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Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by CamperBob2 »

rdoherty wrote: post #33

I agree that electric trucks are important to combat climate change, but wow. If their goal is to sell to the market that buys pickup trucks, I think the styling is way off the mark. Huge, beastly trucks are a status symbol and signalling to others that you are are certain demographic. Same reason some people buy cheap cars and add shiny wheels and lights. Same reason some people buy BMWs and Mercedes. These are all…

Rest assured, if you slap a "Punisher" sticker on this thing, it will be welcome at any roadside bar in Texas. It looks like the sort of thing the SEALs would roll up in.

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Post by thedrbrian »

chrissnell wrote: post #42

As a truck guy who has owned a lot of trucks and currently owns a 2017 Ram 2500 CTD 4x4 and a Land Rover Defender 110, I'm telling you right now: this is going to kill it. This is the suburban status item of 2022. I want to buy this right now. This has nearly the towing capacity of my Ram and will smoke my wife's Audi on the track.

By track you mean drag strip because mass and high C of G are going to make this thing difficult to corner/handle.

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Post by ehsankia »

netwanderer3 wrote: post #304
eo3x0 wrote: post #81

I know a lot of folks are walking away from the puzzling aesthetic but I think that’s the point. Existing Tesla owners with a taste for existing design cues won’t push Tesla sales any further. They’ve got to expand the demographic and this design has a chance to do this. Think of all the wrangler, hummer, truck buyers who want a militaristic, rough, unpolished steel look and this is that flavor taken to an extreme. O…

Whether people may like this exterior design or not, it's a display of bravery from Tesla to steer away from old conventional shapes and forms. Strong innovative design deviations like this should be praised.

my assumption was that people who ride this kind of car want to stand out in the first place. Most pick up trucks and other kind of trucks all look pretty weird like the slideshow at the start. Square cars, weird dimensions, etc. I think they're appealing to the right demographic here

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Post by cjsawyer »

michaelbuckbee wrote: post #287
eo3x0 wrote: post #81

I know a lot of folks are walking away from the puzzling aesthetic but I think that’s the point. Existing Tesla owners with a taste for existing design cues won’t push Tesla sales any further. They’ve got to expand the demographic and this design has a chance to do this. Think of all the wrangler, hummer, truck buyers who want a militaristic, rough, unpolished steel look and this is that flavor taken to an extreme. O…

Looking at pictures on their site I keep having to remind myself that it's an actual physical thing because it looks so much like render.

It looks like a videogame incorrectly rendering a “low level of detail” model when the player is too close.

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Post by XorNot »

The 8x4 sheet is the question for me about this. If I can get 8x4 inside this flat, then I will absolutely buy one no questions.
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