The Model Y really does just take a Model 3 and make it a lot more practical, making it a much better family car for a quite reasonable outlay. Track Mode changes the handling characteristics for a sportier drive, improves the post-drive cooling, and gives the driver an on-board lap timer through the central touchscreen. Unlike the Model 3, though, the Model Y doesn’t get a Track Mode with the Performance upgrade. Upgrade to a Model Y Performance and the wheels go to 21-inches (up an inch on the Model 3 Performance to fill those big wheel arches), the suspension is lowered, the brakes are beefed up and the top speed is raised from 135mph to 155mph. Unsurprisingly the Model 3 and Model Y are almost identically equipped, with every car getting Tesla’s focal piece 15-inch media screen, twin wireless phone chargers, two-zone climate control, heated & power adjustable front seats and a panoramic glass roof. About half a second slower in both cases. It’s still utterly rapid though, with the Long Range model taking 4.8 seconds to hit the benchmark, and the Performance model just 3.5. So, roughly 40-50 miles difference.Īcceleration is similarly affected, with the Model Y not quite able to post as impressive 0-62mph times as the smaller car. The Long Range Model Y offers a 315-mile claimed WLTP range (compared to 360 in the equivalent Model 3), while the Model Y Performance claims 298 miles, compared to 340 in the 3. In the meantime, both versions of the Y offer impressive battery range – albeit a little lower than in an equivalent 3 because the Y is bigger, heavier and less aerodynamic. How Do Performance & Range Compare?Īgain, no Standard Range version of the Y yet but it’ll probably happen at some stage. Ultimately, the fatter body of the Y makes for a very spacious car for 5. The wheelbase of both cars is the same, so you’re not getting any more rear legroom in the Y but that’s no big deal because the 3 has a relatively long space between the axles anyways. There’s a 7-seat version of the Y available in the US, but it’s not available here in the UK yet. The front luggage space is bigger than the 3’s too, at 117 litres, and so when you drop the seats and add up all the space you’re getting a whopping 2100 litres. In pure volume terms you’re looking at a boot twice the size: 854 litres compared to 425. ![]() In short, it has not.That 5 grand or so is really paying for the added practicality that the Model Y brings, because not only is it taller, which means improved headroom, it also has a much bigger boot that’s accessed via a larger hatchback. It would have been one of the shocks of the century if Tesla had heightened a Model 3 and spoiled it in the process. Plus, if the build quality continues on this trajectory, one of Tesla’s real weaknesses against the European old guard will eventually be kiboshed. Obviously that’s not as sexy as Autopilot or Ludicrous Mode, but it’s going to make this a great car to live with, before you get to the foolproof charging, frugal real-world electrical consumption, and all the other stuff that makes Teslas genius electric all-rounders. The Model Y is now the poster-car for ‘if you delete the engine, the gearbox, the exhaust and all that fuel tank plumbing, then look how roomy you can make the cabin, and look how much storage you can offer in the boot'. And it very much is. What’s most interesting is this is the first Tesla we’ve driven where the standout impression isn’t necessarily the acceleration, or the driver assistance tech, or the world-class touchscreen, or even the built-in games and memes. Let’s not pretend it’s a surprise that the Model Y is a good car. Want to know what the best electric cars are? Click here for the top 20 Our choice from the range Mercedes’ EQB is storming the EV segment with seven seats, in which Tesla is tardy in offering in the Model Y, and BMW’s iX3 purports to offer a very straight-bat rival, though it’s compromised by not being based on a bespoke EV platform, which the Tesla of course is. Then there’s the much more enduring Ford Mustang Mach-E, and the more design-led Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia EV6. ![]() Chief fodder for the Model Y to chew up and dispatch is the VW ID.4, and its Audi Q4 e-tron, Q4 Sportback and Skoda Enyaq siblings, none of which can get close to the Tesla’s range. A few grand between this and the Model 3 at either end of the spectrum, then, even after all of Tesla's recent price cuts. ![]() The standard Model Y now costs from £44,990 in the UK (at least it does at the time of writing, Tesla has a habit of mixing things up without warning), while the more appealing Long Range model costs a tenner short of £53k.įor the Model Y Performance, you pay the same note shy of £60,000.
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