Shefwedfan wrote: » I am not getting into a VW conversation.... The point is Tesla have a chance to kill the competition and they are waiting around for what exactly? they are supposed to have the batteries? the Y is not a new car, they could release tomorrow. by the time it comes around loads of companies will have option out to market.....Polestar will be the car everyone will want then if they are looking for a new company
Mike9832 wrote: » Was all good reading and agreed with everything till the VW and Crozz came up VW are going to be the biggest let down ever, it will be well into 2021 when they start selling base model's, they are only making 100k ID's in 2020 and they will be top of the range model's, not the 25k model's they are constantly talking up. Yanks are after them for more billions too which they don't have, they are even more screwed then Tesla
Shefwedfan wrote: » I wouldn't complain to be honest if they started to make the Y model straight away and selling it.... It make sense to me, take the Model 3, make it a little higher and sell it as a Crossover so they can get to market quickers.... The problem is they announce it and then say it will be 2021 before it will start selling. So why bother? if they are going to wait around for so long then why not do something different....I get more confused by Tesla every day of the week.... They biggest issue they have is selling an electric car into a market which buy Crossovers. They have the jump on everyone else and instead of killing the market they are waiting. By the time 2021 come around the Crozz from VW will be on sale for at least 1 year. People talk about "tesla killer". I don't think anyone needs a Tesla killer because they are doing the job themselves.....
Mike9832 wrote: » Great value alright It's just so bland, not ugly, but boring. Tesla badly need a new designer, even the new Roadster looks plain.
macnab wrote: » I think the Model Y needs to look more like an SUV to appeal to the fashion conscious buyer.
pdpmur wrote: » Is Tesla falling into the cookie cutter styling trap in that it will be hard to visually differentiate between a model X and Y, thereby devaluing the more expensive X in the eyes of potential buyers?
aliveandkicking wrote: » The standard range Model Y has similar range, performance and space as the Jag Ipace, Audi Etron, Merc EQC but comes in at around half the price starting at $39,000. Obviously the other three will have better build quality and interiors but how much interior quality does $40,000 extra buy! As for the long range and performance Model Y, it blows the other three out of the water on range and acceleration for $57,000. The Model Y has a 7 seat option too which the others don't as far as I know.
unkel wrote: » Of course it was. Musk tried to register "Model E" as a trademark a few years ago, but got blocked
Dont be at yourself wrote: » Amazed that they squeezed a third row of seats in there. I wonder will they offer a 6-seater option like the Model X? That's the ideal configuration, I think.
unkel wrote: » Yeah and spring 2021 in the US for the base model realistically means a 221 reg here. As you say, a good bit more competition coming by then, which is a good thing. Had this car been available for immediate delivery here, I would have ordered one today.
Mickeroo wrote: » So now we have a model S, 3, X and Y. S3XY.......was this deliberate? :pac:
ted1 wrote: » The issue with the third row of seats is generally there is little to no leg room in the back row. This looks the case here The Qashqai is a very poor 7 seater that doesn’t fit three kids seats. SUV’s tend to have big wheel arches which reduces the internal size. Touran, C4, grand Picasso etc are much better it carrying people
unkel wrote: » How many kids do you have and how big are they? We're a family of 5 but it would be handy for us to occasionally bring the mother-in-law and / or other other kids with us, mainly for short-ish distances. The 2 extra seats would be useful for that. They look suitable even for adults, as long as they are well below 6 feet (1.8m).The seats look a lot more useful than the ones in the 7 seat option in Model S I'd say the interior will be similar in size, perhaps a bit bigger than a Nissan Qashqai 7 seater
unkel wrote: » That looks far better than I expected. 7 seats a very useful option for me. 0.23Cd is best in class, should make for good efficiency and more importantly range. Base model for about EUR40k on the road here, provided we will still have the same incentives as we have now? Model Y to Model 3 is like Model X to Model S
