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Re:Italy seeks to shield supercars from combustion engine ban by josephcsible on Saturday September 04, 2021 @04:46PM (#28418992)
Why did you phrase your question in a way that implies it'd be ridiculous to call the Model S a hypercar? The Plaid edition set new world records for both 0-60 and 1/4 mile times among production cars.
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Re:Italy seeks to shield supercars from combustion engine ban by perl4ever on Saturday September 04, 2021 @05:32PM (#28419451)
A rocket sled accelerates very quickly too; that doesn't make it a competitor to Ferrari and Lamborghini.

The Model S seems analogous to quartz watches, that meant expensive watches couldn't compete on accuracy any more, but that doesn't make it a hypercar even if it were to make them obsolete.

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Re:Italy seeks to shield supercars from combustion engine ban by Why_O_My on Saturday September 04, 2021 @04:51PM (#28419058)
This wasn't meant to be an attack to Tesla, it was just a random car model I chose. And in terms of price the plaid is far off from the other commonly accepted hypercars.
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