Tesla Model Y

Model reviewed: 2025 facelift range
Score: 8 / 10
“The updated Tesla Model Y is an improvement over its predecessor, but many of its criticisms remain.”
Author: Lena Trautermann
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 9 / 10
“The new all-electric Tesla Model Y SUV brings all the benefits of the Model 3, while offering extra space.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 10 / 10
“At first glance, the Tesla Model Y looks like a jacked-up Model 3, for which you’ll pay a hefty extra amount, but a test drive reveals that this small SUV is more than the sum of its parts. To our mind, it’s also the best looking Tesla.”
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Model reviewed: Long Range
Score: 9 / 10
“The Tesla Model Y is an impressive EV, with rivals still seeming to be playing catch up in terms of the performance, range and technology. If you’re after a mid-sized SUV and want to make the move to electric, this has to be one of the best options.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“The Tesla Model Y is dynamic to drive and addictively fast, and with prices ranging from £45k to £60k, makes a compelling case for itself. It’s a Model 3 with extra space and practicality it remains up there with the best in class.” (Phil McNamara)
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8.4 / 10
“The Tesla Model Y takes what makes the Model 3 great and adds SUV practicality.” (Ben Custard)
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“Another appealing model from Tesla. Range, performance and practicality are all excellent, although the Model 3 can do a lot of what the Model Y does, and for a cheaper price.”
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Model reviewed: Long Range
Score: 8 / 10
“The Tesla Model Y Long Range five-door SUV is essentially a crossover version of the Model 3 and looks set to become a common sight on UK roads from early next year and, like all Teslas, it feels like a different world when you climb aboard.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 9 / 10
“The long-awaited Tesla Model Y boasts ultra-rapid charging capability and bundles of practicality, making Tesla’s take on the popular mid-size SUV class one of the best electric cars on sale.” (Ellis Hyde)
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 9 / 10
“This is a Model 3 without the compromises of a saloon. It’s more family friendly with a practical hatchback and SUV-shaped body. It’s sure to be Tesla’s most desired car.”
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Model reviewed: 2025 facelift range
Score: 9 / 10
“Apart from being the world’s best-selling car in 2023 and in 2024, the Tesla Model Y is one of the most efficient cars in its class, with an impressive range, and Model Y drivers can use the excellent Tesla Supercharger network. It offers family-friendly amounts of space, and it’s one of the best value cars for its size, performance and efficiency.”
Author: Paul Clarke
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Model reviewed: Long Range Dual Motor All-Wheel Drive
Score: 9 / 10
“The Tesla Model Y does all the things well that Tesla does well. This includes having a long driving range and lots of performance. And access to the Tesla Supercharger network is also a big benefit. It’s also more practical than the Model 3, with a hatchback and more luggage space.” (Paul Clarke)
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“The Tesla Model Y offers the same range of strengths that make the similar Model 3 so appealing: it’s very fast, it’s loaded with tech features, the efficiency and battery range are really impressive and public charging is a doddle. However, the ride comfort just isn’t good enough for a family SUV.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8.2 / 10
“On the road, it’s decent, but a Model 3 is better. Fast steering and acceleration mean the Model Y promises a sporty drive, but the lumpy ride quality and disappointing noise levels take the shine off somewhat.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“We recommend avoiding the Performance version of the Tesla Model Y, since it’s more expensive and has less range than the less powerful models. But also because this family-orientated SUV isn’t an EV that benefits from ballistic acceleration. Save your money and go for either of the long range models and enjoy a car that nails almost every aspect of being an EV.”
Author: Alistair Charlton, Steve Fowler
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Model reviewed: Model Y Long Range
“It crashes over potholes, which in turn shatters the peace of the otherwise serene cabin. It’s further proof that Tesla is excellent when it comes to new tech but is still catching up on the basics of making cars.”
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Model reviewed: Model Y Long Range
Score: 9 / 10
“The UK spec Model Y is pricier than expected, and on British roads it’s let down by an overly-stiff ride and a boomy, rattly cabin — particularly at low speeds — but if you opt for the smallest 19in wheels, that should be mitigated to some degree. As a package, owners are likely to be delighted.”
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Model reviewed: Seven-seat option
Score: 6 / 10
“A new third-row option in the big-selling US electric car feels like an afterthought, while Tesla’s build-quality issues persist.”
Author: Alex Robbins
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Model reviewed: Long Range
Score: 8 / 10
“Good rather than great, the Tesla Model Y offers much of the driving experience on the successful Model 3 but with more space – at the cost of efficiency and range. With so many good battery electric alternatives coming to market, it would pay to look around.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
““Everything you liked (and most of what you didn’t) in the Model 3, in a more practical shape. But not a pretty one.”
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Model reviewed: Long Range Rear-Wheel Drive
Score: 8.5 / 10
“If you can’t wait for the Juniper Tesla Model Y refresh, the Long Range Rear-Wheel Drive version recently added to the previous range makes for a tempting proposition. It’s faster than the outgoing Standard Range version yet still goes further than a single charge than the All-Wheel Drive one.”
Author: James Morris
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 9 / 10
“It has been a long wait for the Tesla Model Y to arrive in the UK, but it was worth it. This is the best electric SUV on the market for performance, features and charging infrastructure. The boot space is enormous. But the Model Y is also priced into territory beyond the Model 3 and is more expensive in the UK than it is in the US and Europe. In other words, a brilliant electric SUV, if you can afford it.” (James Morris)
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