The new nose

[ohmman]

People keep saying they don't like the white. This angle gives a different look, in my opinion.

 

[youlikeadajuice]

It looks like something's missing. They should've put a slightly embossed logo or something here. Excuse my quick and dirty photochop

There is something missing...the internal combustion engine requiring a giant front grill

 

[hockeythug]

After I did the nose, another thing that stood out to me were the grills, so I darkened those too:

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I think it's acceptable on most colors, but the white really needs contrast IMO (even if it looks like an ICE)

Can you photoshop a standard U.S license plate (like a California one) on the front of that original picture?

 

[rogbmw]

They need to make the X's front grill (whether have it or not) a free option for buyer... the current no front grill look is either ugly or disturbing looking... just so weird...

Basically it looks like many do like it but many hate it... why not just make it an option? It's just a piece of plastic basically...

Already sounds like an aftermarket opportunity for someone already!!

 

[MrJones390]

Model X nose seems to have followed Saleen's design for Model S. Also kinda reminds me of Porshe.

One of my favorites is BMW -- such a classic. Here's a look at Model X with BMW grille.

 

[FreeOfPge]

Yes. To all the nose haters: The black nose cone on the model S is ugly, poorly executed (the hood never aligns to it well and leaves an ugly panel gap, and it apes a lot of other cars that have black plastic front pieces. The consensus knock on the model S design is the nose cone. For them to have kept that nose cone and stated that this is the design concept they are going to go for for many years would have been a shock and a wasted opportunity. The new nose is unique because an ICE can't do it. You will get used to it and then the model S will look ugly. I already see it.

I could not agree more. When looking at Model S and Model X side by side, the nosecone now looks outdated and (a bit) ugly.

 

[muleferg]

No Grille. Ferdinand Porsche the first no grille?

 

[Iowa92x]

Nose cone, grille (not grill) are superfluous and a buggy whip carry-over from the ICE age.

Go Tesla on form follows function and leading the way!

 

[Earlian]

The best advice someone could give to tesla employees: Don't read this thread!
The front is good as it is and it's good the nose cone is gone forever. That was old style. Now it's more like an electric vehicle front. So perfect.

No more to say. I'm gone here.

 

[yobigd20]

horrific attempt at a grill:

 

[Candleflame]

i like the new (or lack of) nosecone!

 

[Joules Verne]

Saleen was first in showing what the Model S would look like without a nose cone. They got a ton of BAD reactions to it. Everybody saying how ugly it was. "Voldemort nose". What baffles me is that given all the negative feedback and criticism, that Tesla chose to go forward with a similar nose on the X!! terrible!!!

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I actually like the Saleen nose concept. The issue I had with it was it was a poor fit, and they got the lines wrong meeting the hood, and the color was slightly off.

I was hoping Tesla would run with this, and get it right.
But alas, they botched it up.

I'm not getting an X, but I have an S in my sites, and by the time I pull the trigger, I fear it'll have the bland X bio-face.

 

[Brass Guy]

All the Photoshop-ing going on, nobody tried this yet?

 

[v12 to 12v]

I don't like the front end at all. I tried. Then I tried again. I'd take any of the prototypes over the final product. I'd even take the one with the scowl.
I am disappointed that the distinctive Model S DRLs are gone. I hoped that would be a Tesla signature.
The rest of the front end just doesn't have any aesthetically pleasing lines at all. I expected more from Franz.

Now I am worried about the Model 3. Previously, I was convinced it would be absolutely stunningly sexy.

 

[Fiver]

Someone posted this here awhile back.

 

[JST]

No Grille. Ferdinand Porsche the first no grille?

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So, I think that this really nails it for me. I don't mind the lack of grille. I think it makes all sorts of sense not to have one, and everything from VWs to Porsches to Tatras have done without them.

My problem is that this implementation is half-assed. It's like they took the nosecone design from the Model S and forgot to put the bottom half on. That's why it ends up looking like someone wearing a dust mask. If anything, delete the black half-moon completely and make the headlights slightly bigger to compensate.

With a clean sheet of paper, I just don't understand how they ended up here.

 

[anticitizen13.7]

Lighting, height, and angle make a big difference. When the white Model X rolled out on stage, I thought the car was wearing a huge surgical mask (ironic, given the HEPA filter system). However, the Car & Driver photos of the Sig Red look much better:

 

[zer0cool]

I am sorry, no grill is ugly. They need to make the grill an option.

 

[P90D]

Lighting, height, and angle make a big difference. When the white Model X rolled out on stage, I thought the car was wearing a huge surgical mask (ironic, given the HEPA filter system). However, the Car & Driver photos of the Sig Red look much better:

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Thanks for that photo; that's the relevant perspective. It's nowhere near as bulbous as some low angles would suggest. It will need paint protection film.

 

[Lloyd]

I like the No Grill look. We don't need a grill, so why should the car look like it has one?