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Dropping the S and X is going to kill the market for them. Who is going to buy a car that they know is getting discontinued?
by reenorap 8mo ago
Dropping the S and X is going to kill the market for them. Who is going to buy a car that they know is getting discontinued?
- jdross 8mo agoIncluding Cybertruck, it's just 2.75% of sales Q4 sales: Model 3 & Model Y: 406,585 deliveries All Other Models (S/X/Cybertruck): 11,642 deliveries
- _1 8mo agoIt's not like they aren't going to support any new purchases.
- smileysteve 8mo agoS launched in 2012. X launched in 2016. Both launched with slow rollouts. Meanwhile, the average car in use today is 13 years old and getting older. (I currently drive a 22 year old car) It definitely turns me off buying a used model S to know it's being discontinued. And if I extrapolate that to the 3/Y, a new purchase. Given my desire for a midsize family sedan, it makes it feel like BMW i4 or Porsche Taycan just won me over in the future.
- rconti 8mo agoI think of the i4 as being more of a Model 3 / BMW 3 series size car, isn't it? The S is more in line with with 5er. I love the way the Taycan CrossTurismo thing looks, but holy hell getting in and out of it is like getting in and out of a sports car. I expect it to be slightly compromised compared to the competition, not.. extremely compromised.
- ebbi 8mo agoCarmakers discontinue models all the time. The support network is still around, and parts will still be produced for a while.
- tapoxi 8mo agoYeah but most companies have a few dozen models, Tesla has 4.
- ebbi 8mo agoGiven the product splits, Model S and X served no further purpose besides taking up production capacity. If that unlocked capacity is used for more Model 3/Y builds or other product lines, then that would be a net positive for the company as opposed to continuing on with S/X for the sake of having product range.