Tesla Model 3 Performance 2025 review: More power, new dampers and seats for updated electric car

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The 2025 Tesla Model 3 Performance has finally made its international debut, bringing with it earth-shattering, uh, performance - but this time it's out to prove that it's more than just a straight-line weapon, as serious upgrades have been made to improve its handling.
Building upon the 'regular' Model 3 facelift that entered the fray last year, the Performance adds a new, higher-output rear-mounted electric motor to bring combined power to 380kW and torque to 740Nm, resulting in a 0-100km/h sprint time for three seconds flat. But there's more, as adaptive dampers make their debut in the series alongside variant-specific front sports seats, plus more.
In this expert review, CarsGuide Contributing Journalist Stephen Corby travels to California to get behind the wheel of the new Model 3 Performance to find out if it's become a bonafide sports car with its first significant update. Hold on!
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Timecodes:
00:00 Intro
00:35 Design
03:09 Practicality
03:49 Pricing and features
04:29 Under the bonnet
05:15 Efficiency
05:49 Driving
11:43 Safety
12:15 Ownership
12:38 Verdict
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@SoCalTropicalgardener Ай бұрын

Why bother doing a review if you’re that biased??

@whynotstartusingyourbrain8726 Ай бұрын

What a boring review of such an exciting car.

@GurpreetSingh-ij7fg Ай бұрын

One is worst reviews I’ve seen on KZfaq.

@phazyblue Ай бұрын

This is an annoying review, talking about Trump and often admitting that he is not reporting on the car but rather his prejudices about Tesla.

@explosev6513 Ай бұрын

They gave this guy early access over other reviewers? No wonder tesla's whole marketing team was fired lol

@integrii Ай бұрын

give thus guy a golf cart, he's ready to retire

@dankvr4018 Ай бұрын

yep. dudes getting lost of points wrong here. audio quality is 'meh'. btw someone use that drift mode yo. why car reviewers aint drift yo.

@trogdortheburninator8149 Ай бұрын

Worst. presenter. ever. Who let the stamp duty litigator do a car review?

@George2647g Ай бұрын

Alright CarsGuide if I wanted to know what my Dad thought of a Tesla I’d ask him, not send this guy halfway across the world…

@sebastianfung3478 Ай бұрын

5:28 dude gets a text message on his phone and doesn’t even edit that out! The height of professionalism

@Makasuro Ай бұрын

This just in, old people don't like new things.

@MrOddFox Ай бұрын

There are maybe 2 car reviewers over 40 that aren’t just using every car review as a platform to complain that things aren’t the way they used to be.

@chucknorris8704 Ай бұрын

Didn't think it was possible to fall asleep watching a car review video.

@Arthur-xp1yi Ай бұрын

Wow what a negative way to display such a wonderful car. Must have been hard to come up with so many snarky comments.

@raymondjohnson2523 Ай бұрын

Never seen a performance car driven so slow!

@randyhinton2965 Ай бұрын

All I could think while watching this was “ok boomer”

@peterpark5630 Ай бұрын

of course boomer is not impressed with ev. They wanna hear good old engine noise.

@alex135789 Ай бұрын

Apparently the arrogant reviewer thinks he is smarter than Elon Musk.

@mylimomelbourne4757 Ай бұрын

@mylimomelbourne4757 0 seconds ago I bet nobody ever wrote a book about him , it’s incredible Musk not just built the most advanced space ship ever he could possibly be an astronaut himself that actually owns the space craft and he thinks he’s better , incredible

@marcusaurelius_1388 Ай бұрын

this is faster than my hurucan evo and my m3 competition xdrive ... i am ordering one

@lamborghiniaventador8670 Ай бұрын

not really, i’m sure your evo is faster from a 30 roll. Also the M3 will slowly walk this car from a 60 roll. But this Model 3 is a bargain, $50k for such a beast is insane.

@mylimomelbourne4757 Ай бұрын

And plus it’s economical , obviously no funny money has been paid for this review

@Rollaroundtap 23 күн бұрын

@@lamborghiniaventador8670no chance like the plaid it just keeps pulling.

@karlajensen100 9 күн бұрын

Just better than the old one which needed better seats, performance is the same as the old one in Aus with the LG NMCA battery

@Rollaroundtap 9 күн бұрын

@@karlajensen100 no it’s not, different motor and rated 461kw.

@adiosadios7363 Ай бұрын

car looks like a blast, he's a bore

@tomorrow-man Ай бұрын

why does he keep making snide 'elon musk' comments ? Is this meant to be Australia's finest car journalist

@techstuff7414 Ай бұрын

And an anti Trump comment. People are here to learn about the car, not hear your political views.

@DummiBoiii Ай бұрын

So technically you just sugarcoated the fact that you hate the brand🙄

@flynntaggart7216 Ай бұрын

Best looking tesla fr

@user-zz7ic8dv4h Ай бұрын

You’ve done this long enough to get your audio (especially voice over) right. This is not watchable. Hundreds of videos to show you how to do the audio correctly.

@chucknorris8704 Ай бұрын

Poor audio quality. What's going on guys? This is amateur hour.

@WheatThinner Ай бұрын

bruh stop crying, jesus

@TheMadmax0609 Ай бұрын

What are you driving, Chuck? 🤔

@schraderclemens6122 Ай бұрын

Who shot this video? The colors look awful, way too blue. The dynamic range is bad, in some shots in the car the sun seems to blind you. If you shot this video on a new iPhone the video quality would have been better. Also on the voice-overs the audio quality is bad. It sounds super tinny/echoy. Again, using the 20$ wired apple headphones gets you better audio quality than this. Crazy that you are one of the channels chosen by Tesla for pre-release videos.

@erickessler6094 Ай бұрын

Oh Good Lord, how about a performance driving enthusiast review. Something more performance focused and discriminating. This sounds more like a washing machine reviewer from consumer reports. Maybe the reviewer was just tired, didn't get his 1st pic for a review, or only having a bad day. I'll have to check other reviews for comparison. Good luck. Cheers, Eric

@gregbaniak9650 Ай бұрын

It looks like you did not drive Tesla before....some comments are odd.

@super_tomtendo Ай бұрын

"compromised" comment made no sense. And blaming Elon Musk? lol

@rustygates3367 Ай бұрын

@@super_tomtendo He's right. The old M3P was compromised by Elon. It was an afterthought; Elon did not want any more complexity and variation on the production line at the time. The Highland M3P is actually different to the standard and LR in architecture.

@super_tomtendo Ай бұрын

@@rustygates3367 Lol, no its not. The only thing different is more power, seats, and changes to the front facia.

@rustygates3367 Ай бұрын

@@super_tomtendo Yeah, that new power comes from a much-improved drive unit. In addition, there are aero updates externally and improvements to the springs, dampers, bushings and stabilizer bars. The old M3P didn't have the level of refinement or improvement that the M3P-H was given above the Standard and LR. This is why Tesla themselves state the M3P-H was the Performance model they've always wanted to create.

@super_tomtendo Ай бұрын

@@rustygates3367 What you just described is what happens always with new generations. A car got better. Lol. That doesn't mean the first one was held back.

@BradsHacks Ай бұрын

6:48 The suspension is adaptive rather than active. The damper stiffness electronically adjusts in real time, but there is no high-speed actuation of the height of each corner like the Taycan Turbo GT with Porsche Active Ride, the S-Class with E-Active Body Control, or the BYD DiSus X. Only systems that can impart kinetic energy into the suspension are classified as active.

@ClaudioAguileraMunoz Ай бұрын

with all due respect, this is the worst review of the car I've seen in the past 24 hours. The practicallity part was dull, the reviewer didn't know a Tesla Performance or didn't drive a Tesla Performance before... even amateur youtubers did a better job, I don't know what happened but I expect you guys could do a better review next time :)

@JMRestini Ай бұрын

This kind of tester should never do sports cars

@gregbaniak9650 Ай бұрын

This is the best car for the money...period. I have model 3P 2022 and plan to replace it with mdel 3P 2025.

@shou635 Ай бұрын

Wow… first review I had to downvote. As he likes to say, this review was just “stupid” with his odd additional comments.

@kennytinker24 Ай бұрын

how ruff is the ride with the adaptive suspension vs the rwd new model 3 softer ride??

@saberianamir Ай бұрын

HAHA it's hilarious how hated this review was!

@monkeysezbegood Ай бұрын

This looks like a brilliant car. Love the look. Heads up display isn't needed at all now.

@leok7193 Ай бұрын

2:43 does Tesla not allow Track Mode on the road (by GPS) or just warns that it's potentially dangerous? You made it sound like it won't allow it

@gregbaniak9650 Ай бұрын

It is just warning.

@ClaudioAguileraMunoz Ай бұрын

it is just warning, Tesla alows it. Very bad reviewer

@TheKorndodo Ай бұрын

How about exactly consumption??

@adiosadios7363 Ай бұрын

You know its damn good because this guy was trying so hard not to like but just couldn't. This is by far the best value for performance and looks great. Change is hard for many people but even the M3/4 boards have come to a point of ... yup this just makes sense.

@davejohnson6144 Ай бұрын

I don’t think you really appreciate the power of cars or Teslas in general. 2.9 sec 0-60 is fast but not sickening fast and a real sports car enthusiast would want to be even faster but you seem unhappy with so much power 🤷🏽‍♂️

@mjezzi Ай бұрын

What’s the 0-100mph time?

@roryreddog3258 Ай бұрын

“Compromised because of reasons called Elon Musk” FFS. We’re drowning in the wetness behind your ears.

@eugeneputin1858 Ай бұрын

Gotta hire another camera guy

@zidane_teslamodel3614 Ай бұрын

I have been waiting for it for sooooo long fr

@allisterw9 19 күн бұрын

I demo drove one two days ago you don’t have to use the touch panel to put it in any type of gear above near the rearview mirror are the park, drive, reverse and neutral buttons

@adorolivar1340 Ай бұрын

I can afford one of these, but not having physical stalks and gear indicator is a deal breaker for me.

@chakmiss 29 күн бұрын

Everybody says they get used to it fast though

@steveabplanalp1657 Ай бұрын

Why do some auto reviewers bemoan no head up display on the Tesla or no buttons? There are other vehicle manufacturers who offer it. I personally don’t like head up display and find it distracting particularly when focusing on spirited driving. The Tesla philosophy is less is more, and it works for me.

@JSmith73 16 күн бұрын

Yeah the Model 3 display is perfect as it is with the recent new update which increased the km/h display - and more. You get so used to it after a while; I have the LR3 '22.

@SuperDiagnostic Ай бұрын

Poor review...!

@shdmd2118 Ай бұрын

Is it just me or did they kind of put back the front bumper side air intake slits that was on the 2023 model 3, removed in the 2024 refresh but now it’s back on the 2024 performance? I honestly liked the 2023 Model 3 front look better still so it’s a good move to put the intake back in the 2024 performance

@lg2982 Ай бұрын

5:28 I checked my iphone 15 times before finding out it wasnt my phone ringing but his.

@mousepotato581 Ай бұрын

What's with the embargo on publishing 1/4 mile times?

@karlajensen100 9 күн бұрын

It's the same tyre as the current 3P on the front, old car understeered, new car understeers more but just like the last one you can flick it around if you wish

@edinalewis4704 Күн бұрын

So the interior is not good enough for the asking price. But the asking price is surprisingly low for how much car you get. Was this review written by Jekyll and Hyde?

@rexjamo Ай бұрын

Wow, I think the work experience kid would have done a better job than this "journalist."

@ResistanceForever Ай бұрын

Is that ludicrous badge on the seats plastic?

@Justin-ng6lt Ай бұрын

Yes

@RorzL24 Ай бұрын

the absolute state of this review

@gustavopolanco6925 Ай бұрын

Try the ionic 5 N and compare it with this please 🙏

@damartimantilla 7 күн бұрын

Price is $47,000 as of May 2024.

@doctorbad Ай бұрын

Dude sounds like he's on the verge of bursting into tears the whole time

@raphimarciano Ай бұрын

Different battery pack / power output between us and europe?? Are you kidding me?? 😅

@XKS99 Ай бұрын

American batteries can apparently deliver more power.

@celalc Ай бұрын

0-60 miles 2.9 seconds, 0-100 km 3.1 seconds..

@mr.maranello Ай бұрын

0-100 kmh = 3.1 sec. 0-60 mph = 2.9 sec

@bmwm530jahreedition8 20 күн бұрын

No body is showing acceleration numbers on all those reviews

@user-nl9dz2vr8o Ай бұрын

This is the second video from Europe where they are calling this a 2025! Why?

@nicolasterzani9017 Ай бұрын

Price wrong?

@mattyoz0 Ай бұрын

The Aussie version has 460hp, which is disappointing.

@tvguide4khv Ай бұрын

you need a pop filter on your mic )

@thewaygokid3135 Ай бұрын

You do realize your country bankrupted pretty much every decent car maker you had? The E-Type should be the English 911 that gets updated every 5 years and never goes out of style.

@jacoja06 Ай бұрын

Lol, what? Australia only had one half-decent car maker, in GM ended it.

@JonNewell Ай бұрын

How would you compare this to the Ioniq 5N/

@gregbaniak9650 Ай бұрын

No comparison😂😂😂😂

@RyansTechReviews29 Ай бұрын

Ioniq 5 n is nothing to this

@chewthegum Ай бұрын

I imagine it's a difficult comparison given that the cars are in different car categories.

@MakeAMark1755 Ай бұрын

20k more expensive however the ioniq is extremely impressive on track and great charging speed

@chewthegum Ай бұрын

@@MakeAMark1755 I would imagine Model 3P is better on track. It's 800lbs lighter.

@tonyhove981 Ай бұрын

If this Fella ever reviews another car i will leave up to others.... No wonder CarExpect spanks in youtube car reviews.

@Tommmmmmmmmmmm Ай бұрын

7.7/10 is kinda laughable. This thing will outrun a lambo, crush an M4 on the track, carry 5 adults and all their luggage, drive itself amongst many, many other things all whilst starting at $80k. Don’t think it gets any better for the money.

@archigoel Ай бұрын

Track Mode V3 is kind of unique, only the very expensive cars have something similar.

@leok7193 Ай бұрын

considering nobody has reviewed it on the track, that's a dumb statement. and I've owned an M4 and driven previous M3P. If you're a poor track driver they would be close, but with a proper driver M4 is still faster on the track (esp xDrive) and a hell of a lot more fun and engaging.

@SyntheticSpy Ай бұрын

@@leok7193this car has better tires, better aero, better software, better motors, and active suspension. It really can’t be compared to the old model 3

@leok7193 Ай бұрын

@@SyntheticSpy don't look now but everything you just wrote was a comparison, so clearly you can compare, and it's the best car to compare to since it's the most like it

@jackh4787 Ай бұрын

No way in hell does it crush an M4 on the track.

@Deniseich Ай бұрын

we need 100-200 time

@mattyoz0 Ай бұрын

I'd guess mid 8's.

@sebastiaan4164 Ай бұрын

Stephen is sleepy.

@DanielNeubauer Ай бұрын

Great video. 0-60mph in 2.9s but 0-100kmh in 3.1s

@bluenova1000 Ай бұрын

2025? Guy thinks it's a Delorian.

@AntonHandel-bw7vv 24 күн бұрын

Mate as far as I can tell you are one of three people who have been able to test drive a Tesla Model 3 Performance and you think you should have an each way bet on it, with negative comments that are totally unsubstantiated. Why are you so full of yourself, why can't you just give us a straight review instead of endless throw away negative lines interspersed with comments that make you think far out that is a seriously good car. I mean who are you, I have never heard of you before and I am an Australian who watches a lot of KZfaq films on cars? Where did they wheel you out from? You know you say that this is the car that the serious Tesla engineers always wanted to build but weren't allowed to. You say the previous car was a one trick pony, that all it was good for was fast acceleration in a straight line. No it wasn't, you are so wrong there. The previous car is really fast in a straight line, but it also really handled and the AWD system means it has nearly zero understeer or oversteer. I expect you are right that the new one is better, but why is that not the kind of advancement that you would expect when a car company does a major revision of their car. And on what basis and what evidence do you have that it was down to Elon Musk. Seriously, you need to have some basis for these kind of comments, which you have not produced. Mate, you really need to get over yourself!!!!!

@TheHoosiers2008 Ай бұрын

When you say Trump promised to “crack down” on EV’s you’re being misleading. He simply wants the market to decide, and stop mandating EV’s. So, what you should day is, he’s promised not to “crack down” on gas cars.

@adoni888 17 күн бұрын

A disappointing video all-round. Very surprised CarsGuide has actually aired this. Bring back the quality of car reviews and reviewers we're used to enjoy watching on your channel 2/10

@damartimantilla 7 күн бұрын

Two digs to Elon Musk in 3 min. Wow. Are you trying to prove something?

@B1Luv7 Ай бұрын

GREAT REVIEW. Thank you to all involved in this production.

@starshipdriver8536 Ай бұрын

Iron man car

@thehulk10 Ай бұрын

What a terrible bias review. Poorly made vidéo with sound. Have you ever uploaded a youtube vidéo before? Stick to reviewing gas clunkers i bet you would actually know how to opérate those. They are old school so they are more up your alley gramps

@GS540 Ай бұрын

bad video

@pofrani Ай бұрын

it's NOT faster than a Lambo! It's QUICKER than a Lambo! Get that right! Fast and Quick are two different things!

@AyahuascaDataScientist Ай бұрын

Tesla owners for Trump! #MAGA

@BradGrove Ай бұрын

All up as an Australian who was really looking forward to this thing, I'm very, very disappointed in learning that the versions outside of the U.S. (like Australia) only get 460HP instead of the full 510HP. That is really F####d! Marques Brown also indicated that they have removed the haptics from the steering wheel controls... wow... just stupid. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a5h_ZsaK2N--faM.html&ab_channel=AutoFocus

@jacoja06 Ай бұрын

Marques wasn't correct there - He thought the Model 3 previously had physical clicking indicator buttons which were replaced by heptics. But the Model 3 has the same heptic buttons as before. The Cybertruck he reviewed had physical buttons, so he obviously got them mixed-up.

@BradGrove Ай бұрын

@@jacoja06 OK... Thanks for that info. I hope you're right.

@brianlord7865 9 күн бұрын

"insanely impressive or impressively insane", then a rating of 7.7 out of 10. This grandpa needs to retire, because he thinks it's too fast, and it made him feel sick. What would he say about a Plaid?

@Chris-ks8tc Ай бұрын

Boring review, just say you dont like EVs and stop reviewing them. Waste of everyones time.

@bibithekkel Ай бұрын

Boring review

@vtv8man Ай бұрын

Wow - I’m not sure why so many negative comments for this reviewer. I thought he did well. Ageist based comments perhaps... Thanks for taking the time for the review. Im in the market for a Tesla model 3 and really wanted a car more aligned to a driver in terms of handling/braking and steering. As a life long motorcyclist I don’t need 3 second performance (but would welcome it obviously!), however it’s the handling and the comments about being more rear wheel biased sound awesome. I’m will be coming from a M135 and Subaru WRX so enjoyed the insights. I’m close to ordering one. Wouldn’t mind seeing a track review video by a car reviewer before I order.

@Soloohara Ай бұрын

the light speed image? lol how cringe

@georgetan35 27 күн бұрын

Please do better

@GrayIsBlackAndWhite Ай бұрын

I needed this reality check. As and old fart I appreciate an old fart review. Thanks!

@nbtc539 19 күн бұрын

Really lame review

@jamesralph5908 Ай бұрын

Didn’t give it a perfect score?!? Uh oh, Tesla fans are going to riot

@tomorrow-man Ай бұрын

I think it's more that the journo made it blatantly clear he could not review the car without his personal hangups getting in the way so the score or his opinion, for what it's worth, can't be trusted.

@gregbaniak9650 Ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂

@andrewrobertrios Ай бұрын

Worthless review.

@gregbaniak9650 Ай бұрын

Looking for the review done by Matt from CARWOW.😊

@roberthocking9138 Ай бұрын

But does it come with the most wanted feature.? A fully integrated fire extinguisher system 😂

@davidcorbett644 Ай бұрын

Your information is significantly out of date. Risk of fire in an ev is significantly less than in petrol or hybrid.

@6tanjiro8 Ай бұрын

@@davidcorbett644 its a joke brother

@lachlanB323 Ай бұрын

@@davidcorbett644 Hybrid is most likely, then petrol then ev.

@jamesralph5908 Ай бұрын

@@davidcorbett644someone’s butthurt by a joke

@roberthocking9138 Ай бұрын

@@davidcorbett644 😂😂

@tapper701 Ай бұрын

All Tesla's are bland/nondescript exteriors & interiors ... May be good vehicles, but are SO many other plug in electric vehicles that exteriors & interiors put Tesla to shame, IMHO ...