[bengl3rt]

Value is linked to price. Tesla is doing the public a disservice by encouraging the notion that the Model S starts at $49k, when it really starts closer to $70 in order to approach a conventional car in utility.

Do you get $70k worth of car when you spend $70k on a Model S? Absolutely. You get something that can hold a candle to if not surpass the $70k BMW M5 in every way. But the curve isn't linear - the $49k barebones Model S is nowhere near as useful as the BMW 528 you'd get for the same money.

[sliverstorm]

Please actually read the review. They don't pretend the extra features come in the $49k model.

Additionally, it's a holistic approach. Nobody said it was a blowout victory in every single aspect.

[pbreit]

Just, stop. Many, many people will be happy with the base model. Your argument is like complaining that an iPad doesn't have a keyboard or that the base model doesn't have cellular.

[jfb]

Pedant: in no wise can you get into a new M5 for less than 90k, short of appropriation.