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I genuinely had to double check my calendar to make sure it wasn’t April 1st. I love the fact that Tesla are moving away from the boring, middle of the road de
by cgrealy 7y ago
I genuinely had to double check my calendar to make sure it wasn’t April 1st.
I love the fact that Tesla are moving away from the boring, middle of the road designs of their previous models.
But this.... this is just hideous.
It doesn’t look tough or futuristic; it looks like something a 10 year old designed, and no, that’s not a good thing.
- r_singh 7y agoThis is the first time I have seen a production vehicle's design to be less realistic (in terms of usability, component reuse, artistic freedom, etc) than it's artistic renders. Here's a few artist imagined renders, and to be honest, they would be a lot less likely to get an April 1st calendar check reaction: - https://inteng-storage.s3.amazonaws.com/img/iea/JYG0mpkD61/sizes/tesla-pickup88_resize_md.jpg https://inteng-storage.s3.amazonaws.com/img/iea/JYG0mpkD61/s... - https://www.teslarati.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/tesla-pickup-truck-render-1.jpg https://www.teslarati.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/tesla-p... Whether it looks hideous or not would still depend on personal preferences though. I like the fact that it looks, well like a concept car, but it isn't.
- hef19898 7y agoFunny enough my first impression was that the teslarati-image was the real one and the official one from tesla was the fake one. Had to double check.
- ijidak 7y agoThis new truck doesn't follow Tesla's former design language. Absolutely bizarre. The concept renders both assume, which we all did, that Tesla would remain consistent with a design language that's been successful.
- jonplackett 7y agoThese look so so boring
- m12k 7y agoMy first thought was that the 3D model accidentally used the low-poly LOD for far-away rendering instead of the high-poly one.
- ppf 7y agoUnder the "Versatile Utility" heading, the third set of text refers to "the ability to pull near infinite mass".
- PunchTornado 7y agoI'd buy this one in a minute if I had the need for a truck. It's so beautiful. I totally dig into this retro futuristic design. Wish they made a car like that. Tesla is killing it.
- jasonvorhe 7y agoI think it's the exact opposite: It's sleek, beautiful and futuristic without being pretentious. Good thing is: You won't have to buy it.
- tiglionabbit 7y ago> I love the fact that Tesla are moving away from the boring Yeah that's for Elon's other company.
- dean177 7y agoI think it looks incredible. I love it.
- princeb 7y agofunny because tesla began by making normal looking cars when everyone else were making i3s and Zoes and Leafs. How the tables turn.
- rrtthu 7y agoWell if he's going to use these to go on mars it's got to be functional without anything frivolous.
- smrr723 7y agoApril 1st was my first response too. I mean, seriously? This is ridiculous. Is aerodynamics just out the window now?
- pizzaparty2 7y agoAnd the sides of the bed of the truck come down at an angle so you can't lean over the side to grab something out of the bed or sit on the side of the bed. Strapping things down at an angle like that will be difficult as well. It's tough in unimportant ways but weak when it comes to the bed which is arguably the most important feature of a truck. I think this vehicle is better described as a crossover. For a crossover its not as ugly to me because I'm not hung up on the design decision to neuter the bed. But as a truck it looks like they chose a really terrible looking form over function.
- Spooky23 7y agoIt’s the lovechild of a Honda Ridgeline with a Pontiac Aztec. Vanity truck for old guys. You can’t use it as a work truck as when you damage something, the part will take 3 years to arrive.
- asdf21 7y agoI don't think this meme is as true any more. Source: I've had to do major repairs to my Model S twice now and the parts always arrived within a week.
- Spooky23 7y agoA week is too long to be out of commission -- most parts for a Ford/GM/Dodge/Toyota, especially stuff that gets damaged are <2 hours away for like 10 years. Tesla's vertical model is a liability for a work scenario. My dad loves his Honda Ridgeline. He can put his trash in the bed to take to the dump, put the dogs back there if needed, and tow a lawnmower over to some elderly people he helps out. But it is essentially an "El Camino" hack of a Honda minivan with jacked up suspension. A Tesla work truck would be awesome -- they should sell a cab and shell that a third party can customize.
- duhi88 7y agoI feel like this is aimed as a similar demographic as the Ridgeline is: people who want a lot of flexibility out of their vehicle, but don't need a dedicated workhorse. A friend of mine has a Ridgeline, too. The thing is great. Goes off-road, just about anywhere he wants to go, hauls skiing/camping gear for 4 people with room to spare, hauls 2 motorcycles and a dirt bike in the bed. He's not hauling a horse trailer, or a boat, or following a TRD Pro 4Runner into the desert. If something breaks, he fixes it or rides his second vehicle until he can get it fixed. People are acting like Tesla needs every farmer and construction worker to replace their diesel truck with the Cybertruck. If they didn't replace it with a Ridgeline (or similar unibody truck), the Cybertruck isn't for them.
- eeZah7Ux 7y agoA vehicle out of TRON that carries bags of dirt and pulls a horse wagon. More than ugly, it looks like a parody.
- baud147258 7y agoI agree, it's seems there's too much edge in the design of this vehicle.
- jdnenej 7y agoIt looks like something you would find on Kickstarter by someone with a bit of 3d modelling experience.
- egoisticalgoat 7y agoI really just looks like a car in Playstation 1 era graphics
- loh 7y agoI actually like this design because it's not the same old boring style of nearly every other vehicle these days, but I've always been pretty nonconformist. What really stood out to me is the truck bed and the way the ramp pulls (or folds?) out. It actually seems very sensible and well designed, despite looking like it's trying too hard to be different.
- buildbuildbuild 7y agoThe divisiveness of this design is precisely what will propel its success. It's the coolest production car I've ever seen. And I expect >50% of the population to strongly disagree, mostly people from different generations. "Appalling" designs get free viral marketing; the trick is to still appeal to enough of your target market. This truck gets attention. It's a loud status statement that looks cheap to build, costs less than $50k. Well done Tesla.
- addisonl 7y agoLooks cheap overall.
- Rebelgecko 7y ago>I expect >50% of the population to strongly disagree, mostly people from different generations Out of curiosity, which generations? I'm in my 20s and most of the friends Ive talked to think it's comically ugly.
- _wzsf 7y ago"production car"
- buildbuildbuild 7y agoActually mass produced, not a concept car.
- _wzsf 7y agoThis vehicle, of which Tesla expects to sell at $39k the cheapest model containing $33k of batteries, has definitely been mass-produced.
- closetohome 7y agoThis thread already has more comments than anything I've seen in months. The design is absolutely doing its job as a marketing tool. Some people will love it, some people will hate it, a lot of people are probably just kind of confounded by it but will come to like it after they see a few in person. Either way it's absolutely dominating a news cycle, which isn't easy to do.
- theflyinghorse 7y agoI absolutely love the design! It's so new, so unique, and so bold where as I am not certain I'd be able to tell a ford a chevy and a ram apart without their logos