Here's a few artist imagined renders, and to be honest, they would be a lot less likely to get an April 1st calendar check reaction:
- https://inteng-storage.s3.amazonaws.com/img/iea/JYG0mpkD61/s...
- https://www.teslarati.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/tesla-p...
Whether it looks hideous or not would still depend on personal preferences though. I like the fact that it looks, well like a concept car, but it isn't.
Absolutely bizarre.
The concept renders both assume, which we all did, that Tesla would remain consistent with a design language that's been successful.
This truck gets attention. It's a loud status statement that looks cheap to build, costs less than $50k. Well done Tesla.
Some people will love it, some people will hate it, a lot of people are probably just kind of confounded by it but will come to like it after they see a few in person.
Either way it's absolutely dominating a news cycle, which isn't easy to do.
Out of curiosity, which generations? I'm in my 20s and most of the friends Ive talked to think it's comically ugly.
What really stood out to me is the truck bed and the way the ramp pulls (or folds?) out. It actually seems very sensible and well designed, despite looking like it's trying too hard to be different.
It's tough in unimportant ways but weak when it comes to the bed which is arguably the most important feature of a truck.
I think this vehicle is better described as a crossover. For a crossover its not as ugly to me because I'm not hung up on the design decision to neuter the bed. But as a truck it looks like they chose a really terrible looking form over function.
You can’t use it as a work truck as when you damage something, the part will take 3 years to arrive.
Source: I've had to do major repairs to my Model S twice now and the parts always arrived within a week.
My dad loves his Honda Ridgeline. He can put his trash in the bed to take to the dump, put the dogs back there if needed, and tow a lawnmower over to some elderly people he helps out. But it is essentially an "El Camino" hack of a Honda minivan with jacked up suspension.
A Tesla work truck would be awesome -- they should sell a cab and shell that a third party can customize.
A friend of mine has a Ridgeline, too. The thing is great. Goes off-road, just about anywhere he wants to go, hauls skiing/camping gear for 4 people with room to spare, hauls 2 motorcycles and a dirt bike in the bed.
He's not hauling a horse trailer, or a boat, or following a TRD Pro 4Runner into the desert. If something breaks, he fixes it or rides his second vehicle until he can get it fixed.
People are acting like Tesla needs every farmer and construction worker to replace their diesel truck with the Cybertruck. If they didn't replace it with a Ridgeline (or similar unibody truck), the Cybertruck isn't for them.
Good thing is: You won't have to buy it.
Yeah that's for Elon's other company.
How the tables turn.
More than ugly, it looks like a parody.
I love the fact that Tesla are moving away from the boring, middle of the road designs of their previous models.
But this.... this is just hideous.
It doesn’t look tough or futuristic; it looks like something a 10 year old designed, and no, that’s not a good thing.