Motor Trend Model S Plaid 1st test: “simply one of the best cars in the world”

[Zcd1]

Bravo, Tesla!:

Tesla Model S Plaid First Test: 0–60 MPH in 1.98 Seconds*!

 

[SilverGS]

"The Verdict​

Although the 2022 Tesla Model S Plaid didn't deliver a sub-2.0-second 0-60 time on typical asphalt—at least not yet—it's no less of a striking achievement for the California-based automaker: The quickest car we've ever tested is a $150K five-seat sedan, not some multimillion-dollar, carbon-fiber-encrusted road missile. It's remarkably well rounded, exhibiting a combination of comfort, luxury, performance, and efficiency that remained a sci-fi fantasy in 2013 when we named the Model S the MotorTrend Car of the Year. Regardless of how much you care about acceleration numbers and how they're achieved, perhaps the most important takeaway is that the Model S Plaid is absolutely among the best cars on the market today."

Enough said

 

[plumazul]

"one of the best cars in the world"???? And yet I can't even order a new Model S with the features I currently have, ... smh

 

[2101Guy]

was the 1.98 achieved with or without 1 foot rollout? Article doesnt really state.
If that was achieved without 1 foot rollout, does that imply less than 1.7 to 1.8 WITH 1 foot rollout?

 

[ucmndd]

was the 1.98 achieved with or without 1 foot rollout? Article doesnt really state.
If that was achieved without 1 foot rollout, does that imply less than 1.7 to 1.8 WITH 1 foot rollout?

1.98 absolutely 100% includes the rollout.

 

[ev_go123]

1.98 absolutely 100% includes the rollout.

1.98 with 1 ft rollout on a prepped surface (asfault covered in a crazy sticky resin called VHT).

What's insane is they ran the car on a non prepped, regular road like surface and it did 0-60 in 2.07s with 1ft rollout (2.28s without).

 

[RobDickinson]

Its 0.2 faster to 60 than a LaFerrari ffs and quicker 0-100-0 than the Senna they tested...

 

[AMPd]

Great car! Would love to buy one, never will as long as the yoke is the only option.

 

[URBAN LEGEND]

Tesla should have let them run it as motortrend wanted. They will get realistic and fast times.

 

[RobDickinson]

Tesla should have let them run it as motortrend wanted. They will get realistic and fast times.

Tesla has been screwed over multiple times by car reviewers...

 

[croman]

Tesla should have let them run it as motortrend wanted. They will get realistic and fast times.

They did. Read the article. They just wanted them to do their prepped surface first to prove the sub 2 second claim.

 

[Altair7]

... and they hated the yoke.