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“Tesla not only beat all US luxury automakers on car sales for 2022 as a whole, but also beat them by a ridiculous margin. BMW was the former champ, and while i
by hindsightbias 3y ago
“Tesla not only beat all US luxury automakers on car sales for 2022 as a whole, but also beat them by a ridiculous margin. BMW was the former champ, and while its sales dropped by over 5% year over year, Tesla's sales grew by more than a whopping 40%.”
https://insideevs.com/news/652873/tesla-tops-bmw-us-luxury-car-sales-2022/ https://insideevs.com/news/652873/tesla-tops-bmw-us-luxury-c...
If you’re pummeling Toyota with a luxy model, the rest are just fluff.
- Retric 3y agoTesla isn’t a luxury brand. EV batteries introduce a price premium but the Model 3 is targeting Hyundai buyers not BMW buyers. Just look at the Ionic 5 price point.
- hindsightbias 3y agoThe industry disagrees with you https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a42938734/tesla-best-selling-luxury-brand-2022/ https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a42938734/tesla-best-selli... https://www.kbb.com/car-news/tesla-is-americas-best-selling-luxury-automaker/ https://www.kbb.com/car-news/tesla-is-americas-best-selling-... https://www.motortrend.com/cars/tesla/model-y/ https://www.motortrend.com/cars/tesla/model-y/ I don’t see Hyundais in Palo Alto. I see Teslas. Perhaps you consider valley middle class.
- Retric 3y agoThere’s strong disagreement around that the model S and X might qualify as luxury cars but are missing many common characteristics like the degree of sound isolation. Some people talk about pricing, but you can spend 6 figures on a ford 150 which isn’t a Luxury brand. https://carbuzz.com/news/lucid-delays-production-says-tesla-isnt-a-luxury-brand https://carbuzz.com/news/lucid-delays-production-says-tesla-...