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by tsotha 3922 days ago
Looks nice. Is this really an SUV, though? It looks like a sedan.
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A lot of SUVs are basically raised sedans. Only the very largest SUVs have fundamental differences from "cars" - Expedition, Escalade, Tahoe, etc.

Disclaimer: I work for GM.

Side note: no one will get away with building shit after this. And thats a GOOD THING.

No, a lot of SUVs are basically raised estate cars. This is a raised sedan. When Mercedes did the same thing and said the new MLC (which looks identical to a Model X) is an SUV they got laughed at. When Tesla does it it's apparently all-OK.

But really, they couldn't build a "proper" electric SUV, the poor aerodynamics would kill the range of a car which already has ~20% less range than the Model S.

3 rows of seats. 5000lb towing capacity. taller styling. yup.
I guess it's styling is a bit like the X6: http://www.bmwusa.com/bmw/xmodels/x6