Im a car design student and im conducting Research,Ques-here

[Trabi601]

waremark said:

Is that what Spyker attempted - sort of?

Pagani, Koenigsegg and Tesla have all demonstrated that you can build a car brand from scratch if you can make a sufficiently desirable product.

If you could manage Tesla quality engineering, there might be a market for a much more expensive equivalent to the model S but with higher quality materials and finishes and a promise of more exclusivity.

To be fair, Tesla have demonstrated that you can burn really stupidly large amounts of money just to sell a relatively small number of cars.

[Lester H]

waremark said:

Lester H said:

Kezington said:

1. What are your thoughts on a fully electric hyper car?


5. Would you own a fully electric hyper car if it were to match everything the current standing competition holds and more range? (Porsche 918, Pagani Hayura, Laferrari, Mclaren P1, Bugatti Veyron)

6. How does a 180k – 200k sound to you for a fully electric hyper car? What would you expect from it looking at its price?
6) Too dear, even if had funds, over £100k is too much if vehicle is to sell .

All the cars listed in 5 change hands well over £1.0m. If you think £200k is too much you don't understand the market.

Quite so. My point referred to cars that sell to the well heeled, but not the superich, money no object buyers. Presumably ( and we were asked to support an undergraduate design student) the former group represent a better business model.

Edited by Lester H on Thursday 15th December 22:01

[S0updr4g0n]

waremark said:

If you could manage Tesla quality engineering, there might be a market for a much more expensive equivalent to the model S but with higher quality materials and finishes and a promise of more exclusivity.

I've seen first hand the quality level of the Tesla X - it's poor for what's essentially an SUV that reminds me of a Honda CRV but with gull wing doors and a price tag of around 80k .. examine the door rubbers, trim etc and it's all a bit ... meh. Not worth it at all imho.

The model S is the attractive one in the line-up for me but when I catch an eye on the front/side of it, it looks like a stretched 2016 Ford Focus.

Might be just me.

[anonymous-user]

hyper cars are million plus

supercar 200k but you would be hard to produce from scratch.

maybe a car built on a telsa platform.

[waremark]

Lester H said:

Quite so. My point referred to cars that sell to the well heeled, but not the superich, money no object buyers. Presumably ( and we were asked to support an undergraduate design student) the former group represent a better business model.

The OP asked about a hypercar and listed the £1m plus models. He then asked about a supercar price. Pagani and Koenigsegg have successfully entered the hypercar market on much smaller budgets than McLaren needed for the supercar market.

[davepoth]

waremark said:

The OP asked about a hypercar and listed the £1m plus models. He then asked about a supercar price. Pagani and Koenigsegg have successfully entered the hypercar market on much smaller budgets than McLaren needed for the supercar market.

Supercars need to be mass manufactured - that means type approval, crash testing, and all of that jazz. Owners will also expect to be able to use it as a daily driver, even if they don't. If you only make a dozen cars that doesn't apply; so the barrier to entering the hypercar market is a bit lower than that for the supercar market.