Tesla Model Y New from UK inventory - £40,590 @ Tesla

I won't go in to the long list of faults and issues I have with mine as I've repeated those enough times on here already. All I will say is a)read the forums so you go in eyes wide open b)check insurance costs. Mine is through my work so insurance isn't an issue, however a lot of people aren't even able to get quotes for some reason and those that can are get 3 or 4 times higher the equivalent ICE with massive excesses. Obviously there are exceptions, I'm just suggesting you do all the checks in advance. I've not worried about insurance costs on anything for the last 20 years as no matter what i bought my insurance was cheap. If I was having to insure the MY myself I would have walked away based on the sample quotes i got. (edited)

Wouldn't recommend if you are planning to buy and sell in a few years time as there will be a very limited market for second hand EVs so imo EV depreciation will be a lot higher than Gas/Hybrid cars

The reason is that somewhere in the region of 65% of homes in the UK can't home charge (flats or houses with no off street parking) and if you can't home charge you are unlikely to buy an EV

But if you plan to buy and hold for the life of the car or say 10+ years it seems a decent deal

I hope tesla releases a smaller model Y type crossover soon something closer to the £28k mark or even better £24k so more people can buy one. Doesn't even need super long range 150 miles would be fine for the base version for most people

Do you remember what was the previous price for the RWD?

BTW to add, there's also currently a £2k Tesla scrappage scheme now in motion: link

Whats the boot size on this any good for a family of 4 with one pram and suitcases?

Anyone able to share costs over the years for this or any other Tesla ie insurance, breakdown/tyre cover, servicing (they seem to say no need for a service in the first 2-3years..?)
thanks in advance

This is probably the best deal for the Model Y, for most people there is no need for the long range version and basically you would just be paying for a larger battery sitting on your drive that isn't used. The only reason I would choose the long range over this is if my commute was more than 200 miles in a day!

Tesla Model Y Gets Highest Safety Score Ever In European Test >

forbes.com/sit…st/

Having looked at his profile, why do I have a sneaky suspicion that joshj works for Tesla?!!!

I really wanna get a Tesla, but the insurance costs put me off. I pay £1000 on my Mercedes C220, up from £600 last year, for no reason. Getting a Tesla Y standard model will cost 3k in insurance, and long range 5k and that's the best rate from several comparison sites. I have 4 years NCB.

Are other Tesla users paying this much for insurance?

Price of teslas is dropping a lot in recent months. In my opinion it is risky to buy right now as further prices drops could happen. Tesla are reducing the prices because of the competition with more and more EVs available in the market.

Since this is electric can you claim tax rebate on this?

shame they still haven't brought over the 6 or 7 seater here.

collecting new Black MYP tomorrow. Coming from an M5 Comp (18 mpg) it should be more economical

my biggest worry is this thing going wrong. small things as well as big things.

I dont know but lots of consumer tech in my house is going wrong and most of them are 1, 2, 3 years old
Some of them expensive and top of the range. Manufacturers and retailers seem to know whats going on as not much quibbling to replace them but its a pain to have downtime on something you paid a lot of money for.

There’s a reason why these car so popular
Not the best looking of the bunch but a very smart car compared to the dirty petrol and diesel cars..
These are the future and at this moment in time
Tesla are ahead of the curve.. (edited)

£405 a month for 100 months?

If you really want a Tesla you're better off just getting a second hand one at this point.

The residuals are shockingly bad. Get a lightly used car that's had the recalls done, or a moderately used car with new drive units fitted.

Let's be honest, the ONLY reason EV's have been selling is because the BIK subsidy, no other reason. Once that changes in 2025 and the government also start applying road fund tax to them the sales will stall.

The fact these cars get a free pass to use UK roads and yet are a huge cause of the rapid degradation of the roads is a shambles of backward policy. It's not untypical that the EV equivalent of any petrol car is 400-500KG heavier.

Was also reading a report this week stating the multi-storey car parks are at risk from the additional weight where they're decades old.

Really not sure of the electrified future!

Check insurance first. It is much higher than other brands

The only bad thing about this deal? If you can’t stand driving the same car as everyone else, it is not for you - this is the best selling car worldwide so far this year (edited)

Let’s give Tesla full credit for absolutely smashing it in terms of EV design and marketing…They scared the poop out out the mainstream established manufacturers…but that was 10+ years ago.
Now in 2023 their cars, design and (to some extent) tech (and certainly build quality) has been surpassed and they are desperately clinging on. They no doubt still appeal, but are now needing to cut prices even further to stay relevant. Reasonable deal for this car but don’t get seduced by “Tesla” and their perceived image. Have a look elsewhere before parting with your £40k. (edited)

Just finished reading Mr Bean's views on EVs (who knew he had a degree in Electrical Engineering??) from this morning's Guardian...

theguardian.com/com…son

His views very much accord with mine. He's not convinced & neither am I.

Good price, shame they are so boring and ugly. Just a bloated Ford Sierra.

With all the price changes with tesla it makes it difficult to want to purchase one. (Not that I can afford one anyway!)

Tesla premium pricing is suffering as new EVs are come to the market for less.   While they are seen as the Apple of cars, the need to pay the Tesla premium for a car with good battery range is starting to diminish.

Overall Tesla pricing is not helped by the glut of Model 3, partly as production was ramped up just as various issues meant orders were less, if you ordered this time last year it could have been six months to a years wait depending on options, now it’s down to a few months at most, sometimes less.

Specific to the model 3 is it’s reported to be getting a facelift announcement this month , that  will further reduce demand for the current model 3 and so probably lead to more price drops on that model to shift older non facelift stock, that in turn may impact other Tesla models as people chose the cheaper model 3 over other models.

The UK are way behind in its charging point infrastructure and sporadic placement of EV charge stations (however we are better than a lot of other European countries ) and this is the only factor stopping me from going down the electric route . Picture maybe clearer in approx 2 years (edited)

If this was AWD, I’d be tempted. 

Will buy when charging time up to 80% in 5 mins

Good car if you can stump up £40k and like the nearly all controls on a screen concept but unless you can get it as a company car or salary sacrifice it looks an expensive option.
I generally spend around £10k on a quite new car and get 10 years of use out of it writing down £1k a year the maths of paying £40k unless it lasts 40 years are unhelpful, appreciate the benefits of charging at home though and saving on some servicing costs though coolants brakes & brake fluid will require attention.
I am waiting for the Chinese invasion to bring cheap mass market EV or of course Elon may pull a cheapie out of his hat though while folk are willing to pay such a premium I see no reason he will rush into it.

Cue all the nonsense EV scaremongering.

Great car, keep in mind with other cars non Tesla you can't charge them as fast at Tesla super chargers with exception of Porsche who have 350kw chargers I believe. So your other EVs charge at 70ish kw as opposed to Tesla which can do 250kw

LATEST (May 5th 2023) SMMT Sales figures for the UK:
Petrol is still no.1 choice .. Full (BEV) Electric has 58% Growth.
Tesla Model Y 9th Best Seller last month and 7th Best Year to date
NO VW, or Honda, in the top 10 for May
Private Registrations are AHEAD of fleet sales

A lot of this somewhat contradicts a lot of the 'feeling' and 'thought' that have appeared on this thread...
Make up your own mind..

Is the lomg range model worth extra 7k vs standard?

I'd rather put that £40k into investments. Bottom of the market is the best time to position yourself. 5 years from now you'd be able to buy 10 of these.