Reactions to the Model X

[Fr23shjive]

Do you like it? Were you disappointed? Comments?

[Citizen-T]

Love it. Interested to see how it ends up when all is said and done.

[Fr23shjive]

I think it looks good but Im a little disappointed. I would've preferred traditional doors in the rear. The rear doors make it look kind of gimmicky to me.

I would still get the Model S over the Model X.

[smoothoperator]

I think the Model X looks more like a hatchback than a luxury suv... The Falcon doors make the car look almost cartoonish, if they were going to that route I would have preferred that all 4 doors be falcon style. The integration of the touchscreen looks unfinished and something that you would find on the TV show pimp my ride.....I hope this is not the future of the Tesla "design language."

[Odenator]

Yeah, I'm a little dumbfounded on its looks as well. The front and back look like they stretched out a Model S chassis to make it look taller but not in a good way.

[EVNow]

I think the 7 1/2 ft. vertical clearance makes this impractical for many. They should get rid off the falcon doors if it can't be made optional ...

[Mitrovic]

I like it a lot!
Much better then I thought! Love the Falcon doors. They are much more practical then standard doors. Sliding doors are also good, but this looks much more impressive. If you have kids and you have motorised rear doors, you can never go back to classic doors!

I guess I will skip the Model S and reserve the Model X as soon as possible!

[rabar10]

I've noticed some comments here and elsewhere disparaging the sloping rear of the Model X, wishing for a more boxy rear-end, and also others wishing for a wagon version of the Model S.

While I understand the pure aesthetic side of the argument, more boxy vehicle designs pay too much of an aerodynamic (and therefore range) penalty for a first-generation EV, when range and battery cost is still such a critical issue. This restricts the Tesla 'design language' for the foreseeable future. I don't think we'll see aerodynamically-inefficient Tesla vehicles for quite a while.

The only other EV option with a more traditional boxy SUV style is the Toyota RAV4 EV, coming soon.

[Mycroft]

For an SUV, I think it's great! When I first saw the doors, I thought meh. But after seeing the inside from the Gigaom video, I can really see the benefits. That thing looked VERY spacious inside!

[Mycroft]

RB, Tesla has always been horrible at price preparation. A serious weakness IMHO.