---
title: "Watch a Tesla Model S P100D Whip a Modified Camaro ZL1 With a 10.7-Second Quarter-Mile"
description: "Even a completely stock Model S P100D, however, is only a tenth of a second behind."
date: "2017-03-20"
modified: "2017-03-20"
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  - name: "Will Sabel Courtney"
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url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/8448/watch-a-tesla-model-s-p100d-whip-a-modified-camaro-zl1-with-a-10-7-second-quarter-mile"
categories:
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  - "Camaro"
  - "Drag Race"
  - "Electric Vehicle"
  - "luxury"
  - "model s"
  - "P100D"
  - "sedan"
  - "Tesla"
  - "ZL1"
---

# Watch a Tesla Model S P100D Whip a Modified Camaro ZL1 With a 10.7-Second Quarter-Mile

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By this point, we're all pretty well acquainted with the accelerative prowess of Tesla's top-tier Model S. Every new high-performance version of Elon Musk's *wünder-*sedan redefines what the automotive world considers a quick luxury car—and the latest one, the Model S P100D, is no exception, capable of blasting from 0-60 in less than 2.3 seconds. And, as the folks at DragTimes discovered, [it can also knock out a quarter-mile time that humbles most muscle cars: 10.723 seconds at 121.49 miles per hour](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSSdMvl8_mY>).

That drag time, set last Friday at the Palm Beach International Raceway, marks the fastest official quarter-mile time ever set by a Model S. The blue P100D did have a little bit of help in doing so, however; [according to *Teslarati*, it was wearing wider tires than a regular Model S](<https://www.teslarati.com/first-model-s-p100d-sets-tesla-1-4-mile-record/>), and rocked a pair of lightweight TSW rims. That was enough to help it demolish a modified fifth-gen Chevy Camaro ZL1, which cooked off an 11.233 at 132.14 mph. (The [stock fifth-gen ZL1, for what it's worth, did a 12.3 @ 119 in *Car and Driver* testing](<https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/2012-chevrolet-camaro-zl1-test-review>).)

To see how that car compares to a stock model, the DragTimes crew also tested a fresh-off-the-showroom new Model S P100D (the white one in the video). In spite of its stock shoes and heavy options load—including the panoramic glass roof and seven-seat interior configuration—the factory-spec Tesla cooked off a 10.875 second quarter-mile blast at a trap speed of 121.45 mph.

https://youtube.com/embed/wSSdMvl8_mY

## Author
Will is the former managing editor of *RIDES Magazine* and the former online editor for *0-60 Magazine*. He has worked for *Time Out New York* and *Rolling Stone*, and was the creator of *College Cars Online*, the first automotive blog specifically targeted at college students and young professionals.

### Author social links  
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