Canuckbuyer

I have driven both cars and cannot decide which one to buy. Anyone else driven both of these and like to share their feedback? My priorities are performance, handling and safety. The Mercedes seems to be the best at all three but the technology and unique seamless acceleration of the Tesla is hard to ignore. Price is about the same after government credits on the Tesla. Obviously on going fuel costs will be significantly lower with the Tesla.

2012 merc amg

depends on the type of driving you do, with my I do some cross country driving which would make the Tesla very impractical.

6G Schnell

Have a simple question: How do you rev up the engine on Tesla?

nstanford99

I'd personally go with the AMG, tesla kind of in a way limits where you can go, i.e. roadtrips things like that. I like the tesla, however love my E63, interior on the AMG is very very nice, where the tesla felt kind of cheap to me in a way, although i love the design and everything inside, with the big screen! at the end of the day, the e63 is a complete monster and although im sure the tesla is pretty fast, i dont think it is in the same ballpark as the AWD s model.

jusy my .02!

2012 merc amg

After 100 mph its no contest the AMG will walk away from the Tesla.

Vic55

Before 100, after 100, no contest and no sound... I would have to have sound to match my driving.

The car looks good and TQ curve from the start of acceleration is impressive though. The same dialogue is going on over at the M5 boards. Id have a tough time getting the car as a daily main driver. It would be a good 3rd or 4th car for me.

TMC M5

I haven't driven the Tesla but have sat in it at the "showroom" at the local mall. It is nice, and has some great attributes, but I would go with the E63 S. Unless of course you are one of those people that like to brag about how green you are....

nstanford99

i think it is a great around town DD, but i would not buy it as my main performance car!

Canuckbuyer

Tesla S is very fast in the more likely daily driver scenario of 45-65 mph. It does this in 1.7 seconds compared to the new Corvette Z51 at 1.8 seconds. I cannot find the Mercedes equivalent but assume it is about the same.

6G Schnell

Exactly.

It was a surreal moment for me watching Tesla accelerating - and no sound

Vic55

Ive had the opportunity to run a few from digs in my M6 and my R8--- the R8 crushed it and the M6 pulled as well. I did one rolling run on a mexican toll road to about 160 and his headlights were like two little light pens falling down a deep well.... bye bye

TMC M5

I think they top out at 130mph...maybe he caught fire trying to keep up....

Patric

Was this the guy?

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/201...atches-on-fire

Vic55

LOL Tom you are right ---- but I was crushing him long before that governor hit.

Newzchspy

3 burning up in 5 weeks is NOT a good sign...............................Of course Tesla will agree to differ with me, BUT long term, my money is on the Benz!!!

Canuck, you didn't answer the ultimate question: How will you be using this new car?? Long road trips?? Local only?? To and from office or work??

I see you have a Jeep too, so AWD is obviously an important issue!!

2012 merc amg

At least the heat works good in the Tesla

Karl901

Maybe a good car for the wife.

vdubpower

tesla gradually veering into the mercs lane....

otakki

Can't believe you noticed that, too. I was about to post that when I scrolled down...

Canuckbuyer

Plan to use the car mainly short trips but a few long ones. As are far as snow the Mercedes is pretty low to the ground despite the awd while the Tesla has almost perfect weight distribution and adjustable height.

Fikse

try the race when they are both stock...

ace10

A 2014 S model has quite a few horsies, torks and driven wheels over the 2012 in your viddy....

nstanford99

yeah a stock non pp has 518 and 516 tq if im not mistaken?

ours have 577/590, regardless i love the tesla but it doesnt replace the driving experience of the AMG for me!

Tjdehya

1. Its highly unlikely that an E63 will be a total loss after minor accident.

2. An E63 wont spontaneously combust after striking a small object at highway speeds.

3. You wont need a fire extinguisher in the cabin of an E63 for daily commute.

4. If your E63 ever did any of the things mentioned above, at least Mercedes would recall the car and fix the problem before that issue results in the first fatality.

5. Just saying...

xolinlevh

Test drove one yesterday. Gotta say i was surprised at how much i liked it. Much more powerful then id expected it to be, and the in car technology is amazing, far beyond mercedes. Though the interior was not as refined feeling as mercedes, not as plush and comfortable. Once they add adaptive cruise control, lane tracking, and seat massage/cooling features it would be easily on par with mercs.

As for range, the sales woman showed us all the current and upcoming super charger locations crisscrossing the country. According to her by 2015 the charging stations will be in enough places that you can do coast to coast without having to worry about running out of juice. Toss in that my office has a number of stations to charge EVs, I could easily just charge it there and not at home (for free!).

IMO once they improve the interior comfort a bit more id easily be swayed towards Tesla instead