WhiteStar styling ideas

[mike]

Road and Track

Is this the S?

RoadandTrack.com -- New Car Search - New & Future Cars: Tesla Builds a 4-Door (12/2008)

 

[Laurent]

Could be. The color seems to match the one from the teaser shot.

Family resemblance ?

 

[Chris H.]

Mike,

if that's it, it's a nice looking car... Good find!

 

[Chris H.]

It looks a bit like a Nissan GT-R.... Except for the two extra doors

 

[TEG]

I wonder if that is from a real photo, or just an artists best guess.

It does have a bit of 350Z look, doesn't it?

 

[Chris H.]

Full picture of Model S

This was Mike's find, but I thought it deserved a thread of it's own...

 

[Chris H.]

I wonder if that is from a real photo, or just an artists best guess.

It does have a bit of 350Z look, doesn't it?

TEG,

you're right, that A pillar & roof line are very 350Z-ish. :biggrin: I was wondering the same thing about CGI or paint shop. If it is an "artist's impression", then they did a very good job...

 

[TEG]

Another comparison... To the Porsche Panamera...

 

[Chris H.]

Those wheels are a very tight fit with the wheel arches (on the Model S). Wouldn't want to hit a pothole at high speed.

 

[Chris H.]

Big wheels, and wide too. That's got to increase rolling resistance...

 

[mike]

FYI - I messaged 'teslamotors' on twitter to see if this was a pic of the Model S and they replied "no, it's just their best guess" -- I assume this means that this rendering was done by Road and Track.

- Mike

 

[doug]

I wonder if that is from a real photo, or just an artists best guess.

It does have a bit of 350Z look, doesn't it?

The picture is certainly a photoshop creation. No question about that. The real issue is whether or not it's representative.

I was thinking it looked like the 350Z as well.

 

[TEG]

..."no, it's just their best guess"...

Argh... More teasing.

 

[Chris H.]

If the Model S ended up looking something like that R&T photoshop image, I wouldn't mind at all. I think it looks pretty good.

 

[mike]

If the Model S ended up looking something like that R&T photoshop image, I wouldn't mind at all. I think it looks pretty good.

Agreed, if this is what the production Model S looks like and it meets current bounced around specs at ~60K then it could be one hell of a product.
I just hope Tesla stays afloat and committed to producing this vehicle, but speculation is for another thread. :wink:

- Mike

 

[Cobos]

Though if the body style is something like that I figure calling it a 5 person car is a bit of a stretch. They've also earlier used more Limo like cars for comparison that all have in common a very useful back seat. I love the design of this one, but as a "family" car it must be horrible. Imagine navigating a screaming kid into a kid seat in that backseat This would be a better Bluestar IMHO as this is too small for at least what I would have envisioned.

Cobos

 

[Laurent]

if this is what the production Model S looks like

It is not Model S, according to a Tesla employee I talked to who's seen the actual car. He said that Model S was much more elegant, about the size of a BMW 5 series.

 

[dpeilow]

R&T describes it as a "photo-illustration", i.e. Photoshop.

There is a more honest description in the VW Roadster text on the next page.

If you can believe what you read on the Internet, Volkswagen will have a new mid-engine sports-car concept on display at the Los Angeles auto show this November — looking very similar to the photo-illustration seen here, we believe

 

[vfx]

Prototypes, artist concepts, styling exersizes always have bigger wheels than possible. It just makes them look better without all that dead space around the rubber.

 

[TEG]

I actually really like that R&T mock-up.

Along with the previously mentioned Nissan Z resemblance, the new Accord reminds me a bit of that design.