Tesla or Porsche?
The owner of a Taycan Turbo S orders the new Model S Plaid sports car on the spot after a racing defeat.
Palm Beach / USA - The new Tesla * Model S plaid has been delivered in the USA for a few months.
Since then, the new drive technology from the electric car group has repeatedly caused a sensation among sports car fans.
The special thing about it: The new Plaid version is equipped with three electric motors that accelerate the Model S at 1,020 hp to up to 321 km / h.
CEO Elon Musk describes the values of the new Tesla as a “perfect performance curve”, which makes it one of the most powerful models on the market.
The US-American YouTube channel “Drag Times” wanted to know more precisely and had the Model S Plaid compete against the current top-of-the-range electric car from Porsche.
In an earlier comparison, this could still depend on the version of the Model S from Tesla at the time, but got serious problems with the new plaid drive.
Model S Plaid: Porsche owner orders a new Tesla
In the quarter mile race (drag race), the Tesla clearly outperformed the Porsche Taycan Turbo S with a time of 9.34 seconds.
The German electric sports car from parent company Volkswagen * took almost a second longer to cover the same route.
Overall, the Tesla won all three laps, with a top speed of 150 mph.
Not good news for the owner of the Porsche, Dave Lockhart.
Although he did not drive his e-car himself but left the race to the moderator of the YouTube channel, the defeat of his sports car made him visibly dissatisfied.
He can be seen in the video after the first run-through as he pulls out his smartphone and taps on it.
A test driver asks him "Dave, what are you doing?", The bad-humored answer: "I'm buying a Tesla." will.
The new Model S Plaid is expected to be available in German retailers in the first quarter of 2022.
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