[QUOTE=Strike 86;52882080]It feels at this point like Tesla is becoming the Apple of the car world.
It's important to recognise them for innovation and the work they're doing bringing these ideas to the mainstream but there's also loads of sheep who are willing to overlook huge flaws because they're in love with the brand[/QUOTE]
I've thought this ever since people were willing to put down a $1000 deposit preorder on a car that hadn't even entered production, before any reviews had been released, made by a company that is still very new and not very good in terms of production numbers (only 230 made in the third quarter of this year)
I mean I can understand putting down that sort of money to preorder a Merc, Toyota, VW, etc as they're well established brands that generally have no problems actually supplying the demand but a new company that isn't exactly the most financially stable? eh
[QUOTE=Araknid;52882173]I've thought this ever since people were willing to put down a $1000 deposit preorder on a car that hadn't even entered production, before any reviews had been released, made by a company that is still very new and not very good in terms of production numbers (only 230 made in the third quarter of this year)
I mean I can understand putting down that sort of money to preorder a Merc, Toyota, VW, etc as they're well established brands that generally have no problems actually supplying the demand but a new company that isn't exactly the most financially stable? eh[/QUOTE]
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't they start taking in preorders before the car's final styling was released to the public?
Yeah I know, people like it because it's an affordable, somewhat decent electric car (but prob most people like it because they have a crush on Elon Musk and his cult of personality). But if I put down a deposit on a car, only for it to turn out to be what it currently looks like with its really gaudy wheels and hideous chrome window surrounds, I'd be disappointed.
That is less of a critique of Tesla than it is of American makers in general; no American maker can do elegant, upmarket styling properly.
[QUOTE=Strike 86;52882080]Touch screens were always a really terrible idea in cars because you need to look at them to use them effectively, as [URL="http://youtu.be/RHE85kHxRw8?t=291"]Motor Trend explains here[/URL]. A lot of manufacturers are working towards phasing them out for the major controls, so it's odd that Tesla has chosen to have almost no physical switches on the interior, and not only that, but chosen to have it as a central design theme for the interior of their cars. It's better than most touch-screen systems out there but it's fundamentally wrong for automotive applications.
It feels at this point like Tesla is becoming the Apple of the car world.
It's important to recognise them for innovation and the work they're doing bringing these ideas to the mainstream but there's also loads of sheep who are willing to overlook huge flaws because they're in love with the brand, or the image, or Elon Musk and they justify it by waving the environmental credentials of EVs around which I'm not sure you can truthfully do.
The Model 3 is still going to be a hugely important best-selling car but it's not streets ahead of the competition like the Model S was.[/QUOTE]
Motor trend wasn't so negative about the touchscreen in their own Model 3 review:
[QUOTE]It’ll take a lot more miles than this to decide if the single off-center screen completely substitutes for a conventionally located gauge cluster, but I’m already adapting to it. At least I can always see the mph display near my right hand position (upper left corner of the screen) versus it being often half-hidden behind spokes.
Tesla worked hard to increase interior space, and subjectively it succeeded. For a compact car, the Model 3 feels incredibly light and airy. The dash is pulled ahead and pressed down, but cleverly, the touchscreen is apart from that, close to your right hand.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.motortrend.com/cars/tesla/model-3/2018/exclusive-tesla-model-3-first-drive-review/[/url]
Plus in their Model S review they didn't have any negative opinion of the screen, other than saying people into "metal and leather" might not like it. In the Cadillac review you linked they said they shouldn't do it if it's not better than an iPad, and in the Model S review they mention that it is better than an iPad.
[editline]12th November 2017[/editline]
In another review from the author of OPs video he seems to prefer touchscreen infotainment systems:
[url]https://youtu.be/giIP0XdT7SA?t=535[/url]
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