Inside Line pits Tesla Model S against Porsche Panamera GTS

Well, that must've been fun.

Inside Line really took one for the team by road-testing the battery-electric Tesla Model S and the Porsche Panamera GTS against each other. It's a tough life.

Inside Line decided the Panamera GTS was the closest competitor to the Model S based on performance, price and size, even though the Porsche's base price of almost $112,000 is around $18,000 more than the "base" Model S Signature, the only version currently available (but who's going to quibble about that when you're in that type of tax bracket).

Not surprisingly, performance was off the charts by any vehicle standards, let alone two vehicles with an average weight of about 4,500 pounds. Both vehicles were in the low four-second range when it came to 0 to 60 mile-per-hour acceleration testing, with the Tesla showing "just endless forward thrust," while the Porsche was "unreal" in the slalom. The Model S "felt pretty precise" in the handling tests and IL was also impressed with the suspension in the slalom runs, especially using the "standard" suspension mode.

And in the true, apples-to-oranges fashion of testing an EV against a conventional "super-sedan," no winners were declared. Except for the guys running the tests, of course. For all the numerical test results, click here.