Sunshine State
Automotive Enthusiast
No I was talking about the huge event 5 months ago where they displayed the final production model 3 cars, envied the journalists and gave test drives in the production cars. Ironically journalists actually, on video, remarked about the alcantara headliners and door panels, would have been a great opportunity then to say we are replacing the alcantara with fabric. I’m familiar with show cars being concept cars and that is why normal manufacturers are careful to call them concept or show cars so as not to mislead potential buyers. When refering to a car as final production that is the car that is to be for sale to the public. There certainly would have been complaints from journalists not being invited but if you were not already predisposed to give a rave review you would not be on the guest list. I can’t fault Tesla for that.I should have been more clear. As far as I know, very few journalists received a production Model 3 for review. Perhaps you're referring to the Model 3 reveal a couple years back? Those were preproduction vehicles. It's common for things to change between a reveal and the launch. (Just ask me about Model X .
If I missed a recent event for journalists, I apologize. It's entirely possible. I just saw so many complaining they couldn't get a car to review.
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