Re:Tesla Cybertruck
by pault on Friday November 22, 2019 @09:22AM
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The Hummer was also based on a US military vehicle from the gulf war, which gives it a lot of cachet with people who want a powerful (or want to project an image of power) vehicle. I don't doubt a lot of people will buy one of these things, but I don't see it coming anywhere close to the popularity of the hummer.
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I don't know, I think those are exactly the people he's going after with the brutalist look, high tow ratings, nearly 2 ton payload, hardened steel exterior, so on & so forth. He didn't talk about how it was bullet resistant to appease the Model S crowd.
... unless the army starts buying them
The retail Hummer was basically a kit car using a Tahoe/Suburban frame.