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04-15-2011, 11:59 AM
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Even with the language barrier and cultural challenges, it's easy to understand what's happening here: a Ferrari F430 is racing a Japanese-market Toyota Corolla, both in reverse. It's the winner that needs some explanation.
Spoiler alert: The Ferrari gets spanked. How and why? Mainly because the TV producers snuck in a ringer in the form of the Corolla equipped with a continuously variable transmission. The Toyota Super CVT-i unit has no separate reverse gear; it provides variable drive ratios whether the car's moving forward or bass-ackward.
Even thought the Ferrari has roughly five times the horsepower of the Corolla, it's routed through a single reverse gear that caps the stallion's rearward speed at 51 mph. The CVT Corolla hits 66 mph — and for a few seconds, becoming the most intriguing rear-wheel-drive Toyota sports car in years.
http://ca.jalopnik.com/5792401/watch-a-toyota-drag-race-a-ferrari-backwards
taimuOY8QWI
Even with the language barrier and cultural challenges, it's easy to understand what's happening here: a Ferrari F430 is racing a Japanese-market Toyota Corolla, both in reverse. It's the winner that needs some explanation.
Spoiler alert: The Ferrari gets spanked. How and why? Mainly because the TV producers snuck in a ringer in the form of the Corolla equipped with a continuously variable transmission. The Toyota Super CVT-i unit has no separate reverse gear; it provides variable drive ratios whether the car's moving forward or bass-ackward.
Even thought the Ferrari has roughly five times the horsepower of the Corolla, it's routed through a single reverse gear that caps the stallion's rearward speed at 51 mph. The CVT Corolla hits 66 mph — and for a few seconds, becoming the most intriguing rear-wheel-drive Toyota sports car in years.
http://ca.jalopnik.com/5792401/watch-a-toyota-drag-race-a-ferrari-backwards