March Model 3 Unveil just drawings? No actual car? Disappointed.
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Trev Page
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I'm on vacation at the moment and my rental car is a 2015 Toyota Prius. It's been a long time since I've driven a sedan with a low ceiling but I have to say, visibility out the front is horrible. The windshield ends too soon as the cross brace hinders my vision and I can't always see the street signals overhead. Given Model X I'd like to see that windshield size on Model 3. I'd gladly give up the sunroof for that!!
S3XY
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I agree. It's likely the final production car details will be different from this Tesla concept drawing. The overall scale and size should be about the same. The Model 3 seems to combine elements from both the S and the X. It's difficult to tell from the drawing, but it looks like the rear will open like an S. I like it.
stopcrazypp
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Nice job trying to throw smoke and mirrors. This is a concept drawing of the Model X from 2012:
http://www.parismatch.com/Vivre/Automobile/Tesla-Model-X-le-SUV-qui-a-du-jus-443041
JRP3
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Elon should start the presentation by only showing a photo just to troll everyone... Then roll out the car after.
I predict a car like normal, and then "promo shots" like what you see on the model S/X pages officially released on the website is what he meant when he said that
I predict a car like normal, and then "promo shots" like what you see on the model S/X pages officially released on the website is what he meant when he said that
Sudre
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Where's the like button. I'd go as far as Elon going on for 5 minutes with a boring slide show! LOL
Red Sage
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People realize pmadflyer pointed that out yesterday, right?
This thread is full of almost nothing but speculation. It's good entertainment, but try not to take things so seriously.
JRP3
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Of course, Stop just provided proof.
You made a statement that the unclear drawing you posted was "a smaller version of the Model S", which it was not.
stealthology
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TeslaMundo on the Model 3 Reveal:
When MPG becomes MEH | TeslaMondo
Yesterday, Tesla told Bloomberg to expect a "really great update" late next month regarding Model 3.
Really great update? Why can't you just say you're going to unveil it like you did in previous shareholder letters? Tesla trying to mess with us? :/
Edit: here is a Road & Track article from 2/2. R&T reached out for clarification on this stupid 'pictures' thing and were told by Tesla to expect an update in a week or two (presumably earnings call). Why so secret, Tesla? Why not call it an unveil?
Tesla's Model 3 Reveal Next Month Won't Show the Whole Car
When MPG becomes MEH | TeslaMondo
Yesterday, Tesla told Bloomberg to expect a "really great update" late next month regarding Model 3.
Really great update? Why can't you just say you're going to unveil it like you did in previous shareholder letters? Tesla trying to mess with us? :/
Edit: here is a Road & Track article from 2/2. R&T reached out for clarification on this stupid 'pictures' thing and were told by Tesla to expect an update in a week or two (presumably earnings call). Why so secret, Tesla? Why not call it an unveil?
Tesla's Model 3 Reveal Next Month Won't Show the Whole Car
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Mark Z
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The benefit is the free advertisement Tesla Motors receives with the "photo only" news stories circulating around.
If only photos and drawings are shown, perhaps some potential buyers of Model 3 will switch to what they can see: Model S and Model X.
If only photos and drawings are shown, perhaps some potential buyers of Model 3 will switch to what they can see: Model S and Model X.
If they are not going to show the car then they can't take reservations. Better to delay it then I think. There is too much vague stuff going on now that assuming with 100% probability there will be a real car at the unveil is hard to do.
WarpedOne
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Not really as the vagueness comes from Tesla. The thread starter yes, but now there has been other vague statements.
No, it does not. The "vagueness" comes from journalists that quote an answer Elon gave in a meeting, but "forgot" to quote what the question was. When you know the question then the answer is in no way vague. Yes, they will show a car - not only pictures. And the first pictures of the car will be from the unveiling - as Elon did say. The car they will be showing is a alpha prototype, not a vague "concept" car. But it will be some differences between the prototype and the production version.
Anything else is at this moment just FUD and pointless speculations.
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JRP3
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Well this is pretty vague:
I think a reasonable person would have expected her to say something like "Everyone is going to see it at the end of March." Talk about it? Really great update?
I think a reasonable person would have expected her to say something like "Everyone is going to see it at the end of March." Talk about it? Really great update?
roblab
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You are too funny. I put down $40,000 on a Tesla no one had seen, three and a half years before it was delivered. So did a lot of other people. You CAN take reservations. And the company was a lot less sure at that time than it is now.
All the people out there now that have no faith, no hope, want to see Tesla fail, they won't take out a reservation until they can drive the car for themselves. Or maybe not until they see it on a franchised dealer's lot. It must be like it always was for the last hundred years.
Fear. Uncertainty. Doubt.
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