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BMW X7 vs Tesla Model Y

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BMW X7
BMW X7

$142,900 - $179,900

2023 price

Tesla Model Y
Tesla Model Y

$55,900 - $82,900

2025 price

Summary

2023 BMW X7
2025 Tesla Model Y
Safety Rating

Engine Type
Diesel Turbo 8, 3.0L

Fuel Type
Diesel/Electric

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Fuel Efficiency
8.0L/100km (combined)

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Seating
7

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Dislikes
  • Pricey options
  • Some functions hard to find in screen
  • A challenge to manoeuvre in tight spaces

  • Drive mode selector is silly
  • Warranty below average
  • Feels very heavy when pushed
2023 BMW X7 Summary

Large family-friendly luxury SUVs tend to be handsome in design but somewhat restrained. Until now. BMW has introduced a major facelift for its flagship SUV, the six- or seven-seat X7. Emphasis on face.  

The new X7 adopts the striking but controversial front-end from the new 7 Series sedan, but the big, bold SUV is hiding some rather significant changes under the skin. Aside from a beefier diesel that now comes with mild hybrid tech, there’s also a redesigned cabin, massively upgraded tech, more standard features, oh, and a price increase.

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2025 Tesla Model Y Summary

I don’t think I’m overselling it to say that this is the car that could make or break Tesla in Australia and around the world. 

Crazy, right? That seemed impossible not so long ago, back when the brand appeared untouchable. But new competition, largely from China, plus the giant Musk-shaped elefant (it is German for elephant…) in the room, has seen sales and profit plummet.

Just last month, for example, the Tesla Model Y lost its best-seller crown in Australia to BYD, admittedly in the weeks before the new 'Juniper' version arrived.

The point is, a new version of its biggest seller is a Very Big Deal. But have they changed enough, and changed it well enough, to cut through the noise?

We put the cheapest variant, the Tesla Model Y RWD, to the test to find out.

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