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

[79TA]

I just glanced at the Car and Driver article. They're reporting 5.0 seconds flat to 60.

[nthfinity]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,426522,00.html

Lotus is now pissed with Tesla for failing to come to market quick enough...

[HeilSvenska]

^Yes. Dodge badged electric Lotus Europa as Tesla rival is an epic LOL.


Stupid Tesla.

[philip]

Well I was wrong. I suspected this car company would go the way of so many other startups. Motor Trend Magazine has reported that Daimler Benz has purchased 10% of Tesla.

[nthfinity]

Originally Posted by philip Well I was wrong. I suspected this car company would go the way of so many other startups. Motor Trend Magazine has reported that Daimler Benz has purchased 10% of Tesla.

Even so, Elon Musk is determined that the company survive for a while; regardless of making or not making a profit.

The Dodge Lotus Evora, as it turned out was a hacked out Tesla that Dodge bought from them; and put into a Lotus Evora via Lotus proxy... kinda confusing, I know. Lotus weren't too happy about the dodge grill on their Evora before it's world premier.

[pitfield]

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.

How is an MX-5 a hot hatch?

[HeilSvenska]

Originally Posted by pitfield How is an MX-5 a hot hatch?

Eh. A slip. He was clearly thinking hot roadsters.