Tesla Model S P85D Lauded By Consumer Reports, 'Breaks' Rating System

The Tesla Model S P85D, the highest-performance and most expensive version of the all-electric luxury sedan, has earned even more plaudits and compliments from Consumer Reports magazine.

The P85D, in fact, "performed better in our tests than any other car ever has," the publication said this morning.

In fact, it did so well, that it broke the Consumer Reports Ratings system, in the magazine's own words.

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An early-morning press release from the consumer periodical played up the "breaking the system" aspect, noting that the P85D scored 103 points on its 100-point ratings scale--which it called "a quandry," since the scale doesn't go past 100 by definition.

"The car set a new benchmark, so we had to make changes to our scoring to account for it," the magazine concluded. "Those changes didn’t affect the scores of other cars."

CR lauded the P85D's "instant acceleration," which it said made the car "brutally quick" with "forceful and immediate" thrust.

The P85D is "explosively quick" and "frighteningly eerie in its silent velocity," the magazine gushed.

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