Tesla Model 3 in-depth review - see why it’s the best electric car in the world!

this is the Tesla Model 3 and it's a little bit like a oneplus mobile phone in the way it has almost the same performance as the more expensive Model S but it's more affordable so it starts in America from around 35,000 dollars here in Europe it starts from 50,000 euros and in the UK well you can't get it yet you'll be able to within a year then it'll probably cost around 50,000 pounds now if you're looking for a new car click on the pop-out band in the top right hand corner of the screen or front of the link below the video to get a car why there you can check that you're paying a fair price for the car you're looking at this is the performance version of the model through some sporty upgrades like a carbon-fiber rear spoiler 20 inch alloy wheels bigger brakes it sits lower to the ground as well but it looks like a Model S but just a little bit more modern a little bit smaller and of course look being an electric car there's no grill so it doesn't really have a mouth as such I do like the look of it though I think it's quite a neat and tidy looking car but inside its suitably hi-tech so it's a really clean modern design in here there's hardly any buttons the only buttons there are are actually on the steering wheel and quite is pretty good as well it's much better I think than in the Model S which is the more expensive car so there's squidgy materials on the dash here and here and here and here and even down here on the door bins as well and the build quality is better than before so the controls have a nice damp feeling to them the materials don't shake there are a few bits and pieces where you press it and it just feels a little bit less solid than say something like a BMW but it's not too far they have got really really close to the mainstream manufacturers and then there's the area when they completely thrash them and that's the infotainment screen and you get this big infotainment screen as standard on every model 3 and that brings you on to the specs every Model 3 gets dual zone climate control and you can actually control where the air comes out of this main central vent here but it exactly where you like it you need to drag it with your finger line there's mobile phone connectivity where you can actually control the car remotely by an app so you can do things like operate the climate you can check the charging stay and do some other bits and pieces such as locket in fact you can use your phone as the key for the car and it just recognizes that you've got in your pocket and lets you in and start it and you get a reversing camera too and I think it's probably one of those high definition reversing cameras I've ever seen if you upgrade to the performance model you get the optional full-length glass roof as standard and I love the way it just extends all the way to the very back instead of fabric seats the performance model also gets vegan leather also known as leatherette or just fake leather it's also available with this open pore wood if you like that kind of thing and this heated seats too so not just for the driver nor the front passenger but for people in the back as well even the one in the very middle back seat in fact you can't roll most of the cost functions through this screen so I'm going to talk you through exactly what it can do now there's Google Maps sat-nav it's fast easy to use and will plan your route via Tesla superchargers or driving and security features are operated through the screen and you can swipe to see power usage and remain in charge the car even understands a wide range of voice commands while music apps such as Spotify and tuning radio of built in there's full internet connectivity - with Google search and even a mode for cleaning grubby fingerprints off the screen thank God you also use the screen to just things like the door mirrors for instance I hit that button on there and then I use the button on the steering wheel to move the mirror up and down and left and right then if I want to alter the position of the steering wheel what's going to press that button and then I use this again to move it up down in and out in fact it's very easy to get an ideal driving position in this car so the seat has plenty of adjustment in it so even if you're really tall you can get into a comfortable position or if you're small because it will jack up quite a way and for those longer journeys you've got electrically controlled lumbar support to put a little bit of extra padding in the small of your back so you don't get back ache and then there's a couple spaces so there were a lot under here there's plenty of room leaving a little tray and there's a 12 volt charging socket in there a very quaint however for the more modern people look at this you have if I just hit that you will see a couple of charges there where you can just mount your mobile phone die li and they'll charge up I think that is super cool what's less cool is this that it can be quite hard to shut these if you think they operate like a normal cubby cover but they're actually held down by magnets they just close them gently and it's all good yeah actually under I should show you there's any more space there as well that the dog there there is a tasting gate news to the door bins are a decent size as well and you can use these cup holders although they are fixed in size and quite large which means smaller cans are gonna rattle around in there and probably drop out when you accelerate and then there's a closed box so how the heck do you open it of course you open it through the screen you know everything is operated through the screen so there we go I just hit this button ever wanna look alive box another thing that's cool is this look at the visor so it's like one of those covers for your iPad the way it's magnetic I really like that and yes that's quite a big visor she'll be able to keep the sin out of your eyes I was like the rear view mirror as well it's cool a minimalist not the rest of the car anyway let's hop into the back but before we do I want to show you this you open the door by just pressing a button here and it opens electrically now you might be thinking well what happens if it runs out of battery I'll never be able to get out the car don't worry look there's a manual override let's jump into the back another thing I like is how you open the doors never a really cool handle doesn't quite open in the same way as on the Model S but I actually think it's a better system okay space in the back so this seat is in my usual driving position I've got plenty of knee room headroom is just about okay for me but people over six-foot may struggle a little bit if you need to carry three people in the backup once it is doable because well look at this you have no hump in the floor and so this plenty of space for everyone's feet and the car seems quite wide so it should be alright for shoulder space as well if you need to get a child seat there's a couple of a fix here and on this seat as well no one's sitting there you can just fold this down and then you've got cup holders there it's alright my only issue is because this is an electric car you've got batches underneath the floor means that your feet are quite high up so if you look at that angle there it's a bit like you're squatting so that could be a bit annoying on longer journeys no compromise under thigh support as a result ideal ice there look coat hooks I love the way they actually hidden ont need them of course you got your reading lights there and there right where you'd be holding a book which is good there's a couple of USB charging points there as well and as a little folder in the back of the front seats where you can just about fit an iPad plus the door bins in the back and nice and large as well once more criticism though is this look the rear windows really don't go down very far so kids will find that a bit annoying that they will like the fact that the window ledge isn't too high and the rear window is quite big so you do get a good view out and of course the glass roof does make you feel nice and air in here though it doesn't get too hot because it's actually got a special coating which blocks out more than 99% of UV light now let's move on to the boot once again the door opens electrically so in terms of the capacity it's about three-quarters of that that you get in the boot of a BMW 3-series in fact once you check out my in-depth video review of the BMW 3-series you just click on the pop-up and in the top right corner of the screen or follow the link below the video ok watch it so you look at the space it is quite usable the boot opens really high as well so you've got nice access to it even though it's a saloon car there's not much of a lift to lift stuff over so it's all right under here though is some extra storage and there is quite a lot when you add all that together the boot capacity is then very similar to the 3-series and its really nice that you've got somewhere to keep the charging cables out of the way it's a little bit of extra storage just down the side here as well and of course being an electric car you do not have an engine at the front so instead you have a throat which is a front boot and you can open it using the app just like that there you go Ted simple and there's more room here as well look at that and it even has a few hooks if you look at these where you can hang your shopping off so it doesn't roll about all over the place however not everything about this car is cool here's 5 annoying things about it only one painkiller is included in the price and that is black you don't want that you're gonna have to pay some more money what all this minimalism is cool it would be good to have a few buttons for some key items such as your fog lights but now you have to go to the screen also using the mirrors through this system is a little bit of an ass as well Tesla has just cut the price at the Model S Model X by up to forty thousand pounds and they could do that for the Model 3 at any point which would be a little bit annoying if you just bought one prior to the price cut this black trim not only because of horrible fingerprints but it also scratches easily look there's marks on it and this is a brand new car if it's been raining and there's a lot of water on the car when you open the boot that drips on there then look because you can see it all drips inside the car because it's not sufficient guttering like on normal cars thankfully they're still Plenty's like about the Tesla Model 3 here's five cool features if you're running low on battery the satellite navigation system will automatically divert to to a Tesla supercharger and I'll even preheat the battery but optimal charging when you get there if you're planning a longer route it'll actually figure in places to stop to charge up but it won't make you state and charge there for longer than you need to every Model 3 comes fitted with all the hardware necessary for all the available options and if you decide that you want to have one at a later date you can actually just have it as a software update to enable it to work also upgrades to the car systems can also be done over the internet for instance Tesla just figured out how to use the cameras on the car for the auto pilot for a dashcam and they just enabled it for everyone so the event of having an accident you can then just plug in a special USB stick to download the footage you can put the car into special modes for instance if a thief approaches the car special security mode will actually spot them and it uses the sensors and cameras to record what they're doing and it'll even put a little display on the cause infotainment system to say that they're being watched then there's dog mode if you want to leave your dog in the car it'll put a message on the screen and it actually hold that for the air conditioning at the right temperature to keep the dog happy but if the Colin's out of battery and it starts to get too hot in there it'll send a note to your mobile phone to tell you to get back and save your pooch and then there's violate mode so if you want to hand over your car at an airport or the hotel you can put into this mode and it will restrict the speed to 55 miles an hour unlock the trunk and also disengage the infotainment systems and they can't mess around the settings the seats have a special coating on them which make them very easy to wipe clean if you get muck on them the car has a range of funny Easter eggs which shows that Tesla has a sense of humor and I'll show you some now so by pressing that button there and then pulling this down you access the Easter eggs and this one here is called romance mode so it shows a lovely roaring log fire their hair romantic is their play some relaxing music awesome it blows that warm air to the ventilation system and warms the seats as well to get you in the mood next there is Mars mode so basically it changes your sat-nav for the surface of the planet Mars next up is drawing mode which allows you to write stuff on the screen then there's a Tori mode which allows you to play games off all the Torah's and then there is my personal favorite the whoopee cushion basically you can activate each seat so that when someone sits on it as you can hear it makes a farting sound and you can choose between the different fart sounds so I'll run through them here there's Malcon heavy then you've got ludicrous fart that one's a bit wet nutria stink it's like post curry that one yeah kids are gonna love that and grownup kids will too the Tesla Model 3 has a 75 kilowatt hour battery and according to Tesla that should be good for a range of up to 3 miles so long as you take it steady now to charge it you just press this flap here there you go knee opens and then you can plug your charger in now if you charge this car from normal 3 pin socket at home it'll take a day and a half to charge you from empty to full however if you have a special fast AC charger that time is cut to just half a day that's why you can want to charge it from one of the DC charges from a 50 kilowatt charge it'll take about an hour to charge it from 10% to 80% full or if you go to a Tesla supercharger you can do that in about 35 minutes however there's a new v3 supercharger available for the Tesla Model 3 which means you can charge it twice a speed in fact it can add 75 miles of range in just five minutes now in Europe there's two versions of the model 3 both a dual motor so they have a motor at the back and a motor at the front so they are four-wheel-drive there's a long range version that has 350 horsepower or this performance version that has 450 horsepower eventually Europe will get the full Tesla Model 3 line up which is already available in the US that means less expensive rear drive only versions and smaller battery packs but seeing as I have the most powerful car right here let's do some serious motoring journalism I want to see just how quick this Tesla Model 3 is so I launched it before I do that though I'm gonna move the acceleration setting from chill into sport also I'm going to turn off creep so I can leave the car stationary and then just floor the throttle to make it go and to time it I'm gonna use a special app on my mobile phone and just plop that up there let's do this boys quick that's really quick that's enough nor 260 you can see it there 3.6 seconds yeah it's quick it's not quite as bonkers quick as a Tesla Model S P 100 D in Ludacris plus mode but it's fast enough and when you're just driving along because you've got no gearbox and you got the instant power from the electric motors when you put your foot down it just picks up so quick well yes it's definitely a Tesla so it's it's Model 3 like when you hit a twisty road such as this well you put the steering into sport mode so it's heavier and it will surprise you because this thing isn't just about straight-line pace I mean being an electric car it is quite heavy because you've got all those batteries but it really grips well in a corner also the steering is super fast it's just odd but it's this much fun with absolutely no engine noise it's fast and it's fun it's a result so the model 3 takes the enjoyment box better than any Tesla before it but how to cope with the mundane 'ti of day-to-day driving such as in town so being electric it's very quiet this is the performance version so it has slightly stiffer suspension so it doesn't move around a bit over bumps in the road but it's not too bad and actually have a speed up such as this it's fine it doesn't feel any further than something like a sporty Audi or BMW you can get the normal model which has softer suspension and smaller wheels and it'll be a bit better over bumps and bit more comfortable but I'm actually fine with this what I do like is the fact you get a great view forward because you've got such a low - what I don't like though is this pillar creates a massive blind spot so when you're at Junction you really do have to look round it quite a lot as for the manoeuvrability well the turning circle is very similar to something like a BMW 3 Series so it's just about good enough so if you need to go around a mini roundabout you can do then there's the brakes so only with an electric car the first part your braking actually regenerates the batteries and so you can feel a bit grabby at times whereas it doesn't with this Tesla you get the regenerating effect when you lift off the accelerator but the brakes are just normal rakes so they're very easy to control and you don't end up like jerking your way down the road I like that about it but while all that is very clever is a lot of three actually any good as a long-distance motorway crews up well yes so since a nice to come faced pension does a good job its relaxing enough you gave it a wind noise from around here but it's quite quiet I'm not sure what I'm just noticing the other noises because there's no noise from the engine of course you can look great to have Tesla's an autopilot which is basically a clever cruise control system so to engage it I hit down on this stalk twice and there we go it's on that's doing what normal systems do so it's using radars and cameras to keep a safe distance from the car in front it also automatically steered to keep me in lay that you do have to keep your hands on the wheel otherwise it'll disengage but what it can do that other systems don't do is this look if I want to change lane I just put the indicator on and it'll be looking to see what's next to me you can see it's safe and then it'll move into that Lane and then it disengages indicator so you don't have to do that now if you have the car in America it'll actually do all that itself without you having to put the indicator on you can even set your destination on the satellite navigation and it will automatically take you off at a junction obviously the right Junction now we don't have that yet in Europe because of European law Wars let's see how long you can go before it throws a wobbly and disengages I think super cool the way it shows where the other things are there and I want to show you this as well look you don't have to use your rear view mirror press this the camera will stay on regardless of what speed you're doing it doesn't disengage like on normal cars you I've been driving along with my hands off the wheel for at least two or three minutes now I don't think the system which disengages when you take your hands off the wheel is working on this particular car because this is odd it's definitely not supposed to do this anyway I think we're going to cut this section because it's going to go on forever isn't it because I don't think the systems gonna disengage it's just going to keep on working which I quite like apparently there was a - steering calibration issue on this particular car and normally autopilot can tell if your hands aren't on the wheel and will disengage if they're not it anyway for safety reasons don't try what they did at home now if you're thinking about buying your new car click on the pop-out banner just up there the top right-hand corner of the screen or follow the link below the video or just google car way to go to our website there you'll be able to check that you're paying a fair price for your new car and was the College locking itself by the way also you'll be able to put in your details of the car you want to get offers back from our trusted dealers ok anyway so what's my final verdict on the Tesla Model 3 should do avoid it should you consider it should you shortlist it or should you just go right ahead and buy it well I reckon if you're looking for an electric car just go right ahead and buy a Tesla Model 3 it's even better than the Model S but less expensive I hope you guys enjoyed the video please let me know what you think of my verdict in the comments box below also give us a thumbs up if you liked the video if you didn't like it don't do anything also if you want to see some more Tesla content you can watch my review of the Tesla Model X below the Tesla Model S down there if you want to see how much money you can save on a new car or two just check and you're paying a fair price click over there to get a car Wow

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Length: 20min 9sec (1209 seconds)

Published: Fri Mar 22 2019

Reddit Comments

[u/KiloDoubleMike]

"Comes with built in Spotify"

*cries in American*

[u/Singuy888]

It's amazing that after a year of release, the newest review of this car is so different from prior reviews because of the constant update. A year ago, no review said anything about

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1. Dog mode

2. Sentry mode

3. Romance mode

4. Atari games

5. Farting app

6. Version 3 super chargers

7. Dashcam

8. Blind spot monitoring

9. Nav on auto pilot

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And this is just the beginning. Chrome browser just announced by Elon. Advanced summon dropping soon. Full self driving features by the end of the year. The horse power was just increased as well as the range. I bought my model 3 a year ago and I feel like I am driving the 2019 model already.

[u/[deleted]]

Conclusion: “Better than the Model S.”

[u/notrichardparker]

Mat has some great reviews of other cars also if you liked this one. I really liked his Volvo ones. Glad we got a model 3 one finally!

[u/mitchmarnershands]

Quite honestly....I don't need anymore reviews. Car is amazing.