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It's time for a Tesla Design 3 Efficiency drag race!

We've got our hands on the very first edition of the Design 3 Efficiency to hit our shores, and it will go head-to-head against the all-new edition!

So let's see how the 2 compare. For starters, the older vehicle isn't really a full-blown Performance – it's a Design 3 with a Performance Load added to it. However, it still comes with two electric motors which combine to produce 450hp and 640Nm of torque. The two motors also imply the automobile has four-wheel drive, and it weighs in at 1,850 kg. Back in 2020 the car expense around ₤ 58,000.

As for the newer car, it offers nearly identical statistics. The 2 motors use all-wheel drive and integrated they produce 460hp and 650Nm. It weighs in at 1,839 kg, and as brand-new it costs around ₤ 60,000.

So they offer nearly similar performance, but will the more recent technology dominate? There's only one way to discover … LET'S RACE!

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91 responses to “New Tesla Model 3 Performance v Old: DRAG RACE”

  1. @joeee_yang Avatar
    @joeee_yang

    Bro’s got the best full time job ever

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    1. @ayonisentertaining123 Avatar
      @ayonisentertaining123

      I know right

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    2. @Matriarchy_Feminism Avatar
      @Matriarchy_Feminism

      The 500hp American version can complete 1/4mile in 10.6sec

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    3. @hassyg4083 Avatar
      @hassyg4083

      @@Matriarchy_Feminism what about South African version since Musk is from SA

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    4. @pokFryRicebich Avatar
      @pokFryRicebich

      This a job😂

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    5. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      ​@@Matriarchy_Feminism2013 Shelby GT500 and RTR-X can go faster than 2024 Tesla Model 3 Performance on 1/2 mile drag race.

      Reply
  2. @TrollStationYT Avatar
    @TrollStationYT

    P minus 😂😂😂

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    1. @TaipanCARS Avatar
      @TaipanCARS

      please post more videos of that guy screaming on the train

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    2. @manilove2pwn Avatar
      @manilove2pwn

      ban terry flags

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    3. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      Why P Minus btw?

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    4. @Scnottaken Avatar
      @Scnottaken

      @@purwantiallan5089 P- was the informal nickname given to performance model 3s without the wheels, spoiler, etc. There was a short time window where the cosmetic stuff was an optional extra.

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    5. @samedwards5171 Avatar
      @samedwards5171

      ​@@purwantiallan5089old perf

      Reply
  3. @ea6761 Avatar
    @ea6761

    We need Mat vs Yianni bicycle race

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    1. @said-amirumarov8359 Avatar
      @said-amirumarov8359

      hahahaah YES!!!! and Driver Sam on 3 wheel bicycle 🤣🤣🤣

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    2. @user-tm7ys2xr7i Avatar
      @user-tm7ys2xr7i

      Correct

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    3. @benbhk3278 Avatar
      @benbhk3278

      Fully agreed

      Reply
    4. @Presto_001 Avatar
      @Presto_001

      And don’t forget the 100, 200 and 400m sprint!!!!

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    5. @benbhk3278 Avatar
      @benbhk3278

      @@Presto_001 ohhhh yessss!!

      Reply
  4. @abdulrehmanharoon9881 Avatar
    @abdulrehmanharoon9881

    Doesn’t matter because Hector is going to be running 3 Honda Civics with spoon engines. And on top of that he just came into Harry’s and he ordered 3 T66 turbos, with NOS, and a Motec system exhaust.

    Reply
    1. @Maxation Avatar
      @Maxation

      I’ll have the tuna.

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    2. @kadafa1 Avatar
      @kadafa1

      @@Maxation with no crust.

      Reply
    3. @lx10 Avatar
      @lx10

      😂

      Reply
    4. @mrcuckles9636 Avatar
      @mrcuckles9636

      @@Maxationtrout paste for me please

      Reply
    5. @cdman7976 Avatar
      @cdman7976

      Bulls**t, Noone likes the tuna here…

      Reply
  5. @BlazeFirereign Avatar
    @BlazeFirereign

    The new M3P, outside of America, is gimped by its LG battery pack. Compared to the Panasonic pack used in America, it can’t hit the same peak discharge, and its performance drops off faster as state of charge drops. (As a fun bonus, it’ll heat up faster when being hammered on a track.)

    In the real world, on the road, it’s pretty close to irrelevant. But for folks in the UK, the best M3P in terms of power is probably the cars from 2021 to early 2022, which had an 82kWh Panasonic pack.

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    1. @riba2233 Avatar
      @riba2233

      really can’t imagine why they would gimp it like that.

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    2. @romansenger2322 Avatar
      @romansenger2322

      Sadly those models are riddled with battery problems, resulting in complete fail of the Pack. I already have a refurbished battery and there are over 100 cases in the german forum alone.

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    3. @aussie2uGA Avatar
      @aussie2uGA

      @@riba2233 It’s not gimped, the Panasonic cells made in Nevada can simply discharge quicker than the LG’s.

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    4. @BlazeFirereign Avatar
      @BlazeFirereign

      @@riba2233 Production capacity. Tesla are using every Panasonic pack they can get their hands on to build M3P’s in the US, because the car is eligible for the federal tax credit when it has that pack.

      At the end of the day, the Performance with the LG pack is still bloody quick and you’re not going to be able to tell much difference between them in the real world on the public road.

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    5. @BlazeFirereign Avatar
      @BlazeFirereign

      @@romansenger2322 Are you talking about the LG or the Panasonic pack having problems?

      Reply
  6. @M4libu95 Avatar
    @M4libu95

    The learning should be: compare EVs with equally charged batteries.

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    1. @ModernDayMixtapes Avatar
      @ModernDayMixtapes

      It’s only Teslas that do this. Other EVs don’t lose power just because the battery is low

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    2. @JohnSmith-pn2vl Avatar
      @JohnSmith-pn2vl

      @@ModernDayMixtapes ROFL, i am still after 15 years of obsessing, baffled at the nonsense people invent about ev’s and tesla ahahaha

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    3. @grzegorzwisniewski1300 Avatar
      @grzegorzwisniewski1300

      @@ModernDayMixtapes 60-70% battery is not exactly low, very surprising. ICE cars don’t have issues with performance on low fuel, this is really bad from tesla

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    4. @sebajfobi Avatar
      @sebajfobi

      @@ModernDayMixtapesnot at all, it’s the opposite. Except maybe for thw I5N. But even that one, under 30% SOC starts losing power.

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    5. @g2fiora Avatar
      @g2fiora

      @@ModernDayMixtapes ??????????????????bro what

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  7. @Timmycoo Avatar
    @Timmycoo

    Mat getting shown up was actually pretty funny. The drifting segment was great.

    Reply
  8. @KIoakk Avatar
    @KIoakk

    I actually really enjoy videos with Richard, hes very entertaining and got great chemistry with mat.

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    1. @ElectricMikeEV Avatar
      @ElectricMikeEV

      They should do a topgear kind of show together!

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    2. @robc8593 Avatar
      @robc8593

      Yes at least he can drive and doesn’t have the reaction time of a Banana like some of the tiktok tuner boyz he has on

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    3. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      ​@ElectricMikeEVyep. Maybe very soon in fact.

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    4. @giuliadisalvo3939 Avatar
      @giuliadisalvo3939

      Yianni is better

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    5. @KIoakk Avatar
      @KIoakk

      @@giuliadisalvo3939 mmmh I’m not really a fan if Yianni

      Reply
  9. @SidGhodke Avatar
    @SidGhodke

    Get 10 Teslas each with different state of charge (90, 80, 70%) and drag race em

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    1. @romansenger2322 Avatar
      @romansenger2322

      Ive done something similair, but with my own. Measuring 100-200 at different SoCs on the autobahn. Video is on my channel.

      Reply
    2. @ml9867 Avatar
      @ml9867

      Well, it’s pretty obvious that the ones charged higher will weigh more.😅

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    3. @alessandrogarbeglio Avatar
      @alessandrogarbeglio

      @@ml9867 😬😬

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    4. @j.h-sr7em Avatar
      @j.h-sr7em

      Does one with more charge perform better?

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    5. @alessandrogarbeglio Avatar
      @alessandrogarbeglio

      @@ml9867 u joking?

      Reply
  10. @davebway6371 Avatar
    @davebway6371

    On track I find that as soon as you get near 70% battery, performance starts to drop off. The new M3P is definitely quicker on lap times than the old.

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    1. @romansenger2322 Avatar
      @romansenger2322

      It drops off constantly, nonlinear toward the edges of the battery spectrum and about linear in between.
      But it will also have a higher power output the warmer the battery is, so on a track day, the initial power lost is covered by the rise in power from using the battery.

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    2. @G82Watts Avatar
      @G82Watts

      How is it quicker when it overheats and can’t even complete a full lap around nurumbring 😂

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    3. @romansenger2322 Avatar
      @romansenger2322

      @@G82Watts cant complete a full lap? -> are we making up things now?

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  11. @Jeddin Avatar
    @Jeddin

    No matter how many times it has been explained in the comments Matt keeps drag racing Teslas in track mode. But it’s been pointed out many times in these comments that track mode sacrifices and decreases straight line acceleration drag performance by reducing acceleration and torque in order to maximize track performance by not overheating the drivetrain. Track mode is meant for track performance not dragstrip mode. On the track your drivetrain is optimized for longevity not max performance so it doesnt overheat after hard acceleration

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    1. @romansenger2322 Avatar
      @romansenger2322

      He states people aren’t driving with 100% battery, therefore it’s not representative, but he uses track mode.

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    2. @OmarZ77 Avatar
      @OmarZ77

      Sounds like a problem with the car’s design then. In any car and to any logical human, track mode means full power.

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    3. @Jeddin Avatar
      @Jeddin

      @@OmarZ77yes. It’s not very good for track performance. Misha showed it overheating on the Nürburgring despite track mode. But at the same time track mode is understood not to be drag strip performance. That’s why dragsters are optimized differently than track cars.

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    4. @4literv6 Avatar
      @4literv6

      He does it intentionally to make tesla look bad. Carwow and top gear have always uses shady tactics with ev testing. 🙂

      Reply
    5. @LearningFast Avatar
      @LearningFast

      @@Jeddin he didn’t use Track Mode this time for the run. He put it in Insane mode before he started but he had it in Track Mode before that which cools the battery off and slows the car down.

      Reply
  12. @AndREDraut Avatar
    @AndREDraut

    shame you didn’t race them with the same SOC, would have been interesting to see the difference.

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    1. @gabgas27 Avatar
      @gabgas27

      Unless the battery is very low the power loss is almost nothing

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    2. @ricarmig Avatar
      @ricarmig

      @@gabgas27that is not true. With the NCx chemistry, every 20% has a different power delivery and specially under 50% there is a big difference / performance loss. What you said is only valid on LFP batteries (standard range)

      To be exact they should’ve controlled the tire pressure, all matching settings and SOC to match, as well as the battery/tire temperature. On these sub 4 second cars, every aspect makes a lot of difference.

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    3. @G82Watts Avatar
      @G82Watts

      It’s embarassing that the performance drops off that heavily. That’s real world testing right here. These people that only do times at 100% state of charge isn’t real world. U will never be at that state of charge going around town every day. Gas cars always deliver the same power whether high or low gas.

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    4. @Wolfy11188 Avatar
      @Wolfy11188

      @@G82Watts Same power yes but not the same performance. ICE is the opposite to EV, the less fuel in an ICE the faster the vehicle will go due to less weight. Drag racing a car with a full fuel tank and one with only 5% would see a boost due to carrying 60 litres less or around 40kg less in weight. Whether it’s as significant as the difference with an EV I couldn’t say.

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    5. @georgevigil7001 Avatar
      @georgevigil7001

      @@G82Watts 💯

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  13. @alanjust Avatar
    @alanjust

    In 2019 the first Performance Plus and Performance models received a Christmas update of 25bhp more. In the 2022 model refresh the bhp returned to 450bhp. So technically if your original blue Model 3 with Performance upgrade has been kept up to date it is in fact slightly more powerful than the latest. I only know this because I have owned all three.

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    1. @alanjust Avatar
      @alanjust

      @@romansenger2322 yes correct but the Christmas upgrade which was only for a few vehicles back in the day made these early cars more powerful than later cars

      Reply
  14. @romansenger2322 Avatar
    @romansenger2322

    Thanks, carwow, for single-handedly improving the depreciation of older Model 3 Performances. 😂

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    1. @fr3238 Avatar
      @fr3238

      The old one is great, but it would have lost in a fair race: Same SoC and both on original 20in. The old one here has a higher SoC and only 18in wheels.

      Reply
  15. @alanjust Avatar
    @alanjust

    Also the acceleration times are just marginally slower in track mode bizarrely on the new 3P

    Reply
  16. @kreabea78 Avatar
    @kreabea78

    6:10 first launch
    7:26 second launch
    8:22 third launch
    11:23 rolling start
    12:25 rolling start 50mph
    14:10 brake test

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    1. @SarDarAnas25 Avatar
      @SarDarAnas25

      Thanks

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    2. @raghavgupta3102 Avatar
      @raghavgupta3102

      Thank you bro

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    3. @sherzodchulliyev9163 Avatar
      @sherzodchulliyev9163

      ❤

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    4. @brathersadda9436 Avatar
      @brathersadda9436

      gold mate

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    5. @BenPower123 Avatar
      @BenPower123

      thank you captain obvious

      Reply
  17. @torkorp Avatar
    @torkorp

    You do generally a good job with comparisions, but there is almost meaningless to compare EVs when the SOC differs so much. You did the same when racing Hyundai Ioniq 5N at 97% SoC vs MOdel 3 at 73% SoC. Thats enough to flip the results.

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    1. @CONNNE Avatar
      @CONNNE

      They do not do generally good comparisons, lately they’ve been worse and worse, comparing vehicles that can not be compared, inconsistent launches, wrong driving modes, bad drivers, it’s getting worse and worse. Donut and Officially Gassed are years a head of Carwow. All this channel does is promote their App.

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    2. @kristiansevdari4730 Avatar
      @kristiansevdari4730

      @torkorp what is the science behind your claim? Can you elaborate on that?

      The BMS, cables and the battery is usually built to handle max current for extended period of times. The SoC is just an indicator how much “juice” you have left. Why should an juice indicator on optimal range 20-100% SoC would make any difference on the EV?

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    3. @CONNNE Avatar
      @CONNNE

      @@kristiansevdari4730 chatgpt, grok and many more are free if you want the science behind it, or simply, go back to that video and check actual engineers explaining why that video was absolute chaos.

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    4. @torkorp Avatar
      @torkorp

      @@kristiansevdari4730 This is common knowledge. There’s literally thousands of datapoints available, from Electric RC planes to EVs. Just google battery SOC vs power output.

      Reply
    5. @SmOgER10 Avatar
      @SmOgER10

      I think it’s more on the EVs themselves. IRL you won’t be driving with 100% charged. Heck, you will probably even charge it to only 80% (to “preserve” it) and by the time you can put your foot down it’s gonna be at 60%.

      I get your point, but this obvious flaw of EVs that was exposed here is still important.

      Reply
  18. @robertsavello4120 Avatar
    @robertsavello4120

    “they all sound the same anyway” that bit got me.

    Reply
  19. @NoChaserNoChaser504 Avatar
    @NoChaserNoChaser504

    All the starters sounding the same is Carwow’s longest running joke lol

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    1. @Jeff-lo4ud Avatar
      @Jeff-lo4ud

      Is it supposed to be a joke? I always figured they always had 2 separate people on purpose.

      Reply
  20. @BarbaraHutchison-m8s Avatar
    @BarbaraHutchison-m8s

    Just in case people are confused, the euro model 3 performance makes less power than the American version. So that’s why they are closer in that race and people in America run 10.6’s in the new performance here

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    1. @Bimmer_Bill Avatar
      @Bimmer_Bill

      Wrong there is no VERIFIED production 10.6 run. In fact, the us version tested multiple times (9 times in all modes) at a drag strip ran 10.9 to 11.0. Stop pedaling Tesla BS.

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    2. @thedumbconspirator4956 Avatar
      @thedumbconspirator4956

      @@Bimmer_Bill at a drag strip it’s 10.75 (stock). It’ll get 10.9-11.0 on street surfaces. An improvement over the old car, but with this it’s a lot more refined than the older model. Nonetheless, it is quicker than the euro spec cars.

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    3. @Shiftheads Avatar
      @Shiftheads

      People have definitely run 10.7 already. Just search on here

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    4. @Bimmer_Bill Avatar
      @Bimmer_Bill

      @@Shiftheads verified runs … as in strip time slips or dragy verified or it’s just talk. Show me. I’ll show you a dozen that you’re wrong. Just search “1/4 mile 2024 Tesla model 3 performance 9 runs in all modes”. Then tell me the best time ON A DRAG STRIP. Verified btw . I’ll wait.

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    5. @Shiftheads Avatar
      @Shiftheads

      @@Bimmer_Bill Welp they deleted my link and last post but just look at dragtimes and you can see it ran 10.7 stock. There is a pic of the timeslip. Also look at the teslarati article where someone ran a 10.6 with seats removed. Seems like you don’t know how to use google unbiasedly. Your name says it all

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