In this post we'll discuss the best car ever made. And after we're done talking about the 1989 Grand Marquis we'll discuss the Tesla Model 3!
The more I read about this the more I think we've got a really big problem. Actually, Tesla has a really big problem. Unless your only metric of importance is brutal acceleration the Model 3 is a better car than the S and half the price.
It's smaller and more efficient, it apparently has more rear head room and better ergonomics, it's has more range than the S75 and modestly less than the S100 and it has a better interior.
And now Tesla, presumably understanding of the pickle they've got themselves into, is actively trying to undersell the car. They asked the EPA to lower the range of the high capacity battery car from 334 to 310. The former is just 6 miles off of the big daddy Model S 100D.
And now the one metric I was actually concerned about - performance - was put to bed today when it was revealed that they're also lying about the 0-60 time. What was supposed to be 5.1 seconds to 60 is actually 4.6 seconds. Quarter mile? 13.3 seconds. We're not talking supercar performance here but we are dealing with an objectively quick car, especially when you consider that the performance variant won't be introduced until next year.
The more I read about this the more I think we've got a really big problem. Actually, Tesla has a really big problem. Unless your only metric of importance is brutal acceleration the Model 3 is a better car than the S and half the price.
It's smaller and more efficient, it apparently has more rear head room and better ergonomics, it's has more range than the S75 and modestly less than the S100 and it has a better interior.
And now Tesla, presumably understanding of the pickle they've got themselves into, is actively trying to undersell the car. They asked the EPA to lower the range of the high capacity battery car from 334 to 310. The former is just 6 miles off of the big daddy Model S 100D.
And now the one metric I was actually concerned about - performance - was put to bed today when it was revealed that they're also lying about the 0-60 time. What was supposed to be 5.1 seconds to 60 is actually 4.6 seconds. Quarter mile? 13.3 seconds. We're not talking supercar performance here but we are dealing with an objectively quick car, especially when you consider that the performance variant won't be introduced until next year.