Yahoo! Autos 2013 Car of the Year: Tesla Model S

The 2013 model year brought consumers a fleet of interesting machines, from the brutish Ford Shelby GT500 to the gas-sipping Prius C. But all those appear to be automotive afterthoughts when compared to that futureshock of an electric sedan and Yahoo! Autos’ 2013 Car of the Year: Tesla Model S.

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PayPal co-founder Elon Musk’s foray into the car game started in 2008 with the nimble Tesla Roadster. But where that coupe was a high-tech experiment disguised as a $100,000 eco-conscious status symbol, the much anticipated seven-passenger, $50,000-on-up Model S sedan promised to be a make-or-break machine that would determine whether Silicon Valley-based Tesla could survive as a legitimate purveyor of reliable everyday cars.
PayPal co-founder Elon Musk’s foray into the car game started in 2008 with the nimble Tesla Roadster. But where that coupe was a high-tech experiment disguised as a $100,000 eco-conscious status symbol, the much anticipated seven-passenger, $50,000-on-up Model S sedan promised to be a make-or-break machine that would determine whether Silicon Valley-based Tesla could survive as a legitimate purveyor of reliable everyday cars.