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Tesla isn't really a luxury brand either any more. The 3 & Y interiors are much lower standard than luxury brands.

Shivetya 6y ago
I never understood why people make this comparison, they are in the same market at BMW 3s, Audi 3/4, and such. Sorry, but if you have been in them they are of similar quality, let alone road noise. Spartan modern interior does not equate to cheap. When I first drove the TM3 home I was worried about the lack of individual controls but totally forgot the concern before my forty mile trip home completed. Now each car I look at I wonder, what were we thinking, forty plus buttons and some combined with byzantine touch screen controls, as being a good idea. My test to everyone is always the same. Put a sticky on every button in your car, you will be surprised how many there are, then take them off as you use the control. How many days if not weeks before even half are gone?
- leetcrew 6y ago
  any feature I'm likely to use while driving should get a hard button that I can press without looking. if the tradeoff is that I end up with a bunch of buttons that I never use, I'm good with that.
mensetmanusman 6y ago
Maybe this will be true when there is a good alternative electric vehicle. Until then, Tesla is the only one.
- Reason077 6y ago
  Porsche Taycan, Audi e-tron, Jaguar I-Pace, Mercedes EQC. While Tesla arguably still makes the best EVs, these are all certainly good EVs with proper luxury interiors and features.
  - marvin 6y ago
    They don't compare to the 3 and Y in price, though. Or even in range, the most basic technical specification. While at the same time being much closer in other performance measures than the price difference should imply. So I'd say it's still quite a stretch to make the comparison, other than regarding interior or UX preferences. IMHO, the discussion about interiors is just a distraction. It doesn't matter when the technological gap is so wide, with no signs of closing. If making nice seats and dashboards is all the traditional automakers have going for them when EVs eventually become the obviously best choice....

I never understood why people make this comparison, they are in the same market at BMW 3s, Audi 3/4, and such. Sorry, but if you have been in them they are of similar quality, let alone road noise. Spartan modern interior does not equate to cheap. When I first drove the TM3 home I was worried about the lack of individual controls but totally forgot the concern before my forty mile trip home completed. Now each car I look at I wonder, what were we thinking, forty plus buttons and some combined with byzantine touch screen controls, as being a good idea. My test to everyone is always the same. Put a sticky on every button in your car, you will be surprised how many there are, then take them off as you use the control. How many days if not weeks before even half are gone?

leetcrew 6y ago
any feature I'm likely to use while driving should get a hard button that I can press without looking. if the tradeoff is that I end up with a bunch of buttons that I never use, I'm good with that.

mensetmanusman 6y ago

Maybe this will be true when there is a good alternative electric vehicle. Until then, Tesla is the only one.

Reason077 6y ago
Porsche Taycan, Audi e-tron, Jaguar I-Pace, Mercedes EQC. While Tesla arguably still makes the best EVs, these are all certainly good EVs with proper luxury interiors and features.
- marvin 6y ago
  They don't compare to the 3 and Y in price, though. Or even in range, the most basic technical specification. While at the same time being much closer in other performance measures than the price difference should imply. So I'd say it's still quite a stretch to make the comparison, other than regarding interior or UX preferences. IMHO, the discussion about interiors is just a distraction. It doesn't matter when the technological gap is so wide, with no signs of closing. If making nice seats and dashboards is all the traditional automakers have going for them when EVs eventually become the obviously best choice....