We want some Model 3 Leaks, renders, sketches !

DrTaras · Mar 31, 2016

What a crazy day so far! I'm sure there will be plenty of posts from tonight but if you get lonely you can visit me where I'll be posting from the event tonight (and revealing T-reX!) over on my mini-blog:

DrTaras' Model X gets customized!

Weezer Fan · Mar 31, 2016

Hi there! New poster today. Got my M3 reservation in today. (Still warming up after waiting outside in the cold and snow). I think it is quite a feat that Tesla has managed to keep the car under wraps. It seems every other new car I have followed has had spy photos of test mules out.

PTADO · Mar 31, 2016

Nico25 said:
I thought it was fake... Then I saw the Model 3 logo on the side of the xenon light housings.

Agree. I see the logos, and it's also a very Telsa-styled headlamp assembly in general. Also note, the high hood line contour is very consistent with the car's high hood line under the cover. Also, background, high-society right there. Where did this picture come from?

manitou820 · Mar 31, 2016

http://jalopnik.com/tesla-model-3-is-this-it-1768355906

hockeythug · Mar 31, 2016

Oh please have suicide rear doors. But yeah, most likely a X.

pr0teu5 · Mar 31, 2016

manitou820 said:
http://jalopnik.com/tesla-model-3-is-this-it-1768355906

Looks like an X to my eyes.

wdolson · Mar 31, 2016

That's intriguing. It looks like a Model S, but the back door handle is immediately behind the driver's door handle, like the Model X. It doesn't look tall enough to be a Model X though. It may just be a Model X from an odd angle.

I strongly doubt Tesla would have risked a leak like that this close to the event. They have been so disciplined up to now, filming a Model 3 in what looks like downtown LA like that is guaranteed to leak.

Monkey · Mar 31, 2016

PTADO said:
Agree. I see the logos, and it's also a very Telsa-styled headlamp assembly in general. Also note, the high hood line contour is very consistent with the car's high hood line under the cover. Also, background, high-society right there. Where did this picture come from?

Note the red logo (reflection?) in the bottom left of the image. This headlamp assembly is most definitely not the Mazda one referenced. And it looks 100% LED to me, including the LEDs encircling the perimeter over the top and the exterior bottom portion. Very tesla-like, similar to the DRL layout on the X. Same with the rest of the styling of what we can see. I think I also recognize the surrounding buildings.. Hmm...

pr0teu5 said:
Looks like an X to my eyes.

That blue one from Jalopnik is almost certainly an X. Seems a bit squatty, but I think it's the camera angle and distortion. Besides the door handles seem to give it away. I'm not expecting the adjoining door handles on the Model 3, but I guess we'll see here in a couple hours.

SJBMD · Mar 31, 2016

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according to car and driver a leaked photo

Dave Garaffa · Mar 31, 2016

SJBMD said:
according to car and driver a leaked photo

Car & Driver headline updated...
Tesla Model 3 EV Leaked: Now You See It? [Update: Maybe Not]

UPDATE: The image comes from this video of the Model X, but the pictured car has a different front fascia than that electric crossover. It’s possible that this is a prototype or a styling buck for the Model X, as the production version lacks this vehicle’s black “grille.” We won’t have to wait too much longer to know what the actual Model 3 will look like, however; stay tuned for more info.

Tezlah · Mar 31, 2016

SJBMD said:
according to car and driver a leaked photo

This is not the 3. It's an old photo of prototype X.. distorted pic. Debunked here and elsewhere months ago.

We'll see the real 3 soon enough! Can't wait

Super_Popular · Mar 31, 2016

If that is an X I do like the nose cone on it. I watched the video and it does look like an X.

wdolson · Mar 31, 2016

I saw that same picture a few weeks before the Model X delivery event. It's most likely the prototype Model X that was at the Model X reveal.

skdave · Mar 31, 2016

Love it.

132 · Mar 31, 2016

what about the blue car. mirrors are two tone, and it appears even lighter than the new blue. Arachnid tires. front looks like an S but not as tall. Could just be perspective though

bigbear · Mar 31, 2016

Less than one hour before the reveal and we STILL DON'T KNOW SHITTTTTTTT!!!!!

Zaphod · Mar 31, 2016

132 said:
what about the blue car. mirrors are two tone, and it appears even lighter than the new blue. Arachnid tires. front looks like an S but not as tall. Could just be perspective though

Definitely an X. The two tone on the mirror is just the chrome strip on the bottom. Definitely the current blue color also. Perspective is making it look not as tall.