Gen III name confirmed

[snooper77]

From the official tweet, it's not clear if it's going to be "3" or "III"

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The 3rd generation car will be called "Model 3" as per the tweet, what's not clear about this?

 

[stopcrazypp]

The 3rd generation car will be called "Model 3" as per the tweet, what's not clear about this?

The article has this quote from Elon:

The new model is going to be called Model III, we’ll have three bars to represent it and it’ll be S III X!

So it seems Elon says it'll be "Model III", even thought the tweet says "Model 3"

 

[Tasdevil]

400 mile roadster sounds good.
I hope there's a 400mile Gen3 option. Or more

 

[sjoshuaj]

could be going with numbers for the low end cars. So model 3 and Model 4.

Still spells sexy...

 

[Curt Renz]

Don't know if you guys saw this but the Gen III will be named the Model III.

Roman numeral problem: Model III means Model Three thus implying that Model X means Model Ten.

 

[DITB]

Roman numeral problem: Model III means Model Three thus implying that Model X means Model Ten.

Good point!

 

[physicsfita]

I think the author got the idea wrong, the quote from Elon was "three bars" -- he didn't say vertical or horizontal. Three horizontal bars would look like "3" as much as they do "E", and gets Elon his "S3X". As an added bonus, the number three in Chinese and Japanese is three horizontal bars, so that would be a nice nod to those markets.

 

[TEG]

I think the author got the idea wrong, the quote from Elon was "three bars" -- he didn't say vertical or horizontal. Three horizontal bars would look like "3" as much as they do "E"...

 

[timf]

Tesla trademarked "Model 3", not "Model III". I would think if the intent was to use roman numerals, it would have been trademarked that way. Thus, the identical looking E/3 horizontal bars is likely what he was referring to.

 

[NigelM]

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And Tesla came out afterwards and "corrected it" on Twitter:

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

3 bars = I I I ~sound= "E"

The 3 bar thing could quite possibly a Musk joke.

 

[Curt Renz]

I realize that the company is dominated by engineers, but they really should seek advice from marketers or language experts regarding the names for car models. In my opinion, they need to come up with names that are sexier for advertisements of mass market cars aimed at younger members of the middle and working classes, rather than the bland designations engineers typically give to prototypes or luxury cars. Henry Ford was an engineer who originally gave his car models stark names like Model T. Eventually he bowed to marketers suggesting more attractive names.

 

[green1]

I realize that the company is dominated by engineers, but they really should seek advice from marketers or language experts regarding the names for car models. In my opinion, they need to come up with names that are sexier for advertisements of mass market cars aimed at younger members of the middle and working classes, rather than the bland designations engineers typically give to prototypes or luxury cars. Henry Ford was an engineer who originally gave his car models stark names like Model T. Eventually he bowed to marketers suggesting more attractive names.

I'm not sure what premium cars you're comparing to, but Mercedes has names like "S" "E" "M" "G" etc, BMW has "3 series" "5 series" "7 series" etc, Lexus has "ES" "IS" "LX" "GS" etc... so I don't think that Tesla is alone in the "boring" camp here, in fact, it seems that mostly it's the boring cars that have the fancy names "prius" "taurus" "explorer" "accent" not the premium ones. When looking at high end stuff, sometimes less really is more.

 

[Curt Renz]

I'm not sure what premium cars you're comparing to, but Mercedes has names like "S" "E" "M" "G" etc, BMW has "3 series" "5 series" "7 series" etc, Lexus has "ES" "IS" "LX" "GS" etc... so I don't think that Tesla is alone in the "boring" camp here, in fact, it seems that mostly it's the boring cars that have the fancy names "prius" "taurus" "explorer" "accent" not the premium ones. When looking at high end stuff, sometimes less really is more.

Isn't that essentially what I wrote? Did you read the entire paragraph? Perhaps I should have made it clearer that I was referring only to the names of future mass market models like the Model 3 that is the subject of this thread.

 

[ElSupreme]

I realize that the company is dominated by engineers, but they really should seek advice from marketers or language experts regarding the names for car models. In my opinion, they need to come up with names that are sexier for advertisements of mass market cars aimed at younger members of the middle and working classes, rather than the bland designations engineers typically give to prototypes or luxury cars. Henry Ford was an engineer who originally gave his car models stark names like Model T. Eventually he bowed to marketers suggesting more attractive names.

Like the Cruise? Oh wait marketers purposefully misspelled that. (Maybe it is a SEO thing, but it still looks dumb)
Perhaps something like Armada. Our SUV is about the same as an entire fleet of warships. That seems legit.

Honestly I don't think marketers always are the best people to come up with names. Lots of times they are asinine.

 

[Curt Renz]

Honestly I don't think marketers always are the best people to come up with names. Lots of times they are asinine.

Often that may be true. Perhaps a contest among Tesla shareholders and car owners to suggest the names of new models.

 

[brianman]

Tesla Bolt might be interesting. Downside is confusion with Chevy. Upside is the association with lightning and with sprinting (even before recent Olympics).

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

Tesla Bolt might be interesting. Downside is confusion with Chevy. Upside is the association with lightning and with sprinting (even before recent Olympics).

Never be associated with a professional athlete, especially in a sport that tests the limits of performance.

 

[NigelM]

Tesla Bolt might be interesting. Downside is confusion with Chevy. Upside is the association with lightning and with sprinting (even before recent Olympics).

Those of us with kids think of:

But in any case Tesla has decided on "Model 3"....for now.....

 

[Ocelot]

I like it. easy to remember.
No need for marketers.
Mercedes names confuse me still, BMW is getting more confusing...keep it simple.