Model S Nose Cone Designs (Prototype, Alpha, Beta and beyond)

[BriansTesla]

Hi Nigel,

Brian is apparently in the position where he is capable of making design changes himself.

Larry

I am not above making design changes where the original becomes dated at some point. Here the factory redesigned and I just carried it a little further. I think for a car designed in 1990 it made the look more timeless IMHO.

[Iz]

Just to add my .02 in this is my preferred Model S nose

[Lloyd]

Maybe I'm not getting it, but why did they put something that looks like a big black hole, where there does not need to be one? JMO!

[vfx]

Maybe I'm not getting it, but why did they put something that looks like a big black hole, where there does not need to be one? JMO!

Because that's what customers are used to looking at on big sedans. Same with the first Roadster with analog gauges and a "stick shift".

Some owners will likely paint the black void same as the car color. Some like Brian will take it even further.

[Iz]

That area may be difficult to paint because it is largely plastic. Lots of innovators out there and we should not be surprised.

[Zextraterrestrial]

Pave set it w/ diamonds and make it sparkle! maybe rubies for the sig red?

I think it would have been neat if it was all body color w/ the T emblem and maybe a little chrome, but no black (but then it wouldn't look like the roadster front end)
The postcard that I picked up from Menlo (2010?) has the front in the picture that Iz posted but it also says deliveries in 2011 & 5 min. battery swap
2012 is the new 2011

[strider]

I am not above making design changes where the original becomes dated at some point. Here the factory redesigned and I just carried it a little further. I think for a car designed in 1990 it made the look more timeless IMHO.

SVX? I had a '94.

[Trnsl8r]

I believe there are some cooling fans behind it so it's not entirely a fake grill. (Saw a pic on the TM blog somewhere.)

Also it's good when you scratch it and have to have it replaced that it is color independent.

[AnOutsider]

Loch Ness Monster ? .. Bigfoot ? … UFO's ?

Elvis is alive and well, and has already customised his Model S #-001

That grille with the badge on the hood is awesome

[dsm363]

Loch Ness Monster ? .. Bigfoot ? … UFO's ?

Elvis is alive and well, and has already customised his Model S #-001

That's cool. Is this your photoshop design with the grille? That's what the performance version should look like.