Sub-$50,000 Model 3 Performance does sub-11 seconds quarter mile on public road as Tesla's new king of cheap speed

[Redaktion]

The affordable Tesla Model 3 Performance costs 10 times less than a Lamborghini Aventador, yet it completes a quarter mile run at almost the same time.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Sub-50-000-Model-3-Performance-does-sub-11-seconds-quarter-mile-on-public-road-as-Tesla-s-new-king-of-cheap-speed.843345.0.html

[Asher Pat]

When i read a fawning headline on Notebook Check I don't have to read who wrote it. If it is a song of praise for Apple, it's Alex Alderson and if it is a promotional material for Tesla, it can be only Daniel Zlatev.
But to claim that "Tesla runs supercars off the track" is ludicrous!  It is only good for drag race, on track it is just a fast car and no match for cheap porsches or the hot audis as evidenced by Nurburgring lap times.

[PleaseAndThankYou]

When i read a fawning headline on Notebook Check I don't have to read who wrote it. If it is a song of praise for Apple, it's Alex Alderson and if it is a promotional material for Tesla, it can be only Daniel Zlatev.
But to claim that "Tesla runs supercars off the track" is ludicrous!  It is only good for drag race, on track it is just a fast car and no match for cheap porsches or the hot audis as evidenced by Nurburgring lap times.

Not really true, if fit it with ceramic brakes, then it will beat those Porsches and Audis on the Nurburging. Non-Ceramic brakes has always been the weakness of Teslas. When the model S Plaid received the track pack with ceramic brakes, it became a different beast.

[Mike p]

When i read a fawning headline on Notebook Check I don't have to read who wrote it. If it is a song of praise for Apple, it's Alex Alderson and if it is a promotional material for Tesla, it can be only Daniel Zlatev.
But to claim that "Tesla runs supercars off the track" is ludicrous!  It is only good for drag race, on track it is just a fast car and no match for cheap porsches or the hot audis as evidenced by Nurburgring lap times.

I'm a car fan, I've owned 25+ cars, my friends own various curent gen supercars and exotics. Wanna know how many  have ever been to the track ? Just me. With a Miata Mx5 and will probably never go again.
Like it or not, the ONLY comparable and relatable metric is 0-60mph or 0-100km/h since you can do it legally on most roads. You can't hit top speed, you can't corner at 150 legally though.

Not to mention that all you do in that Tesla is tap the pedal and get those numbers. The Lamborghini needs to be in launch mode or it'll be much slower.

Car fans should rejoicing! This is what we ALWAYS dreamed of.  Super cheap, super reliable cars that cost less than a Vespa to run, this is it. Yet here we are with some people yelling that EV performance doesn't count because XYZ reason.

Exotic cars are for showing off, maybe 0.05% actually see a track but they're bought for vanity and that's perfectly fine but let's not pretend track numbers matter anywhere but the track

[Milo de Vries]

I'm very curious as to how this will do on the track as is. The previous one did very good, after it got a decent suspension and brakes. Then it could do sub 8min laps on the nürburgring, although the battery would overheat.

The Ioniq 5N can do 7:45 laps, 2 back 2 back without overheating, completely stock. But it is a bit more expensive.

[Shelly H]

Took delivery of a Model 3 Performance last 3 days ago... I don't  have numbers...  never driven a track... but here's info from my gut. I owned a 2016 model S P100 Ludicrous
which screamed but this Mod 3 really breaks your neck... Don't overlook added ability to select track settings when jamming down to the floor. Normal driving comfort is out the window if you forget to cancel the track settings ....

[indy]

Gladly take a 7-8 seconds 0-60 for 60-70% of the current cost. Can we please get a HUD and less focus on FSD, too?

There's a diminishing point of returns in terms of acceleration, and I have zero faith in Tesla's claim on class 3-5 autonomous driving.