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Maybe it’s the retro-futuristic style or reminiscent of sci-fi and cyperpunk, but I genuinely really like the design.

I would never buy one due to the MYRIAD issues plaguing the stainless steel body, interior build quality, or give Tesla money. But still a cool looking car, if nonfunctional truck.

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[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago (6 children)

the aesthetic is fine if it were like 40% smaller

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[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago

I agree. If you ignore all the context around it, I think it's quite a cool design. Definitely what I thought 2025 would look like when I was younger.

[–] Fondots@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I think it looks pretty good from the side, but from pretty much any other angle it's just an ugly box.

When it was first revealed, I was a fan of the design (not that I was going to be buying anything from muskrat) but the more I saw of it the less I liked the looks.

It's kind of like they spent the whole time designing it from the side view, then ran out of time before they were going to reveal it and decided to just connect the two sides with some rectangles and straight lines.

[–] Deflated0ne@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I'm a boomer when it comes to cars. I would rather have an old square body pickup than just about anything. I can rebuild a carburetor in my sleep. The systems are simple if not entirely mechanical. There is little if any extra plastic and a bad sensor won't stop it from functioning. A simple old school manual transmission. Wind up windows.

It's simple and I can work on it.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Read up on the Slate. It has at least some of those requirements.

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[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 points 2 months ago

I maintain they look a lot better painted or wrapped, Musk knows this, and deliberately figured out a way to make painting the 100k pieces of shit the buyer's financial responsibility.

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

They should have made it look like the truck from Halo.

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I have similar feelings about the Opel Ampera. Cool tech, bad car. It’s basically like those diesel electric trains, where a traditional engine makes electricity and an electric motor turns the wheels.

[–] TheMinions@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh that car is so ugly hahahaha

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yeah those V shaped lights… let’s just say that’s fertile ground for another unpopular opinion post.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I thought it was cool until I saw one up close.

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