The six-seat Model Y L reached its first US driveways in September
The Model Y L, the stretched three-row Model Y that went on sale in July at $61,990, reached its first US owners in September. Early orders came first, later ones run into October and November, and the EPA rates it at 332 miles of range.
The biggest Model Y ever built is now in American driveways. Tesla began delivering the six-seat Model Y L in the US in September, with first deliveries confirmed by September 17 and early July orders taking their cars that month, while later orders land in October and November. It is the first Model Y built around its third row rather than fitting one in, and the order book suggests people noticed.
The Model Y L went on sale in the US and Puerto Rico in July as a Launch Series at $61,990, per Electrek, plus a $1,390 destination charge that brings it to $63,380 all in, per Tech Times. Deliveries were always going to be a summer-into-fall affair, since the car is built at Giga Texas on a line that was still spinning up when orders opened.
What the L actually is
It is a Model Y with a longer wheelbase and a third row that adults can use. The wheelbase grows by about 150 mm and the overall length by about 179 mm, which is roughly seven inches, and every bit of it goes to the cabin. The seating is a 2+2+2 layout with a walk-through between the second-row captain's chairs, the arrangement that made the car a hit in China when it launched there in 2025.
The EPA rates it at 332 miles on the standard 19-inch wheels and 328 miles on 20-inch wheels, per Not a Tesla App, which beats the standard Model Y Premium AWD's 327 despite the extra size. Both figures came in above Tesla's original 325-mile and 320-mile estimates, Drive Tesla Canada noted. Tesla quotes 0 to 60 mph in 4.4 seconds, per Not a Tesla App's launch rundown. It is not the Performance trim, and it is not trying to be. It is the family car.
Delivery windows so far
Windows have been rolling out by order date. Eletric Vehicles tracked the first batch: the earliest orders showed August 29 to September 26, the next group September 13 to September 30, and later orders October 7 to November 18. By mid-September new orders were showing December, and Sawyer Merritt noted on X that the 2026 US allocation was close to sold out.
If you ordered in the first week, your car was most likely in the September group. Orders placed in late September were still quoted December, so a new order means planning on the holidays.
What the Launch Series includes
Launch Series is Tesla's way of packaging the first production run. For the Model Y L it bundles a year each of Full Self-Driving (Supervised), Supercharging and Premium Connectivity, a free choice of paint, interior and wheels, and the Launch Series extras: badging, floor mats, puddle lights, suede dash inserts and sill plates. The $61,990 figure is that car, before the $1,390 destination charge. Tesla has not published pricing for a non-Launch-Series version yet, and the standard trims usually arrive once the first run is delivered.
It already has a 3D model on FrunkLab
Every Model Y variant that Tesla ships is a separate body in our studio, and the Model Y L has been one since the day the US order page opened. The longer roof and rear quarter change where a design lands, so the L uses its own template rather than the standard Juniper one. Our Model Y wrap template guide shows which of the five Model Y templates fits which car. Pick it under Model Y when you open the studio and the 3D preview shows the stretched car, not an approximation.
That matters because the wrap is one of the first things you can do with the car before it arrives. Paint Shop, the feature in Toybox that shows a custom wrap on the car's screens, is on every current Model Y, and a design you make this week loads from the Tesla app the day you take delivery. The Tesla Model Y wraps collection has designs from other owners ready to download or remix, and our tutorial shows how to upload a wrap from the Tesla app.
The bigger picture
The Model Y is already the best-selling vehicle in the world. A version with a real third row opens it to the buyers who kept walking past it for a minivan or a three-row crossover, and how fast the 2026 US allocation filled says that group was waiting. Giga Texas building it alongside the Cybertruck and the Cybercab also means the plant is now producing four distinct bodies on one campus, which is its own kind of milestone.
If your window is still ahead, the design can be ready before the car is. Open the studio, pick the Model Y L, and have something on the screen for the first drive home.
Put a custom wrap on your Model Y
Community designs, free to download, or make your own in the browser.
