![]() ![]() There’s also a real sense of momentum about Polestar now – it’s got the design schtick nailed, this interior concept looks to be futureproof, and yet there’s a humility about this newcomer that’s massively refreshing. Single Motor iterations make it more accessible for most too. We love the Polestar 2 because it’s handsome, the build quality will give Audi drivers PTSD, and there’s a real sense of common sense about the car – that it’s been designed to work seamlessly, not to wow you with gimmicks then wind you up further down the line. Want to know what the best electric cars are? Click here for the top 20 When you see one of these whoosh past, you’re going to want one. It looks like the car the future promised, but distanced enough from a Volvo S60 not to seem contrived. On the design front, it’s job done: this is a sensational-looking machine in the metal, crisp and fresh and clean-cut, loaded with presence but wonderfully unadorned with fake vents or dummy-aero nonsense. Polestar wants to make desirable and rapid electric cars, but it wants to do so with Scandi common sense. He believes that now the world is warming up to electric cars, soon the idea of each car needing to carry around all the weight and cost of a 300+ mile range will seem as absurd as a car carrying around a second engine as a redundancy measure. He admits the learning curve will be steep, but points out Polestar has been in the EV market for a year or two, not decades. CEO Thomas Ingenlath (an ex-Volvo design boss himself) hints Polestar’s USPs will be build quality and the completeness of the car and ownership experience, not YouTube-friendly 0-60mph times. ![]() Polestar is finding its feet in the market and wants to do things its own way. ![]() But we’ll not get utterly bogged down in Tesla tit-for-tat here. In the meantime, check out our Tesla Model 3 video review here or head over to our Tesla leasing deals page for more great offers.Now, an equivalent Tesla Model 3 Long Range is good for further 60 miles of claimed endurance, and for some folks, the argument will end there. We’re sure the driving experience will be very similar too – which is to say “very good” – but we’ll let you know once we’ve tested it. 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. 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. ![]()
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