My thoughts about Tesla changed after my first test drive of model 3. I then bought my first model y September of 2020. Best purchase of my life. I recommend anyone who has doubts about Tesla to at least do a test drive. Reading and watching others opinion is very different from what tesla feels like in real life.

The suspension feels materially softer when using 19 inch wheels, which is the better choice for the Y. The turbine wheels in your Y are a sport wheel, which I agree don't belong on an SUV, and make the ride too harsh. But you should know that, on every Tesla, you can change the responsiveness of the steering. It's a simple setting you can change, and can even be done while driving. Lastly, you can also change the amount of regen you get from accelerator pedal. This is also a setting. I think the Tesla one pedal driving is marvelous.

Love the fact that you're rewarding people who watch the full video with honest changes of opinion, like the wheel size for comfort. So much better than edited perfection.

"Arguably" the best charging network? There's no contest.

Cinematography top notch👏

I wholeheartedly disagree with the paddles on the steering wheel for regen. I think it's actually a huge positive to use your foot and only your one foot to control speed right exactly where you want it. In most coasting situations where you want to maintain speed your foot really doesn't move. It just sort of holds in place at the speed you want to coast. I don't bother to check but you can confirm you are coasting by looking at the power meter to see that you are basically not adding power but not regaining power either. Once you get used to it you actually stop thinking about it and it becomes this one simple connection to your brain and coasting becomes second nature. One foot input directly to brain for most of the driving. Once you introduce paddles it may seem like you have more "control" but all you are doing is adding more complexity input to your brain. Now you have your one input, the foot, for forward and two inputs, your foot on brake AND you fingers for regen, for slowing down. At best you have two inputs, foot for forward and fingers for slowing. He mentions that it gets tiring having to twitch your foot constantly to go the speed you want. I could say the same with traditional transmissions where in any traffic at all you are constantly timing your coasting and accelerating so you don't have to brake to maintain distance between you and the car in front. In doing so you are constantly thinking and letting off and pushing the accelerator and inevitably moving your foot over and back from the brake to the accelerator. One pedal is dead simple in comparison. But inevitably whether with really strong regen on the pedal or with paddles you will eventually be using the brake pedal in where you just need to brake harder. Then with the paddles you are mixing regen with paddles and foot on brake and foot on accelerator. I have both a Tesla and a Volt and after years of using both I find that in the Volt I set the regen to the hardest setting but end up just using the brake pedal when regen isn't enough and completely skip using the paddles. Never use the paddles anymore.

"Let's take a Tesla into the mud." Rory: "I'll take the white one".

Test drove a MYP in 2020 and compared it to 2021. There was a big difference in ride comfort. They changed something to where it’s a lot smoother over bumps and less nervous. Feels more planted and less road noise

Great review. So nice to see you revisit previous comments from a different perspective such as the size of the wheels. Very useful review - I’m off to order one,

I've watched 4 reviews on the Model Y.... Without doubt Rory covers things that other "gloss over". Outstanding.... 👍👍👍

I wouldn’t consider stepping away from Tesla until the other charging networks offer a viable alternative, it’s too easy to underplay how important that is, the Tesla charging network is light years ahead of the rest, as many are saying here - it’s not even a contest.

Rory is talking about the steering ratio being too quick for a family crossover and steering ratio cannot be changed on the Model Y. Level of effort, or steering feel, can be changed on the Model Y from comfort to sport to normal. But in any steering mode, the ratio does not change.

on my 3, I have 2 saved driver settings: one with the sports steering and max regen for city and back roads, and the other with standard steeting and regen for the highway. Works wonders, and it's easier and faster to change driver profile than to go into the settings to adjust steering and regen.

I own a model Y in Canada and your review is spot on, super informative and interesting s always. Keep up the good work !

Really starting to love your reviews Rory. Proper, honest, no-nonsense motoring journalism. Cheers.

I love the one pedal driving. Test drove a Taycan for a few days and it was one of the biggest things I missed. I agree the ride is stiffer than it needs to be but overall it's a very smooth car and the upside is rather surprising cornering grip and level attitude. There's an Ohlins package for the suspension. IYKYK.

Thanks for this video review -- a fantastic last one to watch before I pick up my Model Y tomorrow (been waiting since July). It's a midnight silver 7 seater, and planning to sign up for beta as soon as possible. Excited!

Don’t know if they’ve updated anything since this review, but now in 2022 I find the suspension on the Performance perfectly acceptable. Plus I love having the quick steering, sporty handling, and supercar acceleration in a crossover; it’s like having my cake and eating it too… especially in the sport mode, although the tightness is artificial, I love that locked on centre feeling it provides👍 My only complaint is the lack of a 360 camera. It can be a god send if you live in a major metropolitan area; where you park two cars out in the burbs, we fit three cars in the same space. That’s almost unforgivable for a vehicle in this class.

Thank you for mentioning your height when talking about interior space. So many reviewers don't do that, and it's so simple and relevant.

Nice review, I’ve been driving a model 3 for the last couple of years. Once it goes back I’ll be replacing it with a Model Y, hopefully the 7 seat option will be out then

Deadly show. I’m really starting to like you channel the more EV your putting on. Honest opinion always

The intro section where the car is driven "offroad" actually made me laugh. It's comical really, years ago "normal" cars used to have higher ground clearance than this so I find that intro scene quite ridiculous. Nobody uses these modern SUVs/CUVs for offroad anyway.

I had a customer take me on a ride in his model 3 and I fell in love, once you drive a Tesla you won’t want anything else, it’s all you want. Test driving it is stress free and you don’t have to talk to anyone unless you want to

This is a really well thought through and considered review, really appreciated

I have the identical Model Y (white on white) with the 3rd row and Gemini wheels. The smaller wheels improve ride quality immensely. The Y shrugs off bumps that send my other cars (a 2019 AWD Mazda 3 sedan) scampering. I also had zero build quality issues at delivery. Neither did the other 2 people that took delivery with me on their Model 3’s. Tesla’s quality has improved drastically. I wish people would comment on the now excellent build quality as much as they crucified them for their bad build quality during their early days.

I put a unplugged performance sway bar on my Model Y performance and it really helped the car. I run the 21inch wheels in summer and 20 inch mud and snow in Winter. The Tesla charging infrastructure has the others beat hands down here in the USA. Sandy Munro says the Model Y is by far the best car out there and I tend to agree. Munro live on you tube.

Around here, single and couples have been buying Ys, not just families. Small and medium SUVs are popular with the non-families around here.

Great job as always Rory!! I own a Y performance (same spec as this one but on the 21’s) and we love it, the ride does not bother us, it’s such a capable car and it’s stupid fast!!!! Excellent review, was waiting to see what you thought.

It has landed in the UK. With Dutch plates :D

3:24 I like how they always show that people can fit on the boot of these. Much needed information considering how many enemies we have in this world.

You have your own opinion and you said it even if it's not the case of a lot of other reviewers... amazing

Saw you filming this in Farnham! Great video as always

Good review Rory, so nice to hear both sides and not just how wonderful a new model is.

Now towing capacity is something I haven't heard in an EV review before. In these times I would say that is more relevant with more caravans on the road. Can't believe an Audi Q4 Etron can't tow when it's the same setup as an Enyaq

Thank you very much, well done, very good presentation.

My Model 3 AWD Long Range on 18" is a lot firmer than the 19" Model Y I test drove the other day - which felt very soft in comparison... You can set the regen level in the menus, but after a while, max regen + hold ("one pedal driving") works perfectly; we are already pretty good at controlling our feet since we need that for walking so controlling torque precisely using a foot on a pedal quickly becomes second nature :) Edit: Apparently you can no longer control regen level...

This is the best, most honest review I've ever come across for Tesla products. Kudos.

I agree with late to the party for this one, we were considering it but now we have other brands that seem to be a firmer favorite with the family. I know the charging infrastructure is awesome but in the EU the other networks are catching up fast and that has even dampened that side of owning a Tesla.

This is the best review I've ever seen! Straight to the point, cinematic, and best of all informative! 😍🙌🏼

Excellent review. Thanks for focusing on the driving dynamics and big picture instead of drilling down into the center screen, as many reviewers get stuck there.

Perhaps it's a by product of having these review units for a short time but both the steering and regen effects can be toned up / down! I change between them, depending on whether I'm driving solo or otherwise and you get used to all settings anyways. It's really not a deal-breaker in the slightest

Really digging this guy's reviews, well done!

What a great review! Well done!!

Great review I love the shots from the drone.. How comes no head up display!.. And yes wheel 🎡 sizes does matter it makes a difference to ride comfort.. Did I make a mistake in getting the Nissan qashqai 3.. Maybe not!.. I definitely don't like the idea of the seat's tilting forward.!.. But I think 🤔 may be one could live with it.. 9ice work Mr Reid.. Keep up the great work you are doing 💯 %.. Brilliant...

Yessss! I received an email to order the Model Y this morning! I’m so glad there’s an Autotrader review to watch on the same day👏🏾🎉🙌🏾

£55k for the base model! Foxing crazy! Another EV for the 0.1%

I've been waiting for this for so long thanks Rory 👍

Fantastic review that actually REVIEWS the car, rather than simply gush at the brand for no reason. Great take!

Another excellent review Rory. The model 3 with a hatch would be my choice. Hopefully the improvements in build quality, construction methods will come to the 3 in time. I agree about the regen. The quick and easy adjustment from steering mounted paddles for the win. I’d also like the option of a simple head up display. I’m not an SUV fan (I hate them). Any chance of a model 3 estate or MPV?

Far from perfect, but in its class there are few if any rivals to the model Y in terms of the combination of energy efficiency, performance and reliability. Despite a lot of hype, its rivals seem to fall short in one or more of these areas. Bjorn Nyland’s exhaustive comparative performance tests back this up.

It just crossed my mind that it is actually extremely difficult to find any geniue and honest review on Tesla on KZfaq. This is surely the best and highest quality review I have seen for the Model Y.

Really good review. Think the one to beat at the moment is the EV6.

I think the air suspension would fit this car perfectly, this could be a option for the long range models

great review, please keep them coming. all the details are important

Great review thanks. Waiting for orders to open in Australia.

When Berlin starts making these with 4680’s; I’m first in line!

If you don't know, with the Audi e-tron(the big one, the competitor of the model x can tow 1.8t), the Q4 e-tron the competitor of the model y can tow 1.2t

Brilliant review ! You're the best 🌟

Great honest review Rory

Ah, blitzing around Farnham I see! ... Thought that looked like Hankley Common at the start. I think at some point they'll upgrade to air suspension, they have to. Having the same suspension as the Model 3 on a slightly bigger, more jacked-up car like this, I think, will generally make it feel twitchy on the road, especially those roads out the back of Farnham that you were driving on.

Appreciate the review Rory. We're in the market for an electric family SUV and orignally had the Y on our radar. However, after riding as a passenger in a mate's Model 3 SR+ out on country roads for a couple of hours, I started feeling car sick. I found that really surprising as my daily is a Megane RS MkIII which is pretty stiffly setup. Bjorn Nygard has reported that the Y is stiffer than a 3 and you've confirmed it so we'll look elsewhere. It will be an Ioniq 5 or a Kia EV6 for us I think.

Took delivery on my MY the other day. Same color and tire combo shown in this vid. It lives up to the hype. I'm not brave enough taking it off road tho. LOL

Great review! Our Model Y is coming next month 👍🏼

I expect sedans to somewhat raise again when aerodynamics, efficiency, ride comfort and price come to play in EV products!

Bro... You cant expect a comfortable ride on sport rims in any car... 19 inches are way better... For your needs.... And alot of the driving dynamics, also regen and steering are adjustable on the touch screen in fact there are differrnt driving modes including a track mode..... Lets not forget the driving assisting software and security and crash safety that puts volvo to shame and actively predicts accidents, you can't do a tesla review without talking about that ... Lastly reliability in the drive train and battery... I don't think any of the competitors are close to tesla when we talk about the things i just mentioned... If you are buying these cars. Test drive them yourself guy's. try living with them youll understand

Most people get used to the regenerative braking in some of between a couple of hours and a couple of days worth of driving. Some take up to a week. One alternative is putting the car into autopilot and letting the vehicle do the braking for you. That usually works out to be pretty smooth.

Your comments on suspension and steering are right on.

Dont know who would dislike this video it was some of the best motor journalism ive seen in a long time and i watch it more than id care to admit 😅

I saw one on the road yesterday! I had to check twice before seeing it was indeed a model Y. Looks like a 3 in a fun-house mirror if you ask me.

I appreciated how you explored the rear seat rattle, and figured out the cause. Normally if that was found people would just say bad build. You can edit Regen breaking on the screen. Generally, reviews are usually easily biased against Tesla, this seemed rather fair. Nice job

Thank you this was the most through review I’ve seen!

£54.000 pound simply out of range of ordinary people yet again 😱😱😱😱😱

You get used to using 1 pedal driving pretty quick, almost never touching the brake pedal.

Great review, can't wait to see you with the rest of the team when 5th Gear returns shortly 👍

Great to see you pointing out issues honestly rather than just being a fanboy.

I'm going to repeat what others have said: the steering can be set to Comfort to make it looser compared to Normal and Sport. I'm giving Rory the benefit of the doubt and assume that even in Comfort, the steering was still too twitchy for him relative to the speed and acceleration of the Y, but it'd be nice if Rory had at least mentioned the steering setting in passing.

I own a model y and now I will never buy from another brand again...It just feels perfect

Great car and great test drive. Thanx Rory and greetings from Poland 🙂

Teslas SuperCharger network is game changer. This video felt hastily put together.

Test drive a Y today with 19 inch wheels. Suspension still felt harsh to me and the regen is really aggressive. The fact you can’t adjust it is a mistake. Performance on the motorway was brilliant! Very addictive acceleration. Performance version for me totally uneccessary. I like the interior but tha absence of any buttons and total reliance on the screen was annoying. Main reason for the test drive is I have an X on order and zero idea when I’m likely to get it. Not sure on the Y. Ioniq 5 drove better and was plenty fast enough. Teslas advantage is the supercharger network but I think I would actually use that maybe 3-4 times a year. Not sure that’s a reason to get what is in my opinion an inferior car.

Waiting for Berlin to come online with single cast front and back of the car, New battery technology and hopefully air suspension!

One of the best car reviewer UK market. Honest. Thanks 👍

Thank you for hones review not many peoples review cars sam way like you.Regards

Tesla’s have a charging network that works. Rivals don’t, so they are shit. Simple as.

I don't think an equal priced Mach-E has the same or more range, unless pricing is radically different in the UK compared to US.

Damn the cinematography and presentation are super slick Rory and Autotrader are smashing it

I hired this for a couple days and the acceleration was insanely quick!

Headlights and the DRL need to be a bit more aggressive then it’ll be solid

If there’s an issue seeing out the rear window ..you can turn on the cameras on the dash, where then you have view of what’s behind you and on either side of you. As far as the steering you can change it to comfort mode, which makes it not so responsive as in regular or even sport mode. I own three Tesla’s…including the Y

Excellent review 👍🏾

Acceleration, steering, and regenerative braking are adjustable in my model three. I’m sure they are adjustable in the Y as well.

Ok review.but disagree with the 1 pedal being annoying.i love it plus you can change settings if you don’t like it.

Anyone else notice that bug crawling on his shirt? On this flip side, ordered mine and should be here in April 🥂

Absolutely love mine, 19inch wheels are perfect for this car I’ve had no issues on the road. The car is a rocket if you pre condition battery it can charge at 1600km per hour which means a 80 percent charge in 15min.

Nice review. The harsh suspension is a deal breaker for me. Need to replace a smooth 2020 Audi Q7 and wanted the Model Y but I don't think it will work on UK roads. The speed is not a concern for us. Q4 Etron for now...

It's good but not as good as an old Nissan Leaf that you picked up for a tenner and a bag of scratchings 😂

Well if your actually looking at buying one now this is the one to buy because the charging network is the best by far no competition.

Be great to see the Citroen hydropneumatic suspension in cars like this. Solves the suspension issues.

Another great review and I have to agree. I find the ride to be too hard in the model 3 so this must be like having rocks for springs. Another thing I'm not keen on when it comes to Tesla is how heavy the steering can be.

Already seen 5 today here in switzerland 😔