Rear End... Hmmmmmm

[GreenT]

WERE THE TURN SIGNALS AMBER

Were they?

That would be wonderful in my book!

 

[Tiberius]

It looks great in the promo pics.... Like most cars, the 3 looks best from a low angle. That's why all the good pictures look like they were taken at toddler height.

 

[ELRev]

I approve of the number of "m"s in the title of this thread, and I appreciate your attention to detail.

 

[James Anders]

Rear is fine by me. It seems to flow and go together.

 

[SoCalGuy]

I think this was the weakest part of the car design. Especially those tailights!

I was hoping for something sleeker/more sporty like the Jaguar F-type's

or maybe like the AM One-77:

 

[BOOMER7]

I like the Model 3 hiney

 

[NeverFollow]

I wonder if it would be possible to make the trunk door even wider?

Tesla

Genesis

 

[AUSinator]

I really like the car overall, and the controversial front end. The back however I find boring. I find the headlights, although they flow with the trunk lines, give a strange look as they are not straight. I also prefer narrow tai lights like most of Porsches recent designs. The thick tai lights just seem disproportionate. And inelegant. Overall, however big thumbs up.

The front is beautiful as well as the shape and the back is not bad but the tail lights are really bad. it doesn't flow and looks like a hook from a pirate or just looks incomplete. I'm sure Elon will address the tail lights as it's the only ugly part of the car. On the other side the head lights are a winner as well as the wheel designs.

 

[Phthalate]

Can one of the photoshop wizards maybe connect the rear light ends? Curious to see what that would look like on the 3.

 

[hangus]

Quick mockup:

 

[SoCalGuy]

note to mods: please combine with the other thread of the same name! thanks!

 

[FranKim]

I like it. Actually its one of the few cars Ive seen that looks good from every angle.

 

[NeverFollow]

Why not make the rear lights part of the trunk door to provide more access?

 

[voyager]

SoCarGuy, you're right. I overlooked that one. Please combine "rear end" and "back end", moddies.

 

[Tesloid]

The butt looks just fine. My first reaction was that it looks almost like a Model S from behind. And, that's a good thing. Tesla design is about hiding raw power under elegance and subtlety of the exterior. They are not going for aggressive styling since it is a family car. Wait for the next gen Roadster if you want super aggressive styling and the performance to go with it.

 

[Spidy]

Why not make the rear lights part of the trunk door to provide more access?

I think there are regulations that they have to be visible all the time. Q5 Audi probably has that covered with those lights at the bottom.

 

[RIZE]

I love the back end. It is simple and modern. It is different and in my opinion the taillights look awesome.

 

[voyager]

 

[Phthalate]

Quick mockup:

Thank you for doing that so quickly. I like that look a lot. Much appreciated.

 

[Apollo]

Why not make the rear lights part of the trunk door to provide more access?

in that case, Tesla would not be able to install the big glass top roof. You can see all the SUV coupe have small top windows for the same reason.