http://gas2.org/2015/01/19/warm-lap-tesla-p85d-demolishes-challenger-hellcat/ Warm-Up Lap: Tesla P85D Demolishes Challenger Hellcat [2015/01/19]
[video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG6veF_34QE Tesla Model S P85D Sets 1/4 Mile World Record While Challenger Hellcat Goes up in Smoke Drag Racing StreetCarDrags Jan 18, 2015 http://www.streetcardrags.com/tesla-m... 1/4 mile drag race video of the new 2015 Tesla P85D against a 2015 Dodge Challenger Hellcat. The 2015 Tesla P85D is electric, all wheel drive and makes 691 horsepower. The 2015 Hellcat is powered by Dodge's new 6.2 liter 707 horsepower Hemi V8. Watch and the result may surprise you !! ] The Dodge Challenger Hellcat is a no-holds-barred quarter-mile machine that represents the 707 horsepower zenith of the American muscle ca. The Tesla Model S P85D is the 691 horsepower poster child of the plug-in car movement. It’s only natural that the two would find themselves lining up in a drag race in a battle of old school vs. new, and Mopar fan boys aren’t going to be happy with the results for a multitude of reasons. First, let’s focus on the fact that the all-wheel drive Model S launches with precision and little fanfare, knocking down a record-setting 11.68 at 114 MPH, making it both the quickest and fastest production electric car out there. It’s also a nearly 5,000 pound family sedan with room for up to seven human beings (if you include the two rear jump seats), so that should give you some idea of just how potent the Dual Motor Drive really is. But I’d be remiss if I didn’t note that the Challenger Hellcat driver just absolutely sucked, red-lighting, roasting his tires, proving that money can’t buy driving skills. It also demonstrates how, despite similar outputs, how much easier it is to drive and launch an electric car compared to managing a combustion engine. The Tesla can monitor and manage torque on the fly to provide perfect grip, while the Hellcat driver clearly opted to turn the Launch Control option off. In the P85D, all you have to do is select the “Insane” setting, and all that glorious instant torque is at your fingertips. That said, with a better driver the Challenger Hellcat is supposed to be faster to the tune of an 11.3 second quarter-mile. That 0.3 second difference isn’t much, and it also isn’t easy to attain as this video shows. But just about anyone can get behind the wheel of a P85D and click off 11-second runs all day. So I ask you which is the better car; the one that takes tremendous skill to drive fast, or the one that takes almost no skill at all? [© gas2.org] ... http://evobsession.com/tesla-d-insane/ P85D “Insane” setting http://blackflag.jalopnik.com/hellcat-driver-gets-ass-handed-to-him-by-tesla-at-drag-1680481315 Hellcat Driver Gets His Ass Handed To Him By Tesla At Drag Strip Stef Schrader [2015/01/19] [image http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--fSd_OdsC--/wohejm162advi1e4ge3a.gif video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG6veF_34QE Tesla Model S P85D Sets 1/4 Mile World Record While Challenger Hellcat Goes up in Smoke Drag Racing StreetCarDrags Jan 18, 2015 http://www.streetcardrags.com/tesla-model-s-p85d-sets-14-mile-world-record-while-challenger-hellcat-goes-up-in-smoke-drag-racing/ 1/4 mile drag race video of the new 2015 Tesla P85D against a 2015 Dodge Challenger Hellcat. The 2015 Tesla P85D is electric, all wheel drive and makes 691 horsepower. The 2015 Hellcat is powered by Dodge's new 6.2 liter 707 horsepower Hemi V8. ] At first glance, this looks like a delightfully even match: Dodge Challenger Hellcat vs. Tesla Model S P85D. Old-school V8 muscle versus new electricity. Problem is, one of these cars sets a quarter-mile record at this drag strip, and the other has a sad, dismal failure of a run. Everybody point and laugh at the Hellcat driver. The Challenger Hellcat May Be The Ultimate Horsepower-Per-Dollar Deal The Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat isn't just a 707 horsepower salute to American awesomeness… Read more jalopnik.?com See, drag racing is a lot more difficult than it looks. The Hellcat is the best thing to happen to big-horsepower 'Murica since apple pie and shootin' ranges. It's a large engine in a big retro box of a car. And it will eat you. If you don't have the most delicate of footwork, all of the Hellcat's 707 horsepower is just going to do what it wants, which is spin the tires and let its ass go sideways. It is unashamedly what it is: a merciless boat of a car that will eat you because that's precisely what you wanted from it. You poked the Hellcat by buying one. Bless your heart, I love you people. Luckily for this fellow, he keeps it in a fairly slow burnout down the drag strip. The Tesla Model S P85D, on the other hand, is a modern wonder full of traction control and other aids that help translate all that delicious electric torque into something usable by four meaty tires. It's considerably easier to mash the throttle down and go quick in than the Hellcat, so it comes as no surprise that Tesla's double-engined wonder set a new world record while it was there. This Tesla ran an 11.6 quarter-mile at 114.6 MPH, which was verified by the National Electric Drag Racing Association as being the quickest production electric car in the world. Tesla Model S P85D Sets 1/4 Mile World Record While Challenger Hellcat Goes up in Smoke Drag Racing We've got some video from our January 18th event at Palm Beach International Raceway of a 2015 … Read more streetcardrags.?com Meanwhile, in the other lane... is Hellcat just doing more burnouts on purpose? I don't think there's enough smoke for that to be on purpose. Did he accidentally buy Prius tires after shredding the OEM set? I mean, the Hellcat's run is 17.46 seconds at 82.74 MPH. I'm glad the Tesla is made in America too, otherwise this would be a sad, sad, dark day for our great country. As much as I'm inclined to go "Bahahahaha, Hellcat n00b is a LAME N00B," I really want the guy to learn some throttle control and come back for a Hellcat vs. P85D rematch. Yes, the Hellcat will bite you, but part of the joy of driving something hard is conquering that when you finally get it right. I'll give him this much: Hellcat Dude knows how to rip a sick burnout. 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