New Tesla Model Y Review, first few in the UK 

I've just had my Model Y for one year as of tomorrow (in Canada)...beautiful finish in every way and still very happy with no issues to date. Love to see your enthusiastic video and first impressions!

The square steering wheel for tesla is perfect 👌😁

Beautiful practical car.

We are impressed with every aspect of our new Model Y - except for a potentially fatal flaw. NVH (Noise, Vibration and Harshness) of these rear Giga casting fitted vehicles from Shanghai Giga Factory are still in serious doubt, in our view. OEM's of ICE vehicles have had to give serious design attention to isolating NVH from rear suspension sub-frames on their vehicles, such as in the BMW X5, as just one example. We have loved the almost 2 years now of Model 3 Long Range ownership. We are also Tesla shareholders and have a reservation on a Model X Plaid so, we could be called Tesla fans. However, we collected our brand new Model Y Long Range last Wednesday, 23rd February 2022, to run alongside our Model 3. From the Shanghai Giga factory, our Model Y seems to have a rear aluminium die-cast, Giga casting. Driving back from the NEC to Loughborough, the Model Y had horribly loud, low frequency sound pressure wave booming in the cabin, caused by either, some manufacturing fault(s) or by design, inadequate NVH isolation of the rear suspension and Giga cast chassis frame from the cabin, as the tyres run on the road surface. We get headaches and ear pain from this loud, low frequency, resonating booming - even at low speed, each time we drive this Model Y. The car also seems to be so harshly suspended and so unsettled on the road, that even on basic Autopilot and without turning the wheel at all, it fidgets from side to side at speed and makes us feel nauseous - something we have never experienced before in any vehicle and certainly, not in our excellent Model 3 Long Range. The booming, deep reverberation, amplified within the cabin volume as the suspension crashes over bumps, is like having the bass turned up high at a rock concert and the drummer giving it special attention every time a rear wheel drums over a road imperfection. Tesla Sales say that "as the car is obviously not for us" they can only offer a full refund and that we should return it to Tesla. Tesla Service have been persuaded to cut their initial waiting time of 1 month to Friday this week, for me to demonstrate this problem to them.Tesla owner's forums seem to regard this as a common Model Y fault. We love our Model 3 that seems not to have any Giga castings and certainly, does not display any of these awful symptoms. But, we draw the line at having to pay £55,000 for a Model Y Long Range, to suffer so much unpleasantness as for it to be undriveable by us. Even ear plugs don't seem to help much, as the bass reverberation seems to resonate within one's skull. Until finally resolved by Tesla, the car is just a very expensive piece of driveway art. After waiting so long for the Model Y to be available in the UK, we are very disappointed so far. So for us, we feel that the jury is out on the whole question of whether NVH of Giga cast chassis frames, as currently designed, manufactured and supplied by Tesla, actually give an acceptable quality of vehicle to the end user, despite the obvious manufacturing cost and efficiency benefits to Tesla.

great uk model y

The seats are flawed, particularly short on thigh support. If you are 5ft 11 or taller be cautious.

Great review...I have my MYLR on due and due in April...did your Y come with a charging cable, and if so how long? TIA

We have a British spec performance Y (red) on order to drive in gray market at twice the price. Sounds crazy but most import cars and motorcycles are at least twice the price here. After driving a few teslas now, I would say that the experience is a different as it driving a boat as to an ice car. Not saying that it feels like a boat, but it as far away from driving an ice are as it is driving a boat. Transmission shifting now feels useless and annoying as well as down shifting before acceleration. I just had the Everest in for Engine oil & filter, transmission & filter, brake fluid flush, new lead acid battery, front differential service, rear diff service and the transfer case service. It was right at 28,000.00 Thai Baht. ($858 dollars). Don’t laugh, the Ducati service was 40k LOL.

How is the ride? Good to get considered thoughts, a lot of early reviews (which tested EU version) said it’s on the very firm, but I didn’t mind it on the test drive.

I ordered the Y but now can't find any insurance quotes less than £3.2K 😔Who did you get your insurance with? Thanks.

I added the 1500GBP acceleration boost ! It’s incredible. Highly recommended to any MY LR owner , ad Elon will give you a refund if you don’t like it !

congratulations :)

I test drove Y this week. During driving, I felt constant low frequency noise ‘humming’ and a degree of air pressure in my ears, like in a plane, very uncomfortable. I haven’t experienced similar problem while driving model 3. Let me know if any of you had such noise issue.

Test drove it twice in the UK, poor ride comfort, the ride is too harsh and figity, cancelled my order for a model 3 which is much more fun to drive.

1:41 …WTF ? beautiful alloys there ? Really ? I’ve owned my MY 3 days , I love it. The best thing is the sound system which is the best ~I’ve ever heard. The alloys are the worst ! You can’t even see the alloys behind the plastic trims. They look like something form a 1990 Fiesta , utterly shite ! I stopped watching at that point because you are clearly a tad unusual to hold that view!

Really enjoyed and looking forward to your next reviews. Here in Hong Kong, the Model Y has been out for several months. However, there has also been many crashes and incidents involving drivers of Model Y. There might be a fundamental problem here, and I have made a video about this. I hope you don't mind but, if interested, here is the video showing Model Y crashes. If not, then please ignore the link. Stay safe! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gtkhTDqs8lo.html