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Isn't that the point of Tesla? Make a luxury electric car so people actually want to have one, then everyone switches to electric?
by nathias 5y ago
Isn't that the point of Tesla? Make a luxury electric car so people actually want to have one, then everyone switches to electric?
- dogma1138 5y agoTesla isn’t a luxury car by any metric other than price tag.
- slver 5y agoTesla isn't a car. What model are you talking about? Roadster is definitely a low volume luxury car. The S and X are also high-end with many high-end features. 3 and Y are mainstream models.
- ryanlol 5y agoThe Roadster does not exist. Model S competes with low end german cars when it comes to luxury, but is priced on the same level with S-class.
- dogma1138 5y agoCompare the Model X/S to even a mid range Audi/BMW/Benz/Volvo.... The Lotus that the roadster was based on isn’t a luxury car, expensive != luxury the lotus Elise just like a TVR is very much a sports/racing like car, it’s selling point is selling “Le Mans” experience to people with enough money to spare not providing a luxurious ride. Driving one whilst definitely is a fun experience isn’t a luxury experience. If you want to see how luxury feels like drive a Porsche estate car like a Panamera/Taycan. Tesla is honestly fucked as a car company unless they will figure out how to deliver luxury at a £100,000 price tag or figure out how to deliver the Model X not the Y at £30,000 because after driving a in a Hyundai Ioniq 5 man Tesla is in trouble. Cars a side they might very well succeed as a battery company however that is almost antithetical to Elon’s persona he likes selling sexy tech and batteries aren’t that sexy.
- slver 5y agoAt this stage Tesla doesn't need or want to deliver luxury vehicles to begin with. It was a stepping stone to mass production. The next step is Model 2 or whatever they call it. Which is a smaller hatchback with lower price. Their other key component is new technologies, like the batteries, self-driving, and so on. I'm not saying they're way ahead, although in some aspects they are. I'm saying what their strategy is. I don't know what you consider luxury honestly. Maybe the interior materials, and so on. None of this matters much on the real market. People want capability.
- hutzlibu 5y agoHow about fast, electric acceleration?
- ryanlol 5y agoSome luxury cars are fast, not all fast cars are luxury cars.
- slver 5y agoWe get it, you believe you have sole authority on deciding what luxury means, and if you're dismissive about something, we just have to go along for no reason other than you said with great confidence. I hope that attitude works great for you in life.
- ryanlol 5y agoLook, I think we both can agree that nobody would describe a mclaren s720 with bucket seats as luxurious. It’s a sports car. These cars are luxuries, but it doesn’t make sense to refer them to as luxury cars unless they’re actually luxurious. Otherwise every single expensive car would be a luxury car, F1 cars would be luxury cars.
- slver 5y agoThe category is literally called "luxury sports cars". And they're a luxury. But they're not luxury. Got it. Thank you for your insight.
- ryanlol 5y agoBy whom? Googling that term shows that it’s not widely used and brings up cars like aston martin vantage and bentley continental gt, which are certainly luxurious and could reasonably (the bentley less so) be described as sports cars. Can you find anyone that isn’t a SEO copywriter calling stripped down mclarens that way?
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- nathias 5y agoI drive a $300 car so my standards of luxury are fairly low.