Yeah, you are right. But the off the line is dramatically different, and this is were the fun is since its legal speeds.
Think about the .5 difference between the lr and lr with boost. If it was that dramatic and you were inpressed imagine ANOTHER .4 or .5 second faster for the performance. Its IMO easy to come up with reasons to support your own decisions but think about the above example.
Look at the drag race for the SR LR and P. From a roll even the SR+ holds its own with the higher trims. Would this mean its as "fast" as the others because there was not a huge difference at a 50 or 60 roll ( I forget the exact speed ).
I think once you get used to the lr boost feeling stepping into a P would feel quite significant.
And to put it another way, lets say tesla offered ANOTHER upgrade to the LR to make it .4 or .5 faster to match the performance, would you pay for it? Or would you honestly say nope, this is perfect fine as it is? Because that is part of the upgrade cost.
For example it costs 3000 candian for the boost. If they release a boost + for another 3000 to match peformance we would be at 6k.
4k would net 20s, better suspension, brembo brakes, track mode.
Good points all around
So here’s my take:
Financially: Right now in Canada there is a 10k variance between the P and the LR. Take out -2.7k for the boost which is their price here in Cnd $.
Diff: 7.3k plus hst (Ontario) so $8250 net difference for that .4 sec. (3.5 sec w/out roll to 3.9 w/out roll)
Range is 576 LR vs to 507km P. LR hands down there and given P owners tend to want to enjoy their P, likely real world the range is less on the P lol.
Suspension roughness in a 20” Uber to an 18” is quite different given the low profile of the 20.
P’s cannot go down to 18’s due to brake size so one is now forced to buy expensive 20” winter tires or a set of 19” rims/tires. (1.5k-2k extra $ either way vs $800 for a set of 18” winters on LR if you want to. They come all season so that’s even optional. The P gave summer performance tires so no option there).
I think I did state the feel and pull from 0-50 is different in the P hands down 100%. Basically stupid fast to ridicuous fast lol. ( I didn’t say ludicrous lest I confuse MS owners lol)
It’s the 50-130kph where the P and LRBoost start to merge a bit more. The P still having a slight edge.
The diff in feel wasn’t just the 4.4 sec down to 3.9. It was also mid to higher end torque and throttle 50-150kph even. So the diff between non AB to AB is felt across the entire power band. The diff from AB to P is felt primarily off the line and lessens as the speed increases. There is a value drop off there vs LR to LRAB for +2.7k. Not a large +10k from LR to P.
Ie. Pay 2.7k for .5 sec or another 7.3k on top of this for another .4 sec that is more so at 0-50)
What’s the best value there for the $?
So if you count the $8250 net diff plus another $750 for the tires example above assuming bith owners sprung for winters you are at $9000 difference. Now where this starts to get closer is if LR owners now want to buy Uber rims, want a spoiler and to paint their calipers red. All in all around $4500 for this. (3500, 500 and 200 respectively). So to make an LR Boost essentially come close to a P and look exactly like one, with slightly better comfort in terms of susp rise height/dampening and 70km more range… $4500 diff.
For that… I agree get the damn P LOL
she’s a gorgeous machine all around and lots of excited owners irrespective of this analysis!
But for most it’s that 9-10k diff that people see.
(I havnt though gone into the cost of ingenext boost 50 which is 1.2k vs AB 2.7k. So another 1.5k advantage to LR AB over the 9k variance…so now 10.5k diff or 6k if one wants the P look.
Correction: apparently one can put 18’s on a P. Still have to buy a winter rim/tire set vs an LR owner not having to if they want to run the all seasons.)