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hey this Chris from the verge and we are here at the launch of the Model X now of course this isn't the first time we're seeing the Model X it's been kicking around for a number of years but only in concept form tonight we're finally seeing the production version of the car and we're not just seeing it they're actually handing the keys over to the first customer so it's kind of a big deal and we had a chance to drive it earlier and I can tell you this kind of an insane car this isn't an SUV I mean it is it looks like an SUV right but you realize that it's actually a Model S in different clothes the the body is that of an SUV but the heart the soul is of a Model S and what that means is that it is extremely high performance we we took it down a straightaway with ludicrous mode turned on a 0-60 in 3.2 seconds and it has that same glue you to the back of your seat feeling that the Model S gives you it's pretty wild but that's not all this car is about it also has the Falcon wing doors that Elon Musk has been talking about for a number of years they are so named because they have served this this hinge in the middle so that they they open like a wing for lack of a better description the idea being that you can stand up inside the car which is handy if you have to put a car seat in the back this is a utilitarian car in this utilitarian feature it just happens to go as fast as of course your 911 turbo it has the largest windshield of any production car which doesn't sound like that big of a deal who cares and I didn't really care either until I got in the driver's seat and I look straight up and realized that I was seeing nothing but sky but when you have that effect you feel all encompassed by the by the outdoors you don't feel trapped by the inside of the car it really is kind of an amazing effect and there's no other way to describe it but to try it out for yourself so this car isn't cheap it starts under $100,000 but I can go as high as 100 $42,000 if you give the p90d with ludicrous mode let me break down what that means for you the P is for performance mode it's the high performance version of the car 90 is 490 kilowatt hour 90 kilowatt hour battery pack which is the only battery pack they're offering with this car right now and that will give you a range of around 250 to 260 miles somewhere in there it's very slightly lower than the Model S with the same powertrain but not a lot less and then the D stands for dual motor this is an all wheel drive vehicle isn't offered in a rear-wheel drive configurations all wheel drive only so if you're looking for the fastest SUV on the planet if you're looking for arguably the most luxurious SUV on the planet outside of something like a Bentley and if you're looking for the coolest SUV on the planet I think you've found your answer