Can An Acura NSX Beat A Tesla Model S P100D On The 'Strip?
The McLaren 720S may be becoming the new darling of the YouTube drag race world, but there’s still plenty of straight-line fun to be had with the former ‘king’: the Tesla Model S P100D. As a perfect case in point, here’s Tesla’s most potent Model S taking on the new Honda/Acura NSX.
The latter may source most of its power from a 3.5-litre twin-turbo V6, but that mid-mounted six-banger is augmented by a trio of electric motors: one for each front wheel, and one attached to the flywheel on torque-fill duties.
As a result, it’s brutally quick off the line, and even though its total power figure of 573bhp falls well short of the P100D’s, the car is a lot lighter.
Let the battle commence…
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
Comments
Still buying the P100D!
The P100D feels almost designed for the 1/4 mile. It can only launch well but isn’t fast as in high end fast
I mean.. it is electric
How in the world do you expect an NSX to beat a P100D in the 1/4 mile when not even a 911 Turbo S or a 488 GTB can do it? + the NSX is tuned… + we all know who wins in a 1/2 mile and on a track
Exactly
Exactly my thoughts when I read the title. The authors of the idea must either overestimate the NSX or really love Honda…
That NSX sounds GODLY. That Tesla sounds… like my vacuum cleaner
Gran Turismo engine SFX sounds better than the mighty P100D!
Since mu guess is that most new NSXs will be slightly modified(ECU, Exhaust, maybe Turbos) they’ll be serious contenders against Teslas. Well done, Acura.
Doesn’t the Tesla have 3 electric motors? 1 in front and 2 at the back?
P100D, meaning dual.
The tesla had 4
Pff race the Tesla 7 times without charging it and the P100D becomes a silent joke
Sorry but its the sad reality, my car won’t loose power if his fuel decreases, it only will drink faster!
Pretty much true
Isn’t it always silent? :)
Does the Tesla lose power as it discharges? Doesn’t it have a 3-phase inverter backed by a DC-DC Boost Converter?? It should be more than able to supply the motors with constant power, just drawing more and more current from the batteries as charg (and therefore, voltage) decreases…
Wait until we see mad amounts of charging stations at drag strips…that will be qiite the sight to see
I really hated how they made it seem that the NSX is over engineered and should win no matter what, and the Tesla is the underdog and when it wins, everyone should laugh at then NSX. That’s not fair.
The NSX only won because as the comments above say it loses power when it’s low on electricity.
Nsx probably won 2nd run cause of it’s electric motors being utilized properly
Exactly what I expected. Tesla pulls away but the NSX quickly gains ground. Given another 100m the NSX would probably have overtaken the Tesla, just like in every other supercar-Tesla battle.