Model 3 is Officially Model Ξ

[Electroman]

Why for heaven sake Tesla cannot name Models like every one else with an actual name? Instead of all the cryptic single letters?

A Corvette and Panamera sounds so much better to say than 'S' and 'X' and the stupid three horizontal lines

 

[ELRev]

Why for heaven sake Tesla cannot name Models like every one else with an actual name? Instead of all the cryptic single letters?

A Corvette and Panamera sounds so much better to say than 'S' and 'X' and the stupid three horizontal lines

I disagree. I think the names of Tesla's line-up are SEXY.

 

[Bangor Bob]

At least they don't (yet) have the unfathomable alphabet soup of names Acura, Infiniti and Lexus use... They're headed that way though.

 

[HookBill]

Why for heaven sake Tesla cannot name Models like every one else with an actual name? Instead of all the cryptic single letters?

A Corvette and Panamera sounds so much better to say than 'S' and 'X' and the stupid three horizontal lines

Because they WANT to.

 

[eloder]

Why for heaven sake Tesla cannot name Models like every one else with an actual name? Instead of all the cryptic single letters?

A Corvette and Panamera sounds so much better to say than 'S' and 'X' and the stupid three horizontal lines

Sorry, can't hear you over the sound of the BMW i3, the 3-series, the ix, the iq, the sb, the i8, the mazda 2 and 3... list goes on!

 

[AnOutsider]

Audi does letter-number names. It's not all that out there.

 

[Lonnie123]

S for Sedan, X for crossover, 3 for their third gen platform (3rd production model as well)

A name for a car doesnt really tell you anything, whereas numbers/letters actually could. BMW 3 series v 5 serious for example, you know what you are getting. A hyundai tucson or a Toyota Camry... who knows?

 

[Stretch2727]

The name does not make the car.

The car makes the name.

 

[ohmman]

A name for a car doesnt really tell you anything, whereas numbers/letters actually could. BMW 3 series v 5 serious for example, you know what you are getting. A hyundai tucson or a Toyota Camry... who knows?

A Hyundai Tucson was built to operate optimally in Tucson, Arizona. The Toyota Camry has a dual overhead cam, making it very cammy, or in some circles, "camry." A Hyundai Sorento [sic] has the ability to turn fresh lemons into limoncello. A Honda Fit will fit into a tiny, tiny parking space. And a Subaru Outback was actually found in the wild in the Australian Outback - every model sold is a grafted copy of the original.

So you see, these names are very descriptive.

 

[Az_Rael]

Why for heaven sake Tesla cannot name Models like every one else with an actual name? Instead of all the cryptic single letters?

A Corvette and Panamera sounds so much better to say than 'S' and 'X' and the stupid three horizontal lines

I read somewhere that not using model names is done very deliberately by car manufacturers. If you own a Hyundai Santa Fe or a Chevy Volt, you tend to refer to the car by its model name "My Santa Fe, or my Volt". But, if you own a Lexus IS250 or a Audi S4, you tend to refer to the car by its manufacturer name, "My Lexus, or my Audi", or "my Tesla". It builds loyalty to the brand, not the particular car model.

I think that's why Hyundai tried it with their earlier upscale cars, those letter and number jumbles that involved an X. But it only works if you do it across the whole lineup.

 

[MTL_HABS1909]

Why for heaven sake Tesla cannot name Models like every one else with an actual name? Instead of all the cryptic single letters?

A Corvette and Panamera sounds so much better to say than 'S' and 'X' and the stupid three horizontal lines

Disagree. I prefer this naming convention.

 

[Electroman]

I read somewhere that not using model names is done very deliberately by car manufacturers. If you own a Hyundai Santa Fe or a Chevy Volt, you tend to refer to the car by its model name "My Santa Fe, or my Volt". But, if you own a Lexus IS250 or a Audi S4, you tend to refer to the car by its manufacturer name, "My Lexus, or my Audi", or "my Tesla". It builds loyalty to the brand, not the particular car model.
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Okay now I get it. Make the model name some silly, vague combination of letters, so people will be forced to say brand name. I think Tesla takes it to another level and named the '3rd generation mass market car' to an unpronounceable ascii character that is not even in the keyboard.

Looks like Porsche didn't get that memo.

 

[ajay]

Cue long who's-on-first style joke about a Chinese businessman on vacation discussing a certain Tesla in Greece.

 

[gregincal]

Well, what would stop people then from filling out Tesla Model ≡ ?

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Okay now I get it. Make the model name some silly, vague combination of letters, so people will be forced to say brand name. I think Tesla takes it to another level and named the '3rd generation mass market car' to an unpronounceable ascii character that is not even in the keyboard.

Looks like Porsche didn't get that memo.

No, it's the Model 3. The Model 3. It might use a stylized logo, but it should always be written and pronounced Model 3. That's the way Elon has always written it, so that's good enough for me.

Edit: I notice that this whole thread is started because the invitation showed the stylized logo. However, I notice it doesn't use the word Model. My question is whether the text of the invitation used a normal 3 when referring to the Model 3. I bet it did.

 

[AudubonB]

A Hyundai Tucson was built to operate optimally in Tucson, Arizona. The Toyota Camry has a dual overhead cam, making it very cammy, or in some circles, "camry." A Hyundai Sorento [sic] has the ability to turn fresh lemons into limoncello. A Honda Fit will fit into a tiny, tiny parking space. And a Subaru Outback was actually found in the wild in the Australian Outback - every model sold is a grafted copy of the original.

So you see, these names are very descriptive.

And, por los latinoamericanos of course, the Chevy Nova......

 

[ggies07]

So when someone asks what the name is, who's going to put three fingers up and to the side and say Model 3 at the same time!?!.....

 

[HookBill]

That's better than putting one finger up horizontally

 

[HookBill]

That's better than putting one finger up horizontally

Sorry, vertically.

 

[Trev Page]

I read somewhere that not using model names is done very deliberately by car manufacturers. If you own a Hyundai Santa Fe or a Chevy Volt, you tend to refer to the car by its model name "My Santa Fe, or my Volt". But, if you own a Lexus IS250 or a Audi S4, you tend to refer to the car by its manufacturer name, "My Lexus, or my Audi", or "my Tesla". It builds loyalty to the brand, not the particular car model.

I think that's why Hyundai tried it with their earlier upscale cars, those letter and number jumbles that involved an X. But it only works if you do it across the whole lineup.

As I recall, what happened was that Acura had a few cars such as the Integra an Legend and buyers eventually started just calling their cars by their model name and the manufacturer name was never mentioned. In an effort by marketing to elevate the brand name, Acura dropped the easily pronounceable names and went with TLS, MDX, RSX etc.. so that you'd be forced to say "Acura MDX" etc... It's pretty much the norm now with all luxury makes. Most people say " I have a Tesla Model S" or "Tesla Model X"

 

[Electroman]

I am not sure anyone is going to confused on who the manufacturer is for Accord or Camry or Corvette or Hellcat or Viper. There is a nice ring to those names and rolls of the tongue nicely instead of NSX. The naming scheme of some of these luxury players like Axura and Mercedes reminds of how the stars and planets are named, eg: PSR B1257+12 A

Another silly thing is the word 'Model' infront of the 'S'. Tesla has a model <named> Model S.