Model X 5 Seat Deliveries

[Lowey007]

Thanks to Phil Gorski ‎ and McManX.View attachment 204175 View attachment 204176


Now we need a photo with the 2nd row folded. I would like to know the width dimension, left to right, in two places. The widest and the narrowest (at the wheel wells?). Notice the two left and two right shelf support brackets. The left trunk lid has a notch cut out the and is wider than the right side.

Looks to be a good amount of space which is good news although agree would be nice to know dimensions. However, you would have thought they would have somehow hidden the bloody seat hinges and at least made it cosmetically acceptable. I think it looks a mess, even if it were a £5000 Dacia Duster,

 

[pchengMX]

Here's another one of the front part of the rear seats.

 

[Lowey007]

They don't appear to have the side bolstering that the seats had prior, with "bench" now seeming to be the operative word. Hope they are as comfy but seems (need to see it in the flesh) that the outer seats are same as middle (head rest being exception) which is different to most makes these days with the outside being more individual and the center being a flat back bench type. Need to see - why don't Tesla post some pics and advise whats going on?

 

[Bjoris]

I wonder if this is the production solution or preproduction car?

To me it seems the upper floor is missing (ref attached picture from DesignStudio) or could it be that we see this in lower position? To me what we see behind the 2. row seat looks like the fix floor over the engin/inverter...

We really need more pictures of this Mine goes soon into production and I`d really like to get confirmed how this 5 seater really work before it is to late to change...

 

[Lowey007]

Right, pics from my Tesla dealer. 6 & 7 seat configurations will still have monopod seat as we have all seen, its only the 5 seat version that will take the bench seat although they described as; "Seats are cleverly sculpted as per the visuals attached. They fold almost completely flat as per a Model S, have the 60/40 split, and are therefore statically mounted without the need for forward / backwards movement. There is also extra storage behind as expected of course". An answer and in my opinion, apart from I would have liked it if the seats could have reclined, a great and satisfactory outcome..

FYI, the Right Hand Drive MX they have cant be registered at the moment so having to drive it on trade plates from next week..

 

[Zaphod]

I wonder if this is the production solution or preproduction car?

To me it seems the upper floor is missing (ref attached picture from DesignStudio) or could it be that we see this in lower position? To me what we see behind the 2. row seat looks like the fix floor over the engin/inverter...

We really need more pictures of this Mine goes soon into production and I`d really like to get confirmed how this 5 seater really work before it is to late to change...

I sure hope its a preproduction car. Definitely does not looked finished especially at the seat back at the pivot areas.

 

[AnxietyRanger]

Thank you for the photos!

I agree the top cover from the part of trunk that is closest to the seats is missing, so what we are seeing is new storage compartment underneath. In the other photo both trunk covers (the regular one and the new one) are missing, so it shows the full depth - which is quite unfinished looking, but still size-wise quite formidable too. Removing that third-row gained some real space.

Anyway, the profile and seat comfort would be my biggest concern, the trunk I'm sure "will just work". Any chace of a side photo that would show the entire side opening from a falcon wing? I'm really interested in seeing how good (or bad) the new seat structure looks from the side... that PR photo gives some idea, but seems to be taken (intentionally?) so far back that we don't see the full pedestals.

 

[Gwgan]

Someone posted a few photos of a 5 seat X at the Portland Service Center on the Tesla Model X Owners Club facebook page

Link please.

 

[McManX]

Link please.

All the photos I saw have been posted in this thread now

 

[Gwgan]

All the photos I saw have been posted in this thread now

Thanks. I’d hope we’d have a whole photo library and video walk though by now. Google finds nothing yet.

 

[Amp Dup]

I just got an email from Tesla that production is complete on my 60D 5-seater. Estimated delivery 12/7-12/21/16

 

[lunitiks]

Live pictures

 

[Lowey007]

lunitiks nice video , thanks. So loads storage room in boot and also under seats. They look quite sculptured, hope they comfy. What are your thoughts seeing it in the flesh, are you happy?

 

[AnxietyRanger]

Thank you for the video, a good one.

The posts under the seats look OK. Too bad the side profile and back side (especially when the compartment cover is open) lool quite unfinished.

Why is the side profile not glossy like in the configurator and in front seats?

And the lever is huge - and hugely prominent. Why?

Would not order the 5-seater on aesthetics. And the mechanical huge lever is very unlike Model X that is all about automated movements...

 

[lunitiks]

Hey it's not me in the video! I just fount this on youtube

 

[Kincaid]

Consumer Reports was critical of the Model X (2016 Tesla Model X Review: Fast and Flawed), but did include one incorrect comment that confirmed the wisdom of waiting for the 5 seat version:

"But beyond the brag-worthy magic, the all-wheel-drive Model X 90D largely disappoints. The rear doors are prone to pausing and stopping. The second-row seats can’t be folded, limiting cargo-carrying ability. The big windshield is neat but not tinted enough to offset the brightness of a sunny day, and wind noise is excessive."

So we have 2 considerations with which we must deal:

1. Why was the Consumer Reports person assigned to review the Model X so woefully clueless that he was unaware that there were thousands of customers waiting for the 5 seat, folding seats, Model X version and that Tesla intended to accommodate those patient customers with the obvious design offering of folding 2nd row seats?

2. How can a car that "corners like a sports sedan" have a "firm and choppy" ride?

 

[Lowey007]

Good points Kincaid although in absence of a clear strategy re the 5 seats and no comms whatsoever from Tesla have to agree with them on that side, although 100% with you on the ride as strange contradictions ..

 

[AnxietyRanger]

Consumer Reports was critical of the Model X (2016 Tesla Model X Review: Fast and Flawed), but did include one incorrect comment that confirmed the wisdom of waiting for the 5 seat version:

"But beyond the brag-worthy magic, the all-wheel-drive Model X 90D largely disappoints. The rear doors are prone to pausing and stopping. The second-row seats can’t be folded, limiting cargo-carrying ability. The big windshield is neat but not tinted enough to offset the brightness of a sunny day, and wind noise is excessive."

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1. Why was the Consumer Reports person assigned to review the Model X so woefully clueless that he was unaware that there were thousands of customers waiting for the 5 seat, folding seats, Model X version and that Tesla intended to accommodate those patient customers with the obvious design offering of folding 2nd row seats?

The story may have been written before Tesla publicized 5 seater having folding seats? Tesla did not unveil that until Q4/2016...

 

[Porfiry]

1. Why was the Consumer Reports person assigned to review the Model X so woefully clueless that he was unaware that there were thousands of customers waiting for the 5 seat, folding seats, Model X version and that Tesla intended to accommodate those patient customers with the obvious design offering of folding 2nd row seats?

Woefully clueless? I'm sorry, but prior to the posting of a few images in the last day or two there's been precious little information about the 5-seater. I don't think Tesla even acknowledged that those seats would be folding until a few weeks ago.

 

[Kincaid]

Woefully clueless? I'm sorry, but prior to the posting of a few images in the last day or two there's been precious little information about the 5-seater. I don't think Tesla even acknowledged that those seats would be folding until a few weeks ago.

That's the point. The Consumer Reports story was written 11/23. My Delivery Specialist was confirming folding rear seats on the 5 seater seven weeks ago. Full disclosure: I don't think much of Consumer Reports: their opinion is easily swayed by economic incentives, personal grudges, and a meek approach to evaluating the conflicts between the status quo, the avant-garde, and expensive cars. They loved the freakish, ineptly modernized new design of the Lexus RX , they rated the Mazda MX-5 Miata the best sports car under $40K, and the Chevy Impala the best large car. Oh, please. The magazine has corroded into an advertising rag filled with fatuous articles pandering to the lowest common denominator. If Tootsie Roll bought enough advertising on the pages of Consumer Reports, the magazine would rate it "Best Cigar Under Two Dollars." Let them wiggle out from under that "firm and choppy" ride.