Prøve GULL - Gratis

THEY LISTENED

Motor Trend

|

January 2024

THE NEW TESLA MODEL 3 HIGHLAND FIXES NEARLY EVERYTHING WE HATED ABOUT THE OLD CAR

THEY LISTENED

Tesla doesn’t have a formal communications department, but it’s listening to its customers, to reviewers, to randos on X. The 2024 Model 3 demonstrates how the company paid attention, took the feedback, and went to work.

You can classify the new Model 3, known my its internal Highland code name, as a refresh. The battery and motors are untouched; more surprising, it hasn’t adopted the Model Y’s single-piece structural “gigacastings.” At a mechanical level, it’s mostly the same car.

You’re forgiven for thinking the same of the exterior, but Tesla says everything but the rear doors and rear fenders are new. The new nose is better resolved than before, looking more like a Tesla Roadster and less like Spider-Man’s mask. The foglights are gone, and cooling air flows through a single inlet. Out back, Tesla missed the memo on crab-claw taillights going out of style, but moving them onto the trunklid solves a panel-gap issue.

Despite all prior evidence, Tesla cares about panel gaps, and fixing them wasn’t just about shutting us up. Tighter gaps are better for aerodynamics, so not only does the new Model 3 look like it was built by a company that cares, but it also achieves the second-lowest drag coefficient of any Tesla, at a claimed 0.219, down from 0.225.

Motor Trend

Denne historien er fra January 2024-utgaven av Motor Trend.

Abonner på Magzter GOLD for å få tilgang til tusenvis av kuraterte premiumhistorier og over 9000 magasiner og aviser.

Allerede abonnent?

FLERE HISTORIER FRA Motor Trend

Motor Trend

Motor Trend

THE LUXE LIFE

FROM SPORTY TO SUMPTUOUS, THESE SUVS USE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES TO DELIVER THE SAME GOALS: LUXURY AND STYLE.

time to read

10 mins

Summer 2025

Motor Trend

Motor Trend

THE MOONSHOT NOBODY SAW COMING

IS THE $340,000 CADILLAC CELESTIQ WORTH ROLLSROYCE MONEY?

time to read

13 mins

Summer 2025

Motor Trend

Motor Trend

THE COMPARISON TEST YOU DIDN'T EXPECT CHEVROLET CORVETTE STINGRAY

SUPER PERFORMANCE AT ATTAINABLE PRICES, BUT THESE TWO OPTIONS COULDN'T BE MORE DIFFERENT

time to read

7 mins

Summer 2025

Motor Trend

Motor Trend

THE RACE CAR THAT COULD'VE BEEN– AND THE SUPERCAR THAT WAS

MEET THE DEAD PORSCHE LE MANS CONTENDER THAT LED TO THE CARRERA GT

time to read

11 mins

Summer 2025

Motor Trend

Motor Trend

PlugShare's Free App Solves the Hardest Part of EV Ownership

TAKING THE GUESSWORK—AND ANXIETY—OUT OF EV CHARGING, ONE ORANGE OR GREEN DOT AT A TIME.

time to read

3 mins

Summer 2025

Motor Trend

Motor Trend

OUT OF THE SHADOW?

ASTON MARTIN TARGETS DRIVING ENTHUSIASTS MORE THAN EVER BEFORE, BUT PORSCHE'S 911 STANDS IN ITS WAY—OR DOES IT?

time to read

9 mins

Summer 2025

Motor Trend

Motor Trend

The Hyundai Ioniq 5 N's Wild Powertrain Gives Performance EVs a Jolt

STATE-OF-THE-ART HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE FOR THE MOST COMPELLING PERFORMANCE EV ON THE MARKET.

time to read

4 mins

Summer 2025

Motor Trend

Motor Trend

Autel's MaxiCharger AC Lite Stands Out in a Crowded Segment

OUR FAVORITE EV CHARGER HAS A THIN CABLE AND A FANTASTIC APP AT A GREAT PRICE.

time to read

3 mins

Summer 2025

Motor Trend

Motor Trend

DIRT-LOVIN' FRENEMIES

THE LATEST TOYOTA 4RUNNER TAKES ON KING JEEP IN THIS OFF-ROAD SUV SHOWDOWN.

time to read

6 mins

Summer 2025

Motor Trend

Motor Trend

The Tesla Cybertruck's Steer-by-Wire Reinvents the (Steering) Wheel

DOING WHAT IT DOES BEST, TESLA AGAIN IGNORED INDUSTRY NORMS AND TURNED CONCEPT-CAR TECHNOLOGY INTO REALITY.

time to read

4 mins

Summer 2025