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This thing told the Pontiac Aztec to hold it's beer......
People who buy a truck for doing truck stuff won't buy this thing, because it has some severe limitations from a utilitarian standpoint.
A proper truck has a body-on-frame design. The F150 has this. The cybertruck is unibody, like cars, minivans, a lot of suvs and crossovers.
A proper truck has a separate bed and no sloping sides. A separate bed = cheaper to replace and fix when dented, can be replaced with a flatbed or service body. Separate bed = makes it easier (and cheaper) to install a backrack.
Sloping sides = gets in the way of side loading.
This is a lifestyle vehicle, not a serious truck. It's like the Chevy Avalanche or the Jeep pickup, but has more payload and towing capacity than them.
I had a scooter for awhile. It was glorious. I didn't care about being seen on one. But that ridiculous truck? Not a chance.Cybertrucks are like mopeds. They're fun to ride, but you don't want anyone seeing you riding one...
Kia and Hyundai have been mounting the lights lower for years, same with jeep.THe low headlights are genius. All modern trucks have grown in size and particularly in height. The effect of high output LEDs and HIDs, on other drivers at night, is horrendous.
This is a great design element by Tesla engineers.
911s hold their value better than just about any other make and model i can think of. meanwhile you could buy a tesla monday and by friday they've reduced the cost 5k completely spiking your value.If you were given the choice between a free 911 or a Cybertruck, which would you take?
I'd definitely go for the Porsche; most people would too.
In fairness these things are usually just protos. There's probably a slicker design in the works. I'm guess Elon has a big idea on something he wants to do and most these things are just smaller chips for the wider plan. Either that or he's autistic.I still don't know if I like it. It's growing on me.
What is it, 5k more than a 4runner ?
I'm pretty sure what we're seeing now is just about production. The original prototypes were different.In fairness these things are usually just protos. There's probably a slicker design in the works. I'm guess Elon has a big idea on something he wants to do and most these things are just smaller chips for the wider plan. Either that or he's autistic.
The Aztec is much cooler then the Cybertruck, imoThis thing told the Pontiac Aztec to hold it's beer......
OMG you're really stretching. This isn't meant to replace and f250 work truck with a 8' bed, we know that. Nobody wants to spend 80k on a small work truck anyway.
But by far the most popular truck in the US, is an optioned out crew cab with a 6' bed. The cybertruck fills that niche perfectly. You could fairly call ALL 4 door 6' bed trucks "lifestyle vehicles" and I'd agree, but it's not fair to pigeonhole the CT as another Avalanche or Gladiator--it's far more capable as a truck than those.
Just because a body-on-frame is old doesn't mean it is an obsolete design. This design is much better for heavy duty vehicles, pickups and 4x4s that will go off road. The Toyota landcruiser is a legendary 4x4 and it is still body-on-frame.Totally disagree with the body on frame comment, that's just making an excuse for an ancient crappy design. Replacing the bed is pretty rare, and we don't really know that the cybertruck won't be repariable (the SS panels do appear replaceable). Also denting 1mm thick hardened SS is about 100 times harder than denting the thin, soft, sheet metal on traditional trucks.
As for the sloping side comment... that's a fair point, but pretty nit-picky. I sure see a lot of lifted trucks on job-sites, so they obviously didn't care. Also, if you lower the adjustable suspension to the ground the highest part of the bed is likely only a few inches higher than an F150 bed. I personally would have prefered no sloped sides, but would be willing to live with it for the extra 10% range it provides.
He makes great cars, that truck looks like shit."I know nothing about the truck, but I'm gonna trash it because Elon Musk made Twitter more inclusive."