You know I really like and care about Tesla and will always own one. But I have always been disappointed in their execution of their interiors. For example, I think the direct competition to the Model S is the Porsche Panamera. That car has a "first-class" interior and costs about the same money. Yet the interior is miles above that of the Model S. Same goes for Audi A6, which costs less than a Model S and again, the interior is top notch. There is no damned reason why Tesla cannot put a small design team (say 3/4 design people) dedicated to the S & X interior improvements. They need to bring the interior to market equivalent... at this time there is no longer any excuse. New EV's are coming to market and their fit & finish is coming out very well. Take the new I-Pace (see photo of interior); the fit & finish looks really good. I don't think the exterior design is anywhere as good as the Tesla X or S. But the interior (as shown) appears to rival that of the model S & X. The general public will more likely gravitate to this interior than Tesla because it gives them a certain level of "familiarity." That does go a long way.
It is time for Tesla to redo the model S interior and turn it up a small notch in the X interior. All the other companies, like the German manufactures acquire Teslas and then proceed to benchmark them; tear them down to see what makes them tick. Why can Tesla not do this also. Get a Panamera, have the designers and engineers look at the interior; tear it down and gather intel on how they fit their interior pieces together. Then build a kick-ass interior of their own, so not only does the competition get weak in the knees, I want them to fall down.
Elon said at the Semi/Roadster reveal he was delivering a "smack-down" to the gasoline vehicles... well finish the round with a knock-out and deliver a kick-ass interior fit and finish. I still think Tesla is the best EV out there, but they too have areas they now need to improve. Just my Humble opinion.
P.S. if Tesla redesigns a kick-ass S interior... I trade in my current S for the new one in less than a micro second.
It is time for Tesla to redo the model S interior and turn it up a small notch in the X interior. All the other companies, like the German manufactures acquire Teslas and then proceed to benchmark them; tear them down to see what makes them tick. Why can Tesla not do this also. Get a Panamera, have the designers and engineers look at the interior; tear it down and gather intel on how they fit their interior pieces together. Then build a kick-ass interior of their own, so not only does the competition get weak in the knees, I want them to fall down.
Elon said at the Semi/Roadster reveal he was delivering a "smack-down" to the gasoline vehicles... well finish the round with a knock-out and deliver a kick-ass interior fit and finish. I still think Tesla is the best EV out there, but they too have areas they now need to improve. Just my Humble opinion.
P.S. if Tesla redesigns a kick-ass S interior... I trade in my current S for the new one in less than a micro second.