AnxietyRanger
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There are very few companies that don't do this. Tesla being one of them, to a large extent (e.g. Model X actually ended up looking better than its concept). And even Tesla can be accused of doing it with autopilot, if not with the cars themselves
You are of course right that traditionally manufacturers make their concept cars wilder than their eventual production versions. However, where you are wrong is on Tesla - this holds true for Model X as well.
Tesla made a concept car of the Model X that they never shipped. The Model X concept (officially known as the Model X prototype) had a longer wheel-base, massively larger falcon wing doors and a wild interior with a bigger 19" screen at the front, wild storm-trooper-like trim and dash designs, dual touch-screened steering wheel, folding mono-post seats on the second row. And of course an exterior appearance unlike what they eventually shipped...
This was the Model X concept, lest we not forget. Nothing like what shipped:
This is how massive the entry to the third row was:
This is what they actually shipped - note that the monopost seat moves under the front seat AND the front seat has moved forward in the production version to give more space, but it is still much more cramped than the prototype that neither moved the front seat, nor folded the second-row under it. The original was so big that Elon could actually slip in and out of the third-row at the 2012 unveil without moving the second-row seat. This is literally impossible in the final car.
The original monoposts did this:
The reality is, Tesla ventured into concept cars with Model X, for whatever reason. And they admitted as much, they said from the start that the final car would not have the wheelbase of the prototype, which even by itself would make it a concept car - together with the 2013 interior it definitely was a concept car.
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