We took the Tesla Model X SUV for a spin in Manhattan - and were blown away
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Regardless, we'd been waiting on the Model X, whose introduction had been delayed for years, with a lot of expectations. Business Insider was on the ground in Fremont, CA when the cover was pulled off, and we were pretty impressed, even though we only got a few minutes behind the wheel after Musk presented the crossover.
Based on that short time, we still made the Model X a finalist for our 2015 Car of the Year.
Later, we learned that three major parts of the car had presented problems: the panoramic front window, the exotic "Falcon Wing" doors, and the back seats, which Musk had described as sculptural. The doors had to be completely re-engineered at the last minutes, and Tesla had so much trouble with the seats that they brought production in-house.
Last week, Tesla held an event at its Manhattan store in West Chelsea and invited myself and my colleague Ben Zhang to join some new Model X owners and some prospective X owners in checking out the car. I'd never actually seen the SUV in the flesh, so I was quite psyched. Ben had already had a look and a drive.
Tesla's Alexis Georgeson rode shotgun while I drove, completing my run of Tesla vehicles (I've driven them all at this point, going back to the original Roadster). Ben and Sonja Koch, also of Tesla, sampled the back-seat sculpture. This wasn't a full review - more of an extended first date with the Model X.
To borrow a line from one of my favorite bands, The Replacements (stripped of irony), "color me impressed." Read on to find out why.
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