This is Tesla's D: an all-wheel-drive Model S with eyes on the road

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"This car is nuts," Musk told an excited crowd filled with Tesla owners. "It's like taking off from a carrier deck. It's bananas. It's like having your own personal roller coaster that you can use at any time."

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Seriously, this is one badass car! $120K, a bit too much for me, but damn....


This is Tesla's D: an all-wheel-drive Model S with eyes on the road | The Verge

[Mr I]

Nice

[Bouncer]

0-60 in 3.2... Nice

Its a beautiful car but I wish they made it a bit different from the base model. I see about 10 of them a day around here. Definitely very popular here.

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And a 275 mile range! I think we are on the verge of a breakthrough here. 5 years, maybe 10 at most, and we will have consumer cars (sub $30K) with multi-hundred mile range. At that point, the days of oil will be numbered.

[Bouncer]

Gimme 300hp, 300 miles per charge, clean german looks, and $40k and I'll buy it today.

100% of the torque on these electric cars is immediately available as soon as you put your foot down. Definitely an advantage over gas engine. They rip off the line.

[BEAST]

Audi's 1500 rpm is not far from immediate for all of your torque. Your engine idles @ 1000 rpm so addition of 500 rpm is pretty much instant.

[Bouncer]

Audi's 1500 rpm is not far from immediate for all of your torque. Your engine idles @ 1000 rpm so addition of 500 rpm is pretty much instant.

Yea I get it but there is a split second pause. I want instant. Like the surge that you get when you use launch control on the Audi. I want that same surge by just pressing the gas... And I want the surge to continue to build at the same momentum all the way up to top speed. I want 0-120mph in 7 seconds. Guess I better get me a P1. :D

[BEAST]

Just get something around 400hp and you'll feel exactly what you are talking about. :)

[Bouncer]

Next car will most likely be the S4. Think it will be 400hp by 2017 when lease is up?

A4/S4 is perfect size for me.