2018 Tesla Model 3 Review - Enough to beat a BMW or Mercedes? | Autocar

This is the big one. Or, rather, the small one: the Tesla Model 3, Tesla’s smallest car, is also its most important. Subscribe now:
Tasked with taking the Californian company into uncharted territory when it comes to sales volume, this Audi/BMW/Mercedes-rivalling sedan is based on a new architecture, has a 300+ mile range and an affordable price - from $35,000 in the US, before options (of which the big battery is one).
We head, then, to California to try it out, on roads that represent the narrower, more interesting Tarmac than America’s wide highways. Places where cars like the BMW 3-Series are design to excel. How does the Model 3 shape up against the world’s best executive cars?
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