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Sure... I was planning on buying the $27,500 (after rebate) version. As the rebates have expired, that theoretically priced Model 3 no longer exists. At $27,50
by jmpman 7y ago
Sure... I was planning on buying the $27,500 (after rebate) version. As the rebates have expired, that theoretically priced Model 3 no longer exists. At $27,500 it was an amazing deal - better than an Accord or Camry.
- zaroth 7y agoA Tesla Model 3 at $27,500 would have been such an absurdly sweet deal the demand would be ludicrous. If they could have snapped their fingers and manufactured as many as they needed, I would guess based on passenger vehicle sales numbers, they could have sold 300,000 in a single quarter at that price. They barely build that many in a year. I’m sorry, you were never going to see a Model 3 for $27,500. With the way the credit phases out, they could never have built up the capacity to fulfill $35k orders under the full credit, just to have the price then spike as the credit phased out and be left with huge excess capacity as it came back to full price.
- jmpman 7y agoI was certainly in the top few people placing my reservation. High enough that if they were delivered in order of reservation, I’d have my $27,500 Model 3. They opted to maximize their revenue by delivering the expensive versions first. A Tesla won’t be my next purchase.
- hef19898 7y agoThat alone tells a lot about their costs as well. My personal conclusion was that Tesla failed to make a profit from the 35k $ version and pushed the higher priced versions.
- zaroth 7y agoElon was pretty clear that they weren’t going to fulfill in order or reservation or provide the $35k configuration at the beginning. You may have missed out on the deal of the century. Sorry to hear you are missing out on the car of the century because of it! Mind me asking what EV you would get in its place?