Fast facelift! 2025 Tesla Model Y Performance locked-in for debut later this year
The heavily facelifted 2025 Tesla Model Y will once again be offered with a fast Performance variant.
The new supercar-troubling mid-size SUV is primed to be launched later this year.
The timing was confirmed by chief Tesla designer Franz von Holzhausen and engineering boss Lars Moravy the Youtube show, Jay Leno’s Garage.
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The Performance version of the Model Y will be introduced along with a dual-motor model, rear-drive variant and the option of a seven-seater with all versions on sale before the end of 2025.
Back in Australia the Tesla Model Y Launch Edition has been timed to land this May, with Tesla execs revealing the updated SUV will mirror the Model 3’s release cycle,
That means it’s plausible the Model Y Performance will be in Aussie dealers around Q4 of this year.
Fresh details of the Model Y line-up revealed that the XPeng G6 rival will come with a retuned suspension, an upgraded sound system, a front-facing camera, new acoustic glass, a UV resistant roof and new drain plug in the frunk to allow owners to fill it with ice to use it as a cooler.
Full details of the Model Y Performance were not revealed but it’s thought when it rocks up it will have around 450kW and 750Nm of torque.
The current car’s 0-100km/h sprint of 3.7 seconds is set to fall by around 0.3sec to just 3.4 seconds.
There’s no word how much Tesla will charge for its new flagship variant but the new generation electric SUV will launch in May priced from $63,400 (Rear-Wheel Drive) and $73,400 for a Long Range Launch Series (each exclusive of on-road costs).
Those numbers represent a significant $7500 bump on the outgoing car which could see the fastest Model Performance priced from $90,000 plus on-roads.
