After seeing many different published lists and discussions of cars faster than the Tesla I decided to review the data to see why the lists varied so much. As far as I can tell there are only seven current “production cars” that are faster than the new P90D/L – definition of production below. These are ranked by 0-60 times and price included. Note that the list below includes the Bugatti Veyron which was a production car but is no longer being manufactured. There are bunch of special case cars that are faster but they don’t meet the “production” requirements below. Prices are generally from Car and Driver and based on typical price with the high performance options.
Missing any? Any corrections?
A couple of notes:
Production eligibility is defined as (starting from Wikipedia):
2.2 | Porsche 918 Spyder | $1,000,000 |
2.4 | Ferrari LaFerrari | $1,420,000 |
2.4 | Bugatti Veyron (Supersport World Record Edition shown) | $2,000,000 |
2.5 | Porsche 911 Turbo S | $200,000 |
2.5 | Lamborghini Huracan LP610-4 | $250,000 |
2.6 | McLaren P1 | $1,150,000 |
2.7 | Nissan GT-R NISMO | $150,000 |
2.7 | Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 | $400,000 |
A couple of notes:
- On performance and price… Only the Nissan is competitive wrt to price. The 911 and Huracan come in at a non-trivial price premium for ~10% faster 0-60 times and both are impressive from performance, price, and daily driver perspective. The majority are $1m+. The 918 performance is pretty amazing and interesting to note that it is partially electric. The P1 and Aventador have a tough time from performance/$ perspective although they both look very cool.
- On usability… obviously none of these are close to the Tesla in terms of ability to take passengers, most have essentially no trunk space, all of them are quite loud at normal driving speeds, and none offer anything like autopilot.
Production eligibility is defined as (starting from Wikipedia):
- constructed principally for retail sale to consumers, for their personal use, and to transport people on public roads (no commercial or industrial vehicles are eligible)
- had 2 or more instances made by the original vehicle manufacturer, and offered for commercial sale to the public in new condition (cars modified by professional tuners or individuals are not eligible)
- street-legal in their intended markets, and capable of passing any official tests or inspections required to be granted this status
- seats at least two people and has a climate control system (heat and A/C)