absolutely stunning ❤❤. We all love your performance Dindo, very amazing driving skills. You made Hoonitron driven like it should be. 🎉🎉🎉
Matt literally living the life we all dream about, well done matt and that 360 was something else 👌
No cars wiill never, get the same legend status, as group B cars, like almost 40 yrs have passed and still people want to hear and see them going. I saw them racing , when I was a kid.
RIP Ken Block the legend. He was the reason why everyone is into cars. He will always be remembered😢🕊️❤️
How can u say he's the reason everyone is into cars
I mean RIP, but damn you ain't gotta lie?
@@kinduvabigdeal100 sorry bro, just tryna get likes😂💀💀
@@AmitKumar-78604thats even worse
@@hughlevantjames905 smd then
Rally cars need to be tested against each each on proper rally tracks: in the dirt, in the wet, in the snow, over long distances and doing mad jumps and crashes like I've seen in proper rally races. I wonder if the speed differences would even out when the Quattro is on its home turf.
Damn that hoonitron, sounds like a jet taking off ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
It’s a brutal sound! You would be deaf by the end of any race! No wonder he missed the brake from Matt! Even without the helmet the noise would have drowned out any radio chatter! 😮
@@davidgriffiths4844 that's for sure
@@davidgriffiths4844Gen 3 FE cars and Audi Sport Abt Gen 2 FE Cars have some words for them.
Sounds like 💩
@@davidgriffiths4844I testing my sanity by seeing people liking fake noises. Joke
One of the rarest electric cars i respect ! That 360 was just mental 🤯💥
you should respect more electric cars, man! the sheer amount of shit you can do with the equivalent of a 28000rpm engine on each axle is insane
Electric cars are just better technically. Other stuff is just subjective.
The sound of that Hoonitron reminds me of the sound of a dental drill in a dentist's clinic haha!
He just did that 360 so effortlessly! Amazing
Heyy mat we need a drag race between an LFA, Carrera cgt, BMW M5 V10 and a Lamborghini Gallardo, literally the battle of the most iconic V10 super cars
Forgetting the Dodge Viper
why not huragan Technica?
no point as they are phasing out combustion engines
@@tyanaichigovera7308this would be the race of the best sounding cars excluding Ferraris. No viper knuckle dragger v10’s though… it sounds like ass.
@@TheEryk03not as iconic, since its much newer and fewer people are keeping up with specific models of lamborghini cars
That 360 would have made Ken proud to be sure. That S1 will always have my heart though
That 360 8:15 was 🔥
Didn't even need to watch the race, I knew the result just by the title yet...Here I am!!!
Hey Carwow I'd normally give every video a 5/5 rating, However the only reason I'd mark this a 4 is because I wish there was more onboard footage of the S1 Quattro!
As a viewer, it's always a surreal experience hearing and feeling the onboard from such classics. This goes for all rare vehicles you guys feature.
Keep up the great content as usual! Cheers.
Always 5/5 in 3000 videos.
matt please add the top speed of the cars on the finish line :(
I knew both of the guys that drove those cars on Uncle Bobby and Ken Block channel was a personal friend of mine remember died January 2nd of this year
Drag racing against the Quattro is the automotive equivalent of taking on the Flying Scotsman an a modern train. No matter who gets to Edinburgh the quickest, the Flying Scotsman is the winner because it is magnificent.
*_Hoonitron will never be Killer Bees_*
When I saw the title I thought it was a Hoonigan Drag Video 😂😂... pleasantly surprised when Matt popped up 😂
Hoonitron vs the world😅
@@gdw9946 that was legit what I thought 👻🤣
This is the best drag racing channel.
I'd have the S1 every time, that sound 😍
The funny thing about the hoonitron is it has a gear ratio of 1:10 from motors to the axles, so on the wheels it actually has around 6000NM of torque
Wow, you have the best job in the world Matt, love all your content, Respect 🤜🏼🤛🏼🙏🏻
Group B Audi all day, every day! That 5-cyl sound is one of the best engine sounds ever
This illustrates how irrelevant 'peak power' (the stats quoted) is compared to the area under the torque curve to determine a car's true acceleration potential.
The Quattro loses boost every gear change, so it makes a lot less than 550hp until it hits peak power.
Atleast in an actual rally you could keep the engine in its power band most of the time assuming the gearing is correct.
@@sjhudon386you can, but every time the throttle isn't wide open the turbo is losing boost pressure, which takes a moment to build up again no matter where in the rev range you are. It's not just about torque curve graphs.
Acceleration is all about putting power to the road, so peak power is indeed only useful when the engine is at maximum output. Peak power is much more useful for top speed, though.
That 360 was better than most of the recent Fast saga stunts.
Rip to a true legend 🙏🏽
The fact that the Hoonitron still completed the 1/4 in a time equivalent of modern day hot hatches and family sport sedans is just unreal.
That 5 cylinder sound is always going to win, Even if it's slower❤.
Not on a rally course it would destroy Hoonitron
If the S1 had the PDK gearbox it might have been closer. That 5-cylinder engine sounds fabulous and having experienced them in the Forrests on the '85 RAC, they sounded biblical!
The sound of that 5 pot 💥😍
The Quattro however is a real car not some electric hoover shite, sounds amazing ❤❤
Actually the Hoonitron has a gear ratio of 12:1, therefore resulting in around 3000 Nm of torque per axle = 6000 Nm in total!
Need proper drag tires and a roll bar to put even 10% of it down properly
Pretty slow for that amount of torque
Correct. 6000NM is what I heard too. I don't understand why carwow says it has under 700NM.
That's the second time carwow uses that car and comes with the wrong statement about the cars torque.
@@B4RDEthey quote engine torque. Like always. It’s the industry standard. And it’s correct.
“Each MGU develops 250 kW of power and 320 Nm of torque. This results in a total output of 500 kW and 640 Nm of torque.” according to the Audi Media Center
torque at the wheel alone doesn't mean much unless we can see the complete torque and HP curves. Even a Nissan Leaf can produce >2.000Nm. Wheel torque.
Two of the coolest cars ever made. That Hoonitron is one of the best looking cars to me. They nailed the look.
Damn not even 40 years have passed between them just look at the shape of the new one imagine what next 40 years could bring
There were crazy aero cars even back in the days... check Ferrari P4 and Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale... and Jaguar XJ13
38 years on, these Group B cars still GOATED.
@@purwantiallan5089Damn clear why the group was cancelled, though. Most of the cars had insane power and just kept getting more powerful, and neither car handling or safety could keep up. It was pretty clear that the only major changes in performance group B was going to have if it continued was yet more power, so it made sense to restrict it and force teams to innovate in other ways.
Röhrl said in some races they had the power of 700 horses in this car, not "only" 500.
Carwow never failed to impress us🔥
Carwow along with TH and Hagerty always impress us.
it's so beautiful seeing this car getting hooned around again never thought I'd see it out again after ken passed and that 360 brought happy sad tear to My eye. Awesome homage to ken❤❤
This quattro s1 is sure underpower because back to 80s the power and the sound of this car is definitely a lot of different!And for the the memories in 1986 the lancia delta s4 is lapped 6th in estoril formula one cirquit!
Why do you think S1 was underpowered? As far as I know its engine can produce 450-500 HP depending on setup, so 480 HP is definitely a good number for this car. It has really good launch and lost only 1.5 secs to a modern race car that has better aerodynamics, more power and doesn't have a gearbox. I think S1 could show better results, if it had another gear ratio, one that prefers top speed over acceleration. But for S1 top speed doesn't mean much, since it was created for narrow and twisted roads, where acceleration is more important.
I was somewhat surprised that it has regular manual gearbox instead of sequential one. It definitely was loosing lots of time on every gear change.
@@ReasonX3Sequential gearboxes were pretty bad and unreliable until they started gaining traction in the 90s; most cars before that had a normal manual. You'd also probably be shifting faster if you weren't worried about damaging a $1.7 million car and were just focusing on speed, lol.
Probably only seems underpowered cause this is the only footage of one driving down a wide, straight road, lol. It'd look a hell of a lot faster down a narrow track
The time difference is just an slow blink of an eye, giving testament how magnificent machine s1 was.
Love the quattro, always liked the wail of that 5 pot motor!
Lol. Uneducated ev hater.
That has 5cyl engine. Motor is a different thing
Wow! A 360-degree turn is infinitely beautiful 👍
Dindo without even breaking a sweat, what a legend. Results as expected, still I see an S1, I like. An all out Group B drag race with the S1, S4, 205 and RS200 is probably unlikely, reckoning you are at Audis?
Add also Lancia Rally 037 and Rosso 037 on this drag race.
He Dindo nuthin.
@@purwantiallan5089didn't the 037 basically have an earlier, supercharged only version of the delta s4 engine?
The fact that Audi built the Hoonitron specifically for Ken’s Gymkhana videos is crazy. Hell it’s probably the most expensive Gymkhana car ever made.
The brake test was classic example of the extra weight of the battery powered car.
Hahaha. Millennium Falcon versus the Flintstones.
I can draw the Quattro in my sleep because that’s all I did as a child in the 80’s. Was my dream car for many years.
Things have changed and like steam trains, I love them but they’re history.
Que lindo homenaje! le hizo audi o el equipo que preparo semejante maquina a ken block!....mis respetos para un buen hombre!..,🙏
The iconic S1 is what made me buy an1994 Audi UrS4. I'm old school.
Electric cars have torque instantly.
Dream car is that S1 E2.
Awesome 1/4 mile drifting 💯
Matt really drives any car he wants. Man’s is living my dream
Electric cars are really getting in the job ,I like the way the kenblock put its power down and I like international combustion engines but electric is instant torque
I love the mechanical involvement you get in a manual ice car, the feeling of working in unison with the machine without a computer interfering with my inputs, im glad im old enough to remember pre computer assisted cars, I'd happily drive a 70's car around today if i could afford one as the prices seem to have shot up since evs came on the scene.
EV is better
@@lemcakes32422 no, android is best
@@Markcain268you'll be going down with that internal combustion ship. Internal combustion technology is dead.
@@TheMadmax0609 the german car industry have tried to delay it by 5 years
Wow, wie leistungsstark der Urquattro S1 heute noch ist.
Definitiv mehr Gänsehaut und einfach den unverwechselbaren Sound.
Dass kann der neue nicht. Alle EMotoren klingen gleich
Drag racing is not a valid comparison for cars. Put them on a racetrack, where braking and weight matters. Hoonitron wouldn't have a chance.
let walter röhrl drive the Audi
Put them on a rally stage
It’s for fun🤦🏻♂️🤣 also who the hell is going to let Matt drive their ten million pound car on a rally stage? You sound very unintelligent
The ur-Quattro was a very tough car to handle iirc according to drivers who had experienced them. Always-active all wheel drive system meant that it likes to understeer alot and so heavy to change directions despite additional downforce that you'll have to flick it so often just so it turns. But the traction compared to other rally cars of the time sure is godly, especially when it comes to dirt stages.
Being much much lighter does help with braking and tire consumption compared to the Hoonitron too, but the Hoonitron has much better weight distribution and balance due to being an EV, plus an AWD system that can react to changes very quickly, modulating it's power every second. Theoretically, the Hoonitron wins in almost every way possible outside of drag racing even though the Quattro is a monster of it's time.
Still tho ur Quattro almost was even with that hoonigann car
It could be fun to see the groub B version with modern setup..(1000+hp) vs. Hoonitron.! ! !
Beat a 40 years old car that actually conformed to a rulebook. What a great success.
Nearly 40 years and the 85 Quattro is only a couple of seconds back. Come on ! ! Let’s be real here. The 85 Quattro was a fkn beast of its time ! RIP Ken
RIP Ken Block. Every time I see a 4wd car drifting I wait for the camera to go on the driver and each time when I see that it's not Ken a part of me dies...
My reaction to that 360: 😱
If only they could make all electric cars sound as good as the Hoonitron
Most ev buyers have very delicate hearing and wouldn't like it
That E-tron sounds like a spaceship, in a good way!
Great races between two icons . The AUDI S1 Hoonitron is really efficient . Thank ou for the 360° .
I never get tired of listening to that S1
Quattro S1 is cool, and that 360° wasn't bad either 😉👍
I remember as a school student I was using the electric troleys for public transport and they made very similar sound as the hoonitron. I was very excited when the driver accelerated it and it felt like he was driving really fast, but he was actually driving with 40km/h .
Audi S1 is a legend of a car.
No other Audi will sit on the Audi throne !!
That 360 was for ages man!! 🔥🔥