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Quick != Fast. Quick in the automotive industry generally refers to acceleration. Fast refers to top speed. Tesla made a big deal about acceleration, but as I
by endorphone 7y ago
Quick != Fast.
Quick in the automotive industry generally refers to acceleration. Fast refers to top speed. Tesla made a big deal about acceleration, but as I said they cede that there are much faster cars out there.
The Tesla is very quick at accelerating. This is indisputable. Tesla made a benefit of electric motors, properly implemented, to push a high end sedan. Eh. That this whole discussion is full of people moaning that Porsche, years and years later, might make a two seater that in some situations is more performant is quite incredible really, and is quite the accolades for Tesla.
Regarding the roadster...how is that plainly false? 2.1 seconds might very much qualify it as the quickest car in the world, production or not. At least for things that qualify as "cars".
- clouddrover 7y ago> Quick != Fast Don't make excuses for Tesla's overblown marketing. Playing semantics is the lowest form of argument. > Regarding the roadster...how is that plainly false? Because non-production cars outperform it.
- endorphone 7y agoSemantics? They are very specific about what measure it is good at. You seem dead-set on pissing on Tesla for some reason. Which non-production car outperforms the Roadster's claimed 2.1 second 0-60? Beyond those that don't really qualify as cars (e.g. with jet engines, etc), I'm not aware of any.
- clouddrover 7y ago> You seem dead-set on pissing on Tesla for some reason. No, I'm just objective and realistic. > Which non-production car outperforms the Roadster's claimed 2.1 second 0-60? The AMS Performance Alpha Omega Nissan R35 GT-R does 0 to 60 in 1.72 seconds: https://www.motor1.com/news/44845/ams-performance-alpha-omega-nissan-r35-gt-r-is-even-faster-now-video/ https://www.motor1.com/news/44845/ams-performance-alpha-omeg... The Red Victor 2 does 0 to 60 in 0.9 seconds: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Victor_2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Victor_2 Red Victor 3: http://cars.barcroft.tv/britains-fastest-street-legal-car-andy-frost-red-viktor http://cars.barcroft.tv/britains-fastest-street-legal-car-an... The Grimsel from AMZ: https://www.theverge.com/2016/6/22/12004422/fastest-accelerating-electric-car-world-record-formula-student-sae https://www.theverge.com/2016/6/22/12004422/fastest-accelera... Global Rallycross cars: https://www.roadandtrack.com/motorsports/videos/a31137/how-global-rallycross-cars-can-accelerate-faster-than-gravity/ https://www.roadandtrack.com/motorsports/videos/a31137/how-g... V8 era Formula 1 cars: https://jalopnik.com/this-chart-explains-why-formula-one-cars-are-so-damn-fa-5960423 https://jalopnik.com/this-chart-explains-why-formula-one-car... > Beyond those that don't really qualify as cars (e.g. with jet engines, etc) The Tesla Roadster is supposed to come with rocket thrusters: https://electrek.co/2019/07/19/tesla-roadster-hover-test-spacex-late-2020-elon-musk/ https://electrek.co/2019/07/19/tesla-roadster-hover-test-spa... So does the Roadster qualify as a car?
- Ididntdothis 7y agoHow many people understand your definition of quick vs fast? I bet not many. Tesla's marketing is misleading. They also did that with "auto-pilot" which makes people think the car is automatic.
- brokenmachine 7y agoI don't disagree that it's misleading. Personally, I'd do a small amount of research before dropping that much cash on a car. I certainly wouldn't base my decision on a single sentence from a press release. Consumers who would, deserve what they get.