Model S (Performance edition) 1/4 mile time

[AnOutsider]

Also some numbers here: Fast BMW M5s 1/4 Mile 0-60 Drag Racing - DragTimes.com

it's sorted by latest model year first. Not being a follower of the brand, was there a few years with no new M5? Or did folks just not take their M5s out to the track?

As an aside, just 3 entries for Roadsters. I guess the varying times are the different versions? Seems times would be closer since it's single gear:

Fast Tesla Roadsters 1/4 Mile 0-60 Drag Racing - DragTimes.com

 

[spatterso911]

I have been a follower of the M5 for the past 20 years (and owned 3 versions - E34, E39, and E60). The official 1/4 mile time for the E60 (last version) is 12.6 sec, and the latest 1/4 times for the TTM5 is 11.9 sec. @ 120 mph. There isn't really a comparison because with the previous model, the power band is immense at high speed, but the low end torque is rather paltry for a car of that magnitude. This was "fixed" with the twin turbo architecture, with incredible torque at low speed but with a sacrifice of some top end and potential heat sink problems. The benefits, though, are incredible 1/4 mile times and 0-60 times (3.7 sec). I'd bet that any person within a short time frame could consistently get 4.0 sec 0-60 launches in that car, but the $20K premium is what is really the issue between an M5 and the Model S. Add in a 17 mpg average, despite what the reviews say. I routinely see only about 14.5 mpg in mine in mixed driving.

 

[spatterso911]

Not being a follower of the brand, was there a few years with no new M5? [/url]

M5 did not exist in the US between 2004 and 2005.5

It shifted from the E39 to the E60. 1996 - 1999 also was a period of no M5's.

 

[Blurry_Eyed]

Official Tesla Website posting of the 1/4 mile time for Model S performance: 12.6 seconds and 0-60 mph in 4.4 seconds

The Standard Model S with the 85 kWh pack 1/4 mile in 13.7 seconds and 0-60 in 5.6 seconds.

Posted under the Model S options & pricing section at the Tesla motors website.

 

[Trnsl8r]

So what's everyone's guess as to the Model S Performance edition 1/4 mile time?

Let me be the first to toss a number out there.
Hmmmmm.....

13.7 seconds

Official Tesla Website posting of the 1/4 mile time for Model S performance: 12.6 seconds and 0-60 mph in 4.4 seconds

The Standard Model S with the 85 kWh pack 1/4 mile in 13.7 seconds and 0-60 in 5.6 seconds.

Posted under the Model S options & pricing section at the Tesla motors website.

Holy crap, OP was spot on with the time, just wrong model.

 

[spatterso911]

Amazing prognostication! I'm very excited about the quarter mile time, which means that the power is sustainable and the 30-50 mph time should be neck snappingly fast.

 

[Discoducky]

Amazing prognostication! I'm very excited about the quarter mile time, which means that the power is sustainable and the 30-50 mph time should be neck snappingly fast.

Coupled with the low CoG and weight distribution it will really give the M5 a run for it's money on the track

 

[richkae]

Coupled with the low CoG and weight distribution it will really give the M5 a run for it's money on the track

As long as you find a track with short straights so that you dont go much faster than 125mph on any of them - it would be a very exciting race.

 

[smorgasbord]

Posted under the Model S options & pricing section at the Tesla motors website.

Kind of scary that it'll take months for the 40kWh & 60kWh versions to travel a 1/4 mile!

Performance model is about same as Roadster 1/4 mile, btw, so the motor must have more "legs" at higher rpms.

 

[Lyon]

Kind of scary that it'll take months for the 40kWh & 60kWh versions to travel a 1/4 mile!

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Performance model is about same as Roadster 1/4 mile, btw, so the motor must have more "legs" at higher rpms.

What that tells me is that passing on the freeway should be a snap!

 

[Zextraterrestrial]

Ya, i think 12.6 is a pretty realistic #.

what??

can I buy someone a beer?