The rolling door stop is meant to stand out from every other truck, but there are others with a ugly angular slab styling like Bollinger
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What are your thoughts on the aesthetics of this truck?
Regardless of the manufacturer of this truck it would never be something I would buy. In my view it is a styling mess. Is this what attracts potential buyers to it? I sure don’t get it, but maybe you do? Is this something you would buy if you were in the pick-up truck market, and if so why?
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I believe the origins of the CT design came from Musk's fascination with the late '70s to early 80's Lotus Esprit featured in the James Bond flick "The Spy Who Loved Me". The urban legend goes like this: a married couple saw the movie set model for sale for some really small some ($45?) not knowing what the significance of it and bought it. When Elon found out about it he purchased it for a few million. He and designer Franz took the beautiful sleek design to create the Frankenstein vehicle known as CyberTruck.
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Back thousand years ago in 2019, there was SUPPOSED TO BE some sort of flip-up lip or bracket on the inside of the open gate to accomodate 8-foot lumber, which turned a 6.5 foot bed into an 8 foot bed. I haven't heard that that's stuck around at all.
There's still minivans (Grand Caravan, Pacifica) that'll hold plywood sheets, though. If the plugin Pacifica didn't cost $50k, I'd be still looking that...
My 2002 Montana AWD handled 4x8 sheets with ease. It was even long enough to put a queen size sleeper sofa inside and close the tailgate.Back thousand years ago in 2019, there was SUPPOSED TO BE some sort of flip-up lip or bracket on the inside of the open gate to accomodate 8-foot lumber, which turned a 6.5 foot bed into an 8 foot bed. I haven't heard that that's stuck around at all.
There's still minivans (Grand Caravan, Pacifica) that'll hold plywood sheets, though. If the plugin Pacifica didn't cost $50k, I'd be still looking that...
I believe a smaller CT might be in the works, possibly with 2 doors.
BTW, there is a California start-up called Alpha Motors that designed the stunning 2 door Rex below. They will also contract manufacture but I rather have a legacy automaker like Chevy or Ford buy them out and built it.
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BTW, there is a California start-up called Alpha Motors that designed the stunning 2 door Rex below. They will also contract manufacture but I rather have a legacy automaker like Chevy or Ford buy them out and built it.
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