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Model X is just a badly designed car, it needs to be taken out to the back and shot. But I feel it just earns them too much money from the people trying to sho
by ryzvonusef 5y ago
Model X is just a badly designed car, it needs to be taken out to the back and shot.
But I feel it just earns them too much money from the people trying to show off the dancing falcon doors to scrap it.
- chrisseaton 5y agoThey need the Model X, because the squat, flat 'sedan' body style of all their other cars seems very out of date these days. They do it for air resistance I think, but most people want a much more upright car.
- blitzar 5y ago> the squat, flat 'sedan' body style of all their other cars seems very out of date these days In the non american world, where "trucks" are not a daily commuter, a sedan is not out of date. Nor is a hatchback, nor is a ferrari. The family wagon, truck and hybrid truck/suv have been an out of date style for the last 50 years in the developed world.
- ramphastidae 5y agoSUVs have not been around for 50 years …
- googlerx 5y agoSure they have. Chevy Blazer and Ford Bronco came out in the late 60s.
- ramphastidae 5y agoWow, you’re right! I had no idea. Thanks. 1965 Ford Bronco: https://images.app.goo.gl/P4seF3jQfQfs69oL9 https://images.app.goo.gl/P4seF3jQfQfs69oL9
- ImPostingOnHN 5y agothe person you are replying to never said otherwise
- ramphastidae 5y agoHmm, I must had misunderstood then, my bad. When they said trucks and SUVs have been out of style for 50 years … that to me implied that they were around 50 years ago (how can something that doesn’t exist go out of style? :))
- ImPostingOnHN 5y agoIt seems the root of the misunderstanding is interpreting the slash (/) as "and", when it really means "and/or", in this case, or
- chrisseaton 5y ago> suv have been an out of date style for the last 50 years
- blitzar 5y ago"SUV" is a marketting term that came into common use in the 80's in America. There is no commonly agreed-upon definition of an SUV, and usage of the term varies between countries. Thus, it is "a loose term that traditionally covers a broad range of vehicles with four-wheel drive." As such I am happy to claim, given there is no formal definition of what is and what isnt an SUV; that they dont exist at all, if only wishing made it so. If one wants to claim they do indeed exist - there are plenty of examples from the 1940s and 1950's. “Sport utility vehicle” appeared for the first time in 1974 in the brochure of the first-generation Cherokee. So by the measure of marketing material, they have not been around 50 years, they have been around 47 years.
- chrisseaton 5y agoWhat do you mean by out of date then? They're the best selling form-factor in many countries aren't they? And it's not a US thing - the Germans, French, and British are also more and more switching their focus to the SUV form-factor.
- MrApathy 5y agoBut they have! The Ford Bronco was introduced in 1965. The Jeep Cherokee arrived in 1974. I remember seeing a lot of them as a kid, though if I had to pinpoint the start of the SUV craze, it would probably be closer to 1990 when the Ford Explorer first came to market.
- ahartmetz 5y agoI guess people just want to sit high. SUVs waste a lot of vertical space on a raised floor. Really bad for driving dynamics, but hey, you sit high.
- piaste 5y agoYeah, I'm going to be looking for a new car in 2-3 years probably, but I have absolutely zero interest in SUVs and crossovers, so the market is looking more and more dire every year. If I need an electric (most likely), and unless my finances improve sharply to include luxury models, I will probably be able to count my options on one hand.