Jun 30, 2021 7:40:37 PM
- Der-Schwabe
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- Reply to: donatello
Re: Welcome to the new Taycan Forum!
donatello:Der-Schwabe:Well, let's see how representative your view is. The Model S ought to be selling well based on your observations of your own view and the views of your "buddies". So, let's look at the largest car market in Europe, Germany (where you are based (albeit in Switzerland)). How many Tesla Model S were sold there last month? None. May be a glitch, how many were sold between January to May, 2021?...14x Tesla Model S were sold in the first half. A 95% drop in sales compared to the previous year. So how did the Taycan fare then? Well, in May 2021 387x Taycans were sold. It was the top seller in the upmarket segment in Germany in May, 2021. So how many Taycans were sold between January to May, 2021? 1,683 Taycans were sold. A 102% increase in sales.
Source is the German 'DMV':
Seems to me that you & your "buddies" are not representative of market trends.
Why even make a comparison when ZERO Model S were produced for Europe (or rest of the world for that matter) since autumn 2020? This has nothing to do with demand. 2021 will be a year when more or less zero Model S and X are delivered in Europe. And all this independent of what I and my buddies believe or think.
And the reason why Tesla decided to halt production of the Model S (and X) in the first quarter was spelled out by one analyst: "The S and X are on a slow sunset path (...) The demand for those models has been exhausted". Tesla makes 5 times as much profit on their Model S (& X) than on the Model 3 (&Y), so why halt production unless there is no demand. --- Last year's sales figures tell this story whether you & your buddies are aware of it matters little.