This is the sixth year in a row that Motor Trend brings us the ‘World’s Greatest Drag Race’ and, as always, we’re looking at a few surprises.

While you may disagree with some of the cars chosen to race each other in this video, it’s still fun to see a few relatively new and direct rivals giving it the full beans in a straight line.

The list of cars is as follows: Acura NSX, Aston Martin V12 Vantage S, Audi R8 V10 Plus, BMW M4 GTS, Chevrolet Camaro SS 1LE, Dodge Viper ACR, Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R, Jaguar F-Type SVR, McLaren 570S, Mercedes-AMG GT S, Nissan GT-R, Porsche Carrera S and the 707 HP Charger Hellcat.

To be fair, the latter was thrown in by the hosts for fun, but it still manages to edge out some of the cars in this group.

Now, what got us really excited was seeing how the NSX would do against top-notch 0-60 champs such as the GT-R, the R8 or the 570S, especially after watching this review by Consumer Reports yesterday which pointed to the Acura as being lightning quick off the line.

Even though all of these cars are famous for one reason or another, when it comes to acceleration, you can easily make an educated guess as to which of them would be the ones fighting for the win.

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