Tesla Model X Plaid - Video Review
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All the while sounding like a Disney Ride...
That's all I need arounf here; soccor Moms runnig around here doing 2.5 second 0 to 60 runs on the way to soccor practice...
The first SUV you can't remove your kids from in a Boston pahking garage.
Other than the steering wheel, I find it pretty impressive. Any vehicle that can run a 9 second 1/4 mile is awesome!
It is a new world. 9 second SUV?
Wow, the mighty Porsche launched well and stayed close to 60 mph; after that is was all over.
It would do better against the Model 3 Performance.
It would do better against the Model 3 Performance.
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A 10 second car vs a 9 second car, the result is predictable. The Porsche is 640HP, the Plaid, 1,020, even Stevie Wonder could have seen this result coming.
A better line-up would have been with the 840HP Demon. Still a couple hundred ponies short, but at least in the same ballpark 1/4 mile-wise.
A $124K SUV vs $240K Supercar... Whoda thunk it?
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Anyone who looked at the HP figures, lol.
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One is 10 second car, one is 9 second car, everybody knew that going in, why should anybody be surprised by the results?
The Porsche has a curb weight of 3,636lbs, that's .176HP per lb
The Tesla has a curb weight of 5,390lbs, that's .189HP per lb
That is not almost identical.
The Dodge Demon, which is also a 9 second car has a curb weight of 4,280lbs, that's 0.196HP per lb, closer to the Tesla, and, not surprising, runs in the same bracket (a little faster, linked car went 9.57) for 1/4 mile.
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Just for fun, I dug up the old Wallace Racing 1/4 mile calculator and plugged these same figures in. From fastest to slowest, the same three cars:
1. Demon: 9.76
2. Tesla X: 9.86
3. Porsche: 10.07
The ranking is relatively consistent with the published numbers with the Tesla and Demon doing a bit better than the calculator, while the Porsche is extremely close with what Car and Driver got, which was a 10.1.
1. Demon: 9.76
2. Tesla X: 9.86
3. Porsche: 10.07
The ranking is relatively consistent with the published numbers with the Tesla and Demon doing a bit better than the calculator, while the Porsche is extremely close with what Car and Driver got, which was a 10.1.
