What happened to all the Tesla Model X's ?

[essayer]

I used to see loads around but now can't remember the last time I saw one on the road

Howmanyleft doesn't show a significant drop in registrations for any of the variants

Where are they all hiding?

[Andy86GT]

I've noticed the same with the Model S, all seems to have disappeared.

[TooLateForAName]

Owners are so embarrassed at being associated with musk that they only come out in the dark.

[DJP31]

They are a dying breed because they no longer make a RHD version of either. I had one of the last S's which rolled off the production line in the summer of 2020.

Tesla had refreshed them and always satisfied the LHD market first before retooling the production line in Fremont California. This delay ended up being even longer when they realised relocating the steering rack etc wasn't possible as during the refresh they'd also moved the front motor. I beleive there was then a debate about steer by wire but the end result was the abandonment of RHD Model S and X's.

I know of a few UK owners who've gone for the LHD version, which comes with the Tesla Reacher - a litter picker for use at car park barriers and the like. I kid you not!

[mikey_b]

Looking at HowManyLeft, the numbers for each variant listed are almost completely static since about 2018. So they haven't gone anywhere, but there are no new ones adding to the existing ones, and their numbers are now dwarfed by Model 3 and Y.

There's only about 15k total Models S and X the road, whereas it's close to 190k combined for Models 3 and Y. 15k of any vehicle means you're not going to see them very often.

[LeeM135i]

I see 1 most of the times at the super chargers I use, there are usually 5/6 M3's and 5/6 MY's but that's just because there are more of them. Haven't seen a MS for a while.

[DJP31]

The lease finished on my Model S at the end of August and I left it with them at the Gatwick showroom. It was in immaculate condition but is sitting somewhere gathering dust. The MOT ran out early Sept and has only recently been done, and it's still untaxed.

[otolith]

I would imagine that they are dispersing from areas where people buy very expensive new cars into areas where they don’t. When people stop buying a particular car in those areas, they will gradually cease to be hotspots for them.

[TheDeuce]

otolith said:

I would imagine that they are dispersing from areas where people buy very expensive new cars into areas where they don’t. When people stop buying a particular car in those areas, they will gradually cease to be hotspots for them.

I've noticed them disappear from around my area in the last few years too - I think you're right.

Brand new, on trend car = affluent area

Ex PCP/lease 3 years later = slightly different area...

Also hardly any new ones as it's Plaid only in the UK, and they're not cheap. Well, actually for a well specced car with over 1000hp they're an absolute bargain. But LHD takes the shine off. I'm very happy driving a LHD car on the RHS of the road, I've spent the last twenty years doing it when working overseas. But do I want 1000hp in a LHD car on the wrong side of the road... Nope. That would be hard to fully enjoy


It's a shame we don't get RHD new S/X in the UK in recent years, I would have considered either when I last changed my lease car for the right lease deal.

[raspy]

otolith said:

I would imagine that they are dispersing from areas where people buy very expensive new cars into areas where they don’t. When people stop buying a particular car in those areas, they will gradually cease to be hotspots for them.

Yes. I live in a poor part of London and I'm seeing more people locally get older Model S/X cars, typically with dark tints all round, weirdly spaced private plates and driven like absolute idiots.

[TheDeuce]

raspy said:

otolith said:

I would imagine that they are dispersing from areas where people buy very expensive new cars into areas where they don’t. When people stop buying a particular car in those areas, they will gradually cease to be hotspots for them.

Yes. I live in a poor part of London and I'm seeing more people locally get older Model S/X cars, typically with dark tints all round, weirdly spaced private plates and driven like absolute idiots.

Idiots that still live at home with their Mum and have stuck a p-plate on the car to disguise how old it is

[ZesPak]

Iirc the newer one hasn't been sold in the UK so the above might be true.

Here on the continent I still see plenty of them and some new ones. Loads of Taycans now and the odd Lotus SUV.

[TheDeuce]

ZesPak said:

Iirc the newer one hasn't been sold in the UK so the above might be true.

Here on the continent I still see plenty of them and some new ones. Loads of Taycans now and the odd Lotus SUV.

You could buy them here until recently, but only LHD.

[SDK]

I live 3 doors away from someone who recently replaced their Jag iPace with a Tesla Model X.

Defo see less of them now though.

[ZesPak]

TheDeuce said:

You could buy them here until recently, but only LHD.

Ha, I stand corrected. Wonder why they hardly haven't sold any then

[NDNDNDND]

ZesPak said:

TheDeuce said:

You could buy them here until recently, but only LHD.

Ha, I stand corrected. Wonder why they hardly haven't sold any then

Is it out of shame?

Certainly, anecdotally, I've heard of a lot of people in America disposing of their Teslas and refusing to buy new ones as they don't want to be associated with Musk.

Given Musk's increasingly vociferous and unhinged attempts to intervene in British politics, I wonder if people in the UK are going to start feeling a bit self-conscious driving around in a symbol of Ketamine-fuelled, right-wing hate?

[otolith]

NDNDNDND said:

Given Musk's increasingly vociferous and unhinged attempts to intervene in British politics, I wonder if people in the UK are going to start feeling a bit self-conscious driving around in a symbol of Ketamine-fuelled, right-wing hate?

It's good news for BYD.

[ZesPak]

NDNDNDND said:

Is it out of shame?

It was obviously a joke as they didn't offer it in RHD so it won't sell in the UK.
The Model Y was the best selling EV by some margin in the UK, despite ever growing competition.

NDNDNDND said:

Certainly, anecdotally, I've heard of a lot of people in America disposing of their Teslas and refusing to buy new ones as they don't want to be associated with Musk.

Sure, "a lot", the Model Y smashed it in the USA last year in sales numbers. No other EV comes close.

NDNDNDND said:

Given Musk's increasingly vociferous and unhinged attempts to intervene in British politics, I wonder if people in the UK are going to start feeling a bit self-conscious driving around in a symbol of Ketamine-fuelled, right-wing hate?

Remember over half of the UK voted for Brexit.

[NDNDNDND]

otolith said:

NDNDNDND said:

Given Musk's increasingly vociferous and unhinged attempts to intervene in British politics, I wonder if people in the UK are going to start feeling a bit self-conscious driving around in a symbol of Ketamine-fuelled, right-wing hate?

It's good news for BYD.

That's a fair point - people don't have much problem driving around in a rolling advert for slavery and political oppression, so I guess they wouldn't be too bothered sponsoring a dangerous narcissist either.

[Silvanus]

ZesPak said:

NDNDNDND said:

Given Musk's increasingly vociferous and unhinged attempts to intervene in British politics, I wonder if people in the UK are going to start feeling a bit self-conscious driving around in a symbol of Ketamine-fuelled, right-wing hate?

Remember over half of the UK voted for Brexit.

No they didn't, 37% of those registered to vote voted to leave (nearly 28% decided not to vote), that certainly doesn't make over half the population right wing nutters. I have quite a few friends who voted to leave and most of them think Musk is an absolute knob.

How people voted for Brexit and what people currently think about Elon Musk are completely unrelated.