[MomoXenosaga]

Harsh but I have to say is there a car company with the kind of hype and fanboyism of Tesla?

I understand 5 years ago when Tesla was doing things nobody else was doing but electric cars are mainstream now. If I had the money I'd be buying a Volvo Polestar.

[greedo]

Jeep. I know so many people who love their Jeeps despite them largely being garbage. To me, Jeep is like Harley Davidson; they look great until they start to fall apart.

[ghaff]

Jeeps (of Wrangler/Rubicon variety) are good for a particular use case--high clearance 4WD. No, they don't last a long time doing that.

[tempest_]

Yes, almost all of them.

The pickup truck people are very brand loyal and don't forget the buy American crowd.

You just see a lot of Tesla stuff because there is a cross section of tech people who like Tesla because it is marketed like a phone instead of a car.

[Hamuko]

>Harsh but I have to say is there a car company with the kind of hype and fanboyism of Tesla?

You need to drink the Kool-aid pretty hard in order to buy hypercars like the LaFerrari but there's not really anything on the scale of Tesla.

[xkjkls]

Most car companies inspire wild enthusiasm and hype. It represents a huge purchase for the majority of Americans, hence they have pretty extreme buy-in for their decisions

[Kye]

Saturn had a similar fan club, but I don't think it was as vocal.