[Rumor] Nose cone will be body colored on the X

[uselesslogin]

Do you mean this?
Nose cone wrapped.

If you were vilified and it crosses the line use the report function. I saw nothing but support in this thread but might have been somewhere else.

Actually it looks like he said it was somewhere else in that thread.

 

[Bonlaw]

Do you mean this?
Nose cone wrapped.

If you were vilified and it crosses the line use the report function. I saw nothing but support in this thread but might have been somewhere else.

Dear Moderator,

If I was not clear, this event occurred over two years ago. I do not believe the " report" button should be used to stifle appropriate free speech or opinions. I simply was reporting on how poster's opinions regarding the nose cone have evolved.

I did mean nose cone wrap - grammatical.

 

[AnxietyRanger]

I agree the rumors (there are more than one) can either mean a body colored nose cone OR no nose cone at all.

Of course the rumors/alleged leaks can also be wrong.

 

[AnOutsider]

Worth noting that this rumor started from an unsubstantiated source

I think the "Rumor" part of the title gets that point across quite well :wink:

 

[AnxietyRanger]

I think the "Rumor" part of the title gets that point across quite well :wink:

I think it is worth adding that the September leakster whose cross-beamless Model X CAD leak was quickly pulled by Tesla, lending instant attention, said nosecone is "gone".

 

[AziwA]

Hi Throwaway, Just checking in with you to see if you had any more info to share with us since you last dropped by?

Any more info on Model S getting some refresh at the time of Model X launch?

 

[kaiserpathos]

Turns out this rumor had meat. I kind of like it on some colors, others it seems to not really match all that much. Front design tweaks are something Franz Holzhausen was probably wanting to do, and they probably will keep this direction on Model 3.

I've often thought of wrapping my white S nosecone the way Bonlaw did, and now if I do it I would probably be echo'ing the new direction Tesla is going for the nose on X and upcoming Model 3.

 

[throwawayaccount]

Thanks for the credit. I'm happy my source was correct. Whether we like it or not the new nosecone is here!

 

[Fanatic]

I have for some months already toyed with the idea that, based on the shape of the Model X mules that suggest a nose-cone shaped area of the bumper is there, but not the T strip above it... what if that bumper is entirely body coloured - so there is no chrome trim around the cone.

More like this (although this bad Photoshop of mine forgoes any shaping in the front bumper):

Now imagine that area above, under the Tesla T strip, to be shaped like a nosecone but not trimmed around it... Could that be one possible direction or Tesla? Also something they might more easily "facelift" on the Model S, considering there are genuine service reasons for still having a removable cone? Shape it a bit like a part of the bumper?

Have to give it to you AR . You were right!

 

[AnOutsider]

Have to give it to you AR . You were right!

He sure was, but even leaving the grilles near the foglights black is an improvement over TM'd final design IMO. And the front is flatter so it looks like a continuation of the body vs a mask over the nose

 

[myke3000]

I have for some months already toyed with the idea that, based on the shape of the Model X mules that suggest a nose-cone shaped area of the bumper is there, but not the T strip above it... what if that bumper is entirely body coloured - so there is no chrome trim around the cone.

More like this (although this bad Photoshop of mine forgoes any shaping in the front bumper):

Now imagine that area above, under the Tesla T strip, to be shaped like a nosecone but not trimmed around it... Could that be one possible direction or Tesla? Also something they might more easily "facelift" on the Model S, considering there are genuine service reasons for still having a removable cone? Shape it a bit like a part of the bumper?

I like this rendering better than what went live last night. The aerodynamics of the front hood slope make more sense in your mock-up. What went live last night looks like a last minute "delete" and cover up of where the nose cone was on the prototype. I can appreciate Franz not wanting to maintain the nosecone, but I just think it needed more attention than a quick "delete" and cover up. It could also just have the "T" logo alone, and not the black treatments, IMHO.