Yes, as I said- Elon Musk is a huckster.

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Originally posted by parabellum:
It looks like a nonfunctional prop for a low budget sci-fi film.

Cable operated for Freejack i would guess.

It looks like the product of relations between a Dodge M4S from The Wraith and a Pontiac Aztek.

Looks like Elon discoved the triangle.
It's an SUV not a truck.

looking for a ladder rack to fit that...truck(?)...is not going well.

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Originally posted by Oz_Shadow:
Looks like someone farted in a Delorean.

Ha!!!



LOL!!!

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Originally posted by honestlou:
Fashion is a fickle thing. That thing looks pretty ugly now, but that could change with time. I have a 2002 Tahoe, and at that time the “newer” rounded looks made the older square trucks very undesirable. Now when I look at it I wish I had the older version- it looks really dated. So Tesla’s truck looks extreme now- In 10 years who knows.

Even if that’s the final version, I think they’ll sell a shit ton of them. $70k, 0-60 under 3 seconds, 500 mile range, and 14,000 pounds towing. Anyone price a pretty basic Ford or Chevy lately?

Just when you finish making the payments it will look good??

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Originally posted by 1s1k:

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Originally posted by V-Tail:
A very elaborate hoax?

That’s what I think.

Hoax gets my vote too. The “oops” moment with the “bulletproof” window also adds to the sense that this is a hoax.

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Originally posted by CoolRich59:

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Originally posted by 1s1k:

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Originally posted by V-Tail:
A very elaborate hoax?

That’s what I think.

Hoax gets my vote too. The “oops” moment with the “bulletproof” window also adds to the sense that this is a hoax.

If so, playing games like that are quite reckless. I believe I heard that the Tesla stock dropped something like 5% that day after that.

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:

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Originally posted by CoolRich59:

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Originally posted by 1s1k:

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Originally posted by V-Tail:
A very elaborate hoax?

That’s what I think.

Hoax gets my vote too. The “oops” moment with the “bulletproof” window also adds to the sense that this is a hoax.

If so, playing games like that are quite reckless. I believe I heard that the Tesla stock dropped something like 5% that day after that.

You are correct. And it wouldn’t be the first time Musk’s antics hammered the stock. (IIRC, he tweeted that he was considering taking Tesla private and the stock plummeted).

I attended an oil & gas lunch today with about 30 people. One guy kept going on and on about how he had already called 2 dealers trying to give them a deposit to get in line for one. The rest of us called it ugly.

BTW, neither dealer had received any instructions on how to handle deposit requests. In other words, all flash and no business plan.

Reading 5 pages hasn't resulted in confidence this is a genuine marketing effort. Its almost like subsidies have resulted in a company that is out of touch with market forces.

I don't know what to make of them appearing to debut a product with great fanfare, that seems to be so far from being market ready. If we aren't being punked, then we have to assume they really haven't done the marketing features testing prior to performing them at the highly exposed debut. Is anybody that stupid and unprepared? Why in hell does the ugly POS need bullet proof glass anyway?

It reminds me of the rollout of the Tucker 48 and the rush to put together the first Tuckers to lure investors, and not a serious marketing effort. Indications this isn't a serious marketing effort suggests a doomed company, or that management is deluded.

It's almost like they are debuting a hurriedly concocted concept prototype as the real deal production vehicle. Either that or the laziest production concept marketing effort in the history of auto production.

Maybe Musk is so amused at suggestions to produce an electric pickup truck, that this is how he gets his jollies. I suppose an engineer could quickly evaluate if the numbers (price, range, payload) given are realistic or not. If they are a pipe dream, then we might be being played.

Proofreading my post, I'm more leaning towards this being a joke, and may indicate Tesla has absolutely no interest in producing a pickup truck. Either that or the company is desperate, or Musk has lost his mind.

Yeah that’s not a truck I’ll buy, truck.......hmmmmm

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Originally posted by mesabi:

Elon let me down, so yesterday I came home with this

Very nice truck!

I am looking for a pick-up. I really wanted an intermediate size, and the Tacoma was my first choice. I sat in one, and then I sat in an example of every brand of intermediate size pick-up that I could find.

Unfortunately, none of them would accommodate my extra-long legs comfortably.

I really wanted a Tacoma.

It looks like I will have to go with a full-size model if I want a pick-up. Right now, the RAM 1500 and the F-150 are at the top of my list. Too bad for me that the Tacoma won't work.

From the article:

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Musk says ordering is available now, but the link to the site was broken at the time of writing

His Hyperloop is electric cars on rails aka 1950's Disney Land.

Rivian look like they will be producing a v. spiffy truck/pickup AND a SUV.

The numbers just don’t add up.

Range, towing lbs rating, cost.

If something is too good to be true..........

I knew I had seen that design before! Top Gear was years ahead of Tesla:

Musk reported today: 146k Cybertruck orders so far, with 42% choosing dual, 41% tri & 17% single motor.

I also heard that the crumple zone is the other car.