I've got this sneaking suspicion that the Tesla Model S is a great car. Throw out all of the questions about the car's underpinnings, the conditions of range, and the prospects of selling 20,000 of these a year and it probably is great. I know I'm excited to drive one at some uncertain point in the future.

Yesterday's launch of the Tesla Model S electric sedan was a highly choreographed affair, with most of the media merely happy pawns on Elon Musk's great chessboard. As we predicted, most media outlets got ten-or-less minutes to review the car.

It's possible the Tesla Model S is a great car that lives up to all of its promises. You won't find that out by reading reviews from the early drives of the car, which we've learned — and the company has basically confirmed — Tesla has limited to 10 minutes per outlet.