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noone1:

Imagine if Porsche said in 2021 the new Turbo S will be better than the Ferrari 488. That's pretty much what's going on in this thread.

The irony is that Audi have modified their marketing strategy to neutralise Tesla's own predilection for announcing models (and accepting deposits) long before the car is actually available for production and delivery... Smiley

It seems that the equity are credit analysts are growing impatient with Elon Musk's failure to meet even the most pessimistic of production forecasts. More troubling for those analysts trying to prepare financial forecasts for TSLA is that it is not clear that Tesla can produce the Model 3 with a positive gross margin! If the Model 3 turns out to be a loss leader, Tesla has a big liquidity problem in the next 12 months... Smiley

(NB: It's also worth keeping an eye on Tesla's credit rating...)

By contrast, Audi has just reported 2017 revenes of €60 billion (1,878,105 cars sold) and profit after tax up 68% to €3.4 billion... Smiley

Link: https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/industry/audi-records-68-leap-profit-dieselgate-effect-fades

What does all your financial predictions got to do with the fact that Audi aim for challenging something in 2020 that Tesla did put in hands of customers 2013? I would have expect more from a profitable company like Audi. They have the funds, but lack the vision.