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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 30 2015, @09:45PM
No, never. And I don't buy from a dealer, ever. I made a promise to myself a long time, ago, always buy used and never pay more than you have cash for. So, I'll always have used vehicles, and have to do maintenance, but that's ok - I like working on cars.