Model 3 Highland

[James6112]

Nobody in their right mind would buy now via pcp etc
£8k + more than last week over the term..,
plus the facelift is rumoured to be cheaper

Will hold on to see if the highland is better/cheaper
Or go for a Y or nearly new Jaguar ipace

[ncbbmw]

James6112 said:

Nobody in their right mind would buy now via pcp etc
£8k + more than last week over the term..,
plus the facelift is rumoured to be cheaper

Will hold on to see if the highland is better/cheaper
Or go for a Y or nearly new Jaguar ipace

Only the Model 3 Performance is on 0% Finance now so stocks must be getting low on the other models.

[LivLL]

New in stock LR RWD are also 0% finance still.

[Silenoz]

LivLL said:

New in stock LR RWD are also 0% finance still.

Thanks for the heads-up, I'd been away for a few days and hadn't seen this. A white one is £1500 down and £500 per month for 12k miles.
Travelled from Cheshire to Southampton and back in my mates 23 plate Model 3 Performance. Very impressed with it, the supercharger network made it a very easy outing.

Seriously tempted!

[somouk]

I've seen some images knocking about that the highland cars are actually a hatchback and not saloon, anyone seen something similar?

I guess if it is they learnt from the popularity of the Y.

[LivLL]

Nope as I understand it’s from a photo of a Cybertruk with a Model S parked behind it which is being mistaken for a Model 3 hatchback.

Some other photos are just of a Model Y boot which people are trying to say is the new Model 3 hatch.

Edited by LivLL on Friday 25th August 12:21

[David87]

I'd be very surprised if it was as it would be such a big change to the structure of the car. Can't ever really rule anything out with Tesla (and there have been hatchback rumours about this for quite a while), but still, it's not something I'm expecting.

[James6112]

David87 said:

I'd be very surprised if it was as it would be such a big change to the structure of the car. Can't ever really rule anything out with Tesla (and there have been hatchback rumours about this for quite a while), but still, it's not something I'm expecting.

Pretty sure hatchback has been ruled out
Bit of a facelift front & rear
Interior update, reduce buttons further!
Better batteries / longer range
Cheaper (no doubt that no discounts & higher interest will make it cheaper cash only)

[w8pmc]

James6112 said:

Nobody in their right mind would buy now via pcp etc
£8k + more than last week over the term..,
plus the facelift is rumoured to be cheaper

Will hold on to see if the highland is better/cheaper
Or go for a Y or nearly new Jaguar ipace

How so???

Given it's 0% finance, the cost over the term can NOT be any greater, unless the list price has increased by £8k.

Agreed monthly payments are higher due to lower GFV, but GFV is a speculative figure, so if the car costs £50k & it's on a 0% interest deal, then you can't pay more than £50k over the term, thus no more than last week.

[David87]

These leaked images appear to be the real deal. Unveiling could be imminent, apparently (I was expecting early October, but what do I know!).

https://x.com/driveteslaca/status/1697346438433526...

[Chipper]

Just watched carwow on the walk around of the new Highland. Pretty impressive and they are saying 423miles from a LR. I would image real world that would be a comfortable 350 miles then ?

No price increase over the old model too and some really good improvements. It will kill the competition.

[LivLL]

all those “leaked” photos to hype a facelift and we have car wow with one of the actual cars reviewing it.

Looks like some tidy improvements but taking away the stalks is a bold move.

Not avail in the U.K. until mid 2024.

[David87]

Not sure why the delay on UK cars - Australian deliveries are listed as January to March 2024 and their cars are RHD too obviously. Also no details on the Performance car yet, but suppose that will follow in a few months.

[greggy50]

Dissapointing facelift imo

Removing the stalks is an idiotic idea and the interior still looks far too basic.

A driver display or head up display would have been far more useful than the rear screen for most.

[annodomini2]

Pre orders in Japan active for new model

[LivLL]

And most of Europe

[David87]

Yeah, I don't understand why the UK and Ireland miss out for now whilst Aus, NZ and Japan are being offered RHD cars. Very odd... I'm not too bothered as I want a Performance one anyway, but surely sales in markets that don't get the new one will be dead until they do?!

[soupdragon1]

The question on everyones lips though, is will the new car have rain sensors? Its a 2024 model year, so surely the time is now to introduce rain sensors?

[lizardbrain]

Did carwow break rules or did they get a world exclusive!

Looks great, rear screen would be great for the kids. I like stalks, but would enjoy the minimilism too I think.

I'm only doing 5k miles a year at the moment, so can't really justify upgrading my creaky, noisy, cheap feeling, inefficient but very fast P.

[coetzeeh]

David87 said:

Yeah, I don't understand why the UK and Ireland miss out for now whilst Aus, NZ and Japan are being offered RHD cars. Very odd... I'm not too bothered as I want a Performance one anyway, but surely sales in markets that don't get the new one will be dead until they do?!

Tesla were late into Aus and the like and sales are growing where the opposite is the case in UK.