What's Wrong With This Picture: Tesla Roadster Take 2.5 Edition

by Edward Niedermeyer

July 1st, 2010 11:00 AM

what s wrong with this picture tesla roadster take 2 5 edition

There I was yesterday, nattering away about how Tesla can’t keep its focus, unaware that Tesla was releasing “Version 2.5” of its Roadster EV. And by the looks of it, Tesla is almost taking the “Ferrari of Silicon Valley” thing too far, by giving its latest roadster a Ferrari 599 GTO-style red-and-black paint job. What Tesla clearly hasn’t learned from Ferrari however, is that you need to offer more than a revised fascia, improved heat management and an optional back-up camera if you want to trumpet something as new. This is what the industry refers to as a facelift or a new model-year. Still, it doesn’t look half bad…

#Design #EV #Roadster #Tesla

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Twotone on Jul 01, 2010

Guys (don't see this appealing to women) who buy one of these also have three or four other cars in the stable. I'd like to see Tesla's business plan for making EV cars for the masses, at a price competitive with hybrids and make a profit doing so. Oh, and pay back taxpayer subsidies. Twotone

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Caffiend on Jul 01, 2010

I can appreciate that they've stopped using the Lotus chassis, but did they have to add so much ugly!

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