After our test drive, the salesman walked us through the various options. As with Tesla, everything is online, and while he could do it, we could also do the same thing ourselves. We weren’t completely sold, so he explained things for us and we picked later.
I’ve explained the various things available and then noted what we ended up with.
Models
There are two models here: Touring and Grand Touring. The main difference is range and power. A quick look below.
- Touring - 337 miles, 560hp our choice
- Grand Touring - 406 miles, 826hp
There are 0-60 times and other items, but really my Model Y was 0-40 in 4.6 seconds and that’s too fast. I turn down the acceleration for most driving. We decided on the lower range, mostly because of price. It’s almost $20k more for the power that we don’t need.
Colors
They have a few colors: black, silver metallic, gray metallic, green metallic, and bronze. I didn’t want silver, but the rest didn’t really matter. The big thing was that the trim around the roof matters. The default is stealth, which is trying to match the car. There is an option for Platinum, which adds trim. You can see the black stealth here:
Platinum:
We didn’t want to get stuck with Platinum, but since we were looking at 2026’s, we might. So, we decided to search for only one color: Black. We ended up with:
- Black our choice
- Stealth appearance our choice
Wheels
One thing I learned with the Model Y is that smaller tires are more efficient. I put 18” ones there and love them. For the Gravity, they stagger the widths (wider in back), but they do have different sizes.
- 20F/21R - 20” front, 21” rear our choice
- 21F/22R - 21” front, 22” rear
- 22F/23R - 22” front, 23” rear
We were lucky that there were a lot of choices with the smaller wheels.
Interior
They have 2 artificial leather trims and 2 real ones. The default is a blackish trim, called Mojave, which you can see below.
The list is:
- a light color (Yosemite)
- brown leather (Tahoe) our choice
- a tan leather (Ojai)
We weren’t too concerned, though we didn’t want the light one. We ended up with the brown leather, which was probably our first choice.
Seating
There are two options here:
- 5 seats our choice
- 7 seats
You can see the difference in images here. Once in, you can’t remove the last row.
This image shows the 7 seater, which has the third row way back there. There actually is some space behind the rear seats when up.
We didn’t search for this specifically, but we didn’t want the 7 seats. We don’t need them and they take up space. We don’t take everyone along with us, so a 5 seater works fine. We ended up finding one in inventory.
Options
There are a bunch of option packages. The big thing is that these are built in at the factory and can’t be added later. The list is below, and I’ve put the 2027 prices as of this date. :
- Driver Assistance (Pro - $6,750)
- Sound System (Pro $3,900)
- Dynamic Handling (Upgrade $3,900)
- Tech Package (Power $600, Upgrade $3,200)
- Comfort and Convenience (Upgrade $2,900)
- Towing ($950)
We went through these, and some are surprisingly inflexible. The salesman said these aren’t included in hardware, so no software upgrades. I know sometimes they want to push people in places, but I was surprised by some of the choices. The only thing we searched for as a filter was the Comfort package. I’ll describe these below.
Dream Drive
The big thing with DreamDrive is hands on or off. This does most of the standard safety stuff, but the basic level here requires hands on the steering wheel, much like Tesla used to be. It will change lanes if you want and basically drives on the road you’re on.
The Pro level is hands off, but you have to be ready to take over. Pro does include auto lane changes and (comingsoon) auto parking. The Pro level does add LIDAR, but I haven’t found I love the FSD or want it. Our choice was standard DreamDrive. I would have taken pro, but it wasn’t important.
Sound System
This really comes down to 10 speakers or 22 speakers. I think it has some upgrades for things like Dolby ATMOS, but I can’t hear well and Tia wasn’t concered.
Our choice was Pro because the car we found and liked had it.
Dynamic Handling
The standard package has air suspensions, ABS, stability control, etc. Most of the things you expect in a modern car. The upgrade adds triple air suspension, so it can go higher or lower. Not something we cared about. It also adds rear steering, but I’ve never had a car with it and haven’t wanted it. The upgrade also adds a few other things, but we didn’t care. Our choice was standard.
Tech Package
The basic tech is the multiple displays, USB all over, Bluetooth, and wireless charging. The Power package adds 3 AC outlets (US 110v) in the the car. The upgrade adds a heads-up display and ambient lighting. We would have liked the heads-up display, but it wasn’t critical. Our choice was Power.
Comfort and Convenience
This package adds a few things, but the big one is the heated steering wheel. It also added acoustic glass, which is nice. There are power sunshades and a filter, but the heater wheel, 2nd row seats, and wipers are the big ones. Our choice was Comfort and Convenience.
Towing
This adds a tow hitch and some other things. We don’t tow, so we didn’t care. We have 2 other cars to tow stuff.