Thanks for posting, but that is super weak evidence for your claim. Even if we assume they are currently doing this 1ft roll out only with the P versions but now aren’t posting it (as opposed to the more sensible option of doing it with all or none) the typed-in part that having 1ft or roll out decreases 0-60 time by 0.4s sounds absurd.
That really depends on the car.
For the Model 3 P it was only 0.2 for example (where they changed it from 3.5 to 3.3 without actually changing the performance in any way)
You don't really need any further "evidence" of my claim beyond the fact they knocked 0.2 off the spec without changing the actual car. Only way to do that is start using a different measurement. But they
only do it for the P (which is why none of the other trims changed)
Look at it this way: 0-60 time scales with power and we know the P has 30% more power than AWD. So take the 3.2s of the P and multiple by 1.3 and you get 4.2s. So there’s a discrepency of 0.3s. Part of this would presumably be attributed to the higher grip tires of the P that allow for higher initial torque.
Not sure why you'd assume that- since we know for a measured fact even the P is not traction limited with all-season tires, let alone the AWD.
At the least it would be irrational to think the AWD can get below 4.2s when it has less grip.
Again, no model 3 is traction limited. Folks with a P3D- who switched from the
same tires the AWD comes with to PS4s saw no significantly change in 0-60.
A few guys have detailed logs and g data backing this up if you want to search for it.
4.26 is the quickest 0-60 I've seen posted for AWD- but it's measured using rollout like the P is measured to get to 3.3.
Which again reinforces the fact they're only about 1 second apart despite Teslas dishonest marketing numbers.
Given the 5% increase in power for the AWD we should expect it to get an updated spec of 4.3s
Sure. Except they updated the P and RWD to be 0.1 faster with the 5% thing (before even releasing it) but didn'tupdate the AWD number at all.
because, again, they want the AWD to look worse than it is compared to the P for marketing reasons.
, which makes perfect sense iff the stock tires have sufficient grip ...and that is not clear.
No, it's pretty clear. Even the P with the MXM4s have enough grip.