This post started in May 2022 as a video of a 1,000 hp electric Hummer lining up against a C8. The video is still here, further down. What the page was missing was the numbers, so this version has them: published test results for both vehicles, why the launch is close, and why the rest of the race is not.

The Corvette wins the quarter mile by about 0.8 seconds

On published numbers the Corvette is ahead at every distance a drag strip measures. MotorTrend’s 2020 Stingray Z51 reached 60 mph in 2.8 seconds and covered the quarter mile in 11.1 seconds at 123.2 mph (CorvetteBlogger has the full MotorTrend figures). Car and Driver’s 2022 Hummer EV Edition 1 pickup reached 60 in 3.3 seconds and ran the quarter in 11.9 seconds at 106 mph (Car and Driver’s instrumented test).

The manufacturers’ own figures say the same thing with a smaller gap at the start. GMC estimated 3.0 seconds to 60 for the Edition 1. Chevrolet rated the 2020 Stingray at 2.9 seconds with the Z51 package and 3.0 seconds without it, and at 11.2 seconds in the quarter mile either way (121 mph with Z51, 123 mph without).

So to 60 mph the gap is a tenth of a second on the factory claims and half a second in the magazine tests. By the end of the quarter mile it is 0.8 seconds and 17 mph. At 106 mph, 0.8 seconds is roughly 120 feet. These are two tests run on different days, so read that as the size of the gap, not a timeslip.

Hummer EV vs C8 Corvette: the numbers side by side

The Corvette figures below belong to the 2020 model year Stingray with Z51. The 2021 and 2022 cars used the same 6.2L LT2. The Hummer figures are for the 2022 Edition 1 pickup, the 1,000 hp launch truck.

Two notes on the weights. Car and Driver listed its own Hummer test truck at 9,640 lbs (4,373 kg), heavier than GM’s 9,063 lb figure. The Corvette’s 3,647 lbs is what a Z51 test car weighed on Car and Driver’s scales. Car and Driver’s Hummer wore a $118,039 sticker.

Two rows carry the whole argument. The Hummer makes about twice the power, 1,000 hp against 495 hp. It also weighs about 2.5 times as much, 9,063 lbs against 3,647 lbs. Every horsepower in the truck has 9.1 lbs to move. Every horsepower in the Corvette has 7.4 lbs.

Why a 9,063 lb truck stays close to 60 mph

A launch is a traction problem before it is a power problem, and the Hummer is built to win the traction part.

• All four tires are driven. The Edition 1 has three motors, one on the front axle and two at the rear. The Corvette sends everything through its two rear tires.
• Electric torque is there from a standstill. The motors are rated at 1,200 lb-ft combined and do not need to build revs first. The Corvette’s 470 lb-ft comes from a V8 that has to be up in its rev range and worked through a clutch.
• While the tires are the limit, weight cancels out. A heavier vehicle presses its tires into the pavement harder and gets more grip, and it needs exactly that much more force to accelerate. With all four wheels driven, the first part of the Hummer’s run is set by how well its tires hook up, not by what it weighs.
• Launch mode sets the truck up for it. Watts to Freedom lowers the air suspension and readies the cooling system before the run.
• The Corvette is good at this too. The engine sits behind the driver and puts its weight on the driven wheels, which is why a 495 hp rear-drive car can reach 60 in 2.8 seconds at all.

That is how a truck this heavy gets within half a second of a C8 to 60. It also matches a real-world result with a Corvette on the other side. Popular Science covered a Speed Phenom test where Austin Everett ran his 2023 Z06 against a 2022 Hummer EV on a cold day. The Hummer led until about 40 mph, and then the Z06 went by. The Z06 reached 60 in 3.4 seconds, the Hummer in 3.8 (Popular Science has the write-up).

Why the Corvette pulls away after 60

Once both vehicles can put all their power down, grip stops mattering and power to weight takes over. That is where 9.1 lbs per horsepower loses to 7.4.

Then the Hummer runs out of speed. In Car and Driver’s test the truck hit its speed limiter 1,008 feet into the run. A quarter mile is 1,320 feet, so it covered the last 312 feet without gaining anything and crossed the line at 106 mph. The Corvette is still accelerating at that point and goes through at 121 to 123 mph.

The shape matters as well. The Hummer is a tall pickup on 35-inch off-road tires, and air resistance climbs with the square of speed, so the truck pays far more for every mph past 60 than a low car does.

A lot of that weight is battery. The Edition 1’s pack alone weighs 2,923 lbs (1,326 kg), according to documents GM filed with the EPA and reported by The Drive. That is about 80 percent of an entire C8 Stingray Z51.

Hummer EV 0-60: 3.0 claimed, 3.3 tested, 4.9 from a roll

The Hummer’s headline number depends on Watts to Freedom, GMC’s name for launch control. You tap the stability control button twice and confirm with a button on the steering wheel. The truck drops on its air suspension and preps its cooling, and then you launch.

GMC’s estimate for the Edition 1 in that mode was 3.0 seconds. Car and Driver measured 3.3 seconds in that mode. The same test recorded 4.9 seconds from 5 to 60 mph, which the magazine called more representative of real-world power delivery. That rolling-start figure is 1.6 seconds longer than the launch-mode run.

The truck has gotten quicker since. For the 2026 model year GMC added a Carbon Fiber Edition pickup and claims 2.8 seconds to 60 for it. That is a tenth ahead of Chevrolet’s 2.9 second figure for the LT2 Stingray. The claim covers 0 to 60 only.

What the newer Corvettes do against a Hummer EV

The 2022 matchup put the base C8 against the top Hummer EV of the day. Every Corvette added to the lineup since then is further ahead.

E-Ray. This is the one that took away the Hummer’s only advantage. It paired the 495 hp LT2 with a 160 hp front motor for 655 hp and all-wheel drive. Chevrolet’s figures were 2.5 seconds to 60 and 10.5 seconds at 130 mph. The E-Ray is discontinued for 2027, and the 721 hp Grand Sport X takes over as the all-wheel-drive hybrid.

ZR1. Rear-drive only, with 1,064 hp and 828 lb-ft from the twin-turbo LT7. Chevrolet’s testing produced 2.3 seconds to 60 and 9.6 seconds at 150 mph. That is more power than the Hummer makes, without the truck’s weight. More on that car in my C8 ZR1 review.

ZR1X. The ZR1’s engine plus a front motor, 1,250 hp, all-wheel drive. Car and Driver recorded 1.8 seconds to 60 and 8.9 seconds at 155 mph, measured with a one-foot rollout on Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2R tires (Carscoops has the test details). That is 3.0 seconds ahead of the Hummer Edition 1 over the quarter mile, with a trap speed 49 mph higher. The full breakdown is in my Corvette ZR1X guide.

The video: Brink of Speed runs a Hummer EV against a C8

The video that started this post comes from the Brink of Speed channel on YouTube. The setup is a set of 0 to 60 runs between the host’s own C8 and a friend’s brand new 2022 Hummer EV pickup, the 1,000 hp truck. When I first posted this in May 2022 I listed the Corvette as a 2020 car. That makes it a Stingray, since the Z06 did not arrive until the 2023 model year.

The title asks whether the C8 gets humiliated. I will leave the result of each run to the video. The published numbers above say what to expect: a launch close enough that the Hummer can lead early, as it did against the Z06 until about 40 mph, and a Corvette that is in front by 60 mph when it launches clean.

Frequently asked questions

A 641 hp, all-wheel-drive Lamborghini against a 495 hp, rear-drive Corvette looks like an easy win for the Lamborghini. It is not. I have owned four C8s (a Stingray, two Z06s and the ZR1 I own now), and the Stingray is the least powerful of them. It is still quicker than a Urus. Here is the race, the published test numbers for both, and the reason the lighter car wins.

The video: a 2022 C8 Stingray roll races a 2020 Urus

The video is “Lamborghini Urus vs Corvette C8” from the YouTube channel C8_Moe. Per the video description, the cars are a 2022 C8 Corvette and a 2020 Lamborghini Urus. The Corvette’s only listed mod is an AWE exhaust. A 2022 C8 is a Stingray with the 6.2L LT2, because the Z06 did not arrive until the 2023 model year.

It is a roll race from roughly 40 mph, not a dig. Once both cars are on the throttle, the Corvette pulls away from the Urus. Here is what is known about the run and what is not:

• Confirmed: 2022 C8 Corvette with an AWE exhaust against a 2020 Urus, from a roll, and the Corvette wins.
• Not known: whether the Corvette has the Z51 package.
• Not known: whether the Urus is stock.
• Not known: any times or trap speeds. A roll race is not timed like a dragstrip pass, so treat it as one data point.

One roll race proves little by itself. The published test numbers are what make the result believable.

Urus vs C8 Stingray: tested numbers side by side

The nearest published instrumented tests to the two cars in the video are MotorTrend’s 2020 Stingray Z51 and Car and Driver’s 2019 Urus. The 2022 Stingray uses the same LT2 V8 and 8-speed dual-clutch as the 2020 car.

The two cars were tested by different magazines on different days, so read the gaps as approximate. Chevrolet’s 3,366 lb is a dry weight with no fluids. Lamborghini’s 4,843 lb is a curb weight.

The numbers in plain sentences. MotorTrend’s 2020 Stingray Z51 reached 60 mph in 2.8 seconds and ran the quarter mile in 11.1 seconds at 123.2 mph. Car and Driver’s Urus reached 60 mph in 3.2 seconds and ran the quarter mile in 11.4 seconds at 121 mph. That puts the Corvette 0.4 seconds ahead to 60, 0.3 seconds ahead at the end of the quarter, and 2.2 mph faster through the traps.

On power the Urus is well ahead. Its twin-turbo V8 makes 641 hp and 627 lb-ft, against 490 hp and 465 lb-ft for a base LT2 Stingray, or 495 hp and 470 lb-ft with the Z51 package. On weight it is the other way around. Lamborghini lists the Urus at 4,843 lb (2,197 kg). Chevrolet lists the LT2 Stingray coupe at 3,366 lb (1,527 kg) dry. That is a 1,477 lb (670 kg) difference on the makers’ own figures.

Why the Corvette wins from a roll

A roll race removes the launch. Both cars are already moving, so traction off the line stops mattering and it comes down to how much weight each horsepower has to push.

• Weight per horsepower favors the C8. On the makers’ figures, each Corvette horsepower moves about 6.9 lb and each Urus horsepower moves about 7.6 lb. The 151 hp advantage does not cover a 1,477 lb penalty.
• The real gap is probably wider. Carscoops’ report on the Car and Driver test lists the Urus at 5,314 lb (2,410 kg). At that weight each horsepower moves about 8.3 lb.
• All-wheel drive adds little at 40 mph. Driving four wheels pays off most from a stop. Once both cars are rolling, the rear-drive C8 can put its power down too.
• Trap speed already said so. Quarter mile trap speed is the best published stand-in for a roll race, because it reflects power against weight more than launch. The Stingray trapped at 123.2 mph. The Urus trapped at 121 mph.

So the video result is what the test sheets predict. A 2022 Stingray with an exhaust should walk away from a 2020 Urus from 40 mph, and it does.

From a dig, the Urus gets closer

A standing start is the Urus’s best case. It drives all four wheels through a Torsen center differential with a default 40/60 front to rear split, and its 627 lb-ft arrives by 2,250 rpm. The Stingray’s torque peak sits at 5,150 rpm. For the first car length, that is a real advantage.

The C8 answers with layout. With the engine behind the driver, 60.6 percent of the Stingray’s weight sits over the driven rear wheels, which is why a rear-drive car can reach 60 mph in 2.8 seconds at all. Lamborghini’s own claim for the Urus is 3.6 seconds to 62 mph, and Car and Driver’s test car did 3.2 seconds to 60. Chevrolet claims 2.9 seconds to 60 for a Z51 Stingray.

There is a written record of this matchup from a dig. In February 2021, CorvetteBlogger covered the Speed Phenom channel’s 2020 Stingray Z51 coupe against a Urus over the eighth mile at Irwindale Dragstrip. The Urus had a mild tune and a downpipe. They ran twice. The Urus driver got a much better jump on the second run, and the article calls it a split decision, but the Corvette took the win on elapsed time.

Price: one Urus costs more than three Stingrays

A 2020 Lamborghini Urus started at $207,326. A 2022 Corvette Stingray coupe started at $62,195 including destination, and the convertible at $69,695. The base price gap is $145,131. Three Stingray coupes come to $186,585, which still leaves $20,741 of the Urus’s sticker.

These are different vehicles for different jobs. The Urus is an SUV with a back seat and a cargo area. On acceleration alone, though, the cheaper car is the quicker one.

How the newer cars change the picture

Both lineups have moved since that video. The Urus SE is a plug-in hybrid. The Corvette lineup now has five models above the Stingray, and the Stingray has a bigger engine.

Sources: Lamborghini figures as published by Edmunds, GM figures as published by CorvetteBlogger. Lamborghini quotes 0 to 62 mph (100 km/h) and GM quotes 0 to 60 mph, so the two columns are not on the same yardstick.

On the Lamborghini side, the Urus SE is a plug-in hybrid with about 800 hp, and Lamborghini claims 3.4 seconds to 62 mph with a top speed of about 194 mph. Edmunds lists the outgoing SE at $262,631 including destination. The Urus SE Performante, due late in 2026, pairs the twin-turbo V8 with an electric motor for 812 hp and 738 lb-ft, with a claimed 3.3 seconds to 62 mph. That is 171 hp more than the 2020 Urus, and Lamborghini’s own sprint claim moved from 3.6 seconds to 3.3.

On the Corvette side, the 2027 Stingray moved to the 6.7L LS6 with 535 hp and 520 lb-ft, 45 hp more than a base LT2 Stingray. Above it, GM claims 2.6 seconds to 60 for the 670 hp Z06 with Z07 and 2.3 seconds for the 1,064 hp ZR1 with ZTK. The 1,250 hp ZR1X is in another category: GM says 1.68 seconds to 60 and an 8.675 second quarter mile at 159 mph on a prepped strip, and 8.99 seconds on an unprepped surface with the ZTK package.

The ZR1X and the 721 hp Grand Sport X also matter for a second reason. Both are hybrid all-wheel-drive Corvettes, so the one advantage the Urus had off the line is now available on the Chevrolet side too. Every trim’s time is in my C8 Corvette 0 to 60 guide.

Frequently asked questions