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We Didn’t Really Want The Tesla Model X Anyway

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It’s a good thing the world has people like Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Because if it weren’t for him, how would we know what we really wanted?

You see, consumers think they want the Tesla Model X – a vehicle that the company has teased us with for a while now. It would seem to make sense, as the Model X is a small SUV that will offer all the things people love about Tesla (long battery life, great performance, cutting-edge style), but with the advantages of a traditional crossover. It’s understandable why there would be a high demand for such a vehicle.

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You don’t really want this.

But no, silly people, what you really want is the Tesla Model S. Sure, it’s a completely different configuration and has a different core customer base. But this is what you want. Even though consumers have walked into Tesla stores everywhere and paid the deposit in cash for a Model X, and even though the Tesla site allows you to reserve the X – the fact is, you don’t really want it. And even more, you can’t have it – but Tesla still wants your money.

“There are no cars available for a test drive,” said Musk. “There is no information about the cars in our stores because we’re only selling the S. In fact, if somebody comes in who wants to buy the X, we try to convince them to buy the S. So we anti-sell it.”

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You want this.

Leave it to Musk and the boys at Tesla to tease something that we apparently can’t actually have. Come in for the X, get sold on the S. Sounds like a classic car dealer – trying to burn the consumer on the S. And here I thought Tesla was trying to be different.

Will there ever actually be a Tesla Model X release date – or is it all just a scam? Let us know what you think in the comments.

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Wes grew up around cars at the family business. He makes no attempt to hide his love of early 90s GM products, and still repents selling his sweet '94 Pontiac Sunbird a few years back. He is currently a managing partner at phantomcopy.com.

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The Most Interesting Aspects of the Dodge Demon

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Many of us thought that the Dodge Challenger Hellcat was about as intimidating as a car could get. After all, people couldn’t hardly get them off the lot without crashing them when they first came out. Then Dodge upped the ante with the new Demon. But aside from the raw power, there are some other interesting aspects of the new Demon.

Check out the video below for a full rundown of just how unique this car is.

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Mercedes Names May Be Getting More Confusing

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Think you finally have your Mercedes names mastered? Well, a new challenge appears to be coming, friend.

How to now identify Mercedes models by name

Some moves in the northwoods of Canada by the brand appear to signal a change in the naming conventions that will be used for Mercedes and AMG models. Candian trademarks have been filed for  A 40, CLA 40, SLC 40, SLC 50 and GLE 50 in addition to CLA 53, G73 and S73.

If this proves true in the states, it would signal an end to the rule of two digits for Mercedes, three-digits for AMG counterparts. The new world would be two digits, ending in a “0” for Mercedes, and two digits ending in a “3” for AMG. This supports rumors of  an AMG ‘73’ model with a hybrid powertrain.

While this change isn’t terribly difficult to comprehend, it certainly makes things interesting when comparing legacy and upcoming Mercedes models. There are a lot of numbers to keep straight, and a lot of explaining to do. And the letter and number combos leave something to be desired in terms of cachet.

Oh, it’s got cachet baby!

It makes one appreciate the simplicity of giving each vehicle an actual name, like the domestic manufacturers do. Sure, that’s how we ended up with the Chevy Nova, but what are you going to do? There are only so many names, surely one for an automobile would end up meaning “no go” in some language, right?…

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What’s with Toyota’s weird shifter pattern?

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I like my car. It’s a 2011 Toyota toaster, I mean Camry. If you made a list of everything a car has to do, the Camry would check all the boxes. It gets me from point A to point B with the consistency a learning golfer would envy. It’s a toaster. You put in the bread, choose your level of toastiness, push down the thingy and then wait for it to pop up. But there is one interesting thing about my car. The shifter. That’s it up there. That is definitely not conventional at all. So, what’s with Toyota’s weird shifter pattern? (more…)

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