2021 Tesla Model 3 Long Range In-Depth Review | Australia's Best EV?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 พ.ค. 2024
- It's 2021, it's the future, what car are we all driving? It's the Tesla Model 3, one of the most advanced vehicles you can buy today. Let's see what all the fuss is all about.
Read about all the details, Cameron's review score and what the Model 3 was like to live with, here: www.productreview.com.au/list...
Don't have time to watch the entire review? Skip to your favourite parts below:
00:00 Intro
00:26 What is it?
01:00 Pricing
01:57 Exterior Features
03:53 Boot Space
06:32 Range
08:01 Interior
11:47 Infotainment
19:29 Tesla App
23:29 Supercharging
24:20 Driving
28:00 Final Verdict
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Hi all! Thank you for dropping by. Just a note, occasionally I refer to the 'Full Self Driving Capability' option as Autopilot. For clarification, Autopilot comes as standard on all Tesla cars, but the Full Self Driving Capability is a $10,100 option that gives you additional functionality over your Tesla. Enjoy the review! - Cameron
good tesla review
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I own the same car and agree with your summary, it trumps every combustion car I’ve ever drive. By miles.
Fair review.
Kudos for placing emphasis on the utility offered by the phone app.
Also credit for the candid description of autopilot.
One of the better Model 3 reviews out there.
Anywhere.
Your final description of the TESLA Model 3 LR as being a "Game Changer" is right on the money. I have only done 800km in this car and those words reflect my thoughts exactly.
Over the decades we've had Game Changers starting with the internet, then iPhone/smart phones, even stick vacuum cleaners! but this one is huge. Adrian, Perth.
Cheers Adrian! Glad to hear you're loving your Model 3. It's a killer EV, and continues to be in 2021. It's only making other brands work harder to produce something that can be labelled as a 'Tesla killer'.
Great review. HUD and a 360 camera would make the car practically perfect.
Just picked up my new Shanghai M3 long range, like you say, love it! So much fun, can’t wait for the next drive! Great video
Great review.. More time reviewing the app, and infotainment system than the actual drive.. welcome to 2021
Thanks! And to put it simply, with electric cars understanding the drive is easy, understanding the infotainment takes a little more time.
Great review Cameron, probably one of the best I’ve seen on detail. I have ordered myself a LR model 3, same red color as on the test. The only downside, is the 5-7 month wait….
Fantastic! Thank you for watching! You'll absolutely enjoy yours....fingers crossed that wait doesn't feel as long.
Great review, best I’ve seen in Australia test reviews on this amazing vehicle..
Thanks! Greatly appreciate it! It's a tonne of fun. But, stay tuned...we have a review of the Model 3 Performance on the way soon.
The Tesla summons mode not parking on the wheelchair space, how noble.
Great review! Keep it up 🙌🏼
Thanks Paul! Appreciate it!
A great review covering everything about the car!
Thanks Tommy!
Localisation of the "frunk" = the front boot. "Froot"
Such a great review mate
Cheers Jaime!
Great review... I can't get over how beautiful the Tesla Model 3 red color is with the black. I know color is subjective, but it really makes the Model 3 "pop"
Thank you for watching! It's the colour I'd get.
The best video of the red long range. Thank you
Cheers! Thank you for watching :)
Nice review.
Cheers! Thanks for watching!
Thank you for the tour. Fun. I’m getting the 3 LR in nyc in two weeks It’s much more money there than what I’m paying. ... I think... like double? I better check..again. Husband closed the deal. I like the white. No 4xtra.
No worries! Enjoy the Model 3! Yeah, pretty expensive relative to the state here in Aus. Will be great for NYC.
Great review! Thank you. How do you like the sport wheels on this model three long range?
Thank you! Personally, they make the car look a whole lot more upmarket. However, they're probably slightly less efficient than the ones with the plastic covers.
@@ProductReviewCars I really appreciate your feedback. About to order it with the sport wheels. They looked great on your video. Was just getting a little gun shy that they may have seemed too much.
@@ProductReviewCars Upscale is good.
@@robc7563 No worries at all! Enjoy yours!
Great review, great car.
Thanks!
The US price is crazy. $30,000 = £21598.50, in the UK the entry level Tesla model 3 costs over £40,000, double the price!
Hope to see these prices adjust lower for international buyers when production ramps up overseas.
It's around 50K US.
Promise was 35K USD car not 30K.
You also shouldn't compare drive away for an SR+ then ex ORC for the LR. That is a bit misleading.
You're right! Still hoping for a $30K USD Tesla one day. Thank you for the feedback! Will ensure to avoid that in the future.
Did I miss it? The bit on handling? B4 I drive one I favour what I have - Porsche Macan Turbo petrol.Same price, rough road ride? handling? How long do I have to wait around to get it charged? If those things are fine, then I’m in. Cannot assess that until I drive it.
Macan Turbo will be more fun to drive overall. However, having experienced the Model 3, it’s low centre of gravity does well through corners as well as getting out of them. It’s going to have less steering feel, engagement and certainly weighs a lot more than the Macan. - Cameron
Depends on how you charge. Through a Tesla gen 2 supercharger, you can go from 20 to 80% charge in around 15 minutes. The Gen 3 hyperchargers rolling out will do it in 5. My car will get a reliable 380km, but up to 440 depending on conditions. Unless Im travelling long distances, Im charging when at work, when Im asleep or at a venue that has free charging.
As for the driving experience in the handling dept, it will beat an M3 on a track, which is an acknowledged sweet handler (I know, I had one) but not due to any great handling balance or steering feel. (On the subject of the latter, it could do with some work) Rather it beats an M3 due to its sheer power and ability to power out of bends, with its very rapid ability to transfer drive torque as needed. Its seat, while very comfortable, lacks lateral support, and I feel like I sit on the seat rather than in it. Lowering the handling comparison a notch or two to the Macan (excellent though it is for an SUV) a Model 3 Performance would out handle it around a track (though with far less steering and seat of the pants communication) and of course smoke it in a straight line. Suspension comfort isnt too bad. Best way to see whether it suits is take one for a test drive. Theyll let you take it by yourself so you can really test it out). I made myself carsick when I took one for a test drive with its mental acceleration, and Ive owned some pretty good AMG and M Division cars in my time.
My next car
Love it.
Good car video.
Thanks!!
How do you change the spark plugs?
19” wheels standard on the long range??
Yes
Maybe in AU but not in Europe, we pay £1900 for them
The red is sick. Nice review.
Thanks!
The long range driveaway price is wrong in this video. In fact it was $88,190 at your time of filming
Cheers for the clarification! Had a few fluctuations happening at the time of filming. If anyone is curious about current pricing, check out Tesla's website.
my next car. In about a year.
I dont understand this red... Its looks different all the time depending on the light 🤔
Claims to have a 625km drive on full battery ( dual motor ) charge. Speaking to a Tesla owner with dual motor vehicle who said in the real world that equates to 400km + !!
So true! I did a slight range test, and found it to be a lot similar to 400km than 625km. Still, it's a lot of range, but range calculations are a lot like estimated fuel economy, usually hard to get the same.
Good review. But you left out something crucially important! INSURANCE! Haven’t seen a single review yet that’s mentioned it and is extremely important when considering it’s purchase, for me a deal breaker! Anywhere from $2,500 to a comical $9,000 a year, if you’re lucky enough to even find someone who’ll insure it at all! You can be forgiven for getting lost in the nuts n bolts of the car, but this is important ESPECIALLY if ‘reduced costs’ is one of the main reasons for buying this car. What you gain in fuel and servicing is GONE in this cost! There are VERY few specialist EV repairers around, parts are hard to get and take forever to arrive and the car may need to be toed a LONG way to a repairer for that reason: hence the exorbitant insurance. Sorry, deal breaker for me, Mercedes AMG it is for me.
Interesting. First time I've heard it to be a major issue.
@@ProductReviewCars maybe some people don’t care about insurance but some do. I just got a quote from AAMI for $2,267 PA. Not worth it.
I will only add (as one of the first people in aus to have a 3). The base free auto pilot is fantastic. Use it all the time. It’s pretty hard to justify the upgrade to “FSD” which is a long way away in Australia.
It's very true. Just stepped out of a base Model 3 without FSD, have to agree with you there. Review on that coming next week.
Nothing negative to say about it? Really?
It’s almost like Tesla has paid you to do a positive review of this vehicle 🤔
If only…
Tesla or Tezla?
Tethla
$30,000 USD £30,000 $60,000 AUD
Aussies always pay more, got to pay for all those Tesla staff in AU
35 thousand USD actually. Which would be 45 thousand AUD but costs 72 thousand because Australia lol.
It’s starts at £40,000 in the uk not 30
The reason this car is over $100K in Australia, is because Australians are STILL forced to pay the "luxury car tax" to the Government mafia. BTW, that "luxury car tax" was brought in to protect Australia's own car making industry, which does not exist anymore, in any way, so they are stealing money illegally and no one does, or says a thing. Who are the criminals today, we ask? Sad times!!
That “vegan leather” inside the model 3 is made of petroleum products… known as plastic.
Batteries? Made of many precious minerals mined by… petroleum powered vehicles as well.
It should have an HUD display or at least a speedometer right in front of the driver imho.
“Eyes off the road” is a safety issue, I’m surprised that Tesla didn’t engineer into their Model 3.
I’m “in on buying one” providing Tesla stops including “fart jokes” and refines the car safer to drive.
After driving one as a rental. The lack of a speedometer in front of the driver was ridiculous. Taking my eyes off the road to look at a “tablet display” to manage speed made my driving experience “not so great.”
I like the Model 3. It was a nice experience for us to try it.
But we aren’t buyers until this vehicle has what every Tesla BUT the model 3 has. A speedometer in front.
Nice video work. You’re a young guy… you did a great job on this video. Keep up the good work.
Appreciate the feedback
19" wheels are not standard, and the vent on the front is for aircon, not a speaker.
The 19" is standard on the LR in Australia. You cant pick anything else.
There's a really weird repeating hiss/swish sound in the background audio. Does anyone else hear it?
I had to stop watching after 5 minutes it was too distracting.
How negative some of these comments are... What's wrong with people? Smile a little.
81$ what? Damn u guys should kik out all the people from your government office for that much import tax
Your prices are way off.
Nope, AU prices have always gone to shit
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Lol
$107 K ???? .Really? I'll have 3 please....smh......Who are you representing here? Surely not the majority of the population.
FYI the Tesla Model 3 starts from $67,798 drive away in NSW.
@@ProductReviewCars
Oh joy to the world then. That's beautiful, makes it affordable for an extra .05% of the population and in that case, I'll have 5 then....'BTW,' nothing...Get in the real world, 99% of the people reading this will never own one, because they're too expensive, simple as that...smh
That was also the price for a Model 3 Long Range "Burger with the Lot." Take away more than 10% of the price if you dont spec the $2.9k red paint and the $10K Full self driving package. Tesla has also recently reduced its prices by a couple of thou $ since this video, and in NSW from September stamp duty will be waived, sales tax waived for the Model 3 SR model and the revised LCT threshold will shave even more of the LR's price.
@@evldvl1 Certainly a premium price. We're hoping to get our hands on the MG EV into in the near future which is Australia's 'Most Affordable' EV. However, there are other reviews with petrol cars we've done that might appeal a little more, like the Kia Picanto or Nissan Juke.
@@ProductReviewCars Jeez, does nobody take into account the running costs when purchasing a new car. A 60k EV will be cheaper to own and run over 5 years than a 35k ICE, depending on mileage of course. Anyone that bases car purchases purely on the initial price needs a new financial advisor
Lol 100,00 for the base model with all options ..gtfo
My Mazda 2 has more room in the back.
So does my Falcon and my wife's Kia Cerato. This Tesla is just like the Mustang. No good for rear seat passengers. And I wonder what the ANCAP rating on this Tesla is.
LOL No your Mazda 2 does not have more room in the back.
@@125sloth actually youre incorrect. Using the FG Falcon as a guide, it has 535 litres capacity. The Tesla Model 3 (a medium size class vehicle mind you) has a total of 542 litres when the boot, underfloor boot storage well and frunk are combined. As an owner of a Model 3, and frequent user of Falcons in my line of work before they were consigned to history, Im well familiar with the relative luggage carrying capacities of each. A better class size comparison to the Falcon would be the Tesla Model S also. It smacks the Ford with 894 litres capacity. As for rear seat passenger habitability, I have no idea what you base that on. it just cant be experience. The back seat of a Tesla Model 3 is a far better place to be in (and get out of) than a Falcon, particularly if youre a centre seating position passenger- no transmission tunnel. And lastly the Model 3 has a 5 star and WAAAAY better ANCAP safety rating in every scoring category than the last Falcon made, or Kia Cerato for that matter. In fact, Tesla's Model X and 3 came 2nd and 3rd respectively (behind the Mercedes CLA, which i used to own) in the cars with the best ANCAP safety scores. Google- Tesla Model 3 (Aug 2019 - onwards) Crash Test Results | ANCAP
Do yourself a favour, go and test drive one and learn up properly on the future of motoring instead of being a luddite.
@@boozaboi1 Passengers do not ride in the boot. And of course most drivers would not want a Tesla anyway, so there's that. Sorry I will not be test driving one. EV's are still very lame with development. Long way to go yet my friend. The majority of people could not care less about over priced Teslas. And nobody can "learn up", (your words), on the future of motoring in this country at this stage, because nobody actually knows where it is heading. Obviously you work at a dealership or sadly own a Tesla. Matter for you.
@@125sloth your problem is, you have zero experience of the car, or electric vehicles, and are commenting from that viewpoint. I mentioned boot space, because you did as if it were some metric that demonstrated the superiority of your Falcon. (I can however sleep in the back of my Model 3 by virtue of a nice purpose made inflatable mattress I bought, and Im 6 feet 4!) The only thing youre partially right on is about EV range. A 400-440km range such as mine has wont suit everyone at this point in time. Just many of them.
It's like a presentation for his friends only. For a minority inside a minority inside a minority.
I live 5 miles from a hydrogen gas filling station. I have just orderd a Toyota Mirai, stuff your EVs.
Bike riders are not bothered by a car that makes no noise? Your claim is a professional care tester, not a FAN BOY!!. Has it not occured to you that no noise can be very danergous to pedestrians and bike riders?????? Please GROW UP!!