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maybe they should try making their cars not ugly as sin
The main flaw of that thing is its bad engineering. The design was meant to be polarising and if it was actually a good car, it would work in its favour.
They are also larger then expected or needed. The one I see at work just barely fits in the parking spaces, width wise.
But that goes for pretty much any pickup truck. The whole category is an affront to common sense.
Nah. The current crop of US pickups is, I’ll agree; but there’s plenty of older pickups that are much more reasonably scaled. Not to mention non-American models.
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Agreed. I was specifically referring to the current crop of US pickups.
They are really going to have to slash prices to move those trucks. 50%,60%75%? Even then will anyone want them?
Gee, that’s too bad. I do Nazi the problem.
They have a lot of problems … they’re about this high … raises right hand up on the air palm down
The photograph that says it all. Let’s remember Elon Musk for the Nazi that he is.
he doesnt look commited to it though, because hes doing the lip sucking thing that children do when they are unsure if they will get a bad reaction from it.
This photo is taken out of context, though. I mean, he slapped his chest before the salute, and he did it twice in a row… Ah shit nevermind, he’s a Nazi.
The hand on his heart really does make you think twice about the meaning though, just like it did with that other guy.
Wow. I had no doubt it was a salute, but seeing them side-by-side is chilling
That cadence…
You can just tell it was practiced in front of a mirror with the video as model.
Am I the only one that sees Adolfo “using” it and Musk “feeling” it?
You had me for a second there bud.
“$800 million worth”?
“Nobody wants”?Sounds like creative accounting…
I have $800M worth of lint in my belly button, apparently
Except these actually have value as scrap especially in the batteries.
They tried that in Canada and got caught. They’ll get a free handy for doing it in the US under Tump though.
That’s what Trump’s big legal battle with New York was about - lying about the value of a penthouse or something.
So much of these “rich” fuckers wealth is just bullshit on paper.
Yup. Their boss controls the IRS. They’ll write them off, get a bailout check, and sale the remaining trucks to the US military. Triple dip the American tax payer.
Wait, now it’s only $700 million. $400 million. $34 million… And it’s $6.50.
Yeah, I guess there is someone out there who would buy a fleet of dumpster cars for $6.50.
I’d buy one for about tree-fiddy.
What!? You gave that damn monster another tree fiddy?
sprays loch ness monsta spray
Not today!
Cybertrucks are just sitting around, waiting for someone to officially label them the DeLorean of the 21st century.
Hey! You take that back! DeLoreans were always cool cars. Their demise wasn’t due to lack of popularity, the company just had problems getting established, and ultimately didn’t survive its initial growth phase.
Nobody despised the DeLorean, or it’s owner. They just ran out of money, and he tried a desperate Hail Mary play, that didn’t work.
I’d fucking love to have a DeLorean; they’re bad cars but that’s where the similarities to the Cybertruck end. They’re just cool.
Yeah and at least they’re creator had a cool story.
Yeah, he was a larger than life character, and the end of the company was spectacular. Most companies end with a whimper, his ended with an explosion.
I have a little personal anecdote about the end of DeLorean Motor Cars. At the end, I was living in Cleveland, OH, where DeLorean’s brother had a Cadillac dealership, which also sold DeLoreans, of course.
When the company crashed, the government, or the bank, or the court, or somebody, was coming to take all the cars that were sitting in the factory parking lot in Detroit. The local news caught a helicopter shot of a long line of DeLoreans driving out of the lot, and down the road in a long line. They didn’t bother to follow them.
A few days later, it was reported that all the surplus DeLoreans were missing, and DeLorean was hiding them somewhere, and they showed the footage of the cars driving off.
A few days after that, I was taking one of my favorite shortcuts through Lakewood, the suburb where DeLorean Cadillac was located. My shortcut was a small road/alley, with far less traffic and lights, which went behind the businesses along the main road.
One of those businesses was DeLorean Cadillac, with a big parking lot behind the dealership. I’d passed that lot many times, and it was always a mix of Caddys and DeLoreans, but this time I saw that it was FULL of nothing but DeLoreans, packed in like sardines. I had no doubt that these were the missing DeLoreans that the authorities were searching for.
So, of course I notified the authorities where they could find the cars, right? Fuck NO. DeLorean didn’t seem like a bad guy, just a major dreamer who got desperate. I always kind of admired him. So I kept my mouth shut, and made the authorities find the cars without my help.
Their demise wasn’t due to lack of popularity, the company just had problems getting established, and ultimately didn’t survive its initial growth phase.
Hm, I thought their demise was due to them arbitrarily going back in time.
FUCK I accidentally hit 88mph again. I’m going to be really early to dinner…
Their demise was absolutely due to lack of popularity. In December '81 they had produced 7,000 units and sold 3,000. I’d argue that they failed for the same reason Fiero did – they looked like a sports car but were not. Top speed was 110mph. 0-60 time was 10.5 seconds. It had a V-6 that put out 130hp in a car with a curb wt of 2700 lbs. 0-60 time was measured at 10.5 seconds. To put that in perspective, about the same as a 99 Ford F-350 Super Duty Crew Cab 4x4 Dually or 73 LTD Brougham. There are virtually no modern cars that run 0-60 that slow. A 2024 5.3l Suburban has a time of 7.0
In addition, they had numerous quality control problems. This in a car that retailed for $25k or the rough equivalent of $86,000 in today’s dollars. While it’s probably true that nobody despised the car, it was not a good car. They were definitely cool sitting in a parking lot but getting spanked by a 1980 Chevy Citation (0-60 10.3) is not a good look
The cybertruck is on a different scale of unpopularity.
Nobody threw Molotov cocktails at Delorians. (Edit: or even DeLoreans)
Not with that spelling.
How dare you disparage the amazing Fiero!
getting spanked by a 1980 Chevy Citation (0-60 10.3) is not a good look
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I’m not saying you are wrong in anything you state, and you make good points.
And yes you are probably right that the shortcomings compared to what was promised is the main reason sales didn’t go as expected.
But I think you don’t see it the same way as barneypiccolo you responded to.
Wasn’t the DeLorean design pretty iconic from the beginning? The fact that there are still more than 2/3rds of the cars built on the road today 44 years later does speak volumes to its favor regarding popularity IMO. Those were not cars that were bought, found insufficient and then scrapped. But instead have been maintained despite DeLorean hasn’t been around to supply spare parts.
Also the fact that the car had such a central role in the Movie Back to the Future, because it was simply such a cool car despite it’s flaws, what other car could they have used for similar effect?
Imagine trying to do that with the Cybertruck! The Cinema would most like burst out in laughter from claiming doing anything with a Cybertruck would be to do it in “Style” as Emmet Brown expressed it regarding the DeLrean. It would clearly be seen as a fat joke on how stupid the car is and looks.
So no the car wasn’t popular enough in sales for the number of cars DeLorean built, but it was never an unpopular atrocity like the Cybertruck is.Edit PS:
they had produced 7,000 units and sold 3,000
That’s not true:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMC_DeLoreantotal production reached an estimated 9,000 units
And allegedly they needed to sell about 2000 cars remaining to continue.
Holy moly those specs are remarkably similar to my 1st generation Prius.
Now compare the gas mileage lol
Edit - Was actually curious:
Vehicle City Highway Combined DeLorean 17 23 19 Prius 42 41 42 I actually expected the DeLorean to be worse
Me too. That’s comparable to my dad’s old 4 cylinder Toyota Pickup (mid-80’s, so similar era). Smaller engine and wayyyy less power so I would’ve expected the pickup to get worse than the Delorean.
You know, by stock market logic, this would mean they aren’t actually worth $800m
If the stock market had anythign to do with logic Tesla wouldn’t be worth more than all other car manufacturers combined
Bag holders.
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Stock market logic, sell one cybertruck for $1m and your whole inventory is now worth 10x
Simple economy actually. Supply exceeds demand, value on the market is lower.
On the stock market, you can do all kinds of fuckery to gain from this.They’re only worth what someone would be willing to pay for them. What’s the scrap value on a cybertruck?
Fuck Tesla. No bailouts for Nazis.
Narrator: …
He’s right behind me isn’t he
I would pay 10 bucks to use them in my survival kit as a fire starter.
Time to bury them in the desert right beside the ET Atari cartridges.
That is only if they catch fire.
Make elon pay to fire them into the sun
I am expecting them to end up as ICE technicals, used to hunt down dissidents like…checks notes…American citizens, children, and the elderly.
My pet conspiracy theory has been that Elmo was hoping Trump would mandate that everything gov related has to drive Teslas.
That’s definitely plausible.
So your saying one will be able to avoid ICE by simply escaping on days when its raining?
Or, by running through sand or mud!
Finally some good news
But they sold $43 million in 72 hours! /s
I mean, if they are gonna get rid of it, I will take one for free. Free EV is a free EV if it breaks down 5 days later then I am in the same situation I was before getting the truck.
Just use it for the batteries and parts
Battery would be grand for a household solar install. Seats would be nice on the porch. The frunk can hold a lot of chicken feed, and the cabin would make a fine henhouse for a small flock.
This is the only situation I would support some backwoods jackass converting something to diesel and “rolling coal” in it.
I know it will never happen, but I would find in genuinely hilarious.
Except it still cost you money. It still needs to be registered, titled, and plated. This means you will be in the negative after only having it for 5 days.
also the ~$5000 (?) clear coat… lol i bet those are all getting rusty in whatever lot they’re stored in.
All those retailer investors are going to get fucked so hard. They don’t even know they’re getting fed lies and end up bailing out the original investors who actually have money.
