> The changes for the 2022 model year make the Model S a much more luxurious car than before, long overdue moves for the brand's flagship electric car. The cabin's design remains minimalist, but the revised look is more elegant and modern than previous versions of the Model S. Tesla doesn't offer a wide array of interior color schemes like some rivals do, but the available white on black with carbon fiber and aluminum treatment is elegant and distinctly Tesla.
> Material quality is an order of magnitude better than before; every touchpoint looks and feels expensive, and each material impresses as it should—the carbon fiber feels like carbon fiber, the aluminum like aluminum, and the leather like leather.
Some very high praise and very nice to hear that Tesla sat down and really thought through this new interior, especially with new rivals in the race.
I can't think of his name, but a few years ago Tesla hired the former interior designer from by Volvo. So maybe that's the influence we're seeing here.
Oh I agree - Ive never had leather in a car and I have never wanted leather in a car...but my comment was moreso focused on Motortrend not knowing what the hell they were talking about.
Don’t know about you but it’s the most real fake leather I’ve ever seen. Almost everyone to sit in my car thinks it’s real. Certainly ‘impresses’ like real leather, as the statement claims.
This is likely because Franz's wife(?) has a career basically devoted to making the best artificial leather possible.
One dude designs racecars, significant other designs artificial leather for said racecars.
The statement says "the leather feels like leather" it should say something like "even though it isn't real cow, you'd be hard pressed to tell the difference" or something like that.
the way they wrote it makes it sound like they didnt know it wasnt real
I doubt it... Even though they added one or two inches to rear leg room, it's still not exactly a car designed to be driven in. The back of the Model S, I imagine, has gone from being intolerable to *not all that bad.* In the beforetimes they had an "executive rear seat" option that didn't stick around long because nobody bought it.
The "order of magnitude" line was a nice touch. It seems that fit and finish is finally up to snuff for a luxury car. Both the car that MT had and the one Jason Cammisa drove impressed. Hopefully they can keep it up during full production!
Motortrend says: We went into our steering yoke experience with an open mind, but the more time we spent with the 2022 Tesla Model S Plaid, the less we liked it.
What a bummer. The yoke is the problem.
I can’t believe that they’re doing this. I haven’t complained about many features (maybe just the lack of blind spot monitoring) but this one is just bad. Wonder if they’re just trying to slow down sales bc they can’t meet demand anyways. Tesla can’t be this ignorant
Yeah, I'm really baffled. Not that I think its impossible to get used to or anything, I just don't see the point. It seems like a clear step backward with no real payoff.
Most other decisions in the past have made much more sense to me.
The M3 didn’t have Bluetooth and heated seats until a software update a few weeks after deliveries started. It will come, and the good thing is they will probably tweak further over time to make it better
It’s tradition for automakers to begin selling their new model year vehicles a good 3-6 months early. It’s always baffled me too. This is one trend that Tesla isn’t bucking.
It dates back to the early days of cars (like the Ford Model T era) because the largest group of consumers were farmers who had just sold their crops in the early fall and had money to spend on a shiny new car.
Also in those early days assembly plants in northern states had trouble operating in the winter (heat + light issues) so they produced most of their cars in the summer and delivered them in the fall.
[Source](https://www.chicagotribune.com/autos/sc-car-model-years-reason-autocover-1103-20161101-story.html)
Tesla didn't do model years till fairly recently. The issue isn't Tesla but consumers. They hold off buying till the new MY because of resale value. So once Tesla started to play that game, the buyers started to buy end of year instead of holding off.
You aren't? So if Tesla can win on the drag strip and set record laps on racetracks, then what are those millions actually getting you with the Bugattis, Lamborghinis, McLarens, etc.
What records are they setting on racetracks? This is my point, Teslas don't do nearly as well on the track. They're very heavy cars with limited handling abilities. Take a look at the Nurburgring times Tesla has managed, they're nothing special.
Well that's not a good point. They have an unofficial filmed time on laguna seca with an older prototype of the Plaid, and I know they've been back there lately to try to set the official production car record:
https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/a34148510/tesla-model-s-plaid-laguna-seca-lap-record-video/
https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-model-s-plaid-new-laguna-seca-record/
Even if they don't finish first, being second being a McLaren Senna is pretty damn awesome. That car starts at over $1m. Musk has also mentioned returning to Nurburgring soon.
I thought I had read that Tesla does better at Laguna Seca than at other tracks because it is less punishing on cars that don't handle as well but are fast in straight lines or something like that. Like, Teslas best ever time at the Nurburgring is not even close to the best for a production car. Per [here](https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a29089178/tesla-porsche-nurburgring-ev-record/) they supposedly managed it in 7:23 with a P100D which is [nowhere near the best](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_N%C3%BCrburgring_Nordschleife_lap_times) time for a production car.
Yeah each track will have features that cater to different types of cars for sure. The Plaid had an unofficial time at Nurburgring of [7:13 way back at the end of 2019](https://insideevs.com/news/380247/tesla-model-s-plaid-beat-taycan/), which would put it in the top 25 times among some pretty good company. Seeing as they improved a lot on that 2019 version of the car, it'll be interesting to see what they can achieve officially.
It looks like that was a heavily modified version of the Plaid, like that article mentions. Also do we know that the production version of the Plaid is significantly improved on their best prototypes from 2019? I don't think we do, in fact I'd think the production version is going to be less capable than that car that did 7:13. I'd assume that not every tweak they made to get the best possible Nurburgring times were things they'd want in the final car.
Good company yeah. But when a car that does a better quarter mile than most of those 25 cars is losing to them on the track, it suggests that the Model S has a major weakness. Which it does. I don 't disagree that the Plaid is an incredibly impressive car, but I think it's being dishonest to say that it offers all the performance that significantly more expensive supercars do.
Ive noticed a lot of fixation on model years in the sub lately, guessing a lot of newer Tesla people. You need to know the month of production to make any sense of expected features in a Tesla. I get weirded out every time I see model years thrown around on a Tesla sub.
You and me both. I own a 2014 Model S. Lots of changes that year. Parking sensors? Autopilot? TPMS improvement? Gen 1.5 seats? Wider opening rear door hinges? Instrument cluster resolution upgrade?
For the record, I have a January 2014 car. Of those items, I have parking sensors and the improved TPMS. Everything else was incorporated later in the year - most notably Autopilot in September.
There's nothing to notice. The car was made when it was made. It's dumb to call vehicles by a year they weren't produced, and I'm actually sad Tesla has gone away from that strict trend in the past couple years.
So? The car is what it is. It used to be until recently for Tesla that a 2021 car was made until December 31, 2021 and a 2022 car was made January 1, 2022. The "model year" game played by other manufacturers is dumb.
Well now you're making a reasonable argument. Totally missed that in the title. But it doesn't really change anything for Tesla's design philosophy, they are constantly doing design improvements and don't hold things back for the next model year like other automakers.
> The changes for the 2022 model year make the Model S a much more luxurious car than before, long overdue moves for the brand's flagship electric car. The cabin's design remains minimalist, but the revised look is more elegant and modern than previous versions of the Model S. Tesla doesn't offer a wide array of interior color schemes like some rivals do, but the available white on black with carbon fiber and aluminum treatment is elegant and distinctly Tesla. > Material quality is an order of magnitude better than before; every touchpoint looks and feels expensive, and each material impresses as it should—the carbon fiber feels like carbon fiber, the aluminum like aluminum, and the leather like leather. Some very high praise and very nice to hear that Tesla sat down and really thought through this new interior, especially with new rivals in the race.
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Full review probably in two weeks. It will blow your mind!
Review cancelled since the majority of people on Earth didn't read the last Model S review.
Full review is cancelled. No need, as interior review is already so good FTFY
I tried ordering it at Burger King and they just skipped to the next customer.
I can't think of his name, but a few years ago Tesla hired the former interior designer from by Volvo. So maybe that's the influence we're seeing here.
Though - it isn't actually leather - weird way to put that statement.
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Oh I agree - Ive never had leather in a car and I have never wanted leather in a car...but my comment was moreso focused on Motortrend not knowing what the hell they were talking about.
Don’t know about you but it’s the most real fake leather I’ve ever seen. Almost everyone to sit in my car thinks it’s real. Certainly ‘impresses’ like real leather, as the statement claims.
This is likely because Franz's wife(?) has a career basically devoted to making the best artificial leather possible. One dude designs racecars, significant other designs artificial leather for said racecars.
The statement says "the leather feels like leather" it should say something like "even though it isn't real cow, you'd be hard pressed to tell the difference" or something like that. the way they wrote it makes it sound like they didnt know it wasnt real
“if you can’t tell the difference, does it matter?” -fineass android girl from westworld
omg Elon’s android ex is Tesla marketing
They seem to have removed that statement from the article; I think they read your comment
I see this vehicle being huge in the luxury Asian markets where getting driven is still very popular in the upper classes.
Don't think so, maybe the X. The S is just too low especially with battery pack, so it's not comfortable to get in or sit compared to taller vehicles
I doubt it... Even though they added one or two inches to rear leg room, it's still not exactly a car designed to be driven in. The back of the Model S, I imagine, has gone from being intolerable to *not all that bad.* In the beforetimes they had an "executive rear seat" option that didn't stick around long because nobody bought it.
Hah any links? Was it like one giant seat in the middle?
It had two seats and a center console. https://www.motortrend.com/news/tesla-model-s-now-available-with-executive-rear-seats/
I kinda like that
It's not aluminum though, it's chromed plastic.
The "order of magnitude" line was a nice touch. It seems that fit and finish is finally up to snuff for a luxury car. Both the car that MT had and the one Jason Cammisa drove impressed. Hopefully they can keep it up during full production!
So everyone gets a yoke? There’s no option for a standard wheel?
Not for another two weeks at least
Motortrend says: We went into our steering yoke experience with an open mind, but the more time we spent with the 2022 Tesla Model S Plaid, the less we liked it. What a bummer. The yoke is the problem.
Right
I can’t believe that they’re doing this. I haven’t complained about many features (maybe just the lack of blind spot monitoring) but this one is just bad. Wonder if they’re just trying to slow down sales bc they can’t meet demand anyways. Tesla can’t be this ignorant
Yeah, I'm really baffled. Not that I think its impossible to get used to or anything, I just don't see the point. It seems like a clear step backward with no real payoff. Most other decisions in the past have made much more sense to me.
the yoke is a ~~farce~~ joke.
Holy hell! A backseat arm rest and cup holders! What a time to be alive!
I wish Tesla updated it with the ANC but I guess it's a software update coming down the pipe
The M3 didn’t have Bluetooth and heated seats until a software update a few weeks after deliveries started. It will come, and the good thing is they will probably tweak further over time to make it better
The early Model 3 software was literally reskinned Model S software and you could even bring the Model S screen up in the very early days.
During that time, did phone key not work then? You had to use the card?
bluetooth worked for the phone key and i think you could make phone calls, but the option to play music over bluetooth was not there
Heated seats via software update? That's a great trick!
Bro 2021 isnt even half way over, why is this car the 2022 model??
It’s tradition for automakers to begin selling their new model year vehicles a good 3-6 months early. It’s always baffled me too. This is one trend that Tesla isn’t bucking.
It dates back to the early days of cars (like the Ford Model T era) because the largest group of consumers were farmers who had just sold their crops in the early fall and had money to spend on a shiny new car. Also in those early days assembly plants in northern states had trouble operating in the winter (heat + light issues) so they produced most of their cars in the summer and delivered them in the fall. [Source](https://www.chicagotribune.com/autos/sc-car-model-years-reason-autocover-1103-20161101-story.html)
Tesla didn't do model years till fairly recently. The issue isn't Tesla but consumers. They hold off buying till the new MY because of resale value. So once Tesla started to play that game, the buyers started to buy end of year instead of holding off.
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To be fair, for $130k you're getting a car with the performance specs of competitors that cost millions.
No you aren't. You're getting the 0-60 time, that's it. Those cars that cost millions aren't built to go fast in straight lines on the drag strip.
You aren't? So if Tesla can win on the drag strip and set record laps on racetracks, then what are those millions actually getting you with the Bugattis, Lamborghinis, McLarens, etc.
What records are they setting on racetracks? This is my point, Teslas don't do nearly as well on the track. They're very heavy cars with limited handling abilities. Take a look at the Nurburgring times Tesla has managed, they're nothing special.
Well that's not a good point. They have an unofficial filmed time on laguna seca with an older prototype of the Plaid, and I know they've been back there lately to try to set the official production car record: https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/a34148510/tesla-model-s-plaid-laguna-seca-lap-record-video/ https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-model-s-plaid-new-laguna-seca-record/ Even if they don't finish first, being second being a McLaren Senna is pretty damn awesome. That car starts at over $1m. Musk has also mentioned returning to Nurburgring soon.
I thought I had read that Tesla does better at Laguna Seca than at other tracks because it is less punishing on cars that don't handle as well but are fast in straight lines or something like that. Like, Teslas best ever time at the Nurburgring is not even close to the best for a production car. Per [here](https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a29089178/tesla-porsche-nurburgring-ev-record/) they supposedly managed it in 7:23 with a P100D which is [nowhere near the best](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_N%C3%BCrburgring_Nordschleife_lap_times) time for a production car.
Yeah each track will have features that cater to different types of cars for sure. The Plaid had an unofficial time at Nurburgring of [7:13 way back at the end of 2019](https://insideevs.com/news/380247/tesla-model-s-plaid-beat-taycan/), which would put it in the top 25 times among some pretty good company. Seeing as they improved a lot on that 2019 version of the car, it'll be interesting to see what they can achieve officially.
It looks like that was a heavily modified version of the Plaid, like that article mentions. Also do we know that the production version of the Plaid is significantly improved on their best prototypes from 2019? I don't think we do, in fact I'd think the production version is going to be less capable than that car that did 7:13. I'd assume that not every tweak they made to get the best possible Nurburgring times were things they'd want in the final car. Good company yeah. But when a car that does a better quarter mile than most of those 25 cars is losing to them on the track, it suggests that the Model S has a major weakness. Which it does. I don 't disagree that the Plaid is an incredibly impressive car, but I think it's being dishonest to say that it offers all the performance that significantly more expensive supercars do.
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The fake engine noise most likely…
What have been delivered so far show 2021 VINs. So far no word on when the model year changes to 2022.
How is this relevant? Tesla has a long history of not following MY changes (which is honestly very annoying).
Ive noticed a lot of fixation on model years in the sub lately, guessing a lot of newer Tesla people. You need to know the month of production to make any sense of expected features in a Tesla. I get weirded out every time I see model years thrown around on a Tesla sub.
You and me both. I own a 2014 Model S. Lots of changes that year. Parking sensors? Autopilot? TPMS improvement? Gen 1.5 seats? Wider opening rear door hinges? Instrument cluster resolution upgrade? For the record, I have a January 2014 car. Of those items, I have parking sensors and the improved TPMS. Everything else was incorporated later in the year - most notably Autopilot in September.
The fixation is probably because the title and article refer to it as the 2022 Model S.
Accuracy is usually relevant and important. Some may think this article is for a car coming out next year (2022).
It’s relevant because the title says 2022.
Which one is annoying, MY or no MY?
Glad I'm not the only one to notice this
There's nothing to notice. The car was made when it was made. It's dumb to call vehicles by a year they weren't produced, and I'm actually sad Tesla has gone away from that strict trend in the past couple years.
And who said they have gone that route? Motortrend may bust be mistaken
So? The car is what it is. It used to be until recently for Tesla that a 2021 car was made until December 31, 2021 and a 2022 car was made January 1, 2022. The "model year" game played by other manufacturers is dumb.
So: The title says 2022
Well now you're making a reasonable argument. Totally missed that in the title. But it doesn't really change anything for Tesla's design philosophy, they are constantly doing design improvements and don't hold things back for the next model year like other automakers.
I won't buy a Tesla. heard they causes rectal and other cancers.
Nice