Why are the new Cybertruck sightings so different than the original prototype?

[Coolbreeze704]

Sure but the OP wasn’t trying to be an a** hole about his post, read his later post… and if you can criticize his post, I can do the same to yours and say it came across like a forum tough guy….(sorry, you reply on the forum and act like a holier than thou forum guru, you get feedback from the group)

Anyone that knows me and my contributions to this forum for the last 3 plus years knows quite the opposite.

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[Regenshire]

One big difference no one has mentioned is that the reveal was at night in an industrial atmosphere, with lots of interesting lighting, with most shots being made by people with a lot of experience shooting content and often better cameras then just a phone. The shots of people taking test drives in particular looked really good on release night, and I think a-lot of it is due to the lighting and the light bars on the original prototype.

Most recent video and shots are during the daytime on smart phones by enthusiasts, with the lights turned off on the vehicle, and without some of the dramatic light bars that were on the original prototype.

I think this makes a big difference.

 

[Cyberhugo1]

I have to wonder if the prototype's aggressive tires are street legal enough to pass the various government regulations. If not, a less aggressive tire pattern would be needed to sell the CT as being street-legal.

That probably had something to do with the change, but when you get it you can always upgrade them. I will be looking into that.

 

[Cyberhugo1]

Gordo!!!

Don't forget about Craig who has been advising customers to HOLD at 85. Not sell but hold ! Has had the same 85 dollar price target for 2 YEARS!

? I hope you're right! And my tri motor is no more than 80k.

 

[cvalue13]

The onstage reveal prototype was definitively different from even the onscreen reveal stats for a production model.

The onstage reveal prototype was larger (>84" wide, compared to onscreen width stat of 79.9" wide), almost certainly longer (or else the known wider dimension would have made for an out of proportion bulldog), had wider/larger fender flares, and - no doubt - was wearing massive one-off prototype rubber from goodyear, that managed to extend past those larger fender flares.

Those sort of dimension changes are as or more drastic than the dimensional differences between an F150 Raptor and a 'normal' F150, plus the addition of a tire width on the CT not seen on even the Raptor.

In all, the on-stage prototype had the stance of Humvee, whereas the prototype - as promised and previewed in the onscreen specs and reveal night discussion - fits instead within the footprint of a normal F150

Anyone who in 2019 was expecting a production version to look like the Humvee CT on stage, wasn't following the discussion closely enough. Unfortunate if as a result they now feel disappointed, but that's not really on Tesla

 

[Crissa]

The difference are the tires and rims, they're more aggressive on the prototype.

They're literally the same ones? Like, there are two tire types, we've seen them of both.

They keep swapping to road tires when they're not at a show display or drove to the show. Which makes sense; that's what I do in my low slung Mazda 3. I only use the aggressive tires when I'm going to the snow.

-Crissa

 

[Ogre]

I gladly will still purchase the cybertruck because I think it’s the coolest and most unique car made in a while. Maybe I’m simply reaching hard, and just staring at minor details. I’ve only seen the cybertruck at the Petersen automotive museum, and it looks incredible. I then saw videos of the prototypes being driven on the street, and they look nothing like it (in terms of body work, size, proportions, etc). Now that you’ve stated about it being a hand-built “kit car” I guess you’re right

The only person I know who has spent significant time up close and **in person** with both the OG and the newer prototype is @greggertruck. And he said they are very nearly the same size. Most scans confirm they are within a few inches of each other.

A lot of people have seen one or the other, but most people have just seen the prototypes on video which you should understand by now does not really give a great idea of scale.

I really don’t get where you are going with the other details, but I‘m not one who obsesses over tail-light placement and design (except for those super funky Prius tail-lights, WTF were they thinking?)

 

[Kremmen]

The prototype, and current cybertrucks in the museum/showrooms look ASTRONOMICALLY better than the camo-wrapped, or other public sightings we’ve seen.

I can't sugarcoat this, this was just a VERY strange post in every possible way. Very very odd.

There's essentially no other vehicle which has gone from as radical a Concept version as this, to a production version that's essentially 98.9% equally radical.

 

[Kremmen]

I then saw videos of the prototypes being driven on the street, and they look nothing like it (in terms of body work, size, proportions, etc).

The bodywork is almost the exact same shape. I can list about five body changes you could fairly call changes to the overall design, but all are minor (not counting things like changes to the plastics). The size is little changed, if any. The proportions are not changed. What *specifically* do you view as being so very different?

 

[Crissa]

...And the model in the Petersen Museum has a bunch of cosmetic damage on its corners. I can't imagine it looks as good as the betas do or the production with the true 3mm body panels.

-Crissa

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