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Re:Tesla's Elon Musk Swipes at Porsche-Buying Bill Gates by dlivingston on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @02:07PM (#22368875)
If you're in the market for the Taycan, you'd probably be in the market for the 2020 Roadster [0]. While it's still in pre-production, these two cars seem to me to be the real competitors (both electric sports cars, with very fast 0-60 and 1/4 mile times, etc.) over something like the Taycan vs. Model S.

[0]: https://www.tesla.com/roadster

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Re:Tesla's Elon Musk Swipes at Porsche-Buying Bill Gates by theluketaylor on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @05:44PM (#22370904)
Porsche has said most of their Taycan customers are existing Porsche customers, so it's more likely someone already has a 911 or Cayman and wants to try an EV.

Taycan Turbo S is certainly priced in Roadster territory, but the 4S trim that just started delivery is right in line with Model S. There will be many people cross shopping Taycan 4S against Model S.

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Re:Tesla's Elon Musk Swipes at Porsche-Buying Bill Gates by anthm1988 on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @02:31PM (#22369117)
One is a real car you can buy, the other isn't.

That's ignoring Tesla's historical issues with fit and finish/quality control.

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Re:Tesla's Elon Musk Swipes at Porsche-Buying Bill Gates by roflchoppa2 on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @03:32PM (#22369750)
cant wait for more competition in the EV space.
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