Good call on airing out the new smell this is highly recommend from many manufacturers of new cars.

I drove all of them and I'm Team BYD Seal too! Probably will get this soon

Perhaps you still smelt the sweat of modern Chinese slave labor inside the car.

I think it has to do with all the plastic seat instead of leather.

I'm going for the premium trim on the Seal. As for the model 3, I really want to see how this car is going to be street legal down under. They are busting our balls about safe driving and the use of mobile phones and all the new model 3 is, it's actually a mobile phone on wheels!

Seal Performance drive away in Australia Eur 45.5 wins for me

The Seal is an instant no-go due to China's stance on Taiwan and human rights.

@@Jeroenneman Taiwan is recognised internationally as part of China and your knowledge of Chinese human rights is flawed. Will you reject US products because they have invaded and destroyednumerous countries and killed millions of Muslims and Asians?

@@Jeroenneman tesla is using Chinese battery tho

Because it’s even easier - just use a thumb.

@@Berretotube I imagine adapted mobility cars can cope with stalks, but no longer can.

I live in the EU, I have now the Model 3 2024 for about 2 months, with tons of roundabouts. It is hard for me to go back to stalks. I drove last week with a Polestar and I was already so adjusted, that my new muscle memory had a hard time to deal with roundabouts and left and right turns with the Polestar.

highly appreciated! Please recommend :-)

Get S3XY buttons and make one button to signal right and use it when making exit from roundabout.

I agree. You are not supposed to have accept inferior system or have to purchase workarounds. Tesla will also make seat heating a subscribed feature in the future.

Had my Model 3 Highland for over 2 weeks now. No ISSUE whatsoever for me, and my city and daily routes are filled with round abouts. If you hold the steering weehl safly with your both hands, there is NO issue indicating - hey, its even easier! And this is only after some days using the car!!!

keep us updated!

@@timogronroos4642 replacing one button for another - are you serious?

I’m making this exact decision at the moment. Tough choice!

@@Jbrm313 you have to drive them both

Yeah, we've just booked the seal, looks even better in person. Model 3 is still a great alternative, but the Seal seems to be better value for money and the build quality is very nice.

@@Jbrm313it will depend on your priority. If you are passionate about driving, and care more about performance or self driving, you should go with Tesla. The Seal is more of a city car compared to M3

@@jchrisssinshs5058 is the seal not better performance wise?

Excellent choice but take the ID.7!

When max speed you can drive is 120 km/h ID7 is too powerfull and fast for that! So it depends. ID7 would be much more powerfull than my current car. Has good and practical space for luckages. But if you need sport car… go for something else. But among these… it is the most practical vehicle.

@@haukionkannel for the price tag the HP is way too low compared to the competition, its overpriced. Make it more affordable if the performance isn't there. The interior is good but not justified combined with the performance. Sure it might be enough for most people but considering the price you should get more than they offer.

Tesla is pure JUNK. We're not street racers out here trying to show off. Ride quality wins and that's what you get with the id.7

@@nak8327 Still overpriced for what you get even if you prefer comfort.

The Model 3 has beautiful materials. I’ve compared it with others. No 360 camera is fine.

Come on, this is 2023, 360 camera should be the most basic thing

It doesn't even have a HUD OR gauge clusters 😂😂 terrible car.. trust me it's so plain jane and basic inside

Tesla is pure junk. The party will be over soon. I'm sick of seeing them on the street in California.

You're making excellent points. The Tesla is pure garbage the competitors have 100's of years of combined experience over Tesla and will soon take back their territory!

Indeed

Thanks 🙏

Thanks for the feedback !

Cheers !

Yes, both are on top of their game in this EV-segment, Sedan class, indeed performing equally well in most aspects. Pretty sure you will be satisfied either way. My choice went to the Tesla Model 3 Highland LR, mostly because of preferred styling and more established brand around where I live (felt a bit safer). Good luck!

@Jbrm313 I can honestly say that the BYD Seal is better in terms of build quality and overall design (imo). We went and tested the Seal and the M3 Highland the same day, because we couldn't decide which one to get - We ended up keeping our reservation on the BYD Seal 👌 It's such a nice car to drive and there is absolut 0 noise inside the cabin when driving on the highway. The M3 Highland is was pretty similar, but the lack of stalks, sensors and the "touch screen only koncept" really turned us off. I will say this tho, that the RWD version of the Seal didn't feel much different in terms of driving experience compared to the AWD .. Except for the extra boost you get from 0-100. So we went with the RWD version (a lot cheaper in insurrance).

@@Iddqd_84 Great to hear! "the lack of stalks, sensors and the "touch screen only koncept" really turned us off." Thats the sort of things that turns me on 🤣So simple, clean and progressive, IMO.

I’m going to give it a bit more thought over the next few days before I place my order and decide whether the risk of BYD being so far for me is worth it.

@@Iddqd_84did you notice on your test drive whether the BYD had over aggressive safety systems? I’ve seen a lot of reviewers say it’s quite intrusive and causes issues

Try the Ioniq 5; we can fit all 3 adult kids in.

Good choice but put the Polestar #2 because of the lack of experience in the automotive industry. Volkswagen has been around for decades and has the go to knowledge of how to produce a well refined vehicle with excellent performance!

Thanks! Alpina it is

hehe you re welcome m8 ! Yes in School plus in Gaming :) I speak English a lot for the reviews and in gaming, but at home German

Tsk! You didn’t get an electric mower? We did, to go with the Ioniq 5.

@@bungee7503 I would love to have an electric mower. But where I live the sellers didn't get the memo yet and thus none are (at the moment) available for sale. So until then I unfortunately use my smelly old Cub Cadet to cut my 2 acres. My ears ring for days after cutting the grass! 🤣

@@sunrisejak2709 Ah, my wife cuts the lawn (sometimes) just for exercise. Mind you, it’s smaller than yours.

@@bungee7503 Whats your secret? My wife avoids that chore like the plague! But to be fair riding a small ride-on mower at a whopping 5 mph is still satisfying somehow. 😊

That's the best vehicle on the list. Excellent choice! Tesla will fall.

Monoqool they are called

I'm driving the Highland for a week now and I don't get the fuzz about setting the indicator, it really is not a big deal and easy to use. I rather have a problem with the headlight button since it takes more time to reach it. I agree with the missing parking sensors and better travel assist in the ID7 (e.g. construction sites) and the IQ Light is awesome. But I'm not be willing to spare an additional 20.000 Euros for those features, since I have to work for the money.

I’ve sure you’ve made a good decision for your situation. No doubt the Tesla is an excellent car if it’s what suits your requirements. I’ve driven Tesla, Polestar and i5 - all good in different ways. Want to try ID7 before making decision because I suspect it might be the best for my situation. Hatchback is a huge advantage for me as I often have a bike in the boot. The great news is that there is real choice of excellent EVs emerging and something to suit different preferences

@@gregmorgan8350 Sure, all good cars. The thing is, subsidies in many countries are running out, and I wanted to get a car now since Volvo, VW,... all have delivery times of half a year or more.

Good choice with the id.7. Tesla is a very boring company controlled by Elon Musk who isn't doing anything interesting here in the USA. He just watches his net worth and flexes his ego on X. Volkswagen has been around for decades and has way more information and technical support then Tesla will ever have. The ride quality alone is enough to make the right choice.

Was not available for testing at that point, u re right the rwd is more price comparable

@@autogefuehl ah, that explains it! Hope you can show us your opinion on the eDrive40 soon. Thank you for all the wonderful car test videos

Polestar 4 entered production today

@@Kurre. Yes, I guess we have to wait at least to summer 2024 to receive it in Europe. Best guess autumn 2024. We will see how it compares to whatever car I might have then 😊

Thing for me is that the Model 3 is the full package. Safe. Quiet. Stylish. Amazing stereo. Efficient. Phenomenal tech/software. Incredible App. Great battery management and safety. And, the after sales support from Tesla has been superb for us. It’s the most remarkable car we’ve ever owned.

Hey! Maybe this older vid helps? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ptOlgdiEp8Cak5c.htmlsi=wDZ_4AgWV3zyHkKz

Lets see what we can do

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How is it ahead? I don't see think so.

@@G82Watts automatically calculated your battery percentage upon arriving in supercharger AND simultaneusly precondition your battery to get maximum charging speed is a game changer. not to mention the EASIEST supercharging experience, literally just plug and play without any hassle.

@@pindot787 tesla has no HUD, no 360 cam, no ambient lighting, no apple car play, no ventalited seats, self driving and auto park mode rated lower then BMWs.. list goes on. Also tesla only gets 75% of its stated range per independent testing by carwow and Edmunds Car reviews. Bmw 88%.. BMW has more/better tech.

@@G82Watts Depend on the tesla, model S and X has a HUD, 2024 tesla vision could made a 3D of 360 projection environment around the car. all newer model 2024 has ventilated seat, Tesla is the only self driving that could took you from highway into city road. Tesla is lighter and more efficient than any BMW EV. BMW screen is waaayyy laggier than tesla.

@@pindot787 u just wrote pretty much all false news. BMW user AI has never once by any reviewer said to be leggy. I have driven the new bmw m3 and m4 and it didn't even lag a little bit. So that's false. Yes tesla self driving can do self driving around town aswell but let me ask u this. Who would buy a brand like bmw or porsche etc.. spend 60k+ on a car and not wanna drive it around town.. the whole point of these brands is how engaging and fun they are too drive. Major majority of buyers would only want too use self driving on long tideous drives on the highway. Which bmw and other brands do better highway self driving then tesla. Refer to " Edmunds Car reviews self driving bmw vs tesla vs audi vs Cadillac. Tesla got last place. Also tesla makes u keep ur hands by the wheel and be looking directly ahead at all times.. unlike other brands which are completely hands free and let u look down at ur phone and do whatever. So if u have to do all that in a tesla u might as well just be driving! Lmao. 2. None of teslas cars have a HUD. The new model 3nhighland finally got ambient lighting but still no HUD, stalks, gauge cluster screen,360 cam,etc... refer to "rysmons auto park tesla vs bmw vs audi" where tesla got last place in auto Parking for parallel spots. Tesla is suppose to be a tech car yet luxury brands have better tech 🤣🤣

thanks for the feedback!

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That's bull ! It's not easier and can't be used intuitively in a tight roundabout! You have to look away from the road to find the right button, so how is that easier than never having to look away from the road to indicate if you have steering stalks ? This is why Tesla drivers are hated so much, you just defend every BS Musk does, no matter if it makes sense or not ! If Musk would suggest it's better having 3 wheels instead of 4 you would even defend that !

Animal free, Thomas big proponent.

Thank you very much for your interest in this topic. I also bought cars with animal skin leather seats before I did my research and got to know the industry. The most important thing is: With today's modern materials, you have nothing to lose, just to gain. You achieve the same kind of luxury and comfort or even better while having the same or better durability with less impact on humans, animals and the environment. You can use fabric/cloth, microfibre or leatherette. The classic approach is using oil/plastic as source material. Overall, a vehicle contains about 300 kg plastic. A car seat needs about 5 kg plastic. So the overall plastic share for the seats is very low and it is at this moment the most efficient way to produce a car seat. A couple of litres of fuel equals a car seat basically. So if you want to save oil/plastic, rather look at consumption for energy, fuel and heating and to other car parts than the seat. Note that animal skin leather also always contains a plastic coating for durability. However, long-term we should of course find raw oil alternatives. So going further, seats can be made from recyclables (e.g. from PET-bottles or old fishing nets) or even increased share of plant-based materials (like pine oil, canola oil or start-up materials like Pinatex from pineapple leaves or Desertex from cactus fibre or the mixed-plant-based Mirum, so be seen at kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iZeRgb2W1MfYnXk.html). On a calculation base, by ditching animal skin leather from car interiors, the amount of emissions (CO2e) is reduced by 85 (!) % (www.press.bmwgroup.com/africa-dom-easteurope/article/detail/T0403389EN/on-the-market-from-2023:-bmw-and-mini-models-with-vegan-interiors?language=en) - and that is a very conservative calculation. So it is at this moment the most important thing you can do to make car interiors more sustainable. A good example for high-end luxury with ventilated animal free seats is the BMW X7 with Sensafin: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z9aCgc6IntTWoqs.html And the Kia EV9 with plant-based oil share: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bNyImLOCzsWxcZ8.html New leatherette materials can be superior in every aspect, even for cleaning: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q59kjLt7nJi5hHU.html More and more natural materials are rising: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pLiDprt2092sdKM.html Also check out what the animal skin leather industry tried to with our channel: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pLaPdtl90ceqnH0.html For seeing how the animals are being treated and transported in the global leather industry, watch this footage: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qtGadqSe1pfDaHk.html Note that the footage is genuine and was recorded by a highly decorated investigative journalist in Germany I know myself personally. In a high animal skin grade, the animals are specifically raised for this matter. However even if meat is the "first" misuse case, the hide remains a profitable body part. That means: If manufacturers put animal leather in a car and you demand it as a customer, you give your money to an industry that earns money by oppressing humans, animals and harms the environment, you make them more profitable. Alternatively, you could support industries with your wallet which try to improve the sustainability of materials. Also, if you turn the argument around to "meat is the waste of the leather industry" you realize that it doesn't make sense (and is ethically doubtful) to discuss the primary use of individual body parts of mammals. Mind experiment: You are getting slain down on the street; would it matter to you if it was for your smartphone or for your purse? We cannot change what we have bought in the past, but with more information and compassion we can change how we decide in the future.

@@autogefuehl I love your reviews Thomas! Hands down the best automobile content on KZfaq. I have a GLK 350 with an "animal free" leather interior and I honestly can't tell the difference aside from some minor delamination on high wear areas. The argument has always been cruelty free vs synthetics which rely on the oil/chemical industry, although we see an increase in quality fabrics made from recycled materials these days... Thank you for taking the time to respond to me directly. You made my day! 🙂

thank you very much! GLK is a nice one, I really loved that one

Thomas, I have not consumed meat since 1981. Your perspective on the respect of other mammals is a very enlightened awareness that we both share. Each day I encounter other humans who have a dense sense of the slaughtering of animals. They act like I am the strange one as they fill their blank minds and greedy bellies with flesh from a form similar to theirs. Almost canibal-like from my view. Thanks for trying to enlighten and sharpening the dull ones! @@autogefuehl

It depends if you have to work for your money Seal or Model 3, if money is not the issue, go for an EQS or poor mans EQS an ID 7.

The best value for money is Seal !

BMW have been describing themselves as premium since last century, when German cars were called spartan, their notion of luxury was so different from U.S., it was about engineering.

Model 3 looks like a basic ass car. Looks like a mall cop car 😂 its very ugly. Not sleek or aggresive in anyway. Looks like an AI generated car so dull and boring inside and out

TESLA IS PURE GARBAGE

Beautiful ev? 😂😂😂

Check the new ludicrous version (performance variant) that will be annouced quite soon, it already showed different bumpers and overal more sportier styling. I think it's a great looking car, even tho it's quite bland and empty.

Bad decision. TESLA IS PURE GARBAGE LOW CLASS VEHICLE.

Expensive and toyish

@@lukabosnjak3829 for me the EQE 350 4matic SE is cheaper per month than model 3 LR, i4 and i5, that’s why I wondered why it was not included in the comparison. (Might be cheaper than ID7 also but I haven’t seen the leasing prices on that yet). I have a model 3 LR today but keeping the options open when my lease ends in a few months. Why is EQE toyish? I haven’t tested it yet but from the reviews I’ve seen it seems very comfortable, and decent range due to the big battery. Do you own one?

didnt fit anymore, had to reduce the amount of cars at some point :-) We have it here, ofc it is the direct competitor to the BMW i5 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ldxhq6umx7CRiJc.html

You are right, with leasing rates, it might look very different than with list prices!

@@autogefuehl could take out i4 or i5 and included EQE. It's a very competitive car in terms of range and comfort. Looks are subjective, I like but.

If it turns on idicator when you start turning… it is badly late… or does the car know where you are going and put indicator on 3s to 5s before you make the turn?

Defo aspects, yeah. Ride was very good though, first leasing prices however are disappointing expensive indeed!

In Denmark the price with 2 options, making it comparable is €72K, A tesla model 3 is €46K, BYD Seal is €47K just not in same category@@autogefuehl

VW might do better leasing rates later. But at this moment they re pretty crazy indeed

Tesla is pure garbage.

Tesla is pure garbage are you simply one of those people that needs to fit in and have what everyone else has????

EV needs… home charger, and relative big starting investement. For me gasolin at 2.50 euros/l would be just fine. When it gets to 3.50 euros or more… imhave to think again. No home charger (living in the flatj, expensive commercial chargin stations… and 20000 euros for a car would be a lot! But if you. An affort the starting price and have home charging. You will save a lot of money in longer run! So it really depends…

In the world of EVs, Chinese companies such as BYD definitely give European legacy auto makers a run for their money. And let's not forget BYD is currently the second largest EV battery manufacturer in the world, only next to CATL, which is also a Chinese company.

The Chinese will never take the cake. The ID.7 is the clear choice.