It's nice to see you've pretty much confirmed what i concluded from the test drives we had in Model 3 and Polestar 2. The foot sensor on the Polestar looks like a great feature to me, and even though our Model 3 has a motorised boot lid it doesn't compare in convenience cos you still have to put your bags down to open the boot. One potentially important thing you didn't mention is that the Model 3 doesn't have a 12V socket in the boot. I confess i've never understood the obsession people have with hard suitcases. Good for travelling by plane for sure, but fitting 4 or 5 regularly shaped oblongs into an irregularly shaped boot will always be inefficient. We've always used a selection of soft bags and suitcases when travelling by car, as it uses the space a lot better.
I am sure people will point out that you are in the pre refresh model. The refresh Model 3 does have an electric boot opener, which you did mention part way through, and BTW it also has double glazing which would have affected your noise test results. Why didn't you put a case in the Frunk? Interesting comparison
The refreshed TM3 and two pane laminated glass for the front windows only - driver and passenger. This will reduce wind noise a little but does nothing to reduce road noise, vibration and harshness through the tyres and floor of the car. The window upgrade was done to improve safety if the windows shatters.
Double pane glass has apparently no effect on noise reduction if every video about it on RU-vid is anything to go by. I always felt its intention was for reduced heat loss rather than sound deadening
Very useful video. I Can’t decide between a TM3 or a P2 but trips to the airport with 3 large cases will be a reasonably regular occurrence so I’m starting to sway towards the P2. Thanks!
The Model 3 boot is technically larger, albeit less practical. But if you can switch your baggage a little to include a large soft-bag or two then the Model 3 should be fine.
Got a tough decision to make soon. Currently leasing a model 3 performance, had it for a year and a half and love it. To get another one would be far too expensive now as the price has increased and it doesn’t qualify for the plug in car grant. It’s either a long range model 3 or Polestar.
Great content, very useful. Any chance of a future video with a shot of the rear seats with two high backed boosters fitted in the isofix positions? Cheers
Don't care about cup holders that much. Accessibility and boot size was key when I was deciding and on that the Polestar is miles ahead. Never did get my head around why they made the Model 3 a saloon even though it was made to look like a hatch.
I never thought about the cup holder and interior storage, but it’s nice to see Tesla going from pretty much useless in that department with the 1st gen Model S, to best with the Model 3. As for Polestar, I think the gear selector in the centre console is a massive waste of space. If they moved it up to the steering column they could reshuffle the storage compartments and maybe even shrink the size of the entire console to free up knee room.
@@philippk. I meant: move the gear selector to the steering column, use the freed up space for cup-holders, put a larger cubby space where the current cup holder are. The screen would need to go up a bit for that as well, but that would at least give more space for your knees.
Another very helpful comparison, for me overall I would favour the Polestar because of its easier hatchback boot access. Having said that, my priority for any vehicle is to have a boot that will take my golf equipment so I would need a trip to the Polestar space in Manchester to check it out prior to placing any future order.
Really helpful video thanks for making it. I've been trying to workout useable boot space. I'm not able to test a P2 due to lockdown so your series has been great. I think the pram should fit in nicely 😁
Does the Polestar have a slightly higher seating position than the Tesla? I felt quite low down with my legs stretching out in front of me during a Tesla test drive,.
Very late reply but yes, there are no batteries under the footwells in the Polestar which means you get a much better seating position. Unless you sit in the rear middle seat of course.
Absolutely should have been a hatchback, they missed a trick making it a sedan/saloon considering the actual shape of the car lending itself perfectly to being a hatch!!
Great review series! The problem is a car is always a compromise... Wouldn't it be great if we could merge the best bits of Tesla with the best bits of Polestar... but as we can't I think the Tesla has the edge over Polestar... However, it's going to be an interesting time to see what happens over the next few years...
I think that best of both will be the model Y, the Tesla charging network plus the polestars boot practicalities. Just a pity we’ve no firm idea when that’ll be coming. I want an electric car to do taxi cabbing so the Tesla ability to use all available electric charging networks plus it’s exclusive supercharger network sways me in that direction, it’s just the less practicality of the saloon shape that makes me hesitant (especially as I live near an airport so would be doing a lot of airport runs!
Just drove the Mach E. Great car, but closer to a Model Y, which i believe the Mach E is better Polestar is much of a sportier, engaging car more than a CUV. Build quality is superb on the Mach E
I like your content. Although I feel you unintentionally have a veryyy slight bias towards the polestar, which is fine, it's your car. 🤭 Keep the videos coming 👍
You maybe be correct about that bias! It's tough not to be biased as I'm stuck with the Polestar for 3 years. I'd definitely consider a tesla after that though
The mechanical catch on the polestar bonnet is a safety feature just like every other car, nothing to do with being an EV or borrowing from a shared car platform. I suppose Tesla will introduce it after the first accident caused by their electronic boot catch failing and the bonnet obscuring driver view. Tesla is a bit like Concorde, everyone thought it was safe until the first major accident and then they counted up the total air flight hours of the design and realised it was still in the early stages of the bath tub curve. Tesla’s is pretty much the same in my opinion, they don’t have the same road miles under their belt as other car manufacturers that have been around for decades.
True, however the Tesla design is proof that it doesn't need to be a mechanical lever with safety catch to get approval in the UK and Europe. It can be entirely electronic. While I agree that it might not be the safest way to do it it does prove that the mechanical method is not currently a UK or European requirement.
@@ShortCircuitPS2 Polestar = Volvo, If I was asked the question “which car company takes safety seriously above all other criteria, Volvo or Tesla” , I know which one I would choose all day long. It’s also ok to exceed the minimum regulated safety standard.
Yes very good point actually about Volvo and their safety standard, it's nice to know that the bonnet/truck is held on properly with much less chance of unlatching.
@@badfly1 Tesla Model 3 is the safest car ever tested in the US, and 5 star Euro NCAP rated over here. The bonnet has multiple catches, they are just all electronic, and since there flipping millions of them driving around for the last 4 years there is clearly no issue with it.
Model 3 should have definitely been a hatchback, but for some stupid reason they wanted this Glas roof extend all the way down to the rear, which doesn't really serve any real purpose in my eyes. In fact it could even be dangerous, if big guys sit back there and their head hits the hard Glas in an accident, instead of at least beeing cushioned by some foam before hitting a hard surface. You can have a big panoramic roof,a hatch and even a great rear view at the same time, but they even failed doing that for the Model Y, which's rear view is catastrophically bad ! It's just a very small slit you can hardly see in rear view mirror !
Eh, I feel like you could've easily made everything fit in the model 3. Just move the underfloor storage cover forward to utilize the height better. Also I bet the smallest bag would fit in the frunk
Agreed, and if his suitcases had just had a slightly different size the result could have been a lot different. Slightly bigger: Then the cars would have managed the same amount of bags, slightly smaller: The tesla might have had more space left over due to the larger frunk and bigger space at the bottom of the trunk. If you had tried soft bags instead the Tesla would also perform a lot better than it did in this test. But I do agree that the hatchback on the Polestar is a plus in terms of storing stuff.
