Third Row Seat Disappointing

[Midnightsun]

I hope this picture is not telling the entire story as I do no see how even a small child could put his feet on the floor. Maybe the 7 seater second row seats can move forward to increase the space? Regardless, Tesla advertises it can seat 7 adults, not so sure unless a couple minutes counts.

Tesla Model Y 3rd Row Pictures Reveal Little Leg Room

 

[Ldub22]

I have had a 7 row Model X since 2016. If we roll the seats all the way back, it is easily that tight. Clearly in the photos the 2nd row is on rails. I've never understood why people have had their knickers in such a twist about the 7 seat Model Y. It's obvious that it was going to be tight. 7 seat vehicles are always about squeezing people in for short trips. Anything else is a Suburban/ Minivan.

As far as the 3rd row passengers: "pain is the feeling of weakness leaving your body!"

 

[imola.zhp]

Tesla Model Y 3rd Row Pictures Reveal Little Leg Room

Hello February 2020! Wow, if I knew now what I didn't know then...

 

[noshadow]

Hello February 2020! Wow, if I knew now what I didn't know then...

...I would actually have some toilet paper.

 

[Hoowzer]

lol an article that is 10 months old.

I'm just as interested in what the MY looks like with a 3rd row, but my gut is the design has likely changed quite a bit since Feb, if not, then I suppose no one is forking over dollars for a MY 7 seater.

 

[Kamban]

Anyone who has even looked at a 5 seater Tesla from the rear knows there is no way that a 7 seater will even be able to take 2 small children in that trunk space area. It will also severely restrict the remaining trunk space. Yet people imagined that somehow magically those seven seats will seat seven adults and also have reasonable room for luggage without increasing internal dimensions.

If you want seven seater, pony up the money for an X.

 

[Clark_Kent]

MY seating 7 sounds good in theory but I don't see how it can be executed well. It's simply too tight given the pitch of the roofline. Methinks the third row will die on the vine just like the SR MY.

 

[Cleo-n-Company]

Our 2013 P85 had the rear-facing seats. Yes - the kids had fun making faces out the back window.

But anyone over the age of 8 would more easily fit into a paint bucket.

I'm not sure if the Y has any vents back there - but the S did not. You could roast a pig back there during a California Summer.

 

[LV1972]

lol an article that is 10 months old.

I'm just as interested in what the MY looks like with a 3rd row, but my gut is the design has likely changed quite a bit since Feb, if not, then I suppose no one is forking over dollars for a MY 7 seater.

Update Dec. 17, 2020

 

[Uncle Paul]

I predict that the 7 seater will be acceptable, but both front and 2nd row passengers will need to push their seats up a bit to allow leg room for those in the rear.

It will not be luxury seating for 7, but acceptable in a pinch.

 

[Lionel Hutz]

It will be a packaging miracle if they can pull it off. There's barely enough room in the rear hatch area for my 50 lb dog.

For comparison, we have a CX-9 that has probably another 6-8" in length in the hatch space. And the third row in that is still basically "emergency only" seating.

 

[noshadow]

Maybe Elon has figured out some kind of way to put some leg room into interdimensional space.

 

[Cleo-n-Company]

Maybe Elon has figured out some kind of way to put some leg room into interdimensional space.

I guess I'd say... he's so good putting his foot into his mouth he doesn't need the legroom, since the leg and foot juts up towards his face.

 

[noshadow]

I guess I'd say... he's so good putting his foot into his mouth he doesn't need the legroom, since the leg and foot juts up towards his face.

He should be a little more considerate of others!

 

[Uncle Paul]

Don't forget that Model Y has a packaging advantage over ICE competitors. No gas motor and batteries mounted low in the centeral floor allows for deeper footwells and more forward locations of seating.

 

[hlin07]

Any 7 seater option in non minivan or large SUV is only meant for SHORT trips only. I don't believe demand for the model Y 7 seaters will be high, if a family needs to have 7 seat, chances are Sienna or Odyssey will do the job far better with room to spare.

 

[Uncle Paul]

Many owners only want a 7 seater for that occasional time when some additional kids need a ride home or to an event. Might work out well for those cases. Most of the time the back seats will be unused.

If you need to use all 7 seats a lot of the time...then you need a larger vehicle.

 

[jsight]

I have had a 7 row Model X since 2016.

I know what you meant, but I still laughed at the idea of a 7 "row" model X.

 

[Ldub22]

I know what you meant, but I still laughed at the idea of a 7 "row" model X.

I HATE that you can't edit on this forum!

It should have been 7 Row.

 

[kadify]

Are the seats for sure facing forward? There'd be a lot more leg room if they were rear facing like the original Model S rear seats.