The guide lacks the most important tip reading: “buy a Skoda Yeti instead”. Oh, wait... There’s no Skoda in the US.

Die Autostadt. A city is feminine in German, thus “die Stadt”, not “der”.

That’s the Polish equivalent of “oh, fuck”. Except it is much less SFW.

I really LOLed to see an official Ferrari F1 video to begin with front wheels leaving skidmarks during an F1 donut. They really need to brief their 3D animators better.

It’s not Russia. It’s Ukraine. Very easy to spot using a registration plate on the van (UA - stands for Ukraine). Or using some basic geography knowledge, because “Lvov” is a city on Ukraine. Yeah, I know, everything east of Germany is “Russia” to Americans.

If you didn’t notice it in the first point, our Tesla is a company car (it is used as a marketing tool) and yes, whatever I have posted in this topic is in relation to company cars, their financing and implications of using an insanely expensive (and exotic, at least in my location) electric car instead of an insanely…

I see no point in comparing a zero-option 318i long-term lease that costs next to nothing in a fleet deal to a Tesla that nobody wanted to lease out (we lay out the ridiculous terms we were given on our Facebook page). Actually our current BMW fleet (consisting as of today of 5 salesman Bimmers we rotate as they wear…

Blows the door off anything that is not a McLaren P1 or LaFerrari.

Dear Uncle. I have said it and I need to say it again: I am living in the central part of continental Europe where a Tesla is just as a common sight as a pink unicorn. Just contrary to Ferraris, Lambos et al. The World does not end on East Coast, there is land on the other end of the Atlantic Ocean.

You are very right re customers and nitpicking. However there is something fundamentally different in regards of how the European sports cars are perceived in Europe and how an American electric is. I believe it might be quite opposite to the US.

I wish I could fork out 5 Teslas worth, unfortunately I can not.

The i8 unfortunately doesn’t have room for 4 adults + 2 kids, which sucks, as it is a great car. That said, we’ve been driving a lot of BMWs for last couple of years (I believe we have 8 or 9 of them, mostly 3-series for efficiency/fun) and we are just a bit sick of the design language. I personally prefer to take an…

Well, they do. Actually, in most cases I meet people who are not even petrolheads, but they come and say “well, is it electric? Too bad, because it is beautiful, but it’s the future after all.” I can talk to them for hours about the carbon footprint relocation which is still the case and how to calculate ROI from an…

The world doesn’t end on the East Coast. The situation is totally opposite in Europe. A Tesla is still an exotic, contrary to Lambos or Ferraris which are seen much more often.

I was considering buying a Karma, was treated very, very nicely by Fisker’s staff two years ago in Frankfurt, unfortunately the company went bust since. Also, compared to a Tesla, Karma (however prettier) has still a lot of work to do in regards to technology and quality. I really do prefer Mercedes-Benz switchgear…

This is why there’s no “global” marketing. A Tesla is still rare as an unicorn in Europe (Norway aside), while every kid is perfectly used to Lambos, Ferraris, McLarens & co.

We’re talking about oil/gas companies, not Tesla users. You said a Tesla as a marketing ploy wouldn’t work in an area reliant on oil and gas industry. I say it’s quite the opposite. The electricity must come from somewhere and oil/gas companies really do not care if their product is converted to energy in an ICE…

I don’t care. I work in high-tech (in a country producing 99% of it’s energy from coal). I can show a living example of a perfect system integration and that’s my business.

Well sorry, but compared to a Tesla P85S+ or a D, a Gallardo just doesn’t deliver in terms of marketing. Tesla is clean, on the bleeding edge of the high-tech and much quicker (though not faster). Been there, done that. Using a Tesla as a marketing vehicle.

Most probably he didn’t want to be remembered as the designer, who let the Bentley SUV, the Behemoth of Ugliness, slip through.