FIRST DRIVE: 200mph Tesla Model S Plaid Track Package

Rather have Model 3 Plaid….

Did you fake something this time as well?

yeah you really need steer by wire for the yoke to be viable

This fella is not a profi driver…just an average complaining everything brit

Would be strange if this car would be the ultimate track car. Its a daily driver, which also can be used on a track when wifey is away on a weekend holiday...

It took almost a decade and a half, but Top Gear finally told the truth about a tesla!

the brakes upgrades have nothing to do with rpm and top speed, that's due to a firmware upgrade. The only thing you get with lighter rotors is more acceleration due to lower rotational inertia.

PLAID not PLAD.

Left hand drive only now….not sure it’s relevant for the uk any longer?

LOVE THIS CAR

in the EU do you guys actually follow stupid road legal rules or just ignore most of them like in the states?

A lot of what he said about the car was factually incorrect. He was miles out his depth on that track as well

Another crap tesla

Wow, you really need a motor to move the screen you have to touch anyway to move it?

The thing that sucks: This car will get you kicked out of the track.
Anything this fast is supposed to have a certified roll cage, the moment you get your slip, they will tell you to leave and not come back until you have a cage.
The thing that sucks about THAT: Elon swears these cars have crazy high crush strength and don't need a cage. He claims you could stack them ten cars high.

Who cares if the tyres are legal or not?

DARE you to put that piece of shit against an Lucid

Clarkson's top gear will never exist again, and it was so terrible when they put on new people and it was so obvious they were trying to be like Clarkson version. I hated it and haven't watched it since. But this guy I feel is the first person who isn't trying to be like the Clarkson version. Dude is just being himself.

FINALLY someone that rates a Tesla for what it is, and not what would get you the most views (hate)

Those are great cars, all around, you can go get your groceries AND beat 99.99% of the cars on the road, while being completely silent. Try doing that with a Chiron, oh wait, first, try to get a Chiron.

Today we have Ferraris that are slower, more expansive, with less options than a Tesla, that probably do as much range as Teslas, with fewer cargo space AND inside space.

And yet some people just don't see all of this and are just like "yEaH bUt iT mAkEs No SoUnD", as if a car was only determined by it's engine.

Thats what I like about my normal Tesla model 3 : being able to just smoke most cars on the road, while having great comfort, being able to go to work/vacations with my family, no noisy engine, everythign heated, a big ass screen with netflix on it, well, definitively better than the audi TT I wanted to buy. So far I'm not regretting anything

Lucid Sapphire enters the room

I love teslas cause they remind me of 1990’s german saloons. They were much faster than they looked yet were really practical and civilized when you want them to be.

Why did it take so long to have a proper track review of the Plaid? It's been out for 2 years. Best review yet.

The reason it has the same range is because the claimed EPA wh/mile efficiency is a lot more than the previous P100D. The battery is actually about 4 kwh smaller in capacity which is why it's lighter.

Screen meltdown = use PRND buttons below the charging pads.

Just to be fair and to compare apples to apples. Any other ICE car at that speed with a 12 gallon tank will also run out of gas in about 25 minutes.

Perhaps it's you that has reached there limit.

Screen meltdown probably as likely as button meltdown.

Sleeper, lol. To me, it looks like something I need to leave alone

What a ride! If I ever need to drive to the grocery store at 170mph before they run out of cauliflower, this is definitely the car I would choose if I could afford one...

Never thought I'd see this car without the yoke steering wheel. 😂😂😂

Tesla S now the performance saloon benchmark.........1,000+ Hp for next to nothing, fit the track pack, rinse, charge, repeat have fun.

The seats are horrible for track driving. Literally no side support for the performance. "Track Package" without any change in the seats is just hidious. Performance is insane.

Round steering wheel stiching was already undone in a test drive car I had with 8200km on the odometer. That center console storage lid covers rattled on the drive. Materials are nice, but the fit and finish still lack a little.

Nice

the good thing only is that you dont drive the (j)oke version

this car is plastic bag. everything is screaming every plastic every part of this car is screaming to you inside like on fiat uno. basically price to quality is like... hmm wtf

A great car for all of us who take our vehicles to the track 2 or 3 times a week, absolutely pointless for the other 99.9999% of us who only ever drive on roads where the maximum speed limit is 70mph.

What music is used here?

A model3 plaid would be even more BOMB 💣

Ev’s take the fun out of cars

Fastest Car In The World 1.9 Seconds To Be At Top Notch

What brakes does the regular Plaid have. I was told by the dealer the 23 plaid has the carbon ceramic rotors on it.
I asked can I still upgrade to the track pack and the said I get the whed and software. You already get the brakes???
True or false

I tried the yoke on a test drive and was surprised to find it's no problem. I was against it before I tried it.

In 2021, when Tesla first came out with the car, Elon Musk said Tesla's Model S Plaid was going to the Nuhrburgring to set a new lap record for a sedan. We've yet to hear a peep again on that from Musk or Tesla. We can presume they tried (probably multiple times) and failed.

The Nuhrburgring record for a sedan remains 7min 18.3sec, by the 592bhp Jaguar XE SV Project 8, set in 2019.

keep in mind , this is still a family car with 5 seats

The new headlights and taillights are beautiful. The design is timeless and still a very good looking car in my opinion.

Well, it's got a steering wheel which is a major improvement. But, you can see the steering ratio is still to slow.