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[plankeye]

It's the little things...

And regarding the wheels, I'm guessing those will be the optional "Premium wheels" since they're aerodynamically designed similar to the Turbines.

Yes, we pretty much all agree that these are the premium upgrade wheels.

However, I wonder about the claims of aerodynamics. If you look the pics, the same wheel is used on both sides of the car. This causes the flat side of the "vanes" to paddle into the wind on the right side of the car. How can that be aerodynamic?

One of the pics, the gloss black side view, goes against this though. I suspect that pic was actually of the left side of the car, and the image is reversed. BTW, have we seen that gloss black car anywhere else?

 

[PTADO]

Yes, we pretty much all agree that these are the premium upgrade wheels.

However, I wonder about the claims of aerodynamics. If you look the pics, the same wheel is used on both sides of the car. This causes the flat side of the "vanes" to paddle into the wind on the right side of the car. How can that be aerodynamic?

One of the pics, the gloss black side view, goes against this though. I suspect that pic was actually of the left side of the car, and the image is reversed. BTW, have we seen that gloss black car anywhere else?

You know what, I take that back. I did some Googling on the Google machine, and I was mistaken. Turbine wheels are not marketed as aero wheels or function anything more than brake cooling (which should be a wheel's function anyhow). For some reason, my brain glitched. Forgive me. Haha

 

[Snowcat]

Yes, we pretty much all agree that these are the premium upgrade wheels.

However, I wonder about the claims of aerodynamics. If you look the pics, the same wheel is used on both sides of the car. This causes the flat side of the "vanes" to paddle into the wind on the right side of the car. How can that be aerodynamic?

One of the pics, the gloss black side view, goes against this though. I suspect that pic was actually of the left side of the car, and the image is reversed. BTW, have we seen that gloss black car anywhere else?

The one people have been spotting in the wild also doesn't have the wheels mirrored. Very strange!?

 

[Zaphod]

Yes, we pretty much all agree that these are the premium upgrade wheels.

However, I wonder about the claims of aerodynamics. If you look the pics, the same wheel is used on both sides of the car. This causes the flat side of the "vanes" to paddle into the wind on the right side of the car. How can that be aerodynamic?

One of the pics, the gloss black side view, goes against this though. I suspect that pic was actually of the left side of the car, and the image is reversed. BTW, have we seen that gloss black car anywhere else?

The black car is just a rendering. Only known prototypes are silver, matte black, and the red one. Other than the reveal, I don't think the red one has made any other appearances, only the silver and matte black have been seen "in the wild".

 

[alseTrick]

So are the red cars wheels the base wheels? Because I'd be fine with that. I thought the matte black/dark gray wheels were horrific though.

 

[plankeye]

So are the red cars wheels the base wheels? Because I'd be fine with that. I thought the matte black/dark gray wheels were horrific though.

Don't think so, as they are 20's also.

 

[Daliman]

Thanks for spotting this, it is a small change but somehow makes this seem a bit more real, I blew the photo up as much as I could but can't see any design changes yet.

 

[MissAutobahn]

I like you guys discussing about the blue car

 

[ChooseGreen]

Those are the real wheels (not CG). Here is from one of the MT pics. I think the spaces between the V spokes are large enough for lug nuts, and they are under the 5-spoke cap.
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I didn't notice that the centre hub was big enough to take lugs; thanks for the picture! I guess that is the genius of that design; it makes the hub almost disappear.

 

[arjay]

It is stubbier than the Model S. Looks pretty sweet to me.

I have always been in favor of pushing the wheels out closer to the corners.

 

[sickfox]

@McHoffa - nice find! this shade of blue is amazing! i also see red calipers (for Performance models and/or as an option maybe?).

I spoke with one of the reps in the service center and he told me that the ones being driven around has the optional 20' wheels. I think we'll have 18' - 20' to choose from. time will tell.

 

[ChooseGreen]

I have always been in favor of pushing the wheels out closer to the corners.

Agreed. It makes the car look so much more stable and nimble. The Tesla line seems to follow this which makes a whole lot of sense to me.

 

[e-FTW]

OMG, it says I have Teslas!
(sorry, can't help it)

 

[vinnie97]

Tesla is prescient of my desired color.

 

[TrickyDimitri]

I think we all have a problem, LOL. As soon as I saw this thread I went to check my account!

 

[eisbock]

I'm sure the lugs are hidden under a cover or since this is just a rendering, they missed that detail. No way a mainstream car is going to have centerlock wheels.

Red car at the reveal had center locks.

 

[wallet.dat]

Probably just a cap.

 

[Zaphod]

Red car at the reveal had center locks.

If you look closely at the second picture, you can see the blades are not integrated into the center part. It's just a well done cap.

 

[garsh]

Probably just a cap.

Sure, but there's not enough room under that cap for 5 lug nuts.

 

[Frank99]

Red car at the reveal had center locks.

Great eye there. I had to look up center lock wheels to understand, thought this might be helpful:
Fun with centerlock wheels!