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FredLambert
Member
Someone offered $15k for my boss' regular reservation. $10k profit for what I estimate might be a month or 2 of wait. She said no. Go figure...
MartinAustin
Active Member
Some thoughts:
Tesla only wants to gather option selections at this point. Which means that the other parts of the pictures that don't have options on them (e.g. center console) could be revealed to be different later. I don't think they are obliged to reveal every aspect of the car yet, and some of these photos may be photoshopped to disguise things - like extra features that will be included in Signature cars at no cost, but they don't want to reveal yet.
* My theory - the rear spoiler deploys when you put the car into Drive or Reverse. This is why they call it an "automatically retracting spoiler" and not an "automatically deploying spoiler." (Rather like the auto high-beam, which are in fact auto-dipping headlights.) In this way, you're never without a center brake light when you need it... but it is obscured when the spoiler is retracted. IMO this is not as elegant as it could have been. Why didn't they just put the center brake light at the top of the hatch, like the Model S ? You know, product family similarity an' all?
* No grab handles visible yet... I'm concerned what they think passengers will hold onto in this SUV when the vehicle is being flung around with Ludicrous aplomb.
* No obvious hooks/place to hang your dry-cleaning, though the available photos are admittedly scant
* Middle row seats have built-in seatbelts, a la Mercedes, very nice.
* Middle row seats slide forward and turn downwards, IMO, like Gtoffo's graphic. They're at a 30-degree tilt or so when fully pushed forward. In addition to allowing easier ingress to the 3rd row, this will allow for some of the "Magic Seat" vertical storage height that the Honda Fit has, for example.
* Nice that they are allowing you to see your external paint colour choice at the same time as the interior seat colour choice. If I recall correctly, the Model S Design Studio does not allow for this. (nice job web guys)
* Ventilated and cooled seats - I would love these in the front of my Model S
Not sure they can hook up the cooling though - but ventilation, and the new shape which I now dub "3rd Gen Seats" - look very comfortable. These may be the retrofittable front seats I purchase, if they become available.* no cup holders for the middle row seats? Doesn't make sense. I looked in the opened falcon wing doors photo... saw nothing there.
* I think there will be a different, "basic" middle row seat option. These are the "Captain's" chairs if you will. Perhaps the basic seats will fold differently.
* You can't choose cloth for the Signature seats? Not everyone wants animal skin.
* I saw the overhead pic with two-colour seats... nice. Will make for lots of variety.
fengshui
Member
More observations.
Item A in the picture is part of the support structure. It will not move when the seats adjust forward.
What is item B? Is that the hinge for the seats? Is that a permanent item? I could see that if the seats fold straight forward, but most other presentations would result in that piece sticking up into the lay-flat space.
Drucifer
Active Member
Tesla just wanted to make the blowouts and bent rims even more expensive. (the sheer amount is tire and rim repairs they do cover their service centers operating costs and keeps them in business).
ariporad
Member
Interesting: Model S Design Studio | Tesla Motors redirects to the Model S design studio. It used to go back to Model X home page.
Who wants to bet the files are available for the full model, somewhere hidden under that directory? Including a front picture
Well, after some digging, I found out that the Model S keeps it's stuff under something like http://my.teslamotors.com/sites/default/...
I wrote some code to check every possible URL, but I'm not sure if it's legal, but if you want to run it (or someone can tell me it's legal), I'll happily give you the code.
Expecting magic is in my book a setup for disappointment
Given the one image we saw think the second seat will pivot forward and headrests may fold/pivot too to create a flat surface; but I'm not dwelling on the alternatives too much, it's not too actionable. I'm just now looking forward to the trickle of surprises popcorn in hand, so to speak.
(Where's AnxietyRanger when we need him.. to do the real-time analysis of the implications of every pixel!)
It definitely would appear that the second row seats slide forward and "submarine" themselves under the front seats... The back of the front seats appear to be an exact match for the contours of the second-row seats in that configuration.
That would make it easy to get in and out of the rear seats, and would allow you a ton of storage space without the hassle of removing the seats. A really smart idea from my perspective.
they better give you more than just a back massage for them to be "awesome". else they just look like regular seats to me. whoopeeeeeeeeeee
Not sure what you mean on Item A. That's part of the seat and will move with it.
Item B is the seat belt buckles
Mark Z
Active Member
For those who need a refresh of what the Model X looked like at the Battery Swap event in Hawthorne, scroll down for some photos:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mark-z/albums/72157634244799318
A lot of differences that could result in a fascinating behind the scenes design story to be revealed if Model X is identical to the Design Studio images.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mark-z/albums/72157634244799318
A lot of differences that could result in a fascinating behind the scenes design story to be revealed if Model X is identical to the Design Studio images.
Hogfighter
Professional Lurker
fengshui
Member
A: It's not part of the seat. Look closely at the chrome trim. It's a single piece from that unit all the way into the vertical support. There's no seam. I think the seat sits on top of that thing.
B: I'm talking about the material behind the buckles, which the seats appear to be hinged around.
A-E
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jhm
Well-Known Member
X70?
I am now doubting that Tesla will offer a Model X with a 70kWh pack. The 90 gets 2.67 miles/kWh. So a 70 would get maybe a 190 mile range. Anything less than 200 miles would not be acceptable for Tesla.
I am now doubting that Tesla will offer a Model X with a 70kWh pack. The 90 gets 2.67 miles/kWh. So a 70 would get maybe a 190 mile range. Anything less than 200 miles would not be acceptable for Tesla.
The cutout in the carpet does not seem that long, it seems long enough to move the 2nd row seat right up against the 1st row, but no further.
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