**A Tale of Two Cars: A High-Speed Drag Racing Showdown**

In a thrilling display of speed and agility, two cars faced off on the track in a battle for supremacy. The M21, an impressive machine with its powerful engine and sleek design, was pitted against the XM, a car that had been touted as a powerhouse in its own right. As the drivers revved their engines and prepared to put the pedal to the metal, the crowd held its collective breath, eager to see which car would emerge victorious.

As the green flag waved, both cars burst off the line, with the M21 taking an early lead. But it wasn't until the quarter mile mark that the XM began to gain ground, pulling ahead of its opponent and leaving the M21 in the dust. The crowd erupted into cheers as the two cars sped by, their engines roaring and their tires screeching in protest.

But the M21 was not one to be underestimated. Despite being heavier than the XM, the car's powerful engine and advanced technology allowed it to launch off the line with incredible force, leaving a cloud of smoke in its wake. The crowd watched in awe as the two cars battled for dominance, their engines straining as they pushed themselves to the limit.

In a surprise twist, the M21 managed to pull ahead once again, but only by a hair's breadth. As the drivers approached the finish line, it seemed that the car had left everything on the table, and its opponent was mere inches behind. But just as all hope seemed lost for the XM, something strange happened. The gearbox, which had been quiet until now, suddenly kicked into gear, giving the XM a burst of speed that allowed it to overtake its opponent.

The crowd was stunned as the two cars crossed the finish line, their drivers grinning from ear to ear in celebration of a hard-won victory. But as they made their way back to the starting line for one final showdown, it became clear that this was far from over. The M21 and XM were locked in a fierce battle, with neither car willing to give up an inch.

In a stunning display of speed and agility, the two cars took off like rockets, their engines screaming as they hurtled down the track. The crowd held its breath as the two opponents battled for dominance, their tires screeching in protest as they pushed themselves to the limit. It was clear that only one car could emerge victorious, but which one would it be?

As the cars approached the finish line, it seemed that the M21 had pulled ahead once again. But just as all hope seemed lost for the XM, its driver made a bold move, taking the lead and leaving the M21 in the dust. The crowd erupted into cheers as the two cars crossed the finish line, their drivers grinning from ear to ear in celebration of a hard-won victory.

But there was one more challenge left in store for the two drivers. A rolling race from 50 miles an hour, with the gearbox out of the equation, would allow them to put their skills to the test in a whole new way. The M21 and XM took off like rockets, their engines roaring as they hurtled down the track. The crowd held its breath as the two opponents battled for dominance, their tires screeching in protest as they pushed themselves to the limit.

As the cars approached the finish line, it seemed that the M21 had pulled ahead once again. But just as all hope seemed lost for the XM, its driver made a bold move, taking the lead and leaving the M21 in the dust. The crowd erupted into cheers as the two cars crossed the finish line, their drivers grinning from ear to ear in celebration of a hard-won victory.

But there was still one more challenge left in store for the two drivers. A brake test from 100 miles an hour would push them both to the limit, with only one car able to stop in the shortest distance winning out. The M21 and XM took off like rockets, their engines roaring as they hurtled down the track. But as they approached the finish line, it became clear that something was amiss.

The XM's driver made a bold move, taking advantage of its hybrid system to bring the car to a screeching halt in record time. The crowd erupted into cheers as the two cars crossed the finish line, their drivers grinning from ear to ear in celebration of a hard-won victory.

In the end, it was clear that the XM had emerged victorious, thanks in large part to its advanced technology and powerful engine. But the M21 had given it a run for its money, pushing the car to its limits and earning the respect of both drivers and spectators alike. As they made their way back to the starting line for one final showdown, it became clear that this was far from over.

**A Conversation with Joe Achilles**

As we sat down with Joe Achilles, the driver of the XM, it became clear that he had a deep understanding of his car's capabilities. "The XM is an incredible machine," he said. "Its hybrid system gives it a level of performance that's hard to match. But it's not just about raw power – it's also about finesse and control."

When asked about the key to his car's success, Achilles pointed to its advanced technology. "The XM has a sophisticated computer system that allows us to optimize its performance in real-time," he explained. "This means we can fine-tune everything from engine speed to suspension settings to get the best possible result."

But despite his car's impressive capabilities, Achilles was clear about one thing: this was not just about him or his car. "The true star of the show is the driver," he said. "I'm lucky to have an incredible team behind me, and I couldn't do what I do without their support."

As we wrapped up our conversation with Joe Achilles, it became clear that there's more to this high-speed drag racing showdown than meets the eye. With its advanced technology, powerful engine, and skilled driver, the XM is a force to be reckoned with on the track. But as we saw time and again during our coverage of the event, there's no substitute for raw talent and determination.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhich is quickest in a drag race BMW's entry level M car the new M2 or BMW's top of the range M car the new XM well we're gonna find out because I'm going to erase them over the standing quarter mile because I'm at Watson only watching car wow Buy sell car wow let me tell you about this new M2 it has a three liter twin turbo straight six engine puts out 460 horsepower and 550 newton meters of torque it drives the rear wheels in this case by an 8-speed automatic gearbox with a torque converter you can get a manual though if you want one now this car weighs in at 1.7 tonnes and it costs 65 000 pounds the XM well that has a 4.4 liter twin turbo V8 mated to an electric motor and combined you get 653 horsepower making it the most powerful M car ever it also has 800 newton meters of torque and it drives all four wheels for an 8-speed automatic gearbox with a torque converter because it has a big background board it's quite heavy it weighs in at 2.7 tons and because of all the technology and the fact it's the range-topping M car it costs 148 000 pounds quite a lot of money then now we've got a guest driver with us today it's Joe Achilles Hey Joe how you doing up there in the most expensive M car and the most powerful one ever does it feel special uh it does it's very very comfortable that's not really what people want to know about an M car though is it well I've got what 650 odd horsepower so quick as well it's going to be interesting do you think you're innovate me I mean you know heavy but it's powerful but you are racing me and I'm brilliant at driving you are you ready we are in Arizona the local sheriff's department have closed this road for us so we can drag race I think it's just going to stay all nice and pleasant especially for me because I reckon I'm going to win but before we race let's do a sound off so I'm going to rev up this car and see what it sounds like oh yeah it revs all the way to seven the red line look at that ah go and rev up your plug-in hybrid I sense a soft limiter yeah four and a half thousand RPM and then it just stopped once again not the kind of thing you want to hear about an M car anyway let's get on to the performance thing let's race them now before we race if you're thinking about changing your car you need to sell your current car you can do it through car wow all you have to do is upload some photos give a brief description then dealers all across the country will bid on your car then they'll just come to your house take the car away and put the money in your account it's dead easy if you want to find out more about that now click on the pop out band up there for the link in the description below alternatively you can just do it a later date by Googling help me Carl wow and we will help you silly car what oh he's got me on the line here we go now though oh and then here it goes here we go M2 for the win oh Joe mate you totally had me on the start there I mean you absolutely did blast me off the line yeah I got a great start I guess all that traction and then uh and then the arrow took over and you just uh disappeared that was fun though yeah it wasn't the arrow and the weight that is a heavy car this is quite heavy really for an M2 but that is seriously heavy it's like a whole turn heavier yeah and then you've got a factor in me as well I'm about probably 50 kilos heavier than you but do you want another terrible thing I think I can get a better start so let's just do it again maybe you'll have a chance maybe you'll go quicker um but let's do best two out of three anyway sounds good mate Bring It On foreign oh no it didn't oh shame on me come on oh it's put up a bit here we go can we pass now and Over The Line foreign well but you were gone you know for the eighth of a mile if we were drag racing properly in America you would have won that but for the quarter mile I did Compass here mate it launched so so well I thought I jumped but it was just perfect and then I saw you coming coming and then on the quarter mile you just picked me so then what exactly happened well the M21 completing the standing quarter mile in 11.9 seconds the XM finished in 12 seconds okay now I have a rolling race from 50 miles an hour the cars are in their relaxed Comfort setting automatic mode for the gearbox I'm going to call it in right in here we go three two one go come on kick down not surprising they seem to kick down better than that that was really surprising Joe I thought you'd take off you know with your hybrid system giving that initial pickup with the electric motor but didn't seem that that happened what what happened to your end well you're right the hybrid system did pick up straight away all 197 horsepower of it and then the gearbox genuinely took it felt like 10 seconds to kick down so although I think I got the initial Jump by about a foot and then that was it it was all over yeah that's the thing I found with that car it's like the engine the motor and the gearbox or I'll have to like get into sync and it just takes longer than just an engine and a gearbox doesn't it yeah exactly that exactly that all right we're gonna have another rolling race from 50 miles an hour this time though we're going to take the gearbox out the equation because we're going to start third gear locked in manual mode and the cars in this sportiest setting this time so let's see what happens three two one go oh my God the pickup from that come on come on I'm coming past now but at quite a speed oh my God that's it that is it oh my God guys I might have been a little bit eager on the uh take off there but um but I was surprised at how yeah how slowly you reeled me in that time seemed to pick up really well all that boosts all the electrical energy everything seemed to just be there and it did take off really well which is yeah surprising hmm interesting would you like to do it again were you really jumpy it seemed quite jumpy uh I was a little bit jumpy yeah um I think I just overreacted and then I thought you'd just real me in easily but you didn't all right Joe do you know what I think we have to do that run again because I think you were a little bit too eager so let's get up to speed same thing running race third gear maximum attack here we go three two one go you know what it's still just creep ahead right from the get-go whoa but here we go now yep yeah it does take off that thing you know for such a big heavy car it really does just just nip ahead but then the M2 comes past but I didn't Gap you massively did I I tell you where this seems to lose a bit of time is gear changes it's almost like you're hitting the limiter but you're not all right then one last thing to do brake tests from 100 miles an hour when we reach our starter for emergency stop whichever car stops in the shortest distance wins here we go no freaking way what the actual really did you cheat what happened there I mean this felt really strong on the brakes but that it definitely stops like an end car doesn't it I could not believe it I thought it was going to start doing a nose really and I used my left foot to break as hard as possible but I'm really impressed with that wow I was left foot breaking as well but what you've got that I don't have is regen effect as well so you've got the benefit of that wow double wide from me impressed I just want to say a big thank you to the Murray copper chefs department for closing the road and letting us do these drag races that's so so cool also big thanks to Joe Achilles for taking part in this video and you can follow Joe and all his BMW content by clicking on the pop out button up there or on the link in the description below anyway thanks for watching thank youwhich is quickest in a drag race BMW's entry level M car the new M2 or BMW's top of the range M car the new XM well we're gonna find out because I'm going to erase them over the standing quarter mile because I'm at Watson only watching car wow Buy sell car wow let me tell you about this new M2 it has a three liter twin turbo straight six engine puts out 460 horsepower and 550 newton meters of torque it drives the rear wheels in this case by an 8-speed automatic gearbox with a torque converter you can get a manual though if you want one now this car weighs in at 1.7 tonnes and it costs 65 000 pounds the XM well that has a 4.4 liter twin turbo V8 mated to an electric motor and combined you get 653 horsepower making it the most powerful M car ever it also has 800 newton meters of torque and it drives all four wheels for an 8-speed automatic gearbox with a torque converter because it has a big background board it's quite heavy it weighs in at 2.7 tons and because of all the technology and the fact it's the range-topping M car it costs 148 000 pounds quite a lot of money then now we've got a guest driver with us today it's Joe Achilles Hey Joe how you doing up there in the most expensive M car and the most powerful one ever does it feel special uh it does it's very very comfortable that's not really what people want to know about an M car though is it well I've got what 650 odd horsepower so quick as well it's going to be interesting do you think you're innovate me I mean you know heavy but it's powerful but you are racing me and I'm brilliant at driving you are you ready we are in Arizona the local sheriff's department have closed this road for us so we can drag race I think it's just going to stay all nice and pleasant especially for me because I reckon I'm going to win but before we race let's do a sound off so I'm going to rev up this car and see what it sounds like oh yeah it revs all the way to seven the red line look at that ah go and rev up your plug-in hybrid I sense a soft limiter yeah four and a half thousand RPM and then it just stopped once again not the kind of thing you want to hear about an M car anyway let's get on to the performance thing let's race them now before we race if you're thinking about changing your car you need to sell your current car you can do it through car wow all you have to do is upload some photos give a brief description then dealers all across the country will bid on your car then they'll just come to your house take the car away and put the money in your account it's dead easy if you want to find out more about that now click on the pop out band up there for the link in the description below alternatively you can just do it a later date by Googling help me Carl wow and we will help you silly car what oh he's got me on the line here we go now though oh and then here it goes here we go M2 for the win oh Joe mate you totally had me on the start there I mean you absolutely did blast me off the line yeah I got a great start I guess all that traction and then uh and then the arrow took over and you just uh disappeared that was fun though yeah it wasn't the arrow and the weight that is a heavy car this is quite heavy really for an M2 but that is seriously heavy it's like a whole turn heavier yeah and then you've got a factor in me as well I'm about probably 50 kilos heavier than you but do you want another terrible thing I think I can get a better start so let's just do it again maybe you'll have a chance maybe you'll go quicker um but let's do best two out of three anyway sounds good mate Bring It On foreign oh no it didn't oh shame on me come on oh it's put up a bit here we go can we pass now and Over The Line foreign well but you were gone you know for the eighth of a mile if we were drag racing properly in America you would have won that but for the quarter mile I did Compass here mate it launched so so well I thought I jumped but it was just perfect and then I saw you coming coming and then on the quarter mile you just picked me so then what exactly happened well the M21 completing the standing quarter mile in 11.9 seconds the XM finished in 12 seconds okay now I have a rolling race from 50 miles an hour the cars are in their relaxed Comfort setting automatic mode for the gearbox I'm going to call it in right in here we go three two one go come on kick down not surprising they seem to kick down better than that that was really surprising Joe I thought you'd take off you know with your hybrid system giving that initial pickup with the electric motor but didn't seem that that happened what what happened to your end well you're right the hybrid system did pick up straight away all 197 horsepower of it and then the gearbox genuinely took it felt like 10 seconds to kick down so although I think I got the initial Jump by about a foot and then that was it it was all over yeah that's the thing I found with that car it's like the engine the motor and the gearbox or I'll have to like get into sync and it just takes longer than just an engine and a gearbox doesn't it yeah exactly that exactly that all right we're gonna have another rolling race from 50 miles an hour this time though we're going to take the gearbox out the equation because we're going to start third gear locked in manual mode and the cars in this sportiest setting this time so let's see what happens three two one go oh my God the pickup from that come on come on I'm coming past now but at quite a speed oh my God that's it that is it oh my God guys I might have been a little bit eager on the uh take off there but um but I was surprised at how yeah how slowly you reeled me in that time seemed to pick up really well all that boosts all the electrical energy everything seemed to just be there and it did take off really well which is yeah surprising hmm interesting would you like to do it again were you really jumpy it seemed quite jumpy uh I was a little bit jumpy yeah um I think I just overreacted and then I thought you'd just real me in easily but you didn't all right Joe do you know what I think we have to do that run again because I think you were a little bit too eager so let's get up to speed same thing running race third gear maximum attack here we go three two one go you know what it's still just creep ahead right from the get-go whoa but here we go now yep yeah it does take off that thing you know for such a big heavy car it really does just just nip ahead but then the M2 comes past but I didn't Gap you massively did I I tell you where this seems to lose a bit of time is gear changes it's almost like you're hitting the limiter but you're not all right then one last thing to do brake tests from 100 miles an hour when we reach our starter for emergency stop whichever car stops in the shortest distance wins here we go no freaking way what the actual really did you cheat what happened there I mean this felt really strong on the brakes but that it definitely stops like an end car doesn't it I could not believe it I thought it was going to start doing a nose really and I used my left foot to break as hard as possible but I'm really impressed with that wow I was left foot breaking as well but what you've got that I don't have is regen effect as well so you've got the benefit of that wow double wide from me impressed I just want to say a big thank you to the Murray copper chefs department for closing the road and letting us do these drag races that's so so cool also big thanks to Joe Achilles for taking part in this video and you can follow Joe and all his BMW content by clicking on the pop out button up there or on the link in the description below anyway thanks for watching thank you\n"