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- The Tesla Model S has been around since 2012; the revolutionary sedan is due for a redesign.
- Tesla has been tweaking the Model S, but the company hasn’t yet committed to an all-new version.
- I’d like to see a redesigned Model S, and I have a wish list of features.
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The Model S was Tesla’s first "real car," and it was an immediate hit. Introduced in 2012, it won Motor Trend’s Car of the Year award, and this year, Motor Trend named the Model S its greatest-ever Car of the Year.
All good, but the Model S is getting long in the tooth, and consumers aren’t as thrilled by it as they used to be. Sales have been flagging, partly because the cheaper Model 3 is fresher, but also because the Model S, brilliant as it is, has become dated.
Seven years is at the outside edge of what most car makers would allow for a model. Designs are typically all-new every five to seven years, and there are usually a few refreshes in a model’s cycle.
Tesla has tweaked the Model S a few times, and the automaker said that over-the-air software updates could give owners the impression of a brand-new car. But still, an early 2010s design is gonna get boring by the end of a decade, even it was conceived to last.
Here, then, are nice features I’d like to see on an all-new Tesla Model S:
1. Exterior design. The Model S was launched in 2012. Penned by Franz von Holzhausen, it was Tesla’s first "clean-sheet" design.
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A few years later, the Model S was slightly revamped, with the biggest change being the loss of the nose cone that cleaned up the front fascia.
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Von Holzhausen is a real minimalist, and the triumph of the Model S is that it’s held up so well. But it’s starting to look too conservative for a luxury ride. Here, for example, is the new Toyota Camry, a mass-market car that outdoes the Model S for exterior styling dynamics.
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