Is it me, or is the Model Y really ugly?

[2020M3SR]

I think it is very good looking for a SUV. I think it should be compared to other SUVs and in that regard it is IMO one of the best looking cars. But might be biased..

Imo the 3 also looks better than the S… ahhh Well…

I think the BMW X5 is the best looking SUV personally.

With that said, I don't think the X5 would translate well into an efficient EV so there is that. Can't have your cake and eat it as the saying goes.

 

[candida]

The Model S is the best looking Tesla.
I posted this before, but I think the Model 3 looks like a frog. I guess the Model Y is a bigger frog.

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I'm not going to comment on the Y as so man y around here have just picked up their new pride and joys... But the 3 definitely sacrifices looks for aerodynamics IMO.

I do like the Startech nose cone but it's not worth the hassle for me...

Fun page here with some alternatives

 

[GeorgeSymonds]

I think the BMW X5 is the best looking SUV personally.

With that said, I don't think the X5 would translate well into an efficient EV so there is that. Can't have your cake and eat it as the saying goes.

It might surprise us, the X3 has turned out better than many thought.

Personally something along the lines of a Taycan Cross Turismo shape is where I’d love to be. Audi did the allroad which was similar, more of an estate on steroids. I’m surprised they’ve never really caught on before

 

[candida]

Personally something along the lines of a Taycan Cross Turismo shape is where I’d love to be. Audi did the allroad which was similar, more of an estate on steroids. I’m surprised they’ve never really caught on before

Agreed but the market thinks otherwise sadly

Allroad taken off sale in UK

and saloon Panameras outsell Sport Turismos by about 3 to 1 link

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so yes and yes.

 

[MrT3]

S - Make the EV an item of desire

The S looks good because Fisker had a part to play in the design (a bigger part than Tesla are now willing to admit).

 

[mdunc]

It just seems to me that all the proportions are wrong. The Model 3 from the front isn't all that good either, but the Y takes up a level in fugliness IMHO.

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Took my Y round to my Tesla sceptic colleague who owns a Mclaren, and a Caymen. He thought it looked way better in the flesh and is now looking at lease deals to replace the Caymen as his daily driver.

 

[MrBadger]

I've been in close presence of two Model Y's today, and pass a regular on my trips.

Followed one in queuing traffic, 1 car between, but still enough view to get a pretty good look. It was a blue one, same as our Model 3. I'm not a fan of our blue (wifes car so her choice and we ordered before any in the wild in UK) but Model Y looks pretty good in blue, but that may just have been that it is still clean... Rear view, I liked it. And a nice bit of ground clearance too. Proportionally it looked good and sufficiently different below the bumper not to look like a pregnant Model 3.

Unlike the red one that I saw from the front (apologies to the above poster). Its too similar to a Model 3 not to look like a pregnant version. Not to my taste, but then I feel the same with the Model 3 from some angles.

This kind of echo's some of the early shots of the car. Good from some angles, and not from some others.

Only very few other SUV's look OK from any angle, so Model Y is a step ahead of most of the alternatives.

Slightly OT, but good to see that Tesla have hopefully have learned a few lessons from the Model 3's sill and wheel arch areas. Not sure why the Model 3 didn't have any form of protection there (iirc Model 2 and X do), and the later additions (and free handouts after acknowledging an issue in some areas) are not a proper solution. Admittedly it shouldn't have needed it, but it is a weak spot. Good that Model Y seems to have a more permanent fix.

 

[Alowan]

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The red one looks really nice.. think it is up There With my grey one (would have gone red but the wife wanted less flashy)

 

[Regulo]

I let one out in front of me, and followed it for a while. It was black, and quite impressive from the rear. I was actually looking up at the Tesla badge from my M3! It certainly looks a LOT bigger than mine (stop sniggering at the back).

 

[Casss]

That’s what she said.

 

[roadcred]

The Model S is the best looking Tesla.
I posted this before, but I think the Model 3 looks like a frog. I guess the Model Y is a bigger frog.

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I really don't understand what the discussion is about? You buy the Model Y because it is half the cost of a Model X and a proper car by internal proportions and compared to the Model 3. You buy it compared to any other EV because it is fast, you sit up off the road and it has a huge boot! Oh and there still is the matter of superchargers and they are pretty freely available. After all that you may look at the shape?

 

[kuruma]

what are you complaining about? it's better than a cybertruck any day

 

[BigNerd]

To be fair, the OP needs to post their picture so we can decide if it's them or the Model Y that's ugly.

Personally, the Model Y looks great to me, sort of like those fastback BMW/MBZs that cost way more money and run on dinosaur bones.

 

[DenkiJidousha]

To quote the Captain Beefheart song Pena, the Model Y is clearly Fast and bulbous!

 

[M1tch]

Saw my first two model Ys in person today. It looks like a model 3 on steroids! Certainly nothing wrong with it though.

 

[ZenRockGarden]

I'd argue the Model Y isn't really trying to be handsome. Its priorities are aerodynamics and functionality. From certain angles it looks great. Others are a bit awkward. There are plenty of cars out there with more raw charisma.... and none of them perform like the Model Y

 

[sam481]

S then X then 3 then Y. Y is pig ugly. Only the S is what I’d call good looking. Sorry.

 

[ZenRockGarden]

S then X then 3 then Y. Y is pig ugly. Only the S is what I’d call good looking. Sorry.

I mostly agree, except that the Model X is actually my winner for most-awkward. It's a bit of a blimp with gullwings. I love the thing, but it ain't pretty. The Y is no beauty queen either, but at least she's a bit more petite

 

[Llama.]

I thought the Model Y was a bit blobby looking, but saw my first one in person yesterday.

It’s proportions look good in person. I’ve revised my opinion. I think the Model X is now the fugliest Tesla.