The Model 3 is the best selling luxury car in the US. Outselling tons of SUVs, in a US auto climate where the biggest automakers are ditching cars altogether in favor of SUVs.

I'd say that counts as "economically realistic", even if it doesn't meet your further-back goalpost of "best bang for the buck". If the Model 3 isn't economically realistic, someone should tell that to Audi and BMW and Cadillac and Mercedes-Benz.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/08/teslas-model-3-was-2018s-bes...