In October 2025, Tesla unveiled its new “affordable” versions of its Model Y and Model 3 electric car in the US, followed by launches in left-hand-drive markets in Europe and then the right-hand-drive (RHD) Model Y variant in the UK.
Now, the company has launched its most affordable Model 3 sedan variant in the RHD UK market, with prices starting at £37,990.
It was announced on Tesla’s Europe & Middle East X account with the company saying: “ Model 3 Standard is now available in the UK & the Middle East”.
This variant, with over 530 km of WLTP range, is now available to order and replaces the previous RWD variant that’s similar to the one currently sold in Australia.
The rest of the lineup then sees the Premium Long Range RWD, which is priced from £44,990. That makes it about 19% more expensive than the new cheapest Model 3 Standard variant in that market.
This Premium Long Range RWD model was also launched in Australia in Q4 2025, which delivers over 750 km of WLTP range and has prices starting at $61,900 before on-road costs.
If the standard variant is to come to market like ours later this year, we can expect it to be priced at around $50,000 mark, making it about 19% cheaper than the Premium Long Range RWD variant.
Some notable specs on this most affordable variant are 7 speakers with the sound system (down from 9 speakers on the Premium variant).
There is a manually adjustable steering wheel and cloth seat trims as well as a 15.4-inch screen at the front. The rear screen has been removed, that is normally found in most Tesla models sold today.
Only 18-inch wheels are on offer with no option for 19-inch Nova wheels found on Premium variants.
Styling for the model is similar to the current lineup with no noticeable change. The Model 3 standard does retain Hardware 4 cameras for FSD Supervised capabilities and a front bumper camera.
This Model is likely to be produced in Berlin at Tesla’s manufacturing facility there for the UK market.
It’s unclear when this model will be produced in Shanghai for other key Tesla markets, but we expect to have more details in the coming months.
Affordability has been a key barrier to entry for many drivers looking to make the switch, and with so many EV models available in our market, cheaper models are likely to perform better than many from legacy automakers.
With 2025 Model 3 sales declining in our market, it’d be interesting to see if this model could help bring those numbers back up.
Riz is the founder of carloop based in Melbourne, specialising in Australian EV data, insight reports and trends. He is a mechanical engineer who spent the first 7 years of his career building transport infrastructure before starting carloop. He has a passion for cars, particularly EVs and wants to help reduce transport emissions in Australia. He currently drives a red Tesla Model 3.
