**Top Gear: A Hybrid's Surprise Package**

In a shocking turn of events, the plug-in hybrid car took top spot in the recent Top Gear challenge. The diesel engine, which was expected to dominate, found itself struggling to keep up with the more efficient and agile hybrid. As one of the participants noted, "I'm not a fan of plugging hybrids, but today it's making me change my mind." The hybrid's electric boost proved to be a game-changer, allowing it to stay ahead of its diesel counterpart.

The challenge saw both drivers attempting to outmaneuver each other in a series of rolling races. However, when the plug-in hybrid was given the opportunity to shine, it seized the moment. In a surprising display of speed and agility, the hybrid car left the diesel in its wake. As one driver noted, "I was expecting a long distance where I would be out of fuel range and then kick down, but this little thing kept going." The plug-in's electric boost proved to be the decisive factor, allowing it to complete the course with ease.

The results were far from expected, with the diesel engine struggling to keep up with the more modern and efficient hybrid. As one driver noted, "I just didn't have power, I couldn't get the ref right and it kind of makes sense with the electric boost." Despite being outgunned by its diesel counterpart, the hybrid proved itself to be a formidable opponent in the rolling race.

In an effort to gain more insight into the hybrid's performance, one driver decided to take it for a spin. Starting from 60mph, the car was pushed to its limits as it struggled to get into eighth gear. However, once in high gear, the hybrid proved itself to be a force to be reckoned with. As the driver noted, "Now look at that, now look at that you know I'm not a fan of plugging hybrids but today in these rolling races it's making me change my mind." The results were nothing short of astonishing, with the hybrid leaving its diesel counterpart in the dust.

**The Science Behind the Plug-In Hybrid**

So, what makes the plug-in hybrid so special? According to one driver, "the plugin is doing pretty good isn't it?" The electric boost provided by the plug-in's battery pack proved to be a game-changer in the rolling race. As the driver noted, "when you think about like the whole benefiting kind thing if you have it as a company car because it's a plug-in hybrid and Daniel oh my God it felt like it was standing still." The results were undeniable, with the hybrid leaving its diesel counterpart far behind.

**The Verdict**

In the end, it seems that the plug-in hybrid has proved itself to be a worthy competitor in the world of motorsport. While the diesel engine may have had its strengths, the hybrid's electric boost and efficiency made all the difference in the rolling race. As one driver noted, "I want to just try something slightly different okay I reckon we get into Top Gear and then do the same thing and just see what happens in terms of talk." The results spoke for themselves, with the plug-in hybrid emerging as a surprise package.

**The Aftermath**

In the aftermath of the challenge, one driver couldn't help but feel frustrated. "I smashed the brake pedal as hard as I could and well yeah I think my face came off," they joked. Despite the drama, it was clear that the plug-in hybrid had stolen the show. As one driver noted, "we're all on good years better than Pelli depends on which tire it is but yeah Eagle F1 says F1 in it it's going to be softer than the prelli isn't it." The results were a testament to the hybrid's prowess, and it seems that the plug-in will be a force to be reckoned with in the world of motorsport.

**The Future**

As one driver noted, "the next test will though okay let's do a break test from 100mph the car that stops in the shortest distance wins." The results would be far from surprising if the plug-in hybrid were to take part. With its electric boost and efficiency making it a formidable opponent, it seems that the future of motorsport is looking bright for this particular model.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat we win in a drag race between a tuned diesel BMW 3 Series a tuned petrol BMW 3 Series and a tuned plug-in hybrid BMW 3 Series well we're going to find out by racing them over the standing quarter mile let me tell you about this car it's the m340d touring it has a 3 l straight 6 diesel engine puts out thanks to a stage one tune that cost just ,000 4 13 horsepower and 850 Newt M of torque drives all four wheels by an 8-speed automatic gearbox and it's quite heavy this car because it's a diesel and in it State weighs in at 1.9 tons car itself 60 grand T like I said £1,000 and it's not bad that gets you an extra 90 horsepower over standard and an extra 50 newon meters of torque oh the tune also includes a gearbox remap just to make it shift faster anyhow let's find out about the car next to me hello Daniel how are you hello I'm very well you're feeling at home you know here in the UK but sat in a German car yeah also really interesting to see these three cars together because I don't think these are the normal tuning cars you get well I don't know I think your one is pretty good for tuning that engine that b-58 is absolutely lovely but give me the stats on it yeah so I'm I'm doing a bit of cheating because I cannot remember them as well as you I have them on my phone so this is is 470 horsepower and 630 Newt M of torque it's all-wheel drive it has an 8-speed automatic gearbox and the weight is 1,758 kilos oh wait a minute I'm a bit gutted you have more power than me you have 40 more horsepower though I do have a bunch more torque I think it's going to be close but I think you might win we'll find out though what's going to be interesting is how I measure up in this diesel against the plug-in hybrid tell us about that Sam hello so this is the 330e it's ch so it's a 2 L turbocharged 4-cylinder petrol Engine with an electric motor it's got 400 horsepower but it started at 292 it's got 700 newm of torque but it started at 420 it's rear wheel drive 8-speed automatic gearbox it weighs 1,740 kilos and it's about 60 Grand so the upgrades on this it's a DMS ECU engine and Gearbox software upgrade and that's uh 900 quid including V so let's see if it's worth the money basically all these cars cost about the same for the base car and then cost about a grand for the tune it's going to be interesting just before we do this though which do you prefer overall if you're going to take one of these cars and let's say the base car would you go for the petrol the diesel or the plug-in hybrid I'm going to call mine out first I would go for the petrol Daniel interesting I would go for the diesel that's so German of you just like you know is that for that trip from Munich to Bon or whatever yeah I I love diesel I have a diesel myself I I don't know I'm stuck in the past no diesel is good how about you Sam obviously you go for the plug-in hybrid that's so you yeah I mean I try and get the hybrid ripped out of it as soon as I could but the I'd go with petrol and B petrol is cheaper than diesel Now isn't it and these modern engines are more economical so yeah I don't really see the point to diesel anymore okay well that's that then um let's do the car sound check though revving all the way to four bit grumbly what do you think of that guys I didn't hear it were you revving it yeah I was revving it it's actually quite a compliment that you didn't hear me revving it so it at least it's not too noisy for a diesel anyway let's have a listen to yours Daniel well that was a little bit fruity there at the top end little bit of banging yeah lovely straight 6 in anyway let's have a listen to to your 2 L 4 pot Sam I think I prefer yours Matt okay I think it's a definite win for the petrol on that one let's go on with the race Matt I've tried launch controlling this nothing comes off and it's just creeping a bit under brake boost is should it have one I don't know go into sport mode go into stability traction mode and then let's see what happens and Sport on the gearbox I've got launch control I don't think it has launch control Sam um you'll deal with it you know that's what what you're trying to do but I mean you are at the disadvantage because me and Daniel are both in mik cars and you're just in a normal three series or bit of tuned one yep I was making your excuses before you made them it's uh pretty bright I don't have alcantar on my Dash Daniel's car is very reflective um yeah I'll think of some as we go is this cone in the right place it looks a bit glary from this side that's just rise three 2 1 wait a minute where's that hybrid ah oh do you know what Daniel that was pretty close between you and me mate very very very close but yeah in the end you just pulling away from me but you're right it was very close but then something so I was ahead but I couldn't really tell what happened between the both of you I have no idea who finished first oh the hybrid was like way back it didn't launch particularly well it seemed like it had less power than like 400 yeah it it doesn't have launch control I think I can do better though okay well I think I can do better as well I reckon I can do better and get a better launch in I don't know let's find out 3 2 1 oh s had a much better start that's better but what happened there Daniel just came past what is going on this is not performing as quickly as it did last time now that was really strange so Sam your car was like a completely different vehicle that time but mine didn't perform as well got off the line well and then it's like it just reduced its power so very strange who would have thought tuning cars can make them do funny things it's mental isn't it you know best out of three petrol cars W to right so I want to find out which one's quickest between the diesel and the hybrid so I think we're going to have to run again just to sort that out you up for that Sam absolutely let's go three two whoa whoa whoa come on diesel oh man come on diesel damn it diesel where's that plug-in hybrid do you know what from my point of view I couldn't have got a better launch we were so close neck and neck for a we wild Daniel but ultimately I think you've got more revs to play with and so you can just hold on to your gears for longer and as a result you you got the win I think it's this this diesel thing that you get all the power comes in huge chunks and then it's gone it's gone but that time Sam that was actually the worst run that you did in the hybrid I mean it was like it wasn't even in it at all what happened I I think it's all down to the brake pressure I'm using to get off the line and I think more brake pressure and more throttle gets the ECU a little bit upset but fundamentally that's the problem without having launch control isn't it and you know what I it's a bit of a shame that you know you didn't run your best run in that race cuz ultimately two out of three we' got the running order we have petrol Diesel and then hybrid let's check out the numbers so then what exactly happened well the m340i W it completed the standing quarter mile in 12 seconds the m340d took 12.3 seconds and the 330e was last with a time of 12.7 seconds want to sell your car quickly easily and for a fair price then head to car where i' have over 4,000 trusted dealers ready to bid on it in an online auction first enter your car's registration to get an instant approximate valuation then if you want to proceed give us some more details and upload some photos and we'll help you set a fair reserve price for your car that's the minimum amount you'd be happy to sell it for once you've done that we'll enter your car into an online auction when the auction's over we'll let you know the result and the dealer with the winning bid will be in touch to arrange easy payment and free collection of your car 93% of sellers surveyed said they got the price they expected or more through carw the best bit is it's completely free I put a link in the description of this video and the pin comment to take you directly to car where over 4,000 dealers are ready to bid on your car or you can just click on the pop out Banner that should be appearing in the top right hand corner of the screen now alternatively just Google help me carwow and we will help you sell your car quickly easily and for a fair price on with the video now we're going to do a rolling race from 50 m now the cars in automatic mode and comfort setting we'll see how they respond 3 2 1 go kick down where's that hybrid oh the kick down comes there for two good W that's a slow kick down I thought it would have shot off because of instant electric torque but no petrol got the job and it's pulling Daniel the kick down on your car was quicker than mine nobly quicker um and that was it then you were just off maybe I unintentionally cheated a little bit what I anticipated that you would say go and I was pressing it and it f because honestly it felt like ages and I think I just pressed a little earlier than you that's uh very commendable and honest of you um okay right Sam did you do the exact opposite you waited for me to say go and then you waited for half an hour and then pressed the throttle I don't know what happened you're not far wrong um I'm pretty sure this went up a gear just as you said go and then when I floored it it just it's one of the longest downshifts I've ever EXP experienced I can't really blame the kick down in this car because I think it did just shift up when we got to that Baseline let's just take the gearbox out the equation so there can't be any errors like that and running sports mode in third gear from 50 okay no excuses let's go now before you do the next race just want to say huge thanks to the guys that have lent us these cars so here's their Instagrams and their socials make sure you go hook them up and say thank you for swinging car out it helps us get more cars okay everybody let's do this 3 2 1 go talk tastic but losing badly wait a minute got hard by that pluming e hybrid I'm so surprised at that like so surprised um I've got all the talk but I was last I just who went out of you two Daniel um by about a car's length but I tell you what for the difference in these engines you should have been further down the road than me I think I just don't get that that absolutely 100% surprised me really blew my mind okay I want to just try something slightly different okay I'm not just trying to stack the cards in my favor right this is just out of Interest I reckon we get into Top Gear and then do the same thing and just see what happens in terms of talk I I am totally trying to just work things in my favor but I do want to see I want to see what this diesel can do can we do it Go the boss okay let's go I'll tell you what though let's do it in sixth gear first make sure you don't hit the kick down switch 3 2 1 go oh hello ooh this where the diesel is pulling now though wow okay so that was interesting the diesel definitely had the edge there and complete roll reversal petrol way down yeah I just didn't have power right I couldn't get the refs right and it kind of makes sense with the with the plugin with the electric boost I'm actually surprised by that plugin it's doing pretty good isn't it yeah it's unbelievable a little 2 L engine you know wasn't that far behind that big old diesel lump was it let's now try it in eighth gear all right okay then everyone let's go we're probably going to have to do this from 60 in order to get into eighth gear three 3 2 1 go ooh fascinating now look at that look at that you know I'm not a fan of plugging hybrids but today in these rolling races it's making me change my mind that car and you know what I know we do have fun drag racing and stuff but real world this has just blown us away isn't it and when you think about like the whole benefiting kind thing if you have it as a company car because it's a plug-in hybrid and Daniel oh my God it felt like it was standing still I was just looking at the ref count it was about 1,500 is and it was just slowly creeping up that race did not play to your car strengths at all maybe the next test will though okay let's do a break test from 100 mph the car that stops in the shortest distance wins no cheating Sam just leave your gears alone now if you'd rather watch another drag race video click on the pop out banner up there or follow the QR code on your smart TV now by using your camera phone here comes the line fly me this was all over the place I smashed the brake pedal as hard as I could and well yeah I think my face came off this car stopped amazingly well I'm sure we got the same brakes we've all got like the M sport brakes haven't we my front right wheel was trying its best there was a lot of ABS going on in the front we were on the same tires I'm just going to check my tires I'm trying to find an excuse here you on melins oh you're on PLL what am I on yeah we're both on pellis oh what's he on bet he's on michelins no he's on good years good years better than pelli depends on which tire it is but yeah Eagle F1 says F1 in it it's going to be softer than the prelli isn't it so it's going to have a better bite well there you go this lost damn it anyway I hope you enjoyed the video if you did give it a like you can watch some other videos by clicking on the windows and if you click on the carw logo you can check out the carw drag race leaderboard to see how these cars qu a mark times compared to everything else with ever drug race thanks for watchingwhat we win in a drag race between a tuned diesel BMW 3 Series a tuned petrol BMW 3 Series and a tuned plug-in hybrid BMW 3 Series well we're going to find out by racing them over the standing quarter mile let me tell you about this car it's the m340d touring it has a 3 l straight 6 diesel engine puts out thanks to a stage one tune that cost just ,000 4 13 horsepower and 850 Newt M of torque drives all four wheels by an 8-speed automatic gearbox and it's quite heavy this car because it's a diesel and in it State weighs in at 1.9 tons car itself 60 grand T like I said £1,000 and it's not bad that gets you an extra 90 horsepower over standard and an extra 50 newon meters of torque oh the tune also includes a gearbox remap just to make it shift faster anyhow let's find out about the car next to me hello Daniel how are you hello I'm very well you're feeling at home you know here in the UK but sat in a German car yeah also really interesting to see these three cars together because I don't think these are the normal tuning cars you get well I don't know I think your one is pretty good for tuning that engine that b-58 is absolutely lovely but give me the stats on it yeah so I'm I'm doing a bit of cheating because I cannot remember them as well as you I have them on my phone so this is is 470 horsepower and 630 Newt M of torque it's all-wheel drive it has an 8-speed automatic gearbox and the weight is 1,758 kilos oh wait a minute I'm a bit gutted you have more power than me you have 40 more horsepower though I do have a bunch more torque I think it's going to be close but I think you might win we'll find out though what's going to be interesting is how I measure up in this diesel against the plug-in hybrid tell us about that Sam hello so this is the 330e it's ch so it's a 2 L turbocharged 4-cylinder petrol Engine with an electric motor it's got 400 horsepower but it started at 292 it's got 700 newm of torque but it started at 420 it's rear wheel drive 8-speed automatic gearbox it weighs 1,740 kilos and it's about 60 Grand so the upgrades on this it's a DMS ECU engine and Gearbox software upgrade and that's uh 900 quid including V so let's see if it's worth the money basically all these cars cost about the same for the base car and then cost about a grand for the tune it's going to be interesting just before we do this though which do you prefer overall if you're going to take one of these cars and let's say the base car would you go for the petrol the diesel or the plug-in hybrid I'm going to call mine out first I would go for the petrol Daniel interesting I would go for the diesel that's so German of you just like you know is that for that trip from Munich to Bon or whatever yeah I I love diesel I have a diesel myself I I don't know I'm stuck in the past no diesel is good how about you Sam obviously you go for the plug-in hybrid that's so you yeah I mean I try and get the hybrid ripped out of it as soon as I could but the I'd go with petrol and B petrol is cheaper than diesel Now isn't it and these modern engines are more economical so yeah I don't really see the point to diesel anymore okay well that's that then um let's do the car sound check though revving all the way to four bit grumbly what do you think of that guys I didn't hear it were you revving it yeah I was revving it it's actually quite a compliment that you didn't hear me revving it so it at least it's not too noisy for a diesel anyway let's have a listen to yours Daniel well that was a little bit fruity there at the top end little bit of banging yeah lovely straight 6 in anyway let's have a listen to to your 2 L 4 pot Sam I think I prefer yours Matt okay I think it's a definite win for the petrol on that one let's go on with the race Matt I've tried launch controlling this nothing comes off and it's just creeping a bit under brake boost is should it have one I don't know go into sport mode go into stability traction mode and then let's see what happens and Sport on the gearbox I've got launch control I don't think it has launch control Sam um you'll deal with it you know that's what what you're trying to do but I mean you are at the disadvantage because me and Daniel are both in mik cars and you're just in a normal three series or bit of tuned one yep I was making your excuses before you made them it's uh pretty bright I don't have alcantar on my Dash Daniel's car is very reflective um yeah I'll think of some as we go is this cone in the right place it looks a bit glary from this side that's just rise three 2 1 wait a minute where's that hybrid ah oh do you know what Daniel that was pretty close between you and me mate very very very close but yeah in the end you just pulling away from me but you're right it was very close but then something so I was ahead but I couldn't really tell what happened between the both of you I have no idea who finished first oh the hybrid was like way back it didn't launch particularly well it seemed like it had less power than like 400 yeah it it doesn't have launch control I think I can do better though okay well I think I can do better as well I reckon I can do better and get a better launch in I don't know let's find out 3 2 1 oh s had a much better start that's better but what happened there Daniel just came past what is going on this is not performing as quickly as it did last time now that was really strange so Sam your car was like a completely different vehicle that time but mine didn't perform as well got off the line well and then it's like it just reduced its power so very strange who would have thought tuning cars can make them do funny things it's mental isn't it you know best out of three petrol cars W to right so I want to find out which one's quickest between the diesel and the hybrid so I think we're going to have to run again just to sort that out you up for that Sam absolutely let's go three two whoa whoa whoa come on diesel oh man come on diesel damn it diesel where's that plug-in hybrid do you know what from my point of view I couldn't have got a better launch we were so close neck and neck for a we wild Daniel but ultimately I think you've got more revs to play with and so you can just hold on to your gears for longer and as a result you you got the win I think it's this this diesel thing that you get all the power comes in huge chunks and then it's gone it's gone but that time Sam that was actually the worst run that you did in the hybrid I mean it was like it wasn't even in it at all what happened I I think it's all down to the brake pressure I'm using to get off the line and I think more brake pressure and more throttle gets the ECU a little bit upset but fundamentally that's the problem without having launch control isn't it and you know what I it's a bit of a shame that you know you didn't run your best run in that race cuz ultimately two out of three we' got the running order we have petrol Diesel and then hybrid let's check out the numbers so then what exactly happened well the m340i W it completed the standing quarter mile in 12 seconds the m340d took 12.3 seconds and the 330e was last with a time of 12.7 seconds want to sell your car quickly easily and for a fair price then head to car where i' have over 4,000 trusted dealers ready to bid on it in an online auction first enter your car's registration to get an instant approximate valuation then if you want to proceed give us some more details and upload some photos and we'll help you set a fair reserve price for your car that's the minimum amount you'd be happy to sell it for once you've done that we'll enter your car into an online auction when the auction's over we'll let you know the result and the dealer with the winning bid will be in touch to arrange easy payment and free collection of your car 93% of sellers surveyed said they got the price they expected or more through carw the best bit is it's completely free I put a link in the description of this video and the pin comment to take you directly to car where over 4,000 dealers are ready to bid on your car or you can just click on the pop out Banner that should be appearing in the top right hand corner of the screen now alternatively just Google help me carwow and we will help you sell your car quickly easily and for a fair price on with the video now we're going to do a rolling race from 50 m now the cars in automatic mode and comfort setting we'll see how they respond 3 2 1 go kick down where's that hybrid oh the kick down comes there for two good W that's a slow kick down I thought it would have shot off because of instant electric torque but no petrol got the job and it's pulling Daniel the kick down on your car was quicker than mine nobly quicker um and that was it then you were just off maybe I unintentionally cheated a little bit what I anticipated that you would say go and I was pressing it and it f because honestly it felt like ages and I think I just pressed a little earlier than you that's uh very commendable and honest of you um okay right Sam did you do the exact opposite you waited for me to say go and then you waited for half an hour and then pressed the throttle I don't know what happened you're not far wrong um I'm pretty sure this went up a gear just as you said go and then when I floored it it just it's one of the longest downshifts I've ever EXP experienced I can't really blame the kick down in this car because I think it did just shift up when we got to that Baseline let's just take the gearbox out the equation so there can't be any errors like that and running sports mode in third gear from 50 okay no excuses let's go now before you do the next race just want to say huge thanks to the guys that have lent us these cars so here's their Instagrams and their socials make sure you go hook them up and say thank you for swinging car out it helps us get more cars okay everybody let's do this 3 2 1 go talk tastic but losing badly wait a minute got hard by that pluming e hybrid I'm so surprised at that like so surprised um I've got all the talk but I was last I just who went out of you two Daniel um by about a car's length but I tell you what for the difference in these engines you should have been further down the road than me I think I just don't get that that absolutely 100% surprised me really blew my mind okay I want to just try something slightly different okay I'm not just trying to stack the cards in my favor right this is just out of Interest I reckon we get into Top Gear and then do the same thing and just see what happens in terms of talk I I am totally trying to just work things in my favor but I do want to see I want to see what this diesel can do can we do it Go the boss okay let's go I'll tell you what though let's do it in sixth gear first make sure you don't hit the kick down switch 3 2 1 go oh hello ooh this where the diesel is pulling now though wow okay so that was interesting the diesel definitely had the edge there and complete roll reversal petrol way down yeah I just didn't have power right I couldn't get the refs right and it kind of makes sense with the with the plugin with the electric boost I'm actually surprised by that plugin it's doing pretty good isn't it yeah it's unbelievable a little 2 L engine you know wasn't that far behind that big old diesel lump was it let's now try it in eighth gear all right okay then everyone let's go we're probably going to have to do this from 60 in order to get into eighth gear three 3 2 1 go ooh fascinating now look at that look at that you know I'm not a fan of plugging hybrids but today in these rolling races it's making me change my mind that car and you know what I know we do have fun drag racing and stuff but real world this has just blown us away isn't it and when you think about like the whole benefiting kind thing if you have it as a company car because it's a plug-in hybrid and Daniel oh my God it felt like it was standing still I was just looking at the ref count it was about 1,500 is and it was just slowly creeping up that race did not play to your car strengths at all maybe the next test will though okay let's do a break test from 100 mph the car that stops in the shortest distance wins no cheating Sam just leave your gears alone now if you'd rather watch another drag race video click on the pop out banner up there or follow the QR code on your smart TV now by using your camera phone here comes the line fly me this was all over the place I smashed the brake pedal as hard as I could and well yeah I think my face came off this car stopped amazingly well I'm sure we got the same brakes we've all got like the M sport brakes haven't we my front right wheel was trying its best there was a lot of ABS going on in the front we were on the same tires I'm just going to check my tires I'm trying to find an excuse here you on melins oh you're on PLL what am I on yeah we're both on pellis oh what's he on bet he's on michelins no he's on good years good years better than pelli depends on which tire it is but yeah Eagle F1 says F1 in it it's going to be softer than the prelli isn't it so it's going to have a better bite well there you go this lost damn it anyway I hope you enjoyed the video if you did give it a like you can watch some other videos by clicking on the windows and if you click on the carw logo you can check out the carw drag race leaderboard to see how these cars qu a mark times compared to everything else with ever drug race thanks for watching\n"