Why are 90% of the cars on that list terrible? After the Telsa you need to read all the way down to number 15 to find something else i'd actually want to drive/admit owning.
Tesla has an effect similar to iPhone, where people spend more to have it than what they used to generally for a car before. Even Tesla leadership was surprised by it (they expected to get to $35k sooner, but also didn't expect to be able to sell so many cars at $50k).
Sounds reasonable, but do you have a source?
Is it because they're all cheap cars? The auto industry is good at price discrimination.