That "truck" is truly one of the dumbest designs I've ever seen. It's right there with the "DeLorean" and uglier than the "Edsel".
You can't repair a dent in stainless steel, or even a scratch in it. So if it's actually used as a "trunk" it's going get ugly very fast and that's going to kill it's resale value.
It's comparable to the "HUMMER" in that it is a "Status Symbol" that will lose it's luster very quickly and it's value on the resale market will tank hard after just a few years.
Not to mention it will burn your skin like a frying pan on sunny hot days if you touch it.
Well, you'll be able to tell which ones have been in crashes easily, due to the stainless steel showing dents and scratches. Deloreans which have had accidents nearly always get painted with paint in order to conceal the damage and its correction using filler, so it's a good bet that cybertrucks will show up in many different colours. It'll be interesting to see which colours people choose on the blank slate of stainless steel
I’m looking forward to mine, and my Model S is getting long in the tooth with 100k miles on it. It might not be mass market successful, but it’s bold, and Tesla is successful enough to try projects like this. Not so much if you’re a legacy automaker like Ford or GM with a balance sheet holding on for dear life.
Being ugly doesn't make it reliable. Maybe that's a tradeoff that sometimes happens but AFAICT everything about Cybertruck design is to look different and cool to the CEO and his fans, who I don't doubt will rush to buy them to handle their rugged drives to the office and back. The question is how many fans are left because I really doubt anyone else wants one of these.
There are lots of ugly cars that are status symbols. I've built and customized a few for folks who paid me to do that. This one is not just ugly though, it's a crappy design for a work truck.
You can't repair a dent in stainless steel, or even a scratch in it. So if it's actually used as a "trunk" it's going get ugly very fast and that's going to kill it's resale value.
It's comparable to the "HUMMER" in that it is a "Status Symbol" that will lose it's luster very quickly and it's value on the resale market will tank hard after just a few years.
Not to mention it will burn your skin like a frying pan on sunny hot days if you touch it.