Yes, a model 3 is considered a mid-sized luxury car.
From: Peri Hartman via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List <ev@lists.evdl.org>; ev@lists.evdl.org Cc: Peri Hartman <pe...@kotatko.com> Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2018 8:28 PM Subject: Re: [EVDL] Why I Won't Buy a Tesla, Edison-Tesla Deja Vu According to this website, the average total price paid for a new car is $31500. https://www.concannonbc.com/how-much-does-a-typical-american-actually-pay-for-a-car/ That average includes luxury models so I suspect the median price is somewhat lower. Either way, I would consider 46K substantially higher, meaning high priced for the average buyer of a new car. Peri ------ Original Message ------ From: "Willie via EV" <ev@lists.evdl.org> To: ev@lists.evdl.org Cc: "Willie" <wmckem...@gmail.com> Sent: 14-Oct-18 6:19:40 PM Subject: Re: [EVDL] Why I Won't Buy a Tesla, Edison-Tesla Deja Vu > > >On 10/14/2018 04:33 PM, paul dove via EV wrote: >>I don’t know where you get this kind of thinking. They are not high >>priced cars. Mine was $46,000. A Toyota Highlander is $42,000 and a >>Subaru Ascent is $46,000. If you get a comparable car you will pay >>about the same. > >Interest piqued by your seemingly low price for a low end Model 3, I >just checked the Tesla website. The lowest priced available Model 3 >to order is $49,000. Delivery, etc is another $1,200. State sales tax >will likely be about $3,000. So, $54,200. Order by 10/15/18 to be >assured of delivery in 2018 and you should get a $7,500 federal tax >credit though the $54,200 will be due before delivery time. Final >amount: $46,700. Close enough to your quote. OTOH, that does not >include AutoPilot. A Tesla should not be bought without AutoPilot, >IMHO. > >There has been some recent scuttlebutt about some Model 3s being >available as "inventory" cars at a discount of a $1,000 or more. The >inventory cars are not likely to be without options. That is, they may >not get below $46,000. >_______________________________________________ >UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA >(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20181015/1f097ebd/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)