The Model 3 is aimed to be that car, but I have a feeling the general buyers will be a lot less tolerant about issues than early adopters/long time fans.
And Mercedes and BMW don't go out there and make fun of other people's manufacturing.
Tesla has been in the SC 4 times in 6 months of ownership.
The unknown is where the quality level will be when it levels off after all the obvious inefficiencies and easy-to-fix flaws are addressed. There's a limit to the quality that some organization can achieve at a particular price point.
> There's a limit to the quality that some organization can achieve at a particular price point.
Look at a Honda Fit at $16k. Look at how well it’s made.
Why can’t the $35k Model 3 do that? The $74k S? The $79 X?
The Model 3 is substantially different than the Model S and has been in production a couple months. Just because Tesla made a similar car before doesn't mean that making cars is a solved problem and there won't be new problems with each new model that have to be overcome.
They don’t get an excuse.
The "long backlog" of enthusiasts is a few hundred thousands or so, and that's an absolute small percentage of the total market in this segment.
I shouldn't have to point this out since Tesla, after all, is the company that "focus on long term visions". Well I'm kindly suggesting Elon to see further than their immediate backlog.