So...it's a hatchback, right?

"KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time" (kngt)
03/15/2019 at 10:21 • Filed to: model y, tesla model Y, tesla

right? 3 vs Y from the order page. Scaled to same size as much as possible. I know this has been discussed everywhere on the interwebs but wanted to compare side by side myself.

BMW 3/5 series GT -style

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DISCUSSION (22)

Ash78, voting early and often > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
03/15/2019 at 10:22

So disappointed. The Model X is as homely as a car can look (I give the Kia Rondo a pass because it was cheap and unpretentious). Here is the “mini me” edition.

This isn’t even a crossover in the regular sense. This is an unholy mashup of a hatchback and an awful BMW GT. The key design flaw is too much vertical sheet metal, followed by too little ground clearance. It’s a bad combo. The Model 3 looks very plain, but I applaud the greenhouse.

Don’t give me any feedback about aerodynamics, either. For most EV duties (city/mixed driving) that should not be the #1 driving influence. Plenty of cars with sub-0.30 Cx numbers look perfectly normal.

/wish I could say all of this in a Tesla thread but there are too many

HammerheadFistpunch > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
03/15/2019 at 10:24

The model 3 is what I looked like in College, the Model Y is what I look like now. More of the same, but swelled.

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > HammerheadFistpunch
03/15/2019 at 10:25

Aren’t we all?

facw > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
03/15/2019 at 10:26

I think so, and I also feel it is a big win aesthetically . My biggest issue with the 3's looks is that the stupid attempt to fit it with a trunk rather than a hatch means the rear window stops way to high. The Y doesn’t seem afflicted with that problem.

404 - User No Longer Available > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
03/15/2019 at 10:26

Might I remind everyone that the official Oppo term for this segment is SHIT .

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > 404 - User No Longer Available
03/15/2019 at 10:27

Speaking of SHITs, The ZDX may be coming back

https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1121960_new-acura-zdx-may-be-in-the-pipeline

412GTI > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
03/15/2019 at 10:27

Wow the Y look icky directly compared to the 3..

Thank God it will make the mass public feel safer because 2 extra inches on ground clearance lol.

random001 > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
03/15/2019 at 10:29

Not me....

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > 412GTI
03/15/2019 at 10:30

The 3 looks best in Blue, even with those ugly eco-wheels.

Kinja'd!!!

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > random001
03/15/2019 at 10:31

That’s because you didn’t even go to College, right?

random001 > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
03/15/2019 at 10:37

I did go to college. That was 20 years ago...

Arrivederci > Ash78, voting early and often
03/15/2019 at 10:43

But aero is a big part of the reason they can claim range numbers. In EVs, range numbers are what the horsepower wars are to muscle cars, tow ratings are to trucks and Ring times are to hypercars.

Ash78, voting early and often > Arrivederci
03/15/2019 at 10:46

True enough...but my prevailing theory is that eco-friendly cars have to “look the part” to be taken seriously.

Lots of cars 15- 20 years ago could meet the Prius’s coe fficient without resorting to spaceship styling. But the car HAD to look weird because it was breaking new ground -- and to stand out from the crowd so people would notice it . I feel the same way about Tesla at the moment.

Amoore100 > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
03/15/2019 at 10:47

Hate to be the devil’s advocate, but I almost appreciate its ungainly ugliness; it’s different without assaulting my eyes as Lexus does and it almost writes its own memes by just looking like a short, fat 3. It’s simultaneously futuristic looking and hilarious looking and just looking at it makes me giggle because of how stupid it looks.

BahamaTodd > HammerheadFistpunch
03/15/2019 at 10:48

Get swole!

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > random001
03/15/2019 at 11:04

many moons ago I gained the freshman 15...and never lost it

ZHP Sparky, the 5th > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
03/15/2019 at 11:09

They promised us an X3 but delivered a 3GT instead...

Arrivederci > Ash78, voting early and often
03/15/2019 at 11:11

That’s definitely a thing with the EV market for sure - they have to *look* green, so everybody knows that you’re hip and trendy. That was also one of the things I loved when Tesla released the Model S - it didn’t look like an EV, just a very attractive sedan. I like the look of the Model 3 as well (hell, I gave Elon a zero interest 1.5yr loan for it), but their “SUVs” really seem to fall into that tall, smushed unattractive EV shape.

412GTI > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
03/15/2019 at 11:53

That blue does look good. I might be the odd man out, but I kinda like the Eco wheels. More sidewall and have a funky look.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > BahamaTodd
03/15/2019 at 13:36

https://oppositelock.kinja.com/back-when-hammerheadfistpunch-was-swole-1797090756

ranwhenparked > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
03/15/2019 at 20:38

The line between crossovers and regular cars is starting to g et seriously blurred, not that it was really that well defined to begin with.

I mean, take off the Model Y’s black plastic cladding that makes its ground clearance appear higher than it really is, and it wouldn’t look all that much different from a normal hatchback. OK, so it does have a little extra ground clearance, and I guess the seats are a little more upright, but it certainly doesn’t have much of an SUV look to it at all.

wafflesnfalafel > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
03/17/2019 at 00:13

kinda of a 90's “tall wagon” but for the 2020 electric crowd - honestly, it’s probably the most appealing model to me personally...