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Teslas are very big cars by Japanese and European standards. I suspect that is one of the main factors in American cars not generally selling well international
by goodcanadian 8y ago
Teslas are very big cars by Japanese and European standards. I suspect that is one of the main factors in American cars not generally selling well internationally.
- oblio 8y agoTesla are big by Japanese standards. They're not big by European standards. They are expensive ($50k+) and unavailable, though.
- goodcanadian 8y agoWell, they're big by UK standards. Maybe, I shouldn't generalise to all of Europe though my impression is that Europe, in general, trends to smaller cars on average.
- oblio 8y agoYes, but that's not why people don't buy Teslas. They don't buy them because they're 2x as expensive as the average car (or more expensive, even). They also don't buy them because Tesla can't build and deliver enough of them in a reasonable time frame.
- detaro 8y agoI guess it depends on how you count "big". They're not exceptionally big, but clearly more in the size league of big Mercedes/BMW/..., which all are "big" compared to common "sensible" cars. Model X and Model S and other cars in that class are wider than the current models of the VW Transporter van, and even longer than the short wheelbase model.
- oblio 8y agoTesla Model 3: 4690 mm. Skoda Octavia: 4670 mm. Skoda Octavia is far from an exotic car in Europe. The real problem is this: Tesla Model 3: starting price €46k. Skoda Octavia: starting price €22k.
- detaro 8y agoTrue, for some reason I was thinking more about the two larger models (probably because I've seen more of them around?) - and I have a very city-dwelling perspective on small being important.
- lagadu 8y agoThe model S is very big by European standards too, they're sized like the bmw 5 series and mercedes E class, both of which are very large. The model X is by all accounts absolutely massive, like the range-topping volvo xc90. The model 3 is sized pretty regularly though.