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About 1 in 5 Model S cars coming off the Tesla assembly line headed to Europe last year. They're not starting from nothing; the Model S was the best-selling car
by dangrossman 13y ago
About 1 in 5 Model S cars coming off the Tesla assembly line headed to Europe last year. They're not starting from nothing; the Model S was the best-selling car of any make in Norway, and has sold at least hundreds of units into 6 European countries. Small numbers compared to the incumbents, but certainly high enough to matter to Tesla which only sells some thousands of cars each quarter.
- kalms 13y agoI get the feeling it's doing fine in Denmark as well. Seeing them more and more each day.
- arethuza 13y agoI was just curious about whether Tesla have achieved something that has failed other US manufacturers - create a car that appeals in the US home market and in Europe.
- pjc50 13y agoTesla lack the traditional ugliness and fuel inefficiency of US cars; the model S looks like a Jaguar but is cheap to run. Nor is it too large.
- arethuza 13y agoI was trying to be diplomatic about why I thought US car models hadn't traditional done well in Europe.... :-)
- gambiting 13y ago"traditional" US cars - so massive SUVs and trucks with 7.0L V8 engines are not popular because of their sheer size(a car which is "normal" by US standards, like Dodge Ram, can barely fit on an average UK street), fuel economy and insurance - people buy cars with tiny engines like 1.2/1.6L partially because they are more efficient,but also because owning a car with a >2.0L engine would make your insurance and road tax huge(and I am saying that as a person who used to own a 4.4L V8 car in the UK).
- rayiner 13y agoA Dodge Ram is not a "normal" sized car even in the U.S., and will be quite out of place in say Philadelphia.
- sp332 13y agoI know a bunch of people who drive Ford F-150's as their primary vehicle, including commuting and just driving around on weekends.
- gregpilling 13y agoRams are the fifth best selling passenger vehicle in the US. http://www.autoblog.com/2014/01/06/top-10-best-selling-vehicles-2013/ http://www.autoblog.com/2014/01/06/top-10-best-selling-vehic... . As the owner of one, I do agree it can be hard to park.
- brc 13y agoM62 engine FTW!
- thrownaway2424 13y agoYou mean like the Ford Focus, which sells more units in Europe every year than Tesla has made, ever?
- thrownaway2424 13y agoC'mon. Tesla was the "best selling car" due to delivering years worth of orders all in the 2nd half of last year, and topped the sales figures only if you aggregate them by model rather than make. Even in the months where the S was the top selling model, Ford sold more cars in Norway than Tesla.