crayphile:

All this talk of instant torque with Teslas is all well and good but the drive train just cannot handle it. Only those who are not familiar with high performance petrol powered vehicles are in awe of it. I don't say this from some elitist or head in the sand petrolhead point of view - it's just fact. If I had £100k to spend on a fast high performance saloon then I would look no further than an S Class AMG variant. Far far better quality than a Tesla in every regard.

No doubt the S lacks luxury, but I've seen no data indicating Tesla's drivetrain aren't reliable, and I'd point out that Tesla is murdering the S class in sales and has far better residuals.

That said, an S AMG isn't even close to acceleration of a Model S. Not even on the same continent, let alone in the same ball park.