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BMW passenger car lineup lags behind Tesla Model 3 sales in August (autoblog.com)
19 points by lxm on Sept 6, 2018 | hide | past | favorite | 6 comments



I am curious, is Tesla making a profit at this volume of sales or not. I did notice that the Atlanta delivery center was packed from end to end with model 3s in August but there were a few deliveries of S and X models as well. I am sure it is eating into those sales. I will also be curious if the standard range model will be available in numbers before the decked out version is sold in oversea markets.

personal experience follows.

I took delivery of my 3 on the 29th after ordering the 5th of August. I had no reservation nor was I a previous owner. The car was built in August though according to the VIN trackers the number was issued in July.

Overall quality is really good with only a few paint blemishes that were buffed out. Very slight alignment issue with the frunk but you have to look. Now I will admit this car has seriously changed my mind with regards to car interiors, I doubt I could ever go back to a traditional interior as they would feel cluttered. My previous car was a 2017 Chevrolet Volt and it sold me on driving EV.


Misleading title. It only lags behind in the US market.


In Canada too, IIRC.

In other words, BMW lags in all countries where the Model 3 is on sales. Tesla is reportedly starting the production of left-hand drive Model 3 so one can expect deliveries of the performance version to start in UK or Australia soon. I'm curious to see how BMW sales will drop there too.


Also FTA ... "We should note that BMW still leads if you include SUV sales"


I wonder if the Model 3 having a backlog of 100s of thousands of orders due to production delays has anything to do with it?


It's even worse for Mercedes, isn't it?




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