Tesla scraps right-hand drive cars, throws out British customers
To reduce production costs, Tesla launched the right-hand drive Model S and Model You’d think Tesla would sink deep into the dust, but no… The manufacturer is giving the English a childish kick.
A left-hand drive car in a right-hand drive market is not only less safe – you have less overview because you’re on the wrong side – but it’s also uncomfortable. For example, how do you take a parking ticket from the machine? Then you have to get out.
The reacher is a bad Tesla joke
Or you can use The Reacher, as Tesla calls this infantile piece of merchandising. All customers who purchase a Model S or Model X in a right-hand drive country will now receive a plastic stick with a gripper. So to be able to grab the parking ticket…
Other automakers would exhaust themselves with excuses, but Tesla literally sticks its tongue out at (potential) buyers. On social media Some find The Reacher funny. Others described it as “a kick in the teeth”.
Model 3 and Model Y are right-hand drive
The gripper comes in a box that fits snugly in the trunk of Model S and Model X. Why only for S and X? Because the Model 3 and the Model Y can be purchased with right-hand drive.
We can therefore imagine that sales of the Model S and Model X in the UK will fall significantly. We should add that they’ve fallen even further, because of all Teslas sold, only a fraction are an S or X.
Even Tesla doesn’t make friends with its remarkable pricing policy. Then prices rise again, then fall again, and then rise again. You have just ordered a Tesla and the price suddenly drops by a few thousand euros. ‘Cause that’s what’s happening these days…