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Is there any Tesla vehicle that doesn't have a waiting list? I'm not disputing that some of the rules around auto sales are problematic, but it seems to me lik

Is there any Tesla vehicle that doesn't have a waiting list? I'm not disputing that some of the rules around auto sales are problematic, but it seems to me like the limiter on Tesla's ability to sell cars is its ability to produce them.

nyxtom 10y ago
Hmm that is true. It's probably been said before, but the Model X definitely made things a lot more difficult to get to a rollout of the model 3. "I'm not sure anyone should have made this car," he said at a press conference just hours before the first Model Xs were delivered to VIP customers." ""We probably should have just [modified the Model S]," he added. "There are so many more features and difficult to build parts on [the Model X] than it is necessary for us to sell the cars.""
- semi-extrinsic 10y ago
  > "We probably should have just [modified the Model S]" This is one thing I really don't get about Tesla. Why haven't they made an estate-ish version of the Model S? I'm thinking along the lines of the Mercedes CLS Shooting Brake: http://images.car.bauercdn.com/upload/28771/images/1752x1168/cls01.jpg?mode=max&quality=90&scale=down http://images.car.bauercdn.com/upload/28771/images/1752x1168... It's a very nice looking car, and adds that little bit of luggage practicality that the Model S is missing. The aerodynamics aren't much worse than the coupe, so range shouldn't suffer very much.
  - crush_xc 10y ago
    That is the ugliest thing I've seen in a long time, more power to you if you like the appearance, but I can't seem them bringing in sales for that thing for the design.
  - arcticfox 10y ago
    That thing is impressively ugly IMO. It's like a fun 2017 hatchback got involved with a 1960s station wagon
  - Tloewald 10y ago
    I don't think it's uglier than the sedan but I wouldn't call it beautiful. VW makes really nice wagon versions of its golf (or Jetta depending on the year) and I don't see why Tesla couldn't have done something similar.

nyxtom 10y ago

Hmm that is true. It's probably been said before, but the Model X definitely made things a lot more difficult to get to a rollout of the model 3. "I'm not sure anyone should have made this car," he said at a press conference just hours before the first Model Xs were delivered to VIP customers." ""We probably should have just [modified the Model S]," he added. "There are so many more features and difficult to build parts on [the Model X] than it is necessary for us to sell the cars.""

semi-extrinsic 10y ago
> "We probably should have just [modified the Model S]" This is one thing I really don't get about Tesla. Why haven't they made an estate-ish version of the Model S? I'm thinking along the lines of the Mercedes CLS Shooting Brake: http://images.car.bauercdn.com/upload/28771/images/1752x1168/cls01.jpg?mode=max&quality=90&scale=down http://images.car.bauercdn.com/upload/28771/images/1752x1168... It's a very nice looking car, and adds that little bit of luggage practicality that the Model S is missing. The aerodynamics aren't much worse than the coupe, so range shouldn't suffer very much.
- crush_xc 10y ago
  That is the ugliest thing I've seen in a long time, more power to you if you like the appearance, but I can't seem them bringing in sales for that thing for the design.
- arcticfox 10y ago
  That thing is impressively ugly IMO. It's like a fun 2017 hatchback got involved with a 1960s station wagon
- Tloewald 10y ago
  I don't think it's uglier than the sedan but I wouldn't call it beautiful. VW makes really nice wagon versions of its golf (or Jetta depending on the year) and I don't see why Tesla couldn't have done something similar.