Sunday, April 29, 2012

Tesla Model S, BMW, Mercedes, Audi room, price, acceleration comparisons

A friend asked me to compare the Model S with its competition.  It is supposed to compete with the mid-sized 5-series, E-class, and A6, but I want to look at everyone's roominess first:


The most obvious stat is luggage space.  The Model S has a hatchback configuration which doubles its rear luggage capacity vis-a-vis the competition.  Plus, it's got a front trunk, a la Porsches, that has 8.1 cubic feet of space.

The Model S comes with various batteries.  The more expensive batteries accelerate faster and have longer ranges.  I've chosen two variations of the Tesla along with two engine variations from each of the German marques' mid-sized cars and looked at their prices and 0 to 60 times.




3 comments:

  1. AlanApril 30, 2012 at 2:43 AM

    MR2 geeks call the front trunk the "frunk".

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  2. LukasApril 30, 2012 at 7:25 PM

    Meanwhile, here in Oz:

    535i: US$144,000
    550i: US$199,000
    E350: US$146,000
    E550: US$202,500 (E500)
    A4 2.0T: US$77,400
    A6 3.0T: US$133,400

    :(

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  3. MaxichampApril 30, 2012 at 8:47 PM

    @Lukas: Holy crap! I had always assumed that cars would be reasonably priced Down Under. Are import duties based on the size of the engine?

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