Hello everybody,
Quick question for those around the world: I've recently taken delivery of Model 3 Long Range which, as I'm in the UK, was made in China. The fit is generally better with all the panels and paint being spot on. However, unlike most other people I'm not entirely happy having a Chinese made car and feel there are probably a lot of cheaper components on the vehicle. I've had several Model 3's previously and was rather disappointed to see some more differences on this car. So far I've noticed:
My question is: could somebody that's taken delivery of a Fremont car manufactured during Q1-2021 confirm whether or not their car has these changes? Also, if you were handed a car with these changes would you accept them?
Quick question for those around the world: I've recently taken delivery of Model 3 Long Range which, as I'm in the UK, was made in China. The fit is generally better with all the panels and paint being spot on. However, unlike most other people I'm not entirely happy having a Chinese made car and feel there are probably a lot of cheaper components on the vehicle. I've had several Model 3's previously and was rather disappointed to see some more differences on this car. So far I've noticed:
- In addition to the door trims being black (I knew this from the configurator before I ordered) the bottom half (where the door pocket is) is made from hard plastic and feels a lot cheaper/low quality than on older cars which had slightly padded soft touch plastic. I know Fremont made cars that are left hand drive have the white door cars but I wonder if they changed to the hard plastic on these too?
- The seats seem to have different padding. I've compared my car directly to several other 2020 Fremont made cars and everybody that sat in both said the Fremont seats were more comfortable. It's not a major difference and they are still okay seats but they do feel a bit soft, cause a bit of leg ache on long drives and are arguably lower quality on the Chinese car.
- The inside edge of both front seats is trimmed with black fabric instead of white. A small detail but it looks odd to me and not what one would expect. Photo below.
My question is: could somebody that's taken delivery of a Fremont car manufactured during Q1-2021 confirm whether or not their car has these changes? Also, if you were handed a car with these changes would you accept them?