If asking CT or CB - CB is always the right answer.

[ted46]

I guess it’s perspective. The AWD in standard mode is faster than anything else I’ve driven by far. My wife gets dizzy if I accelerate too fast. I’m sure beast is next level but I’m ok without it.

I am definitely with you on this. This is the fastest car I’ve ever owned. I never had any muscle cars, but I did have a 327 Corvette, various motorcycles up to 1200 cc Honda Gold Wing and some racing 2 and 4 cycle dirt bikes, but this car is just crazy fast for me, it’s AWD , just a regular cyber truck. Love it.

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[LanierCruzer]

Test drove two awd’s, bought a beast mainly because my wife gave me the opening to do it . I will tell you there is a massive difference, my heart rate increases when I click the beast mode button, the truck is so tight and high strung in that mode…I haven’t launched it yet, but the rolling acceleration is absolutely bananas, and I used to race 1000cc bikes. The suede dash is also really nice. $20k nice? Who knows, but I’m glad I did it

 

[Jhodgesatmb]

I guess it’s perspective. The AWD in standard mode is faster than anything else I’ve driven by far. My wife gets dizzy if I accelerate too fast. I’m sure beast is next level but I’m ok without it.

I have an AWD. I bought it for the stainless steel, cargo capacity, and other functionality; not for speed or acceleration. I have never punched it and it’s got more than enough juice for me. My only reason for originally reserving the Tri-Motor was for the range. I have known a lot of people for whom speed and acceleration are the primary drivers in decision making. Some of them are still alive.

 

[Jhodgesatmb]

Only way I'd consider a beast is if they were same price

And give up range? Nope.

 

[AlDente]

This is the way.

Highway to hell? ...

 

[EWELON]

ive got exactly 20,000 reasons why the CB was the exact wrong answer when compared to my “plain jane AWD” lol.

 

[dalton108]

ive got exactly 20,000 reasons why the CB was the exact wrong answer when compared to my “plain jane AWD” lol.

Phttt! That's only $18,837 in today's money. Anyways, totally worth it for the exactly one time that I've launched my beast since getting it in the last two years! I feel sorry for you. You don't know what you're missing!

<Silently weeps depreciation tears. >

 

[CyberBeast40s]

I could get onboard it if the motors were just bigger but the tri-motor tradeoffs make little sense to me in a truck. Pay extra to get FWD-bias and lose a mechanical rear locker? Nah brah.

Not to mention, I've only gone flat out from a dig in my M3P a handful of times because it audibly strains the hell out of the chassis and bushings.

I have a 19 M3P, that has over 1000 launches on it, all original suspension. It's a loaner/beater.


Might want to get yours looked at if its making audible noises on launching. Might have a lemon.

(Source, Performance shop owner for 16 years)

 

[CyberTexas]

What I mean is that torque vectoring on a CB negates most of the issue (aka understeer) with front-bias AWD system. And if done right, it is a significant PLUS (not just negate) when you round a corner that may surpass AWD model. (Honestly, I don't drive fast enough to experience torque vectoring...so will defer to the fast folks on here to give their experience.)

This is where my argument comes back......which would you use more as a CT owner? Torque vectoring (in CB) is FAR more useful to most (99%?) of CT owners than a mechanical rear locker. Because to see the superiority of a mechanical rear locker (AWD) vs. "virtual" rear locker (CB), you have to do some major gnarly rock crawling. And I mean gnarly...not just mudding (which I also did...see below) or going over little hills.

To answer my own question, I did some digging about handling differences between the two models:

https://www.cybertruckownersclub.com/forum/threads/cb-vs-awd-in-handling…the-data.58531/

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