Tesla website showing a revised Model S? Probable Reflection

[eye.surgeon]

I Just noticed the official Tesla home page is showing what appears to be a revised Model S, with deep stylistic concavities in the side panels, extending from the front quarter panel through both doors. I've been driving my Model S for over 3 years and looking at it every day, and these not the same side panels as my car.

 

[Petra]

Doesn't look changed to me... exaggerated due to lighting and Photoshop, yes, but not a new design. There's also a significant reflection in the door panels.

 

[eye.surgeon]

Doesn't look changed to me... exaggerated due to lighting and Photoshop, yes, but not a new design.

It's beyond exaggerated, it's completely different. There is no amount of lighting variation that could create those obvious indentations--they're huge. It's either hugely misleading photoshopping or an actual change.

 

[Petra]

Exaggerated? It's beyond exaggerated it's completely different. There is no amount of lighting variation that could create those obvious indentations--they're huge and definitely physical. It's either hugely misleading photoshopping or an actual change.

There's also a reflection in the door panels... I'm guessing that's what's throwing you off? It's also visible in the flats of the wheel arch... along with what appear to be a few tiny spots of clouds that were missed.

 

[Mr X]

You can see the dark reflection in the perimeter band around the wheels. Harsh and exaggerated editing. Those would be some pretty random side indents for a refresh

 

[outie]

Eye Surgeon... time for a check up.

 

[malcolm]

Just scroll down the main page from the image shown above.

There's a video loop of a white Model S driving around.

Side panels look the same as usual to me.

 

[henderrj]

Could be one of those tesla hints. I'm with eye.surgeon on this one. Or at least I want this to be a hint that a refresh is around the corner!

 

[IchDochNicht]

The last thing they will change are the side panels. That would be very expensive, with little to gain.

On the exterior, you should not expect much beyond new bumpers, front and tail lights, maybe a revised hood. Front bumper would be without grille, and hood would not reach all the way to the front (to reduce repair and insurance cost).

 

[1208]

We will know it has been redesigned when the mustache has gone and the front resembles the Model 3.

 

[Ken7]

Same car, stark lighting resulting in stark reflections.

 

[Haxster]

Driven in to by a Model 3?

 

[bmah]

Moderator note: Moved a post to snippiness for blatant rudeness.

Bruce.

 

[jelloslug]

That's a reflection.

 

[RAM_Eh]

Side panels look exactly the same as my 2013. I hand wash, picture is just glossy

 

[McRat]

Same car. Some photo editing. Notice frontal ground shadows. 2 of them from different vectors. Should have been cleaned up more. They did the side mirror, but not the ground.

 

[Tiger]

Quite some inconsistency, foreword:

Design view:

 

[Chaserr]

Look at the lines for the door seam. Those are not the same as the ones on my car, those lines follow the "reflection" curve and seem to demonstrate the concavities Eye Surgeon was talking about.

It's subtle and probably not anything more than a bad photoshop, but if this is a legit refresh, would that sort of indent on the side improve drag and range?

 

[Lasttoy]

Who cares about the outside curves? I want more wiz bang computer capabilities. Inside door pockets, behind the seat pockets. Not sure, but my front windshield was not even tinted 3 inches on top. Its more fun to keep guessing what year you have.

 

[vraev]

I think it is the current car. Look at this when I loaded up the home page...I was looking at another build...and here you can see those “concavities”

ALso... is it a desktop specific or USA specific thing? On the Tesla site when I visit it on my iPad Pro, it just looks like the same old page. White model S and Tesla home page is a red model S side profile shot with buttons for model 3, S and X