Motor Trend Car of the Year: Tesla Model S

[DocM]

Elon Musk: WINNER !!

http://www.scpr.org/blogs/economy/2012/11/12/11050/elon-musk-roll-first-spacex-succeeds-and-now-tesla/

Elon Musk on a roll: First SpaceX succeeds, and now Tesla wins Motor Trend Car of the Year

Tesla workers cheer on one the first Tesla Model S cars sold during a rally at the Tesla factory in Fremont, Calif., in June. The luxury all-electric sedan just won Motor Trend's Car of the Year award.

Elon Musk is a on a serious roll.

He's CEO of two companies: SpaceX and Tesla Motors. SpaceX, based near Los Angeles, just completed the first paid commerical resupply mission to the International Space Station.

The news just broke that Tesla's Model S sedan has won Motor Trend's Car of the Year award.

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http://m.motortrend.com/oftheyear/car/1301_2013_motor_trend_car_of_the_year_tesla_model_s/

2013 Motor Trend Car of the Year: Tesla Model S

Shocking Winner: Proof Positive that America Can Still Make (Great) Things

The 2013 Motor Trend Car of the Year is one of the quickest American four-doors ever built. It drives like a sports car, eager and agile and instantly responsive. But it's also as smoothly effortless as a Rolls-Royce, can carry almost as much stuff as a Chevy Equinox, and is more efficient than a Toyota Prius. Oh, and it'll sashay up to the valet at a luxury hotel like a supermodel working a Paris catwalk. By any measure, the Tesla Model S is a truly remarkable automobile, perhaps the most accomplished all-new luxury car since the original Lexus LS 400. That's why it's our 2013 Car of the Year.

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[MightyJordan]

Good choice. When it comes here next year, maybe it'll win European Car of the Year 2014. They've warmed up to EVs the past two years; in 2011, the Nissan LEAF won, and this year, the Vauxhall Ampera won. Next year, it'll probably be the Toyota Prius Plug-In (can't really see the Prius Plus or the Smart ED winning).

[Mr. Gibs]

In an October presidential debate, Mitt Romney jeered that Tesla, Solyndra, and others were "losers" that had proven bad bets for loans from the Obama administration. Musk stayed silent then, but he couldn't resist a little gloating on Monday. Recalling Romney's remark that Tesla was a loser, he said, "In retrospect he was right about the object of that statement, but not the subject."

:rofl:

Good job Tesla!