[It's embarrassing to the gas car guys that Tesla's family sedan has a better 0-60 time than everything except a few supercars.] I think the term "embarrassing

[It's embarrassing to the gas car guys that Tesla's family sedan has a better 0-60 time than everything except a few supercars.] I think the term "embarrassing" may be a little excessive here since you are singling out only a single aspect of a car's performance (0-60 time in this case). Sure, the Tesla beats many (family) cars of a similar price range at short-burst/short-term acceleration, but it falls really short when you need that kind of power over longer periods of time [1], such as around an actual race track with turns. For example, a GTR is known to be a few 10th's slower in terms of 0-60 times, but would destroy any Tesla in nearly all other forms of racing. The GTR is also a 4 seater Nissan, which can arguably be considered just as practical as an electric car of today. When you compare overall performance to other sport oriented family cars (such as the M3 or M4), the Tesla isn't embarassing anyone. That being said, I realize the Tesla isn't a purpose built track car, and for what it is, it's one hell of a performer, but I constantly see people bringing up the 0-60 time, saying how it destroys so many gas cars, but it's really more complicated than that. EDIT: Just to add (in reference to your "you have to get into electric cars" comment), a CTS-V with under $10,000 of modifications will beat the Tesla P90D in a drag race, and still be ~$10,000 cheaper all said and done. I don't think it's possible to add performance modifications to the Tesla at all, so this is another area where gas cars have the advantage. [1] http://insideevs.com/expected-tesla-model-s-fails-lap-nurburgring-full-power-video/ http://insideevs.com/expected-tesla-model-s-fails-lap-nurbur...