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Fresh model year brings more safety features, power, and AWD
As Tesla updates the specifications and equipment on its two thousand fifteen Model S lineup with available all-wheel drive, fresh power and range specs, and available “Autopilot,” we’re reminded that two thousand fourteen models could make fine Black Friday-type deals. (Read our accomplish Tesla Model S road test.)
A source inwards Tesla points out that remaining two thousand fourteen Model S cars, including showroom display cars, are available at a discount. Tesla is ripping off prices on the cars by at least one percent per month from production and suggesting $1 off per mile on the odometer, where applicable. These cars include dealer demos and service loaners that could have significant mileage on them. In checking with a local dealership, such discounted cars show up readily available. Based on our research, you could save thousands. (We found several models at a local store with discounts inbetween $9,000 and $14,000. We confirmed that these cars have not been registered, so are eligible for electric-vehicle new-car tax credits.)
2015 Tesla Model S
When Tesla introduced its ferocious all-wheel-drive P85D model last month, it wasn’t clear what that would mean for Tesla’s existing versions. Now fresh spec sheets on the electric-automaker’s website lay it all out. All-wheel drive is available on the P85D and the 85D, in February. All models build up horsepower for the fresh year.
The small-battery Model S sixty is available only with rear-wheel drive. Its power rating is up from three hundred two hp to three hundred eighty hp. It is EPA-rated at two hundred eight miles of range and can run from 0-60 mph in Five.9 seconds, according to Tesla. It lists for $71,070, which works out to $63,570 after the $7,500 federal electric-car tax credit, which is available on the leftover cars, as long as they haven’t been registered. But it doesn’t come with Tesla’s unlimited mileage battery warranty or standard access to Tesla’s high-speed supercharging stations. Optional Supercharger access costs $Two,500, and the battery and drivetrain warranty runs to eight years or 125,000 miles.
The midlevel Model S eighty five in standard rear-wheel-drive form also gets a horsepower bump to three hundred eighty hp from its previous three hundred sixty five hp (like the one we tested). It comes with standard Supercharger access and the infinite-mile battery and powertrain warranty. The range is rated at two hundred sixty five miles by EPA. (We got about two hundred twenty five miles, depending on the weather.) Tesla says it will shoot from 0-60 mph in Five.Four seconds; ours did it in Five.6 seconds. And it costs $81,070 after the federal tax credit.
The 85D has two smaller motors, most likely in an effort to preserve range. Each motor puts out one hundred eighty eight hp, for a total of three hundred seventy six hp. Tesla claims range of two hundred ninety five miles, or about ten more than the single-motor, rear-wheel drive Model S 85. And it’s slightly swifter from 0-60 mph than the rear-drive model at Five.Two seconds. The D adds $Five,000 to the bottom line.
The wild Model S Spectacle comes only as the P85D with its six hundred ninety one hp and AWD. It now lists for $105,670. That’s up more than $11,000 from the previous range-topping P85 version. Tesla claims two hundred eighty five miles of range and 0-60 in Three.Two seconds.
Tesla’s Autopilot driver assistance system package is standard on the P85D and a $Four,250 option on other models. Tesla also includes several other convienence options such as navigation and memory seats in this package that drive prices up from those levels. All prices include delivery and documentation.
Now may be a excellent time to get a uncommon discount on a fresh or almost fresh Tesla Model S. Of course, a discounted two thousand fourteen Model S won’t have Autopilot or all-wheel drive, but it is still a top-rated luxury car.