The Energon Pub

Does the red lambo have enough fight in to take on the wild animal that is Rampage? (Member of the gestalt team)

Potentially a no win for for Sideswipe...

Rampage has the strength and firepower BUT is as dumb as a bag of hammers....

Tactics: Keep moving and keep Rampage thinking and chasing get behind as often as possible and move in and out from the fight, constant firepower should wear Rampage down and its just a matter of time before the Decepticons reliability issues kick in and he pops his suspention again.... then its all over!! WIN SIDESWIPE

Maybe...

Rampage's short, violent outbursts would be enough to dismantle the red lambo.

As we know, Swipy's not the one to duke it out from a distance. And he's not the type to draw out a fight.

This is close, vicious combat. Rampage wins here.

Rampage clearly has the advantage here, possessing superior strength and firepower, as well as having greater mobility, over short distances at least. However, he's alarmingly undisciplined and is one of the dumbest Decepticons. While the odds are clearly in his favor, in terms of physical combat, Sideswipe definitely has a chance if he outthinks and outmanuevers him, wearing him down bit by bit.

I think this is, in essence, pretty much what the other posters said. All I can add is that Rampage would probably win in an enclosed, crowded environment (namely a jungle), but Sideswipe would have a better fighting chance in a more open area.

Sideswipe can beat Rampage by distracting him with interesting TV programmes. (Ref. the tech specs.) The Predacon would be so engrossed that Sideswipe could shoot him in the back with his own gun!