So much so that I'm thinking about cutting my P85D lease short and grabbing a new S.
6 months ago the base Model S cost $68,000 and came with a 60kwh battery capable of 208 miles of range and accelerated to 60mph in 5.6 seconds. Your base model car would ride on a coil suspension and lacked certain optional amenities like a power lift gate.
Fast forward to today and your base Model S costs just $1500 more but comes with a 75kwh battery capable of 249 miles of range and accelerates to 60mph in just 4.3 seconds (one tenth slower than the original M5 beating P85). The $2500 air suspension is now standard as is an all glass fixed roof, power lift gate and a bunch of other options that are now standard. Add $5000 to enable autopilot and you're all in for $74,500. Subtract $7,500 for the federal tax credit and you're back to $67,000.
In every way but range (249 versus 265) this is a better car than the original $105,000 P85 and comes in at about $30,000 less than the base P85 did.
6 months ago the base Model S cost $68,000 and came with a 60kwh battery capable of 208 miles of range and accelerated to 60mph in 5.6 seconds. Your base model car would ride on a coil suspension and lacked certain optional amenities like a power lift gate.
Fast forward to today and your base Model S costs just $1500 more but comes with a 75kwh battery capable of 249 miles of range and accelerates to 60mph in just 4.3 seconds (one tenth slower than the original M5 beating P85). The $2500 air suspension is now standard as is an all glass fixed roof, power lift gate and a bunch of other options that are now standard. Add $5000 to enable autopilot and you're all in for $74,500. Subtract $7,500 for the federal tax credit and you're back to $67,000.
In every way but range (249 versus 265) this is a better car than the original $105,000 P85 and comes in at about $30,000 less than the base P85 did.