PranK

Agreed. Although, that being said I am still not convinced that electric is the way to go (I'm much more interested in fuel cells - hydrogen) and I have no idea what the reliability is going to be like.

Yeah that price of $185k is with all boxes ticked.

So, going into The Star today and noticed what initially looked like a new Jag - the front and back were obscured by posts, so don't get upset at that mistake! A new Tesla Model S! Amazing looking car, had some serious presence just sitting out the front. After a minute or two a young bloke comes over to chat to me about it, he was the Tesla rep. It is one of 4 in the country and they are doing test drives out of The Star at the moment because they dont have a Sydney office. He asked if we wanted to go for a spin around the block. He didn't have to ask twice. Two things grabbed my attention when I got in, the first was the massive screen in the middle. I'm writing this on a 22" monitor and if it was flipped on its side I reckon it'd be similar in size. All controls in the car are performed through this screen and it has user profiles to set the car up just the way you like it (screen display, climate control, seat position etc.) The second thing was that this felt very much like a German car. The doors 'thud' when they close, the interior finish was impeccable, the leather was gorgeous - I had expected something of a luxury Jeep kind of interior and I was very pleasantly surprised. Silence! Absolute silence! Seriously eery to have such little noise - especially from a car with some serious poke. As with any decent rep, he gave it a bit of a squirt and jeezuzz .. I didn't know what to say! 0-100 in 4-point-something seconds he said, but it felt so much quicker because of the immense torque! 310kw and 600+ nm of torque! And the bloody thing still isn't making any noise! Anyway, some pics from me and my mates phones. Bummed I didn't have a proper camera. $185k as it sits but he said the base model will start from $100k which I reckon is pretty good.

Those seats! Look at them!

Absolutely breathtaking. At auction with no reserve on 15th - 16th August. http://www.rmauctions.com/lots/lot.cfm?lot_id=1067939

Brakes are definitely disappointing for me.

Yeah .. Not sure I agree. They don't really do much for me.

Pictures first ... Now comments and questions ... Surely all that body work makes this thing HEAVY? At least along with the 2JZ rather than the (lighter?) 1JZ? The roof line over the door looks very odd but thats the only thing I'm unsure of in terms of its looks. Oh, I'm not a big fan of scissor doors either, but on a car this full on, they're not out of place. What do you think? Full article and gallery on Import Tuner.