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Originally Posted by Hersbird
Well I watched the entire Y release party even though very little was about the Y. Was that guy up front Musk? I would say he is way to creepy to be a pitch man. Anyway, I don't see how the Y is an SUV. It is clearly a crossover. The X which is supposed to be the crossover seems more like an SUV but I'd like to see how any of them line up off road compared to say a Rav4 or the new Forester. Maybe they compare better to an Audi Q7 or a M class Benz but they do pretty well off road. Not that off road is what buyers are looking for, but what separates the SUVs from the crossovers. The Y seems more like a Lincoln MKT.
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The Model is what the Model 3 should have been from the start. Tesla somehow managed to changed every external panel slightly but without adding extra utility to the vehicle. It still has limited ground clearance, an almost useless hatch, and limited options to carry things on a roof rack. The Model Y is a hatchback car not a CUV.
CleanTechnica is estimating 5-6 inches of ground clearance for the Model Y. My 2009 Prius had 5.6 inches and scraped on parking lot speed bumps with 4 people in the car.