Model 3 size - more like an Accord or more like a Civic?

[timeshifter]

Is the size of the Model 3 closer to that of a Honda Accord or is it more closely related to a Honda Civic? I'm currently driving a 2014 Accord Hybrid and I'm pretty satisfied with the size and interior space and comfort. The Model 3 seems to be a tiny bit smaller than the Accord to me. Haven't really ever had the opportunity to compare side by side.

Civics seem a little too small inside for me. Although both vehicles seem to get a little larger with each generation.

 

[AxlxA]

I've sat in many accord and civic's before. Some how Honda always feels more spacious inside from the past 20 years. So I'd say the Model 3 is closer to the interior size of a Civic. To get that spacious accord feel, you're going to have to get a model S =p

 

[The_Observer]

More like a civic for sure, having sat on both vehicles (9th and 10th gen civics).

Seating space will be similar to the size of the civic, but you do get more storage space due to the frunk as well.

 

[UncertainTimes]

It’s a little bit roomier than a BMW F30 3 series.

 

[El joe]

Civic sounds about right for a size comparison.

 

[T3SLAROD]

It’s more like the Accord for your rear passengers. It’s very spacious, much more than the compact Civic. I have owned a 14 Accord and 17 Civic Sedan.

 

[Watts_Up]

You can also use some tolls to compare car sizes, like: https://www.automobiledimension.com/car-comparison.php

 

[RoBoRaT]

Or go seat in or test drive one to see for yourself.

Compared to my defunct 2003 Honda Accord, I say a Model 3 is about the same room inside.

 

[timeshifter]

Or go seat in or test drive one to see for yourself.

I have and will do it again. Problem is is that the nearest showroom is 108 miles away or a 1 hour 41 minute drive, each way.

 

[beachsideev]

or just go to your nearest starbucks and wait for one to show up. chat up the driver and ask if you can sit in the back.

 

[SageBrush]

OP: is your interest front or back seat room ?
Side to side, or room above one's head ?

Off-hand I'll guess that the Model 3 is Accord-like in some dimensions and Civic-like in others.

 

[timeshifter]

OP: is your interest front or back seat room ?
Side to side, or room above one's head ?

90% of my usage will be just me in the car, so don't care about back seat room at all. More or less comfort and space for me at about 6' tall, average build.

 

[Phlier]

The car I sold to get my Model 3 was a 2016 Accord.

The Model 3 seems quite similar in size, with the rear seats being more comfortable in the 3. I’m just over six feet, and the headroom is better in the Model 3, too.

 

[SageBrush]

average build.

In Ky ?
I have no idea what that is. Some photos of the South suggest a hip girth of 45 - 55"

In any case, if you are wondering about just you and you have already sat in a Model 3, what are you missing ?

 

[CameraJim]

90% of my usage will be just me in the car, so don't care about back seat room at all. More or less comfort and space for me at about 6' tall, average build.

You will not have a problem. I'm 6-2 and overweight and there is more than enough room to adjust the seat comfortably. I came from an Acura RDX. The Model 3 fits me better, especially for head room, due to the lack of a moonroof mechanism. Storage is just fine, with the trunk, sub-trunk and frunk.

 

[Fernand]

Our Model 3 is roughly the same inside as our 2007 Honda Accord LX, except that the Honda is more cocooning, while the Tesla offers something very spacious and liberating in the lack of doodads and control knickknacks all over the place.

 

[EmOne]

Great site to compare interior (and any other) dimensions is Mazda "compare vehicles"; Tesla smokes everybody on headroom, kinda narrow and maybe a little shy on ultimate legroom. But, for example, beats out BMW 5 series for practical space...Honda Accord and Civic both are beneficiaries of good engineering with FWD format. My GTI is even better engineered, but I still prefer hooning around in the Tesla!

 

[cylonmode]

I'd say Accord, but the last Accord I owned or sat in was in the 90's... I'd say Hyundai Sonata lol.

 

[TheRFMan]

Both Civics and Accords have been getting bigger with each generation. Today's Civic is pretty much the same size as an accord form 10 years ago...

 

[imschur]

Not related at to the original question, but when I drove, sat in and tried out the Model 3 performance it immediately felt a good deal roomier than the Lexus IS I'm getting rid of in favor of it - particularly on the inside - maybe it's the lack of clutter all around. It did not feel huge and wallowy on the outside, like say my gal's malibu.