The Tesla Model S P100D | Chris Harris Drives | Top Gear 

"Just a 0-120 machine" Yes Chris, because we're always driving around at 120mph plus on public roads...

You can tell that he is fighting with his inner demons and wanting to hate this car, but he can’t.

the most interesting thing about this video is what a difference the driver makes when drag racing

The 911 is more than twice the price and the TESLA is a four door car. A sedan is trashing a high end, almost a supercar vehicle. Just wait when the Roadster 2020 comes out lol

To be fair, Chris, this is the first serious production electric car in modern history and it’s not even a purpose-built sports car. It’s a family sedan built by Silicon Valley nerds. Porsche has been building cars with IC engines for 87 years and, in their light weight high-end icon of a sports car, they can barely keep up with the nerds. Prepare yourself.

If you choose the "mommy" option, does it actually take you to your mothers home?

Top gear has always hated Tesla.

3:03 It's a one trick pony? Oh sure Chris, It can only run a drag race, seats 5 people, can carry a ton of luggage, extremely safe, drives itself, parks itself and receives updates over the internet.

Only a 0-120 machine, well, one that can fit 5+2 people and has huge storage and has not the main goal of being fast. If you compare sports cars against sports cars then wait for the roadster...

The Model S is also a 5-seater family sedan, that weighs over 4,900lbs. Can't wait to see what they have to complain about when the Roadster 2.0 comes out.

I love how people get all worked up about Teslas racing supercars. You guys do realize that the Model S is not meant for racing? It's a luxury electric car that happens to be able to run like hell because of its great engineering. You wanted racing cars, Musk is giving you racing cars. The new Roadster will demolish every car ever made.

I’m a huge Porsche fan but god he has to be more objective. Comparing a 100k salon to a top of the line sports car in acceleration? And when things don’t work out increase the test to 150? I doubt anyone would need that speed in their commute, and Tesla however fast a car wasn’t meant to be a racer. It’s capable, but it’s not what it’s built for. Top Gear has a history of biases against Tesla and electric cars in general but please do try harder to make a just a bit more subtle.

This guy is literally just a Dad you can never impress 😂 “You can go 120, NAH do better! I need 150”

I love watching Chris Harris' reviews. It's the road tests that matters to him. He genuinely says how he feels and not just what he wants you to hear. You can see his eyes and face actually compute what's happening when he is behind the wheel. Well done matey!

My oh my I’ve never really liked Tesla.. but I had the privilege of riding in a Tesla Model S 90d a few days ago.. holy crap these things are no joke.. it was fast as hell. Can’t imagine the 100d

@ 3.03 "One trick pony" Really? It's pretty much the antithesis of that. Five seats, quiet, trunk, and faster than almost anything on the road.

Chris acts like an old man at the atm. Starring at the keypad like it's from outer space.

When patrol fanboys want to deny the future they change the goal posts. "0 to 100 mph doesn't matter anymore it has to be 0 to 150 mph!"

So he had to do 150mph to beat the car that does 400miles for £25 and has space for the family? Odd. He really hates Tesla, he'll only be driving electrics in 5 years maybe he'll hate his job :D

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Why do people always forget that model s is not just a performance car. It can seat 5 people with a crap load of luggage. The Porsche is first and foremost a performance car.

Only good to 125mph? Lol It's a family car, not a supercar Porsche 911R. That's like comparing a BMW S1000R to a Goldwing and detracting the Goldwing for beating the BMW in the 1/4 mile. Apples to Oranges. Now can the Porsche hold 5 adults and a large amount of luggage in the back and auto-drive itself? No. I'm not even into Tesla, but we are going to be able to thank them for pushing other manufacturers to step up their game in even just a few short years. Good for them. Meanwhile, I'll still be saving for the 918. :P

Chris, I love your videos but you are ignorant of the properties of an electric car in this segment. I would have hoped you did a little more research. It doesn't look like you ever activated launch mode which is what enables an extra 100 Nm+ of torque in the low end and the whole reason for preconditioning the battery. It's designed for single runs at a time - hence the narrow temperature operating point. If you had left the pre-heating off, you could have done multiple normal runs back to back without such strict temperature control. Also, in your 0-150mph run the cluster shows 68 miles of range. With the pack that low on charge, power is severely limited above 60mph. If you repeated that run at full charge the 911R would lose by an aircraft carrier length.

Some cheap leather? Chris, you've spent too much time in supercars on your gorgeous alcantara. Most of us are still repping second/third-owner piss-stained cloth XD

I'm dissapointed no mention of the balance of the car or the roadholding. i know its a heavy car, but the perfect weight distribution and double wishbone suspension (good camber curves) make for a nice drivers car. I think tesla's suspension tuner is a genius.

Here's a thought. Since we are comparing two cars with two completely different market segments and two different design goals, let's now take the two cars and give them to a family of 4 with the instructions to get the kids to school, do the grocery shopping, get the kids to cheerleading, soccer, band, etc. practices, and do it every day for a month.After all...fair is fair.

I think if you want a concise, entertaining and informative car review from someone who knows their onions, you're hard pushed to beat Chris Harris. I have a lot of respect for the guy.

Cannot wait to see him Drive the Plaid +

What's the DougScore ???

On dear, the Tesla can beat every hypercar only to 120. I guess they'd better go back to the drawing board then. /sarcasm

Harris is a spectacular driver, he has a second sense of feel for any car he sits in that most drivers (even pro's) don't have. He is a true enthusiast who has learned to adopt his wide scope of driving skills to anything he gets his hands on and would give any of the old presenters a run around any day. My most respected car show presenter nowadays. 10/10

3:40 - Not being overtaken until you're travelling 150 mph is not the same as reaching 150 mph first. The 911 was faster to all speeds greater than 110 mph, because that's where it started catching up.

*You say 0 to 150 mph is important in these days? Is it?* *I'm sure it is not and here is why:* Where in the world are you allowed to drive that fast? in Germany and nowhere else. what really matters in real life is 40 to 70 mph.

Point of contention: if the Porsche is gaining when you hit 150, then you weren't the "first to 150".

Why don't you post the price of BOTH cars? Leaving this important detail out is HIGHLY DECEPTIVE!!!

Love how they run it down to very low battery power so it has limited power delivery

I see a problem with your 0-150 test... when you show the dashboard I can see in the lower left the battery is around 10% charge. At that charge level the car limits performance to get you to a charger. You can see the power is restricted on the right side of the dash as well, note all the dashed yellow lines blocking out the power above 200kW of output. What does this all mean? well the car pulls 577kW of power normally and you tested it with 200kW or less and to me this is obviously not a true comparison. You might be faster in a gas car at the end of a tank but on the Tesla its quite the opposite. If the car had 20% or more charge it would have given a much better representation of high speed acceleration. At the charge level you tested it at you might as well race a base model 60D Tesla...

Really hope we get to see him drive the Tesla roadster someday. That thing is insane.

My wife drives a Model S 75D and it is more than quick enough for average person. We just had the free upgrade installed that dropped the 0-60 times from 5.2 to 4.2 sec and it feels incredibly quick. I can't imagine 2.3 seconds. When she was shopping for a new car I pushed her towards the A6 and the S90 because they just seemed more luxurious and I thought that was what was most important to her. She chose the Tesla because she likes tech and she liked the simple design of the interior. She hated all of the buttons in the Audi's. I don't really like the giant screen because I can't find the item I need to touch without looking for more than a few seconds. Most things require two separate touches to select the item and then to perform the function. She drives it more so she is use to the way it works. Her favorite feature is getting home and plugging in without ever having to go to a gas station again. (And she works in the oil industry). It drives just fine for a large sedan. It's not a sports car but is plenty fun to drive. The Autopilot is pretty good now and is getting better with each over the air update. (It's still just a glorified cruise control but at some point it could be so much more.) I think Chris was a little harsh there at the end. I've never experienced any uneasiness in regards to wavy roads but maybe just a bit for passengers during hard surprise accelerations.

The battery was literally dead before he started.

omg. you are racing the car at low charge. it's a lottt slower when the battery is less 30% and it seems like you're doing it when it is under 20%. It's like you purposely don't want it to win. This is ridiculous. Model S is a family sports sedan weighing almost 5000 lbs. the 911R is just a straight up race car. Yes, tesla is a one trick pony because it is never meant to be a race car. Also, all fast ICE cars have a narrow power curve when max power is available at a small range. Tesla acceleration is almost uniform. That's why a non-performance model S feels quicker than an M3 on everyday driving even though the M3 is quicker on paper. Drive it for a week in the city and you'll see what i'm talking about.

It's so weird seeing a car accelerating so fast without hearing a sound😂🧐🤔

it should be Tesla Model S P100D VS Porsche Panamera

You cant be this bias in the modern era of the internet. People know what your doing. Tesla is the future, and their's nothing top gear can do about it.

If the Porsche is catching you when you are at 150 MPH, that means that the Porsche hit 150 MPH before you..... Just saying

Love how much hate the tesla gets. Shows that it's way better than everything else and all the haters are threatened by it. Just like with GT-R haters.

"it's only a 0-120 car, that's all" What? It's a family sized sedan vs a sports car. This video is idiotic.

I have a model S and have driven it for 60K miles all over Europe. I also have a BMW 850 and Mercedes E300., which have been sitting on the drive for 18 months. I don't care if he doesn't like it or if top gear resist or slam it as I know the truth. In fact I want Top Gear to hate it so I can have the smugness all to myself.

Last time I was this early, Clarkson was driving the Roadster.

Also you get more power from the Tesla at 100% charge. This was about 25% charge

And 2 years later, he loves he model 3 performance

The whole performance test and review was done when the Tesla has less than 20 percent of battery. Tesla would have been way faster with higher battery state of charge. Look almost like Top Gear wants to make Tesla perform worse.

Misleading knock to the Model S performance in this review. The Model S had a low state of charge, and was limiting power output to almost 50% (only ~250kw) from them repeatedly thrashing it down the dragway. Look at the energy meter on the dashboard at 3:34. If you go over to Dragtimes RU-vid channel, they have a video that shows the performance drop off related to state of charge for the Model S. If the Model S had anything close to a full charge, and hadn't been overheated, it would crush the 911R even to 155 MPH... Otherwise it was a good review.

Ha remember when top gear tried to kill tesla

Wait a minute. The Tesla Model S 100D is not cheap, but you can buy 5 of them or so for one 911 R. Considering that despite the price difference, the Model S beats the 911 R on all counts except for the 150 mph test with experienced driver, that is quite interesting, isn't it ?

Chris, you should have taken the Tesla to the track and show the world how it performs through the curves at its limit.

Whatever happened to liking both cars? Electric power is likely to become the most common way to get around in the next 30 - 50 years, but that doesn't mean all internal combustion cars will be destroyed. Cars beat horses for basic transportation, but horses are still around and enjoyed by enthusiasts. I expect the same to happen with cars.

3:26 its a lot better when it has 85% or more battery, just sayin..

This should have been tested on the motorway. One of the things that has taken me by total surprise is how insanely pleasant it is to overtake on the motorway when you have all of the power available right away.

Dat Avantime!

I got an advert from the grand tour on this 😂

The Grand Tour season 2 is here!! Okay I'll go

If you'd have to have one single car, it really is unbeatable. Nothing is as practical, comfortable and fast at the same time.

The Tesla had a low battery state of charge for high speed runs?. I can't believe car enthusiasts don't understand the fastest cars and best cars will be electric.

Interesting that the Tesla has to warm up the batteries for 10 minutes.

"and now I'm doing a 170, he can't do that" 😂 rekt

You forget to use the Launch Mode in the Tesla. This works like a Launch Control.

I'm so impressed with the Spaceballs Easter egg for activating ludicrous mode. With the yes or no phrased in a way Dark Helmet or Evil Colonel Sandurz would say, but I wonder if there's some other hidden bit that might make the screen turn plaid like in the movie once they make it to ludicrous speed?

So much for objective journalism

As much as i love American cars this is the best specimen of American automobile technology yet

3:27 Chris showing that Tesla was racing at nearly empty battery, only 68 miles of range left. Top Gear took the worst possible performance condition of the Tesla, and it still soundly beat the Porsche to 150 mph. LOL, Top Gear couldn't even make the Tesla lose for trying!

Love Chris Harris but honestly, wait for the Tesla Roadster. This isn't really a sports car. It's a 4 door family saloon that munches hypercars. The roaster is Tesla's sports car.

We should keep in mind that the model S is supposed to be a normal car with some fun perks. It is much cheaper to run than a petrol car and if you really do many miles a year, it is actually really cheap, because electrical engines require very little maintenance.

The Porsche got let off by them not doing a rolling start, accelerating from say 40mph. The Tesla acceleration is instant and brutal from any speed. There are no gears or turbo lag to confuse things, it feels like someone has shunted you from the back the second you floor the pedal. Absolutely awesome. Also, the jibe about the battery warming up is unfair, the car clearly hadn't been run before. Would you jump in an ICE car for example an AMG Merc and do a race start when the engine and gearbox was cold?NO. Would it even let you? NO.

3:27 There's an exclamation on the dash stating you don't have full power unless you're over 50% charge and you still beat the Porsche to 150mph

What is the technical reason to drag race a Tesla with near empty battery? Philosophy that ICE car with empty tank runs faster? We can clearly see massive performance reduction notification at 3:28.

Oh that's cool, they finally didn't lie about it "breaking down" and "overheating" like they did back when the old Roadster was a thing.

you can tell he's trying not to like but he can't help it

I'm a huge Porsche fan, but I want Chris to do this comparison again with the Tesla Roadster when it is released.

0:39 Renault Avantime

boy that battery was really low it was showing red. I think Top Gear was trying to do a repeat of the Tesla running out of juice again.

Would still have it over fossils!

Why does it look more conventional? Rule number one of selling a product: If you’re selling something new (innovation/sci-fi) you have to make it familiar, if you’re selling something familiar you have to make it new

5:18 Looks like the 9.11 is falling apart out back. The Model S needs to be fully charged to show its full speed and obviously they failed with that here "68mi range bottom left" 3:27 , they are literally trying to kill the P100D's battery, how ridiculous. Even like that it destroys the 9.11.

Bunch of Tesla fanboys in the comments. Chris is the GOAT.

The crew got motion sickness because they were probably not looking out the windows. When range is no longer and issue there will be not reason not to drive an EV.

Please Chris, I want you to take for account that this car is so much better for our environment. And that alone makes it an incredible car.

On the 'drag race' the battery state of charge was pretty low. I didn't see what the power meter on the left was showing but in my #p100d with 80% plus of battery power I have seen over 550KW which is 740Bhp. I think the suspension issue on the windy road was the auto levelling air suspension, I have two kids and a wife who get travel sick easily and they've never complained. Having said that I don't drive on twisties with them in at the same speed as in this video, on the motorway, peage etc it is a rocket ship with no feeling of illness. I love the minimalist interior and the outside is just beautiful, the rear 1/4 reminds me of an Aston Martin and I just love the whole thing. It doesn't feel €180,000 inside but the whole package is fabulous and it turns heads every minute :)

That drag race where Chris reeled the Tesla in essentially proves that Chris is one HELL of a driver

The fact that they drained Tesla's battery to almost nothing before filming(like Jeremy did with the Roadster), I assume so that it would fail the test and they could get a repeat BAD-Tesla footage, but the car just did it anyway. Out of touch petrolheads..

Funny al those opinions. To add one from an owner perspective. Buying a tesla is expensive. Driving one is not. Buying a equivalent gas car will offer more options as it has been there for aged yet it will be expensive also and even more expensive to drive. After 73k km’s I see a great gap in comfort and fuel technology to close but it is a great step forwards.

comparing a full size 4 door luxury performance car to any Porsche 911 is bullshit ;)

Chris was almost airborne at 150mph. The guy was like literally paddle shifting with the traditional stick gear in the 911 R, beating Tesla at the last. The guy is a legend! I mean the Tesla is always at the first gear (or none), Chris was changing gears many times like speed multiplier to beat Tesla at the end.

can't wait till you test the new roadster in 2020

Looks like this video was sponsored by petrol companies

First bit is like me explaining how to send a Whatsapp mesaage to my grandma.

For an EV company that started about 17yrs ago. Not too shabby considering the competition with petrol car manufacturers. Also the fact that petrol engines have been the main focus in cars for over 100 yrs. Not to say there wasn't an EV 100 yrs ago, but... "we" discarded the idea for certain reasons, as well as some of the more modern technologies really didn't exist at that time. I am looking forward to EV's in the future. Not having to stop in the morning or evening for petrol! Just get home and plug it in! I like that concept. I do realize there are down falls to EV's at the current time. But 100yrs from now, just think how more efficient it could be! Lets keep EV progress and evolution alive!

ICE or Electric, why are so many car guys scared of them? Even Clarkson said he liked them recently and it looked like it physically hurt him to say so. Why? Because he doesn't understand how it works? It's a car, 4 wheels, doors and it drives.

“I don’t know why it just really doesn’t light my fuse...” Its not a GT3RS, man. It’s a 4 door family car. If you want your fuse lit, drive the Roadster. If that doesn’t light your fuse, you don’t have one.

I like you Chris, but your bias shines in this review. Still a great video.