Once upon a time, the notion of SUVs drag racing was rather silly. That was back when every sport utility vehicle on the market offered all kinds of utility with just a teeny bit of sport. Times have obviously changed, as the two people-movers featured here dish up approximately 1,200 horsepower combined.
In the left corner there's the BMW X5 M Competition. In the luxury SUV world, it has few performance rivals thanks to a twin-turbocharged 4.4-liter V8 engine making 617 horsepower (460 kilowatts). However, one of those rivals is in the right lane for this showdown, and there's no mistaking the chunky body of the Mercedes-AMG G63. Upright and proud, it also wields a twin-turbocharged V8 albeit slightly smaller at 4.0 liters of displacement. It's also a bit less powerful with 577 hp (430 kW), and the mighty Merc is also several hundred pounds heavier. On paper, things don't look well for AMG.
