I believe this is the fastest production car under 300k that you can buy.
Not until the Tesla goes around the Nurburgring in the same fashion the GTR did.[1][2]
[1] http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/best-cars/86123/fastest-nurburg...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_N%C3%BCrburgring_Nords...
Or manages to go around the Nurburgring at full power at all:
http://insideevs.com/expected-tesla-model-s-fails-lap-nurbur... “Unfortunately the car went into a reduced power mode about 3 minutes in due to excess battery heat (at least, that’s my guess). However, before it did it was able to keep a GT3 RS going full chat, within shouting distance (at the 2:00 mark) far longer than any 4,700lb sedan has a right to.
I think my next non-two seater car will be a Model S (fortunately I have a petrol-powered sports coupe to take to the track).
GT characteristics when I want, goes plenty fast for someone that seldomly goes to the track and yet still is capable of exciting on the road. The P85D, while fast, when I floored it I felt like I was taking off on a plane but there was a sense of comfort and safety that, funnily enough, I didn't want.
The Tesla is a 4-door sedan that you could easily use to pick up business partners from the airport. You might as well compare the tesla to a BMW HP4 (superbike).
Also, i'm pretty sure the Tesla IS the only $100k luxury sedan with that performance right now. Very few pure sports cars make it under 3s.
The Tesla can provide smooth acceleration from 0 to 60. No combustion engine can accomplish that feat... although some hybrid supercars are beginning to incorporate electric motors for that reason.
It's not? At these rates higher acceleration is more than exponentially harder to achieve, that is the closer to zero you get. Someone should link a nice graph.
http://www.zeroto60times.com/2-second-cars-0-60-mph-times/
The Tesla is the only sedan on the list. The majority of the cars are mid/rear engine super cars or track-day cars that you wouldn't care to drive every day. Any way you slice it, this is remarkable company.
The 2014 Porsche 911 Turbo S was tested by Car and Driver at 2.5 seconds 0-60, and it's ~$200K, depending on options: http://www.caranddriver.com/porsche/911-turbo-turbo-s
I suspect the 2015 Turbo S might be a bit quicker.
1. next year's needs to be quicker on paper by a small margin
2. the 918 needs to be the fastest on paper by a large margin
what's remarkable about the S is it can do launch-controlled full throttle runs to 60 repeatedly. most other cars in this acceleration class (this new tesla, gt-r, veyron) are simply incapable of that, for various reasons.
well, maybe the veyron, but who really cares because it's ludicrous for other reasons.
The car computer actually prevents you from doing too many launches to avoid damaging the car.
I'm sure you've seen this, but it's amazing nonetheless: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5DRCTW-Q7o
http://www.caranddriver.com/features/the-2015-porsche-918-sp...
(Acceleration vs top speed, agility, etc...)
