Last fall my buddy's daughter ordered the Tesla SUV and put down 5 grand deposit and it was supposed to be built in 2014. But they made her a deal on the sedan and she got it instead - last week.
The nearest dealer is 185 miles away, so they delivered it via a transporter to her house. She gets "free" juice at her employer and has a long commute. Will be interesting to see how the economics work out. The thing is plenty fast, 0-60 under 6 seconds. Looks very much like the latest Jaguar sedans.
A nice looking car but it should be for that kind of money.
She better hope she doesn’t have a break down that requires dealer service. :-)
Well its a nice looking car....heck its a luxury car.
I don’t have a problem buying one...but I do have a problem with the government getting my money involved.
I am very curious about her ‘long term road test’ of this car - especially dealing with range and driver comfort (heat). Heck I’m also curious to know what air conditioning does to the range.
My biggest curiosity is the battery (and I understand this being a luxury ‘toy’, some might not care. Interpolating from their pricing options, depending on the battery, it is worth approximately 40-50% of the car’s value, and warranteed for 8 years/125k miles. I remember growing up in the 1970’s, and if a car got to 100k miles, it was time to think about a new one. But now its difficult to find a used one with less than 100k. Cars just plain go alot further, without major engine problems. I’ve got a few with over a quarter million miles in the driveway right now. Anyway, I assume that the battery will pretty much be toast long before this car gets near 200k miles...with a big price tag to replace. I just wonder how that will work out for people who actually drive to work and put miles on a car like this.