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Brooks found the Tesla’s and Leaf’s front seats more comfortable than the Bolt’s—the Chevy’s bottom cushion is too narrow; its little side bolsters cut into his thighs.
“Comparing this Model 3 to the Bolt and Leaf isn’t fair—like comparing a BMW 3 Series with a Camry or Accord.”
Seems to me a comparison between a city car with a no-range anxiety battery, a city car with a range anxiety battery, and an all-around car useful for both local and long-distance travel and doesn't look like a spud.
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Blah, blah blah
How about a 400 mile trip at 75 mph ?
Why can't fruit be compared?
This has relevance to a tiny amount of people for more than once or twice a year, if even that much. The comparison as written is appropriate for most people.
Sure. You can compare fruits. Weighing apples and oranges, I'm coming down on the side of a peach.
As for long-distance travel being a once or twice a year issue for most people, that's perfectly true. However, a lot of people have sold themselves on "needing" all wheel drive and hulking SUV's for rarer missions than that. Hasn't hurt their sales a whit.
I'd choose the longest-range vehicle that didn't look silly. The Bolt looks silly. The old Leaf looked silly. The new one is nearly (but not quite) not silly. The Model 3 is beautiful (with faults that irk me, but still). Case closed.
But a review that short would seem pretty unprofessional at Motor Trend, I guess.
Robin
That's what I was thinking as well. Would love to know what the cabin noise is on my 12 year old ICE - guessing it would make the fairly minor differences between the 3 EV's seem like nothing.The comparisons of regen/deceleration rates, cabin noise, ride harshness, and AP2-vs-ProPilot are all quite enlightening.
I would've hoped the Model 3 would do better on cabin noise -- although it's not entirely unexpected given the M3's firmer suspension. 18's might help some too.
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Likewise with deceleration rates -- but it's probably unavoidable with RWD vs FWD.
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The comparisons of regen/deceleration rates, cabin noise, ride harshness, and AP2-vs-ProPilot are all quite enlightening.
I would've hoped the Model 3 would do better on cabin noise -- although it's not entirely unexpected given the M3's firmer suspension. 18's might help some too.
Likewise with deceleration rates -- but it's probably unavoidable with RWD vs FWD.
Electric cars are often dismissed for seeming soulless; the Tesla fills the void with human fantasies. You may need to talk yourself into a Bolt or a Leaf; you need to talk yourself out of paying the premium for this Model 3.
You are not thinking this through. A 400 mile trip is 200 miles there and back. People who buy a Bolt or LEAF are taking a Tesla or ICE car for these trips. How about a trip 100 miles each way ? Can a Bolt do it at 75 mph with A/C ? How about in the winter ?This has relevance to a tiny amount of people for more than once or twice a year, if even that much.
You are not thinking this through. A 400 mile trip is 200 miles there and back. People who buy a Bolt or LEAF are taking a Tesla or ICE car for these trips. How about a trip 100 miles each way ? Can a Bolt do it at 75 mph with A/C ? How about in the winter ?
Exactly. MightA Bolt might be able to do it at 75 MPH
Exactly. Might
Which is why I say the article missed an opportunity to actually provide useful information.
You know ... an actual ROAD test.