It's amazing how many we're asked that question while filling up t gas stations.... Don't think this one likes Tesla's image much:
Funnily enough, about 10% of the people who ask about my car think it's a Lotus Elise. About 15% actually know it's a Tesla. About 50% think it's a Ferrari. Probably because it's red.
Sounded a lot like how many of us here talk about Karma. I think there's just a lot of "not one of us" mentality in human nature. Cue the Life of Brian "splitters!" clip...
I see it more like sibling rivalry. I don't think most Lotus owners can be too angry at Tesla given all the Lotus DNA in it.
I've learned the hard way that a lot of Lotus owners don't like Tesla. It surprised me at first. I like their cars. I think they feel like we're stealing their show. And I guess we are!:smile:
About 60 percent of the questions I get are, is it a Lotus? 25 percent are Is it all electric (I have a cool "electric" sticker on the rear taillight) to promote conversation. The rest are what is it? or Ferrari?...
tonight someone asked whether my car was a tesla then noted approvingly that i had the "panorama roof" (presumably they meant the fisker panorama roof.)
Probably a bit more than this. There's also a live and let live sentiment, but with Fisker, Tesla seems to get tarred with their brush, and with Lotus, they're likely losing a cool factor to Tesla. So there's a little negativity there as well. On re-read, I don't think I explained that properly, but I'll give myself a pass due to lack of sleep
I read the whole thread over there. A (very) few folks seemed upset. Most seemed just amused. Such as: I've been asked if my Roadster was a Lotus. One young guy asked if it was a Maserati. Later I looked up Maserati on the web and couldn't find anything that looked remotely like my car. But a surprising number of people know what it is. The most common question I get is "What is that?" and the next most common is "Is that a Tesla?"
Ironically the paint job on that Maserati looks like a big orange Tesla 'T' logo on the front hood...
First question: 50% = What kinda car is that? 25% = How fast does it go? 10% = Is that a Lotus? 10% = Is that a Telsa? 5% = Is that a Tesla?