Honestly that is kind of a tough choice when you figure that twice the price get you less than Half a second in the quarter mile and .007 seconds to 60 the latter of which is utterly meaningless

Let me save everyone some time. Conclusions - traction control on: Audi slightly better. Traction control off: Audi more sloppy than the others. Trade-offs abound, and no real standout winner.

You’re welcome.

The best AWD is electric AWD. 

You’re seriously arguing there’s nothing unfair about not re-attaching the tires to a car before giving it back to the customer? That is really your position here?

Are you saying my coworker didn’t buy the $35,000 standard Model 3 a couple weeks ago, by calling?

Incorrect on the pricing there. $1800 is the MCU, the eMMC chip itself is relatively inexpensive that’s why the 3rd party guys can do the repair for $399.

I mean, this is obviously a large oversight but “worst case scenario... coming to fruition” seems a little hyperbolic. Lots of mechanical errors “brick” conventional cars and render them unusable - we’re talking about a faulty storage device here.

I’m far from a Tesla enthusiast, but unless this is impossible or insanely expensive to fix (the Business Insider piece, in typical Business Insider style, gives no hint of what the repair cost might be), I’m not sure why this is a big deal. Cars have parts that wear out with time and use and require replacement.

Jalopnik is still on the shit list from the C7.

Have any of the above stuffed a GM press car into a barrier? 

The charging infrastructure of Tesla creates a conundrum (in the fantasy where I have $100k to drop on an EV). I drive past the Super Charger station daily in my hick town in Louisiana - there are always cars there with plates from Texas, Florida, New Mexico, etc. If I bought a Taycan and drove it on a road trip,…

The fellow in the driver’s seat felt something break, and stood on the brakes. Rear brakes are not designed to stop the inertia of a dyno roller.

It's just common courtesy and class. Obviously the author has none. And yes its because you didn't pay up for first class. 

Lincoln LS

This is buried in a reply thread, but it deserves ALL the upvotes.

I’ve got to do a more thorough comparo before answering that. 

That’s fair.

Excellent article as always, David. Strangely enough, my takeaway here is that I should be more interested in the Model S.

“...if I hammered the throttle, there was a tiny bit of hesitation before the electric thrusters shot the Taycan down the street.”

1. They ran with other traffic in testing which is standard. They did reserve the track when they ran in the official timing sessions.