When will the X be deemed classics?
Once they replace the falcon wing doors with something else?
*runs for cover*
Pondering from the cover:
I'm not convinced Model X will get such a designation. It will eventually get a facelift for sure, but I think the usual monikers of original or pre-facelift might stick better for older Model Xs like they do on other cars. It is just that with the A/D (AP1 and "D") announcement Tesla changed so much, yet did not give Model S a facelift or a generational/platform change that usually might go along with it, a different naming was born out that unique circumstance. And perhaps also because the original Model S was so unique in many ways, warranting such a designation... Though still, pre-AP is a usual name for the Classics as well.
I honestly can't see Model X being called classic unless they remove the falcon wings from a subsequent one, then the original with falcon wings might certainly be called that. Otherwise I expect the naming be something akin to: AP1, AP2, AP3, facelift... and eventually first generation grouping all that, second generation being the next-gen Model X platform car... Simply calling an AP1 Model X as Classic would probably be misleading in the community, especially given that Classic already has a pre-AP meaning attached to it...
How I'd describe my first Teslas perhaps some day in the future...
- "I had a Classic Model S." = "I had a first-gen, pre-AP Model S."
- "I had an AP1 Model X (Signature) on order."
- "I now have a first-gen AP2 Model X".
Maybe if they remove the falcon wings later I might reminisce:
- "Yeah, I had one of those classic Model Xs, you know the minivan with the pidgeon wing doors..."