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ummgood
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FlatSix911
Porsche 918 Hybrid
Correct ... oversaturated color on the Tesla Model 3 Silver Prototype spotted at the Fremont factory [Gallery]
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alseTrick
Active Member
To the person who said the matte colors look like boy racer cars I used to think so until I saw them on the new Mercedes. They are truly elegant. I wouldn't want one on my own car because it would drive me nuts but if I barely drove the car and was retired and had time to take care of it I would definitely consider it. I wouldn't want black though. Maybe grey or white...
Zero chance they look like that in real life/real light/non-photoshopped photos.
ummgood
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ccutrer
Active Member
Lucky. I think odds are pretty good that the first Model 3 I see in real life will be my own. At the least I'll have confirmed my configuration before I see one.
melindav
☰ 2018
I think Ummgood was talking to seeing cars with factory matte paint.... but agree with your comment on seeing M3s. Outside of the areas around the Tesla facilities, mule sightings will be like unicorns.
Although, do home Tesla has some reservation holder events similar to what there were for the X, so we know what we are getting into by the time config invites are expected.
ccutrer
Active Member
Oh yep. Helps when I expand the post he's replying to.
As for X events - there wasn't one in Utah, maybe there will be for the 3, due to more buyers of the 3. Of course, even the X events were a few months after first deliveries.
I belive that one of the reasons that Tesla hold event there Model X reservation holders was able to test the car was that many didn't want to confirm until they have tested the car. When the design studio open you will likely be place in production queue earlier the faster you confirm and when they open the design studio I belive that it will be many that confirm even if they haven't seen the car. This means that is you reserved early but want to see the car in person first you will have to except that you will lose many place and if unlucky miss some of the federal tax credit.
swengl
Member
Apparently, a black (possibly matte) test mule was spotted around Williamsburg, VA today. I wonder who was driving?
BluestarE3
Active Member
The still relatively rare Model X is sometimes misidentified as the Model 3. It doesn't look exactly like a Model S (which people are familiar with), but is definitely a Tesla vehicle of some sort, so people surmise it must be the Model 3.
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FlatSix911
Porsche 918 Hybrid
Sighted at the GigaFactory grand opening event this week 
Tesla Model 3 rare red prototype displayed at the Tesla Gigafactory [Gallery]
Tesla Model 3 rare red prototype displayed at the Tesla Gigafactory [Gallery]
swengl
Member
It's possible, but my source has seen pictures of both and stated that it looked like the new Model S, only smaller. Maybe someone else will see it and verify
BluestarE3
Active Member
If it looked like the new Model S, then it must have had a moustache, since that's the most distinctive feature differentiating it from the classic Model S with its black nosecone. The Model X also has a moustache. The Model 3, on the other hand, is clean-shaven. The taller height of the Model X changes the aspect ratio of the car and makes seem like a shorter/chubbier Model S, which could be misconstrued as the shorter Model 3.It's possible, but my source has seen pictures of both and stated that it looked like the new Model S, only smaller. Maybe someone else will see it and verify
The best way to tell for sure is to snap a photo of the car and posting it for others to review and analyze.
swengl
Member
I agree. My friend said that the car went by too fast for him to snag a picture. Sounds like a Tesla, though doesn't it? He's ridden in my S before, so he's seen one close up. He was adamant that it wasn't an S. We will see if anyone else spots it.
McHoffa
CyberOwners
Has he seen the new S? Seeing one in person driving down the road makes me look twice, and I've looked at a billion pictures of them.
That picture is wild. It's like a movie set. Everyone has been "ooh and aah" at the car only to find out it's just a shell with some steel framing and plywood.
I wonder how the inside looks, probably similar to the early Model S mockup with raised floor and fixed steering wheel I remember seeing a while back (I can't find the picture now...).
sickfox
Member
Too bad no one took a picture of the interior. Might have a hole at the bottom like the Flinstones...
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