I don’t think Tesla even needs the tax credits to sell vehicles anymore. They can sell the Model S and X without them for sure. When the credits expire I think all vehicles, including the Model 3, will have no problems selling. Demand is no longer an issue for Tesla. All manufacturers are able to take advantage of the…

I’m more likely to request a refund if they ramp up production. I got on the list early to ensure my tax credit but assumed they won’t get me the vehicle until after 2018. If it comes earlier it might not make sense financially.

It’s not a traditional hatch because they need to sell a ton of them in the US. I’d prefer a lift back like the Model S but my guess is some kind of design constraint. They could still surprise us. Musk has made comments that they want to work on the trunk opening.

...and Tesla makes money on the initial sales. It doesn’t even matter if people are flipping or not. This posts is just stupid.

I would guess the number of flippers to be extremely low. How many people are going to risk $40k for the chance they might make an extra $5k? Elon also commented that the low number of multiple vehicles suggests that flipping is not an issue.

Not like he knows it’s unsafe and trying to hide that fact. I don’t see the problem since he is clearly disclosing that he thinks you’re going to kill yourself on it. Drunk joke aside.

Yeah, the 420a is pretty reliable but no fun at all. My first DSM was a Talon ESi. I had a friend with a turbo 420a a few years ago. Building a 420a to barely be faster than a 4g63 with a hardware store boost controller seems counter productive.

You can acknowledge why things are the way they are and still support Tesla in breaking that barrier. Doesn’t have to be one or the other.

They do have service centers though. Is the problem that Tesla doesn’t want to open every single store as a service center? Makes sense to me from an economical standpoint but may also be where they law is stopping them.

At this point Telsa basically owns the “Model” moniker now. Why would Ford want to confuse people when they abandoned the “Model” naming a long, long time ago?

Who wants to bet they had no actual plans to use the name “Model E” until Tesla tried to use it?

First they destroy the DSM. Then continue with a car that was an “Eclipse” in name only. Now they pull the plug on the Evo. Part of me has died inside with Mitsubishi. Then they show up to the autoshow with the mirage to throw salt in my wound.

Crackpipe

Mostly because it’s expected from a young manufacturer, like the article explained. That and they simply love the brand.

Bone stock turbo DSM. Either generation but finding one with out shitty eBay mods is like finding a unicorn. Most rare would probably be a second generation Talon. For some god awful reason everyone converts them into an eclipse. #savethetalons

Every comment you make will be read in that accent from this point forward. #thanksbeeell

I don’t love the Ecliose, I love DSMs. As far as I’m concerned the eclipse died in 99. Had a 99 eclipse and a 95 talon. I would like a 97 Talon tsi awd.

They will have to brand it as something else in the US. Like that small "jeep".

OP implied they didn’t get a mutli billion dollar bailout and they didn’t I was referring to this “The credits benefit smaller companies much more than larger ones.” I think we’re switching context between credits and tax rebates so I can’t follow your argument. I’m just over here happily awaiting the day I get to…

First of all, how? Secondly, I would see no problem with that. GM could be benefiting from the Tax Rebates if they made something worth buying.