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Bob Lutz, car-guy-to-the-max, former VP of GM and Chrysler, with time at BMW before that, wrote this recent article --
http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a26859/bob-lutz-tesla/
The opening paragraph is gloomy:
Tesla's showing all the signs of a company in trouble: bleeding cash, securitized assets, and mounting inventory. It's the trifecta of doom for any automaker, and anyone paying attention probably saw this coming a mile away. Like most big puzzles, the company's woes don't have just one source.
and the prognosis goes downhill from there mentioning competition from Audi, the lack of enough dealers to attract more buyers and other problems.
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Can anyone remember when the times were not hard, and money not scarce?
(Score: 2) by BasilBrush on Friday October 30 2015, @05:10PM
Even with his concept of a full sized dealership, the idea that that is more expensive than an Apple store is ignorant. Apple Stores have the best locations in the best malls in the centres of cities. That's a LOT more expensive. Car dealerships are not in city centres, they are where the land comes much cheaper.
The guy is a shill who's bullshitting. It ain't news.
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(Score: 3, Touché) by McGruber on Friday October 30 2015, @08:30PM
Tesla's Atlanta showroom is a store inside the Lenox Square Mall. It is just a few steps away from Nieman Marcus and one floor below the Apple Store.
(Score: 2) by BasilBrush on Saturday October 31 2015, @02:22PM
That's an ACTUAL Tesla store. It's not the FANTASY Tesla store that Lutz assumes Tesla must have, because that's what traditional car companies have (through their dealers).
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