The first UK examples of the facelifted Tesla Model Y will be priced from £60,990.
Touted to arrive in April, the revised crossover will be sold initially in Launch Series trim only, which features all-wheel drive and a long- range battery. It offers a 353-mile WLTP range and a 0-60mph time of 4.1sec.
Regular long-range AWD models are expected later this year at a price above the current car’s £51,990.
Performance and long- range RWD cars are in the works but an arrival date has not been set. For reference, the outgoing long-range RWD is the entry-level model and is priced from £46,990.
There are no initial plans for a seven-seat version to return, despite this derivative having sold well in the UK previously.
Codenamed Project Juniper, the facelifted Model Y arrives as Tesla faces intense competition in all global markets.
Broadly, the upgrades match those made to the Tesla Model 3 last year and are focused around improving the Model Y's efficiency, refinement and quality.
One way it differs from the Model 3 is that the indicator controls have moved back to a conventional stalk rather than, as with the facelifted Model 3, being located on the steering wheel.
The headline change for the world's best-selling electric car is its freshly redesigned exterior, differentiated from the current car by wraparound light bars at the front and rear and subtly reshaped bumpers.
The SUV’s immense commercial success makes it Tesla’s most important asset and the American EV maker will look to leverage it in an attempt to move out of a prolonged dip in sales.
Because the car had not been substantially updated in almost five years, it no longer offered such an obvious usability and performance advantage over its rivals.
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Only 1624mm wide? must be wrong
If not nice to see a manufacturer making a narrower car
Now let's see if they've sorted the ride out in upcoming road test reviews.
Boycott petrol and diesel. What the fossil fuel-mules in these comments and in the mainstream media don’t get, is that despite the increasing narcissism and instability of Elon Musk, (who is only one of 130,000 Tesla employees anyway), it will always be a more ethical choice to drive a Tesla than a petrol or diesel car. The pollution caused by the fossil fuel system is bigger than politics.
How much better for the environment are electric cares compared to ICE cars? (5%? 10%?....)
Does the electricity you put in it come from "green" sources or just gas/coal plants? (Solar panels are not green, they are just modern asbestos we will have to recycle/burn in 10yrs)
Does it take coal to make al the aluminum in the body? (yes it does...)
Do the batteries grow on trees? (no they don't...)
So suppose they are 20% better for the planet then ICE cars (and I am just making up a number that I think is way to generous), how are you saving the planet? By destroying it 20% less? Good for you and all of us!
On topic, it doesnt have a screen or head-up display in front of you, I just can't live with that after driving a 3 and Y a few times. Also, a system based only on a few camera's DOES NOT WORK. rain/fog/dirt, system works 0%... Saves Tesla money, nothing more, nothing less...