Model 3 is beautiful!

[John S.]

Lol

 

[boofagle]

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It's amazing what a good designer can do given similar monetary constraints. One looks like a $35,000 car. The other looks triple that. The Bolt looks like it's made out of plastic and the 3 looks like it's made out of sex.

 

[Xminus6]

Ease of RHD versions was Saturn and Mini's excuse. But unless you've driven one, you have no idea how annoying it is to look over to the side to see the speedo.

I'll defer to those of you who have had a car with that configuration. I've only driven a Mini on a test drive.

I think perhaps the plan is to have a very extensive HUD as an option with a tech package and leave the dash on the screen for the cheaper version. It would save a lot of money over a traditional dash or a digital one like on the current cars.

 

[ljbad4life]

Remember this is just this a prototype mockup it will still have to have an instrument panel in front of the driver if not the driver would have to keep looking to the right and their eyes wound be leaving the driving area.

Mini coopers have the speedometer in the center of the dash. Prius has it the center as well, its closer to the windshield, but it's still the center. I don't see the issue with it here in the Model 3

 

[Model S M.D.]

I agree about center speedometers being annoying. I drove a Prius before my Model S and I really hated it...

 

[erthquake]

You see the matte gray with the blacked out chrome and the handles the same color as the paint. I have been saying that this whole time that is what they need to do.

I friggen love that look. That's the color I'm going to get.

 

[Brad_SC]

I'm not quite sold on it yet. I'll probably drop my res and order an MS.

Yes, please drop your Model 3 reservation and buy a Model S... one less person possibly in front of me in line.

 

[erthquake]

I don't like how the screen protrudes out like that. The design of the Model S screen that is embedded into the dash is cleaner in my opinion. I wonder why they designed it like this?

I suspect that this might be one of the things that Musk tweeted will evolve.

 

[No2DinosaurFuel]

Alright I'm going to pull a donald trump here. "After I study the subject more... "

After looking at more pictures, here are my thoughts on the exterior looks. This way you guys know where my dislikes of the concept is coming from. Keep in mind the tesla guy said this is pretty close to the final version so I am not sure how much they will tweak before release. I suspect they are more focus on getting the factory tooled up for the Model 3 than making the tweaks to make it look better.

Front view: Definitely needs to change.
Front side view: Please get rid of those mock-Porsche look.
Rear view: OK, not bad can improve.
Rear side view: OK, but can be better.
Sides view: Leave alone.
Top front down view: Please get rid of those mock-Porsche look.
Top rear down: Generic, but most likely OK, no one is going to see it at this angle anyways.

 

[tga]

I'll defer to those of you who have had a car with that configuration. I've only driven a Mini on a test drive.

I think perhaps the plan is to have a very extensive HUD as an option with a tech package and leave the dash on the screen for the cheaper version. It would save a lot of money over a traditional dash or a digital one like on the current cars.

A HUD would be kickass. The Mini has a tach in front of the driver with a multi-purpose trip computer display. I usually leave it set as a digital speedo so I'm not constantly looking to the right.

 

[shrspeedblade]

It looks almost a little "Porschey" to me, and I like it! In production I'd better have a display in front of me and not just in the center (ie Prius, Cooper) though! OK, ok I'll settle for a HUD.

 

[jame521]

yes, center dash speedos are annoying.. i presume a HUD might be in store... I am confident though, that they will figure it out.

 

[tga]

I (mostly) like the exterior. But the pushed in, flat nose just looks weird in a direct, front-on view. I looks like the car ran into something.

EDIT - won't stop me from buying, though.

 

[Model S M.D.]

For this to have 215 mile range, autopilot, insanly futuristic interior and, oh by the way it looks better than a $58,000 Porsche.
I find your comparison to the prius to be quite *poultry

Haha fair enough. Just my initial response (my previous car was a Prius). This car blows everything out of the water in the same price range, no question about it. We're just mincing meat here... Totally agree the Model 3 looks like a baby Panamera upfront (a big compliment!)

 

[dennis]

IMO Tesla just did their best car/launch event ever:

1. Communication to owners prior to the event were frequent,clear and mostly consistent.

2. Elon showed up on time!

3. Franz did a great job of evoking Tesla family design cues: roadster nose, model S silhouette and Model X roofline/glass. Also very nice that Franz was the one to introduce Elon.

4. The entire build up to the event was epic. Allowing reservations to be made before the reveal creating big lines at the stores was unheard of previously in the car industry. This led to being able to announce 115,000 reservations at the event for a product no one had seen!

Kudos to Tesla. Now please just hunker down and deliver this awesome machine by the end of 2017 !

 

[cashie]

Kudos to Tesla. Now please just hunker down and deliver this awesome machine by the end of 2017 !

Agree, please deliver these on time.....

 

[Ocelot]

It might of got lost in the shuffle, but was wondering does anybody know if there is apossibility of sunroof with the large sloping appearing glass?

 

[nwdiver]

Home run hit... what an amazing day! I'd say ~97% of comments have been positive. Pretty much everything has exceeded my expectations. Congratulations to the Tesla Team on a lot of hard work and a job well done. This share holder and owner is proud

 

[Xminus6]

It might of got lost in the shuffle, but was wondering does anybody know if there is apossibility of sunroof with the large sloping appearing glass?

The video on the verge confirms an available sunroof.

 

[EcoCloudIT]

Is this matt one of stage different to the two gloss painted models? Looks at the door handles....