Betcha Can't Guess What Is Now The Top Selling Luxury Sport Sedan In California

Ha. They also just hit 500/day, 3,500/week. #1 in it's class for the US is next.

https://electrek.co/2018/05/24/tesla-model-3-production-battery-chassis-mariage-bottleneck/

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Yup, and when they are profitable by the end of the year, it will be "well they missed profitability for 10 years." They are the company to beat, whether you see it now or five years from now. Detroit thinks like you do, and that is why in the end traditional makes are screwed.

Stay tuned for the guys posting from the rust belt telling us how nutty California is.

Even northeastern blue state folks think California is nutty! ;) It's the left left left coast. Waaaay out there.

Quite a stretch there..it is hardly a sport sedan. Going fast in a straight line hardly qualifies. Going fast whilst keeping in one piece might help. But I doubt it.

It doesn't just go fast in a straight line, read/watch ANY of the reviews. The handling is exceptional, probably the most praised feature of the car.

1 - It is not a sports sedan - It certainly does not give that impression when you get into one - it is a CHEAP looking sedan

2 - The Model 3 - is NOT a premium sedan as well - it is ENTRY level - not even middle premium - if it was sold on a truly open market -they would never justify the price of the cheap looking car.

Now - if you want to compare it - compare it to a Toyota Corolla - and entry level compact car. THAT is where it belongs - not any higher.

i wonder if any of the other 2 vendors mentioned made all their sales report in 1 quarter....

Performance, range, and functionality are on a different level. It's closest competitor is the BMW 330 or A4.

The Tesla Model 3 is just SO HOT that it CAN'T BE STOPPED!

(....or perhaps its inability to stop comes from its faulty brakes!)

still hate that dash slapped with an i pad in the middle

Proof is in the sales.

Let the haters hate. I saw my first Model 3 in black today. Slowly but surely like they did with the Model S, sales will rise and challenge the traditional leaders of the segment.

And the combined wallop of electrification by Audi, VW, Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Ford, GM, Toyota, Honda...will have ZERO impact, I'm sure.

What wallop do you speak of? Because their electrification efforts so far have fallen flat on their stomach, beaten with an ugly stick called the Prius Prime.

@vdiv If you believe that Tesla WON'T get walloped by Ford, GM, VW, Audi, Porsche, Mercedes, BMW, Toyota, Honda, and Hyundai-Kia--to name many--when their EVs hit the market in the next months to several years you're a fool.

When would that be? I've been waiting 40 years now. What they've produced so far is rather sad.

Let's see... this year in the US Nissan has sold 3,700 Leafs while Tesla has sold 5,500 Model X, 6,500 Model S, and 12,000 Model 3s.

How cute you think the US is my country.

No worries, I'm for all electric cars. Pay attention to the trajectory, not only to the cumulative numbers. At double or triple the price for a Tesla with a limited distribution market you'd think that Nissan would have sold a lot more Leafs/eNV200 etc. They haven't, but at least they have been trying. What's the rest of the industry doing? Tesla Killer concepts?

The new Leaf is an excellent car, my coworker just got one and it blows away the original in every way. However, it is no Model 3 and the sales will show that. Even at 10k/mo, the Model 3 will trounce it with the current production rate.

Hey the Fusion can be kinda luxurious and it's kinda sporty, so I'm sure it's selling better than the turd from the NUMMI plant.

#ApplesToOranges

The Model 3 doesn't compete with the Fusion. It competes with the 3 Series and C Class - which it is handily outselling. Get over it.

@runninglogan1 You're a dumb ass who misses the point. So here it is: the Model 3 isn't aimed at the C Class and 3 Series. Thus comparing it to them is as nonsensical as asserting that the Fusion competes with them.

The Model 3 is supposed to be the average man's affordable EV at $35K, but none are available at that price. The Model 3 is PRICED more like a Mercedes C Class, but it's execution is more like a base Fusion. The target of the Model 3 was the CamCord, i.e. everyday sedan. The irony is that the CamCords and Fusions of the world have far better build quality and nicer interiors for half the price of a typical Model 3.

I was in Cupertino a few days ago and saw a Model 3. It was horrific for build quality.

"It was horrific for build quality." Lol. Dumb trolls are no fun.

@runninglogan1...Indeed you are no fun.

Tesla is benchmarking all versions of the Model 3 against BMW 3-series variants. It was never to designed to go after the Fusion and likely never will. Autonomous rides will decimate entry-level car sales--Tesla doesn't need to go any lower than the Model 3.

Of course they are benchmarking the 3 Series AFTER THE FACT given that the promise of a $35K EV affordable EV alternative to the CamCord is now a $60K machine that is cruder than a base Chevy Rentabu. If you scroll back in Tesla's propaganda--OOPS PR--Musk very aggressively promised a $35K wonder car EV for the masses aimed at the mainstream sedan buyer.

The base $35k version will be out in 2019 I think. You can get a $35k 3-series as well, the difference is that the cost per mile will be way less on the Tesla, bringing it more realistically in the $25-30k range over a 4-5 year period. This is with no rebates.

It's not just being BEV, its the innovative interior, no middle man sales, over the air software updates, and the cross-country charging network. The only thing being matched here is the charging network that VAG was forced to build.

Have you seen that interior? A Mitsubushi Mirage is far more luxurious.
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In this dude's world luxury = a whole bunch of buttons. Let me guess - you also though the iPhone would never catch on?

Steve is that you?

The only idiots are those that can't see the future until it is too late. Now's a great time for you to short Tesla btw. If you think they aren't going to make it, put your money where your mouth is. Dare you.

California is so hard left you cannot even make right turns. ;-))

Name one significant luxury car feature in its pier group that the Model 3 does not have. The aesthetics are controversial (for now until all other cars look this way), but functionality wise I think it has everything you will find in a 3-series and then some.

"Pier" group?? Does Autokill now drive people off piers and into the ocean where the electric doors instantly malfunction and drown the Harry Potter fans inside the Model 3?

And Tesla loses money on every car it has ever made. Hardly a sustainable business model.

By your measure the iPhone should have failed to the Blackberry. Is anyone here born after 1950?

1987 was a most delightful year.

By your measure the iPhone should have failed to the Blackberry. Is anyone here born after 1950?
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Doesn't seem so.

This is the crowd that has been predicting Tesla's imminent bankruptcy since 2013.