Consumer Reports: The Tesla Model S P85D is so good it changed the way we rate ... - The Advocate
The Tesla Model S P85D performed well on Consumer Reports' road tests — so well that the 80-year-old publication is calling the Tesla the best car it has ever tested. It generated a raw score of 103 on a scale that only goes up to 100. The high-performance Tesla's incredible showing actually forced Consumer Reports to reset its scoring system with P85D as the new benchmark. After all, the car the P85D bumped from the top spot is its own sibling — the single-engine Model S, which CR tested in 2013. Armed with an 85-kilowatt-hour battery pack and Tesla's "Insane Mode" software, CR's P85D managed the sprint to 60 mph in... Surprisingly, this isn't the first time in recent memory that Consumer Reports has had to reconfigure its scoring system to account for the incredible results of a car. In 2013, the first Model S scored a mind-blowing raw score of 110/100. As a result, Consumer Reports was forced to move the goal posts to accommodate the car — eventually settling on a score of 99/100. What this means is that the Tesla Model S is... According to Rechtin, the Tesla's closest conventional rival in CR's road tests is the iconic Mercedes-Benz S-Class, which scored 95/100. With that said, Rechtin was quick to point out that the P85D's high score doesn't mean it's the. Source: www.stamfordadvocate.com
