Data Shows Tesla Cybertruck Is A Bigger Flop Than The ■■■■■■■ Edsel
The last couple trips to Costco there has been one parked. It is even worse looking up close. Maybe it’s the same guy. Hard to believe two people bought one. I haven’t seen a pink jag yet but that’s probably a different crowd.
I think they must have sold 10% of them in my area of Florida… to contractors!
There are quite a few - we have a Tesla dealer - but most of them are wrapped with a business logo. I have seen a few in natural stainless steel and a few wrapped in single color but not many.
Just me but I think Tesla is going to have a hard time. No offense but I think the styling has been tired plus some software issues now. Plus I think the electric kick is fading out with too limited market. Hybrids are more popular and with a broader potential customer base. We will just have to see but seems like the wrong car at the wrong time. Back in 59 I didn’t think Edsel was all that bad but never did understand how they fit in with ford and merc products.
I saw one recently that was wrapped (?) so that every surface was matte black. I never thought that anything could be uglier than the standard-issue Cybertruck, but that matte black one was REALLY ugly.
I also thought that they were decent-looking, but obviously not enough buyers agreed with us.
There were actually stand-alone Edsel dealerships, and I recall that one opened in the next town during the second year of Edsel production. Since production shut-down early in the 3rd year, that dealership wasn’t even in business for a full year.
I think back in the 1960s, a 1959 or 1960 Edsel, but not the 1958 Edsel, might have been a good purchase as a used car. The 1959 and 1960 Edsels were essentially Ford Fairlanes. The depreciation on these Edsels was very high and could be had at bargain basement prices because the Edsel had been discontinued.
Someone in my area drives a plain stainless steel Tesla cybertruck that I see on the road several times a week. UGLY! There were a couple of others wrapped with business logos I saw for awhile after the trucks first came out but they disappeared fairly quickly.
In my area, I’ve noticed a pattern as to which trucks seem to get used for what purposes. Roofing and construction companies have red Ford F150s the most with white Chevy Silverados coming in second. Folks who use a truck as a daily driver plus use it to tow a fishing boat on a trailer and/or tow a large camper seem to favor a black Toyota Tundra. And folks who want a full sized truck just because have been getting GMC trucks a lot lately, usually in light gray.
Still see cybertrucks in the area but also Rivian, silverado ev, and f150 lightning. The tesla is about attention and loyalty to the brand more than actual functionality in my opinion. The $30k ev ford truck will be interesting to see how the market reacts.
Cyber truck could be compared to a DeLorean in more than the stainless finish. A good idea badly executed
I’ve seen a few Rivian trucks recently. I’m not fond of looking at their “headlight” at night. No clue how functional a truck they are but at least not as ugly as the Tesla truck.
I’ve talked to a few rivian truck owners and they’re incredibly useful for their size, gear tunnel that the door also functions as a step into the bed. Rivians charge network works reliably and you can use the tonneau and see out the back. Smaller than the cybertruck or the Ford or gm ev trucks but works for camping or home projects. With an exemption by the state of Wa Rivian gets to deliver and showcase their vehicles other than just having service centers and short term showrooms,near where Tesla and most the premium brands have showrooms near Tacoma.
Rivian sold at least 12 trucks here in town with the service center near Seattle, f as ster rate of local sales than Tesla when it was only the model S. I’d love a truck version of the r2 if they decide to make one. 1st Rivian I saw was at night so the lights got my attention but the R1 is as bog of a truck as I realistically need.
There are at least 5 in my area that I see every now and then.
1 silver, 1 black, 1 Mary Key Pink, 1 white and one decided to hide the ugliness’s by painting it Camouflage (it’s not working).
My take, they were trying to fit in with the Dodge/Desoto lines at Chrysler, and Pontiac/low level Olds&Buicks. I thought the 58 were beautiful. Would still like to have one. But the problem, Ford had too many different sizes and trims, rolled them out too soon with very poor assembly quality, some, like the two door wagon, was a 57 Ford wagon with Edsel Front sheet metal but retained the Ford’s fins. One of my classmate had a 60 Edsel, a truly poor attempt. The biggest Edsel (Citation?) had the push buttons for the transmission in the steering wheel. Of course now those Edsels, just like Packard Hawks fetch big bucks.
I always liked that vintage of fords, 57, 59, and 61 especially. Dad had made a deal For a 59 wagon. Went to pick it up and they tacked on an extra $100 so we left and ended up with a Chevy instead.
According to the latest news, it’s not just you.
To be fair, TSLA is a meme stock, which trades on hopes and dreams, not actual business fundamentals. The kind of investor who would buy this stock isn’t going to sell because of a poor earnings report. They’re going to sell because they’re facing a margin call (they bought too much “hyperscaler” and chip maker stocks on leverage), or because they want to redeploy the capital into some other investment, such as SPCX.
That pretty much describes the entire stock market. The stock market is way up based on expectations, not past performance.