Peteski
Active Member
I honestly don’t think most buyers of these cars are that well informed. They simply make the assumption that the P is much quicker and are probably not even aware of the LR boost option. So I doubt it makes much difference to sales.I wonder how many P sales the LR Boost has "robbed" Tesla of. There must be people on the fence though thought they might be disappointed with the LR performance who buy it anyway knowing they have that option ( and then probably don't use it) I guess Tesla must have figured its worth it but given the price difference between the two is mainly profit as far as we can tell i'm surprised they don't like offer it only after a year or something to minimise the affect on sales.
I also wonder how much value it will add. Cant be near its full value since any owner can add it any time. Or would it be like some ICE mods car and drop the value since people will assume the previous owner was a hooligan!. Does it impact insurance costs?
It is interesting that Tesla totally hide the LR boost option when ordering a new car. It only becomes available once the car is delivered. If it was an option when ordering then more people would be aware and maybe then it would have some affect on P vs LR sales. Then there’s the exaggerated roll-out 0-60 time on the P to make it look like more of a difference. If they quoted a like-for-like 0-60 time for the LR and LR+ on their website then some people might think twice about the P, given the price difference.