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The convertible roof STORES IN THE TRUNK? That is just an absurdly non-luxurious design decision.
by dondawest 7y ago
The convertible roof STORES IN THE TRUNK? That is just an absurdly non-luxurious design decision.
- quantguy11959 7y agoWait you even have to physically remove it ???
- knd775 7y agoYes, like most convertible supercars/hypercars. The Pagani Huayra, all the Koenigseggs, the LaFerrari Aperta, Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport, etc.
- whamlastxmas 7y agoYou mean you have to use your foot to operate the gas pedal?! Man Tesla is really going downhill
- tyingq 7y agoBMW, Mercedes, and Lexus, and probably other luxury brands made the same choice. I agree it has drawbacks, but it seems already established as a luxury norm.
- arghwhat 7y ago*sports norm. Luxury cars are en entirely different class of vehicle, where I doubt this would ever go.
- arghwhat 7y agoSports cars tend to be neither luxurious, comfortable nor practical. One of the many reasons that I never understood why one would buy something like a new Lamborghini Huracan, when you for a similar price could be looking at a Rolls Royce Phantom.
- TheSoftwareGuy 7y agoSports cars are a specialized good, by nature. You're explicitly deciding to sacrifice some things in favor of some other thing (in this case performance). The people you are going to sell it to are therefore exactly the people that are willing to make that sacrifice, the people that just wanna go really friggin fast
- knd775 7y agoWhy would you buy a Rolls Royce Phantom? They're boring and don't hold their value.
- arghwhat 7y agoBecause it is far superior to any italian sports car on any parameter that matters outside of a track. If you want a great car (we are of course ignoring fuel costs here), it is the most comfortable thing you'd ever park your buttocks in, and a much more well thought out vehicle. The usual Lamborghini or Ferrari would in comparison feel like a Peugeot 104 on a good day. If you want to turn heads, this certainly does it better (although a Lamborghini or Ferrari is likely to get more attention from kids). Sure, a Huracán has a faster 0-100, but if you want to enjoy the car outside of the track, it would be awful to drive in. Plus, it's still slower than a much cheaper production sedan (Tesla Model S P100D Ludicrous). If you're not going to be the fastest anyway, you might as well be the most comfortable. None of these high-end vehicles hold their value anyway. Hell, there are really no new vehicles that hold their value. Only classics do.
- ghaff 7y agoThe specific design is quite different but that's the approach Honda took with their sorta-convertible Del Sol in the 90s. It's not a big deal but it does make you make a conscious physical action and it's a bit of a scramble if it starts to rain. ADDED: As others have noted, trunk storage is fairly common although it's usually not manual.
- rosege 7y agoHad this with an MR2 I used to own.
- AgloeDreams 7y agoThe Corvette does the same thing. https://www.cars.com/articles/your-corvette-has-a-removable-roof-%25E2%2580%2594-do-you-need-a-convertible-1420697523044/ https://www.cars.com/articles/your-corvette-has-a-removable-...
- knd775 7y agoThis is the norm for supercars and hypercars. I listed a few in a comment further down. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20459194 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20459194