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Originally Posted by John V
RWD makes it more appealing to me than AWD certainly, but at $80k I'm not the target market.
From people I trust who have driven both, the RWD Tesla Model 3 is a lot more fun on the street than the AWD version. They report better steering feel and that the car feels more nimble and tossable. Acceleration in the real world is still better than 99% of vehicles on the road, so what you give up to the AWD version is a don't-care IMO.
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Makes sense...similar to the effect AWD has on ICE cars as well. It's funny- back when I had my e46 I used to be a diehard "RWD + snow tires is all you need". I suspect that a RWD EV is also able to approximate (actually do better than), what a limited slip diff can do in terms of sending the right amount of power to each rear wheel. Could be wrong about that though.