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EXPERT RATING
9.0

Likes

  • Best value in the Model X range
  • Looks just like a 100D
  • Ready for full autonomous driving

Dislikes

  • The shortest range in the line-up
  • The 'slowest' Model X
  • Can't option Ludicrous mode at this level
Laura Berry
Senior Journalist
21 Feb 2017
1 min read

The Model X SUV range kicks off with the 75D for $166,488 which is a relative bargain compared to the top-of-the-line P100D which is $100,000 more.

This is a large, completely electric SUV that comes standard with five seats but can be optioned with six or seven.

Standard features include an enormous 17-inch touch screen, sat nav, reversing camera, climate control and seven more cameras set up to enable the car to be fully autonomous when the software is rolled out.

Yup, you may be getting the idea that this is no ordinary SUV and it is indeed special. Powering it are two electric motors – one on the front axle and the other at the rear axle, and each has an output of 193kW and 330Nm.

All-wheel drive, and with impressive acceleration, the 75D can hurl itself from 0-100km/h in 6.2 seconds.

The 75kWh battery has a 417km range (NEDC) but take 100km off that for a real-world figure.

2017 Tesla Model X 75D specifications

Price From: $166,488
Fuel Consumption: 417km range
Safety: 5
Seats: 5 (can option 7)
Warranty: Five-year/130,000km
Motor: Two AC induction motors each producing 193kW/330Nm
Transmission: Single speed fixed gear 
Spare: None
Turning circle: 14.4m
Dimensions: 5037mm (L) 2271mm (W) 1680mm (H)

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Tesla Model X 2017: 75D

Engine Type 0.0L
Fuel Type Electric
Fuel Efficiency 0.0L/100km (combined)
Seating 5
Price From $55,110 - $63,360
Laura Berry
Senior Journalist
Laura Berry is a best-selling Australian author and journalist who has been reviewing cars for almost 20 years.  Much more of a Hot Wheels girl than a Matchbox one, she grew up in a family that would spend every Friday night sitting on a hill at the Speedway watching Sprintcars slide in the mud. The best part of this was being given money to buy stickers. She loved stickers… which then turned into a love of tattoos. Out of boredom, she learnt to drive at 14 on her parents’ bush property in what can only be described as a heavily modified Toyota LandCruiser.   At the age of 17 she was told she couldn’t have a V8 Holden ute by her mother, which led to Laura and her father laying in the driveway for three months building a six-cylinder ute with more horsepower than a V8.   Since then she’s only ever owned V8s, with a Ford Falcon XW and a Holden Monaro CV8 part of her collection over the years.  Laura has authored two books and worked as a journalist writing about science, cars, music, TV, cars, art, food, cars, finance, architecture, theatre, cars, film and cars. But, mainly cars.   A wife and parent, her current daily driver is a chopped 1951 Ford Tudor with a V8.
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