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Edit - wow that is a better looking car than I expected. You can be as awkward serving as you like if that's the main course!

I mean, I'll reserve judgement until I see some more photos, but when he revealed the car it felt like a huge let down in the room. And I think we all know the car will be a success, but I got the impression that the people in the room were let down a bit by the design. I was surprised Elon didn't showcase the design at all.

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The people in the audience were also viewing the car from below stage level. They really had to rely on the video and pictures to see it.

I actually thought they seemed more bummed with the range. 210 miles is pretty vanilla, for a Tesla. It would have been nice to see it in the low 300s as a starting point.

Not that this stopped me from putting down my deposit.

215 miles is the starting range, and its likely that they will have battery upgrades available that increase this.

I know. I was hoping they would have had the entry level range higher to really stretch consumer expectations when the established luxury brands start competing properly with Tesla in the next few years.

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