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Old 07-29-2017, 01:35 PM   #82 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard View Post
First drive by Motor Trend, with pictures and video:

Exclusive: Tesla Model 3 First Drive Review - Motor Trend
Wow - what a glowing review!

An aunt & uncle are considering an EV. I recommended the Bolt. Not as sexy, but I suspect the ownership experience will ultimately be less frustrating (Teslaphiles have a higher annoyance threshold for bugs & quality issues). And theirs would be a 2nd car, so they don't need supercharging.

I definitely like the softened "non-grille" lines on the production model vs. the prototype:

Prototype:


Production:

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