Engineer Who Compared Tesla Model 3 Quality To 'A Kia In The '90s' Buys Another Model 3. Here's What He Found Screenshot: Munro & Associates Sandy Munro, the manufacturing expert who once said an early Tesla Model 3 had fit and finish issues similar to “a Kia in the ’90s” now has a new Model 3. Munro just gave his company’s new car a once-over, and while he didn’t liken it it to a Korean economy car from three decades ago, he wasn’t thrilled with the flaws he spotted. Advertisement As I mentioned in my technical breakdown of the Tesla Model Y, Tesla has learned a lot since the Model 3 came onto the scene a few years ago, building a more efficient unibody structure and cleaning up some lazy fit-and-finish problems. That’s the case with the new Model 3 as well, though some fitment issues remain, per Munro, owner of the automotive benchmarking company Munro & Associates: