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0 pointshindsightbias3y ago0 comments

“Tesla not only beat all US luxury automakers on car sales for 2022 as a whole, but also beat them by a ridiculous margin. BMW was the former champ, and while its sales dropped by over 5% year over year, Tesla's sales grew by more than a whopping 40%.”

https://insideevs.com/news/652873/tesla-tops-bmw-us-luxury-c...

If you’re pummeling Toyota with a luxy model, the rest are just fluff.

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Retric3y ago· 2 in thread

Tesla isn’t a luxury brand.

EV batteries introduce a price premium but the Model 3 is targeting Hyundai buyers not BMW buyers. Just look at the Ionic 5 price point.

hindsightbiasOP3y ago

The industry disagrees with you

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a42938734/tesla-best-selli... https://www.kbb.com/car-news/tesla-is-americas-best-selling-... https://www.motortrend.com/cars/tesla/model-y/

I don’t see Hyundais in Palo Alto. I see Teslas. Perhaps you consider valley middle class.

Retric3y ago

There’s strong disagreement around that the model S and X might qualify as luxury cars but are missing many common characteristics like the degree of sound isolation. Some people talk about pricing, but you can spend 6 figures on a ford 150 which isn’t a Luxury brand.

https://carbuzz.com/news/lucid-delays-production-says-tesla-...

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