In what sense? Look at European NCAP safety ratings; the Model S is great, but certainly didn't "top anything else". There are quite a few cars with better overall safety ratings.
And speed? Good acceleration, sure. But not faster than anything else. Top speed either. Where does this myth originate?
Maybe I forgot and it was the US standards that had to recalibrate but it was said in a few articles that Model S was above the highest ratings. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Model_S#Safety But I now read that there was a rebuttal ..
In what sense? Look at European NCAP safety ratings; the Model S is great, but certainly didn't "top anything else". There are quite a few cars with better overall safety ratings.
And speed? Good acceleration, sure. But not faster than anything else. Top speed either. Where does this myth originate?