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.
(Score: 2) by mmcmonster on Friday October 30 2015, @08:52PM
I'm curious about the mounting inventory issue.
From what I understand, it's still 1-2 months for a Model S delivery, suggesting they have no inventory on them either.
You certainly are getting a custom build when you order the Model S, not looking at their inventory and picking something that is close to matching what you want in options.
Where is this mounting inventory?
(Score: 2) by Lunix Nutcase on Friday October 30 2015, @08:58PM
You can buy inventory cars. You can even find posts about people talking about it.