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Motortrend on two Model Ys at the track

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  1. bwilson4web

    bwilson4web BMW i3 and Model 3

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    Source: 2020 Tesla Model Y Dual Motor Long Range Tested: It's the "Slow" One

    When we got our hands and test gear on a pair of Model Ys earlier this year, they were different specifications and tested less formally. One was a Dual Motor Performance PUP and the other a Dual Motor Long Range. Utilizing an "undisclosed location" that definitely wasn't a quiet road late at night, the test team was able to get the following results: Zero to 60 mph in just 3.7 seconds for the Performance and 4.6 seconds for the Long Range. Those are already great numbers, but we knew the Teslas had more in them. Now that we've more accurately recorded performance figures for the latter, we're certain they do.

    Back at our go-to California Speedway test facility and now fully instrumented, the Model Y Dual Motor Long Range hit 60 mph in just 4.1 seconds. That's just a tenth slower than the Jaguar I-Pace and a full second quicker than the Audi e-Tron, both of which are substantially more expensive. You already know this if you read our comparison between the Model 3, the I-Pace, and the Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio, of course.
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    Well-worn criticisms aside, the Model Y remains an impressive achievement for Tesla all around. It's a better vehicle out of the gate than the Model 3 was and in a far more important segment. Many of the issues we had with the Model 3 have been solved for the Model Y, and the Model 3 was hardly a bad car. Like its Autopilot software, Tesla is learning and learning fast. Get the body panels on straight, ensure stuff is properly bolted down before it leaves the factory, and we'll really struggle to find something to complain about.
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    I’d like a scaled down Prius like model y for 30k, don’t care about all this super performance stuff
     
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    bwilson4web BMW i3 and Model 3

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    Consider getting 'trade-in' quotes for the vehicle the Model Y would replace. My 2017 Prius Prime came in at $18.3k which brought the out-of-pocket cost for our Model 3 to ~$22k. In Alabama, this avoided a big sales tax bill when we registered it.

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    Driving home from work yesterday - from red light to red light .....

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    They're already as thick as thieves here in SoCal, ubiquitous. It doesn't seem like the occasional bad PR is hurting them production-wise, especially considering we are in pandemic lockdown. Seems to be plenty of cash flowing.
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    techies are flying high
     
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    How much has the population gone down?
     
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    Y is a bloated Model 3. Can’t figure out why Tesla made it look like a 3 that had too much Thanks Giving Dinner!! I would buy a Model 3 over the Y regardless of it SUV tendencies.
     
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    as a fellow old person - if you live just a bit longer - your wish will be here in the used Market in less than 3 or 4 years

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    Opposite for me down here, I finally saw my first one at the local "showroom" a couple of weeks ago. No sales folks hired there yet (location has been open for over a year) so the service guy pointed to the only one on the lot that was black with heavy tinted windows and very dusty.

    The Y's liftback CUV design has efficiency primarily in mind but that also has the same limitations as the prius; the greatly sloping rear glass removes a lot of potential hatch volume as compared to a wagon, van, "real" CUV/SUV, etc; something I couldn't really visualize online. I imagine the 7 seater version will have very limited utility.
     
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    the trade-off is, at least you can put stuff in the front trunk.
    or ..... wait for Model 'V'

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    Yeah, there's that but I'd rather have the much greater utility of a more square-ish rear hatch like the Prius v in a CUV.
     
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    maybe for my 70th birthday if i make it :oops:
     
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