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The air springs round sharper imperfections, but there's an underlying firmness that seemingly can't be dialled out, despite the apparent ability to almost infinitely adjust suspension bump and rebound settings via the infotainment. But here it finishes third, although only by the width of a charging cable from the second-placed Model S.
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