Re:Jaguar and Audi SUVs Fail to Dent Tesla’s Electric-Car Do...
by mjamesaustin on Monday August 19, 2019 @11:13AM
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Tesla's cars utterly dominate the sales charts for every segment they are in. If they're only being bought as a niche car, then I guess every other luxury automaker's cars are even more niche.
As an owner of a Model 3, I will say that it isn't just a really great car, it's the best car I've ever owned or driven. There are SO MANY different elements of the car-owning experience Tesla redesigned to make dramatically better for the user, not to mention the incredible performance of the car.
Re:Jaguar and Audi SUVs Fail to Dent Tesla’s Electric-Car Do...
by eldenbishop on Monday August 19, 2019 @01:09PM
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I've driven nothing but BMW for the last decade and several of my friends now drive Teslas. I can't think of a single aspect other than subjective preference for rear-wheel drive bias where the BMW is any better than the Tesla. And it is objectively worse on a number of easily measurable factors. Anyone who thinks these cars are not fantastic is in denial. Are they perfect? Of course not. But on virtually any measurable scale they absolutely blow their competition out of the water at their price-point.
Re:Jaguar and Audi SUVs Fail to Dent Tesla’s Electric-Car Do...
by hbarka on Monday August 19, 2019 @10:49AM
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Despite the false narratives like this, Tesla really is a great car to drive.
https://youtu.be/xpFe8k1vjcg
The Model 3 is basically an upscale take on a page out of the FCA playbook. It's a straight line rocket with a middle of the road interior crowned by a massive touchscreen.
Don't get me wrong, there's definitively something to be said for that but Tesla does not make good all around vehicles.
Tesla make vehicles that excel at a few things and are mediocre in most other regards. If they were great all around vehicles upper class suburbanites would be buying them as general daily drivers instead of task specific cars (commuting in this case), a market segment currently filled by the station wagon/crossover/small suv spectrum. For reasons that are outside the scope of this comment, I think Tesla is wise to build sedans for upscale buyers rather than enter the crossover and compact car free-for all.