the
HYPE PRIZE
TESLA MODEL 3
AFTER MANY 140-character promises
from the company’s famous CEO,
Australians can finally order the most
hyped (and harshly judged) car of
2018-2019: the Tesla Model 3. But
such is the game when you’re breaking
the mould like Musk and co, who, let’s
not forget, transformed the idea of
the electric car from something utterly
uncool into a beautiful, sleek object of
elegance with its own cult following.
And elegant the Model 3 is. The
Californian company’s smallest and
most affordable car boasts a minimalist,
Scandinavian-ish pale wood dash
that’s stark but for a single 15-inch“AN IMPRESSIVE
44KM of your
TRIP will be
EMISSIONS-
FREE – MORE
THAN the
AVERAGE DAILY
COMMUTE”the curvaceous five-seater Cayenne
E-Hybrid continues Porsche’s love affair
with electricity, which started with the
legendary 918 Spyder and levels up
next year with the incoming Taycan EV
sports car. Being a plug-in hybrid, the
more you drive the Cayenne, the less
fuel you will find yourself using, simply
out of habit and awareness. Win-win,
or as the Germans say, sieg-sieg.***
THE
WINNING
EDGE
From the neon-green brake callipers
to the cyclops light across the rear,
the Cayenne E-Hybrid comes with
a double-take guarantee. And that’s
before l k h f l
figure,w
capabithe
ESCAPE
ARTIST OF
THE YEAR
PORSCHE CAYENNE
E-HYBRIDTHERE’S ROAD TRIPPING in style and
then there’s hitting the bitumen in a sporty,
3.0-litre turbo-charged V6 4WD dressed
in Germany’s most famous coat of
arms, with a 100kW electric motor
thrown in for good measure. Not to
mention the optional massage seats,
off-road capability, boot capacity of
645 litres and the knowledge that if you
wanted to (not that you legally can),
you could hit 250km/h. What’s better is
that an impressive 44km of your trip will
be emissions-free – which is more than
the average Australian’s daily commute.
Having taken the place of the much-
loved but now discontinued diesel,From $135,600
3.0-litre V6 with
a hybrid system
340kW/700Nm
3.4L/100kmyouclockthefuelconsumption
which,foranSUVofthissizeand
lity, is almost unbelievable.ELLE
DRIVE AWARDS
(green edition)