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Next top model

£55,990

FOR Ride-handling balance, bang for buck, supportive seats

AGAINST Can’t escape the weight, styling changes very gentle

Grab a quiet word with any Tesla engineer and they’ll all say the same thing: the first-gen Model 3 Performance was a pulled punch. Plenty of poke, but not a lot else. This new Model 3 Performance then is the car the engineers always wanted to make.

Still a dual motor, although a new ‘performance 4DU’ rear motor unlocks a total

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