2,400 HP Volvo Iron Knight Truck or 400 HP Volvo S60 Polestar: Which is Faster?

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It’s time to sit back an enjoy another fun Volvo Trucks promotional video. This time it’s a mashup between an FIA world top speed record holding semi truck, the Iron Knight, and a Touring Championship race winning Volvo S60 Polestar TC1 race car.

The Volvo Iron Knight is a specially prepared racing semi truck with a monstrous turbo-diesel engine that produces 2,400 horsepower and 4,425 lb-ft of torque. The truck’s main purpose is to break top speed records, and it holds several top speed records in the semi truck classification.

The Volvo S60 Polestar TC1 is a car built for circuit racing in the WTCC series. This car recently won a race in Shanghai, China. It uses a four-cylinder turbocharged gasoline engine that makes 400 horsepower and 346 lb-ft of torque.

Volvo prepared two tests: a quarter mile drag race and a lap around the Mantorp Park racing circuit in Sweden. The rain kept the contest interesting.

The results? You may have guessed that the semi truck was faster in a straight line (over the quarter mile), and the race car was quicker around the track.

Check out the odd mashup in the video below.