New 75D faster than 85D?

[drummerboy7816]

So I took my 2015 85D to service for squeaking roof and wind noise last week, and they gave me a 75D with 10k miles on it as loaner for a about a week.

Almost immediately I felt that the acceleration was just a lot more immediate and “violent” than my 85. Didn’t get to do any 0-60 tests with the 75, but it seems pretty apparent. Just got my 85 back yesterday and again, the difference is pretty noticeable from a standstill.

Per specs they should be same/similar. I wonder if my 85D is somehow defective. It’s not slow by any means, but pretty noticeable difference to the 75D. Or maybe the added weight of the 85 makes it feel more stable and less violent?

Going to do a 0-60 with my 85D tomorrow but this has been bugging me.

 

[Amar]

What I found online is that 0-60 for 85d is 5s and 75d is 4.2s.

 

[croman]

What I found online is that 0-60 for 85d is 5s and 75d is 4.2s.

85D was uncorked to 4.2 a long while back. It has less initial power but better passing power.

 

[Krash]

85D was uncorked to 4.2 a long while back. It has less initial power but better passing power.

75D uncorking started June 2017 and worked backwards on previously released cars in batches.

75D has higher torque limits for faster acceleration but the 85D has a 400v battery (as opposed to the 350v 75D) and has higher max battery power and less very high speed backEMF. Both result in better high speed passing.

 

[croman]

To be clear 85Ds were also uncorked. 75D uncorking was a surprise.

 

[drummerboy7816]

Ah, that makes perfect sense.

I did feel that the 75 wasn’t as fast from 60 onward compared to the 85. I.e. 85 has more to give.

So assuming both 0-60 is equal at 4.2, the 75 prob just has a faster 0-30 or so to give that harder initial punch but 85 catches up in the 30-60 or something like that.

 

[Bill Price]

So assuming both 0-60 is equal at 4.2, the 75 prob just has a faster 0-30 or so to give that harder initial punch but 85 catches up in the 30-60 or something like that.

Just as a reference, I used to own an AWD ICE car that would do the 1/4 mile in 11.8 @ 119 mph. This car would do 0-60 in 3.9 seconds and put out 427 hp at all four wheels on a dyno. With that in mind, the car weighed 3400 lbs with me in it so to move a car that weighs almost 5000 lbs from 0-60 in 4.2 seconds is an AMAZING feat.

 

[PWlakewood]

I had s 2018 75d loaner and did some 0-60 times and was consistently 3.8 to 4.2. Not sure how accurate this was but it felt pretty quick up to 60 and after 60 it felt horribly slow compared to other variations I have driven.

 

[4EVar]

Unless you had chill mode on your own car and not on the loaner. .

 

[drummerboy7816]

Unless you had chill mode on your own car and not on the loaner. .

That was my first thought too, but nope. Standard mode on both. Not battery % either as the loaner 75 was at 50% when I tested it.

 

[drummerboy7816]

Just did a video of my 85D 0-60 and at 75% charge it was right around 4 seconds, so my car seems normal. Just that the 75D felt faster off the line.

 

[Galve2000]

To be clear 85Ds were also uncorked. 75D uncorking was a surprise.

when were the 85Ds uncorked. do you have any supporting evidence of this? i'm not really interested in fast 0-60 times.. but it is nice to know about my car, if true.