Autocar  |  15th February 2017
TESLA MODEL X
Tesla is accustomed to making hugely ambitious pronouncements and the
industry has learnt to listen. Yet its assertion that the Model X is the quickest
and most capable SUV yet can be dismissed as hyperbole. We haven’t tested
the speediest version available, but no amount of extra power will correct its handling deficiency versus a Porsche Cayenne or Range Rover Sport SVR. And Tesla would do well to understand that the word ‘capable’ has an especially broad meaning in this segment: there are no superchargers in the wilderness that its rivals are better equipped to explore.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Autocar 15th February 2017.