Model 3 skateboard chassis to be available separately?

[Two9A]

At least one site seems to believe that the skateboard will be available for general purchase, to allow people to build their own bodies over the top and/or transplant bodies from other cars.

Now, I can't buy a 3 because I live in a... troubled area of England; I could, however, buy an old rust-bucket Toyota and fit a Tesla skateboard underneath without having to worry about the safety of the car when parked overnight. Can anyone confirm that this is a thing Tesla will be offering?

If it is, I'd buy one tomorrow (or at least, as soon as it's available).

 

[Todd Burch]

Almost certainly not true.

 

[Metalbird]

Motorchase got their info from CarAdvice and that article was their April Fools joke.

 

[Two9A]

So I suppose I'll have to buy a 3 when they enter CPO, and tear the body off... I wonder how possible that is to do, while retaining the seats and other interior features.

 

[tga]

So I suppose I'll have to buy a 3 when they enter CPO, and tear the body off... I wonder how possible that is to do, while retaining the seats and other interior features.

Or hit it with a hammer a bunch of times, and sand off some paint and let it rust. Make your own rustbucket Toyota.

Or move...

 

[Dithermaster]

I for one would welcome a return to an age of bespoke coachworks. A skateboard chassis could really enable this. If they are not offered, they will be obtained by chopping off the factory body or adding to it (case in point: Will.i.am's clever car).