WHAT A TERRIBLE day to have eyes,” chuntered editor Enright as he returned to the Car of the Year judges’ shark tank. He was referring to the beluga-like, navy blue Tesla Model Y sitting all alone on the fringe of the Lang Lang skidpan, looking like a giant egg laid by some enormous prehistoric bird.
Luckily for the Model Y – currently Australia’s favourite electric vehicle – Car of the Year isn’t a motoring Miss, or Mister, Universe contest. Styling is for the market to judge.
Instead, the much-hyped Model Y was an instant invite having come effectively runner-up in our recent EV megatest (pipped only by the Kia EV6, our reigning COTY champ). Sharing about 75 percent of its parts
