FIRST DRIVE: New Tesla Model 3 Performance – Over 500bhp For £59k!
Range has long been a Tesla forte. Ridiculous acceleration, too. But what about the sort of delectable handling that a BMW M3 serves up?
Tesla boss Elon Musk claimed the last Tesla Model 3 Performance was 15% quicker than the equivalent M3, and with better handling – but we’d take the BMW over it for one last lap of a racetrack.
Now there’s a new Model 3 Performance though, and Tesla contends it’s much more of a super-saloon than ever before. Over to Top Gear Magazine’s editor-in-chief, Jack Rix, to find out how it stacks up…
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00:00 Intro
00:37 Launch
01:24 Specs
02:43 Changes
05:03 Interior
06:11 Driving
11:23 Conclusion
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