I think it would be a PR (and stock) disaster for the press to see the 3 as another luxury car. If you have to pay $70K to get a 3 (which is a small-ish car) within the first year or two of production, many deposit holders will feel betrayed. Elon has said he expects the average selling price of the 3 to be $42K IIRC, but who knows the timeline for that average.
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Model X 60D is Gone
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I think it would be a PR (and stock) disaster for the press to see the 3 as another luxury car. If you have to pay $70K to get a 3 (which is a small-ish car) within the first year or two of production, many deposit holders will feel betrayed. Elon has said he expects the average selling price of the 3 to be $42K IIRC, but who knows the timeline for that average.
It makes sense that 60D orders were cannibalizing 75D orders. I certainly would have ordered a 60D if it was available when we bought our 75D. We're usually charging to 60-75% anyway.
Post-sale upgrades were probably minimal. Setting the base model as a 40D or 50D would make the upgrade to 75D more appealing.
FarmerDave
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So you don't think the Model 3 will have options like leather seats, UHFS, metallic paint, larger battery capacity, insane or ludicrous mode, and oh yeah, supercharger access?
I went to truecar.com and spec'd a fully loaded BMW 3 series: biggest engine, all wheel drive, metallic paint, leather, highest end tech. package, and it came to $52K. This wasn't an M, but the context of this discussion is the 3 competing with a Model X 60D, and I wouldn't call the 60D an M competitor. I don't think anyone ordering a 3 with Ludicrous would cross shop the 60D, but even so I can't see even a fully loaded Tesla 3 costing significantly more than a fully loaded BMW 3. The Tesla 3 is not a intended to be a halo car. It's not going to have the same level of extreme price discrimination when it comes to options as X or S, in my opinion, if only because new buyers are going to expect options pricing like the BMW 3 or any other 35K car. They're not going to drive around in cloth when they can have a BMW with leather for less.
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FlatSix911
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Incorrect assumptions ... compare the Model 3 to the performance of the M BMW 3 series
someone at a supercharger told me that the rumors are they won't offer super charging for the model 3...
this is a good article about what may be announced next week and in the coming month or two:
http://seekingalpha.com/article/4011174-nature-teslas-new-product
That WOULD be quite the surprise. Especially since they announced the 3 at the reveal with supercharging capability (albeit paid).
Elon have several times said that Model lll will be able to supercharge but he haven't said that it will be free. If tesla said that Model lll can't use supercharger they would probebly see about half of the reservation disappear and TSLA would fall as a stone. There is just no way that tesla would drop that, its probebly one of Teslas best sale argument that you can use supercharger.
BluestarE3
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Tesla's webpage for the Model 3 states unequivocally that Supercharging will be offered:
Model 3 | Tesla
Seeking Alpha? No thanks, not going there for their clickbait.
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stillageek
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I bet leather WON'T be standard on the Model 3....just like it's optional on BMW 3 series. This thread is about the 60D though.
Of course it won't be standard on the Model 3, it isn't standard on the S or X either.
pjoseph
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i have a saved X60D configuration in my profile that "requires order payment to proceed". The design is not editable but can it be ordered as-is?
Likely going with the S but it is nice to consider the alternative.
Likely going with the S but it is nice to consider the alternative.
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I also had a saved X60D configuration in my profile that only "required payment to proceed". I submitted payment on Saturday(after the X60D was removed from the design studio) without making any changes to the config. The order confirmation came and it was for a 75D! That's pretty uncool if you ask me.
The price went up to the 75D level. That's why it was pretty uncool. If I was just a regular guy who wasn't on the forums it's conceivable that I might not have even noticed it. It's crazy that when you submit the payment on the website that it doesn't show you the config and the price at that time.
You can cancel it for a full refund during the 7-day period. But I agree, not cool. Dissapointing there is no explanation from Tesla about why they would want to limit the 60D adoption.
DrivingTheFuture
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DrivingTheFuture
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We would not have purchased were it not for the discounted 60D option... we plan to upgrade to 75D in a couple months.
