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Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by syshum »

AS a Truck Guy who has owned a lot of Trucks and Currently owns a F-150 XLT 4x4 and has Owns no less than 8 other Trucks and SUV's from Ford....

This is going to flop, big time. This is the worst looking Truck I have seen in a LONG time, this will not appeal to people that buy the Best selling Truck on the market, The F-150.

I have no interest in buying this, and i would not drive it even if they gave me one for free. Sure the performance is there, ofcourse when Ford and other manufactures release their Electric Trucks then when can do a Apple to Apple comparison.

I will be waiting on the Electric F-150, which should have comparable specs to the Rivian, and I would much rather have a Rivian Truck than this monstrosity

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by syshum »

waiseristy wrote: post #306

I feel like I am taking crazy pills with the amount of good sentiment to this design. This thing is absolutely fugly. The guys over at Rivian must be having a party right now.

Your not Crazy... I would buy a Rivian over this every day

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by xvector »

flukus wrote: post #162
gexla wrote: post #104

Yeah, a lot of people talking about how ugly it is. But that's exactly what a pick-up has always been. A big ugly thing with a bed in the back and a lot of utility most people didn't even use. Some models over the years have looked decent. Many have (Ford especially) have been dog ugly. I could see this thing taking off, though not sure how rural truck owners would take to electric. Edit: On second thought, rural tru…

> Yeah, a lot of people talking about how ugly it is. But that's exactly what a pick-up has always been. That's not universal, these things are common in Australia and look pretty sleek: https://www.google.com/search?q=commodore+ute&safe=active&hl... But even the less pretty ones had that sort of brutal, functional, serious look. This ... does not.

That truck you link looks horrible. I cannot fathom how some designer thought that looked good. It’s like they worked halfway on the design and then pushed straight to production.

Then again some people feel the same way about the Tesla truck. Personally I think the Cybertruck looks incredible.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by jamesbfb »

trca wrote: post #82
eigenvalue wrote: post #47

I think it looks pretty awesome. The ATV that charges in the back as the "oh, and one more thing" moment was also great. I can see this being very popular. There is something very masculine and forward looking about the design. The interior shots on the website are also impressive-- I wonder why they didn't show that tonight in the demo (probably it's just a rendering and the prototype version has a bare-bones interi…

I wonder if they cut the presentation a little short because of the glass issue . Then again, Musk isn't exactly the greatest presenter so I don't think he could play off someone talking in his ear to cut it short.

To be honest, I reckon the fact that he’s a terrible presenter adds a certain level of charm.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by cgrealy »

I genuinely had to double check my calendar to make sure it wasn’t April 1st.

I love the fact that Tesla are moving away from the boring, middle of the road designs of their previous models.

But this.... this is just hideous.

It doesn’t look tough or futuristic; it looks like something a 10 year old designed, and no, that’s not a good thing.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by tomcooks »

iddqd wrote: post #386
Danieru wrote: post #62

Does the US not have pedestrian safety standards? An all metal front grill must be horrible on any safety tests. I can only assume this is a joke and in a few hours Elon will do a "one more thing" before showing the real Tesla Pickup. This take on a pickup looks like some engineer accidentally left their Halo fan-art on the shared CAD file server.

I would love to see the frowns of the EU regulators when they wake up and see this.

Never going to pass, those sharp edges and corners would give negative EuroNCAP ratings.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by jamesbfb »

atonse wrote: post #64

You couldn't invent a more polar opposite of Steve Jobs than Elon Musk. VERY disorganized presenting. Badly rehearsed. Awkward speech. Speech is almost never in sync with slides. Demos failed spectacularly. The rest of the event was him with a backdrop of two broken windows. They didn't show the interior, and barely talked about the bed. Is this even good as a pickup truck? Is there enough storage? This all seemed ha…

I replied to someone else with a very similar response, but I always thought the awkwardness of Elon giving presentations adds a certain level of sincerity. However, I do agree that some more specifics regarding interior, the bed, etc would have been nice.

Signed, not a Tesla owner :(

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