Tesla’s Model X has been available by pre-order for some time, but only recently did the online configurator for the electric crossover go live. As you’d expect for a luxury-minded vehicle, there?s no shortage of high-dollar options and interesting color combinations available, making our latest How We’d Spec It imaginary build process all the more fun. Here’s how we’d option out a Model X were it our money on the line (and we were wealthy).
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Tesla Model X P90D (base price: $115,500)
At this writing, the Model X lineup consists of the 75D, the 90D, and the P90D, with the “D” in each trim level referring to standard all-wheel drive and the numbers referring to that version’s battery size in kilowatt-hours. (The original base-model X, the 70D, was just recently replaced by the 75D.) Naturally, the bigger the battery, the more driving range you’re afforded per charge, so we skipped right past the 75D. Being power-hungry, we opted for the P90D, since the “P” in its name stands for “performance.” This move erases 7 miles of driving range from the non-P 90D’s 257-mile range, but also slices a claimed second off of the Model X’s zero-to-60 mph time, dropping it to just 3.8 seconds. With no options, the Model X P90D rings in at $115,500 before any federal, state, or local EV tax breaks are applied. Standard equipment includes a panoramic sunroof, a giant dashboard display with navigat...