Tesla production slated for march 17.. car has already failed you heard it hear first

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Originally Posted by graywolf624 No ones comparing it to the Vette. I am comparing it to the Elise since it is essentially a tuner Elise. Now lets pretend for a minute that smugness is out. Would you consider a tuner car a success if it: had limitations on the distance traveled, was double the cost, cost more to maintain, was worse for the environment, was at least a second slower, and handled worse. Tell us point blank youd consider that a success in anything and you have your answer. As a 4 sec car the tesla would have competed with supercars.. it would have been a success to improve one aspect of the elise and supercars dont need to be as practical. As a 5.7 sec car the tesla competes with the hot hatch miatas and s2000s of the world.... with a price point of 100k. Theres not a redeeming positive for it over its competitors in this market. Therefore its a failure. Ignore for a second the smugness and name one category where it one ups what it is based on. Thats a challenge.

I get your point. The car has truly failed to be a replacement for a supercar, but then again, it never really was supposed to be a supercar replacement. True motorheads will compare it to similar gasoline sports cars, but the Tesla is really in its own market as an electric. Do you really think the 99% of the people who are even considering coughing up the $100k for this car care about the extra second to 60mph?