The Tesla Cybertruck doesn’t generate apathy – you either love it or loathe it.

But let’s put subjectivity aside, for an objective test: which is quickest in a drag race, the Cybertruck, or its nearest rival, the Rivian R1T?

Though this test is a little different, as we’re doing it off-road. With each electric pick-up truck sporting a tent out back and the track marked out on a dry lakebed in the middle of the desert.

Is your money on Top Gear Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief, Jack Rix, or Head of Car Testing, Ollie Marriage?
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