Tesla D: New P85D will go from 0-60 in under 3 seconds

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3 pointsjrnkntl2 comments

The sub-3-second-to-60 club includes some very amazing cars, from the 'accessible' Chevrolet Corvette Z06 to the go-cart on steroids KTM X-Bow to the exotic and expensive Koenigsegg Agera R.

Typically these times require the right tires, and track conditions so I'll be eager to see some real-world benchmarking.

A sub-3.0s 0-60 time would be phenomenal, but it's important to note that the Tesla is AWD. An AWD car gets to 60 MPH in a way that is very different than some of the other cars mentioned. The additional traction of AWD reduces the time required to get to 30 MPH by a half-second (or more), which is substantial at this level of performance. This tends to be the area where quick AWD cars make up ground on the otherwise superior performing competition.

I don't mean to diminish the accomplishment, but more to provide context. Judging a car's acceleration performance by 0-60 time is a very limited means of evaluation. The least, you'd want to look at is 0-60 MPH as well as quarter mile elapsed time and trap speed.

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