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The Hummer was hideous as well, but it sold like pancakes for a time
by okareaman 7y ago
The Hummer was hideous as well, but it sold like pancakes for a time
- pault 7y agoThe Hummer was also based on a US military vehicle from the gulf war, which gives it a lot of cachet with people who want a powerful (or want to project an image of power) vehicle. I don't doubt a lot of people will buy one of these things, but I don't see it coming anywhere close to the popularity of the hummer.
- buboard 7y ago... unless the army starts buying them
- ip26 7y agoI don't know, I think those are exactly the people he's going after with the brutalist look, high tow ratings, nearly 2 ton payload, hardened steel exterior, so on & so forth. He didn't talk about how it was bullet resistant to appease the Model S crowd.
- mbushey 7y agoThe retail Hummer was basically a kit car using a Tahoe/Suburban frame.
- pault 7y agoYes, and people bought it anyway because it was a "Hummer". :)
- scrumbledober 7y agoI think the hummer is a really good comparison here. The ground clearance and low center of gravity of the cybertruck will most likely give it legendary off road capabilities. I can't wait to see some footage of one at moab or something.
- ghaff 7y agoDepends what kind of off-road. A lot of off-road involves fairly narrow tracks and tight spaces. This is a large vehicle compared to, say, a Jeep Wrangler Rubicon.
- frenchyatwork 7y agoThe kind of off-road done by people who think that the ford f-250 is a good off-road vehicle.
- ghaff 7y agoIn fairness, 4x4 pickups do get used (out of necessity) in work situations where the roads can be pretty bad. A lot of oilfield work for example. But that's often a lot different from the sort of off-roading that a lot of people do recreationally where tracks can be really narrow and a short turning radius (and wheelbase) can be really useful.
- erikpukinskis 7y agoCan’t wait to see Kanye blasting through the desert in one of these.