yourself an
Model S the new model 3 or the BigDog
Model X you want to know the ins and the
outs the ups and the downs the pros and
cons well you're in luck as today I'm
gonna break it all down for you it's
Tesla vs. Tesla vs. Tesla and there are
loads of questions that need answering
which has the best range the best
the interior which is the most practical
which is the best to drive which is the
the best value for money and which is the
best car the youth okay I've got all
three cars in front of me and I think it
would be a bit of a shame if we didn't
take some time and have a little bit of
a perv starting with the og the Model S
this thing is the most classically
beautiful
out of all three cars, it's perfectly
proportioned and seems to get better
looking every single time
they make an incremental improvement
however, it's not my favorite my favorite
happens to be the Model X I've got a
the thing for SUVs and to me this thing is
stunning there are a lot of
people that don't like the X but to
those people I say three words, Falcon
wing doors Nuff said now the new kid on
the block
the model three it's not quite as well
proportioned as the other two shall we
say it's a little bit too short at the
front a bit too big in the middle and
the whole thing doesn't hang together
quite as well as I would like
however, in person, it's not quite as bad
as I expected it's not making me throw
up in my mouth quite as much as I
thought it would one of the big
questions are what do you get for your
money with these three different cars
and I'll show you by showing you the
door handles this the model three is a
35,000-pound car so you get 35 grand
door handles this is the key you hold it
up against the b-pillar, it unlocks you
push your hand here all the door opens
quite simple reasonably cheap however
you spend a bit more money on the Model
S and you get yourself 60 grand door
handles this is the
key right here that will tap it the door
handles open and present themselves to
you allowing you to open the door but if
Do you want doors that are even more
special you spend more money on a Model
X because let me show you this
so, everybody, you are you can eat that
too second is all we have to do is walk
up to the car and even if your hands are
full the doors will open automatically
for you and let you in and then when
you're inside and you want to close the
doors all you've got to do is press the
brake and they close for you how cool is
that
and did I mention Falcon wing doors come
before I Drive these cars we should
probably have a quick chat about
interior space in the Model X you get
loads cupholders door bins cubbies it's
all good in here they do this in a
five-seater six-seater and a seven
seater configuration you get pretty good
boot space as well more than you get in
the Model S and Model 3 the S is
slightly less practical but that's
because it's a slightly smaller car
however, you do get loads of room in the
cabin for five grown-ups and a huge
boots plus you get the option of two
rear-facing jump seats for the kids now
I definitely wouldn't want to ride in
them and I probably wouldn't want to put
my kids in them either because it feels
that little bit too close to a child
neglect it might be okay for short
journeys but if you want a practical car
it's got an ex the model 3 is the
cheapest smallest car with the least
features so first and foremost it
doesn't have a power tailgate it's not a
hatchback either so the boot opening is
slightly more narrow but there are
a couple of advantages to that one of
which is rear headroom there's no boot
hinge above your head just this gorgeous
panoramic roof so you get tons of
headroom and a great view of the sky so
no big surprises here practicality wires
the X is the best the S is decent and
the 3 is OK so should we drive them yeah
but I'm not gonna go over there these
are Tesla's and Tesla people don't go to
the cars their cars come to them check
this out
this summons mode and it's basically
for people who are stuck in a tight
parking space or have a tight
garage what people just want to show off
like meat in model three comes in
two versions standard and performance
this happens to be the performance
version and you can tell because it's
got 20-inch alloys this big glass
sunroof and a tiny little carbon-fiber
spoiler that probably adds around I
don't know 400 grams of downforce every
little helps like I said before it's a
the quirky little car this but if you think
the outsides radical then wait till you
see the interior if I Kia made car
interiors this would be it look how pure
and white this interiors I mean there's
a big huge screen in the middle but
there are no vents no clocks it's like
the Feng Shui the hell out of it one way
of looking at it of course is that it's
clean the other way of looking at it is
that they've removed all the clutter and
just placed it all in one place it's
a bit like having a lot of icons on your
computer desktop and then deciding one
day to make a folder and then
highlighting everything and then
thumping it all in one folder that's
exactly what they've done with this car
but hey I like it all your important
stuff like your speed and your wipers
are all there on the right-hand side of
the screen and that never moves
everything else is I don't know a couple
of hundred button clicks away nice and
simple
all your shortcuts are laid out along
At the bottom of the screen you've got your
volume control on the far left rear and
front screen be misting heated seat and
climate control settings in the middle
navigation and music you don't get apple
car play or android auto but you do get
Spotify let's talk Easter eggs there are
loads of Easter eggs in the model 3 now
you should already know about the
emissions testing mode which causes your
model 3 or your Model S or X to make a
farting noise whenever you press a
button on the steering wheel or whenever
you indicate and there are around about
one two three four five six seven
different farts to choose from including
this
that that that and that genuinely
hilarious but more interesting than that
would you believe it is the Tesla arcade
now this has a whole bunch of different
games to choose from that you can play
whenever you're pulled over including
beach buggy racing - if you've ever
played Mario Kart it's a lot like that
you control the game
using the steering wheel and your brake
pedal so you choose your character
choose your level and then off you go
[Music]
with all of this technology, it's easy to
forget that this is a car after all so I
should probably tell you how it drives
and the answer is it's nice
the first thing that strikes you is just how
quiet this thing is it's so peaceful to
drive this car if you suffer from road
rage or you have high blood pressure
then this car is for you it will kill
you right out acceleration in this car
is genuinely mind-blowing this is the
performance version and it will do
naught to 60 in 3.2 seconds
well she's knocking on supercar
the territory you press the throttle and you
instantly get thrown back in your seat
it's a mind-warping experience every
single time
as for brakes well they're really strong
but you genuinely rarely have to
use the brakes in a Tesla you lift off
and the regenerative braking system
slows the car down quite aggressively so
usually, you can drive with just a single
the pedal I don't think you'll have
to replace the brakes in a Tesla hardly
ever come to the end of the world all that's
going to be left on this planet is
cockroaches and brakes from Tesla Model
3 S range isn't a problem either
Tesla says you can get 348 miles from
the performance version and that's on a
par with most cars check this
out a BMW m3 has a 14-gallon fuel tank
and will do about 20 miles per gallon
that gives you a range of about 250
miles a hundred miles less than this
electric car of course the real problem
with electric cars is of course the
recharging but if you top-up everyday
from home or use a supercharger where
a full charge takes a little over an hour
then model 3 is good
value for money stunning but how does it
compare to the Model S the most obvious
difference between these two cars so far
apart from the fact that one's pretty
and the other ones challenging to look
at is the fact that the S is a lot more
traditional in the way it looks and not
quite as many of
the list you get actual physical air vents
for a star and look at this physical
switches for your wipers old school also
it's worth saying that if you want more
space in your car then get them unless
it's not quite perfect I mean there are
no door bins for a start so there's
nowhere to keep a stash of Haribo
however, there is an ample amount of
storage in the center console and you
get the option of having up to 7 seats
in this car even if sitting in the very
the rearmost seats are equivalent to torture
let's get some facts and figures out of
the way this is the Model S P 100 D
which is the all-singing all-dancing
The top of the range version uses two
motors and this latest model actually
borrows the front motor that's used in
model 3 it's bigger and about 400
kilos heavier than the model 3 mostly
because it has a bigger battery so it
will do around 370 miles on a single
charge on the EPA cycle 50 more than the
model 3 might not sound like much but
having just that little bit of extra
the range could end up making this car just
that little bit more convenient than all
the rest so it goes further but it's
also much faster much much faster the
model 3 does naught to 60 in 3.2 seconds
the Model S does it in 2.2
they might not sound like an awful lot
but there isn't anything on this planet
that can accelerate quite like this car
you've mashed your throttle and it just
takes off like you wouldn't believe
there's no Lamborghini no Ferrari I mean
the Ferrari isn't as quick as this 260
can you believe that
this is a staggeringly fast car mashing
the throttle in this thing is not
something you want to do every single
day because
it kind of hurts it just takes your
breath away another big difference
between the s and the cheap of three is
the fact that the new Model S comes with
adaptive suspension is one of the problems
I had with the original Model S when I
first drove it years ago was that
the ride was a little bit too harsh but
the new car feels a lot more grown-up and
a lot more comfortable so the Model S is
faster and has much better
suspension is more fun I'm not sure
it is you know it's more
pleasant to drive it's a much more
grown-up luxurious experience in this
car but when it comes to raw fun I kind
of think, model three has the edge
the three just feels that a little bit
more engaging and playful this feels
like a much more serious device if the S
is the serious one then the X is the
lunatic of the family did I mention
Falcon wing doors yeah I mean I don't
know why this appeals to me but it just
does the idea of a family van that flaps
its doors like wings yet it's quick
enough to outrun a Porsche just appeals
to me take my money now it does have a
On the serious side of course the X is all
about utility, if you're stuck in a tight
parking space they can make it slightly
easier to get inside the car space-wise
there's no competition this is
the car to go for especially if you have
a family if you do have a family and
that includes a dog then you'll want to
know about dog mode all three testers
have it what it does is this we all know
how bad it is to leave a dog in a car on
a hot summer's day but with dog mode you
can set a specific temperature
inside your car so you can leave your
pets while you go and do some shopping
it will also leave a message on the
screen to alert passers-by that you
haven't just inconsiderately left your
pets to die cool if you're
worried that someone might steal your
dogs or you
you can switch on century mode these
cars have a load of external cameras we
should use for the autopilot feature but
they can also be used as CCTV if your
the car detects a threat like someone
smashing a window will activate the
alarm and play music at maximum volume
one of the coolest things about driving
the Model X is having this huge
panoramic glass windscreen in front of
you
both the Model S and the Model 3 have a
support beam that runs from the a-pillar
to the other a pillar but that's not the
case in the X the windscreen runs all
the way back almost as far as the B
pillar to give you a fantastic view of
the road ahead if I had to choose a car
just for wafting around in it might just
be the Model X especially when you turn
on the autopilot feature, there's just
something cool about gliding
along in a silent high riding spaceship
on wheels that just gets me every time
if I had to choose a car for driving
fast this probably wouldn't be it the
Model X is the heaviest of all three
cars by far it's 200 kilos heavier than
the Model S and 600 kilos heavier than a
Model 3 so it's not the most dynamic car
in the world, it comes with the same
adaptive suspension as the S and that
helps but there's only so much you can
do against the laws of physics the trick
to drive the Model X though is to take
it easy through the bends and then take
advantage of the ballistic
acceleration on the straights and let's
not forget this version the Model X 100
D long-range has naught to 60 times of
4.4 seconds so the distance between
bends can feel ridiculously small the
range in this car is 325 miles that's
about what you get in model 3 but a
a little bit short of what you get in a
Model S however considering these cars
size weight and the level of
practicality on offer I think that kind
of the range is decent so
the big question is which Tesla is the best
Tesla
well the answer is it does depend
on what you want if you want a car
that's spacious practical and yet still
feels incredibly special then get the
Model X if you want a car that looks
special feels special and has a timeless
beautiful design and it's fast enough to
make you swallow your tongue then
get the Model S but the Model 3 that
thrills the cat amongst the
pigeons for me it's lighter more agile
more fun than any other Tesla and in
performance guys, it's faster
than 95% of cars on the market today
most important of all maybe is the fact
that it manages to be reasonably
affordable while also being immensely
desirable we've had affordable electric
cars before but this one feels different
it feels like I don't want to give this
too much height but it feels like we've
reached a watershed moment where we have
an affordable electric car but
also desirable attainable while also
being aspirational you won't go wrong
whichever one of these you pick but if
it was my money the car I'd get well
that's model 3
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