Cybertruck confirmed as the biggest automotive flop in history.

[grim_elsewhere@lgbtqia.space]

@aburtch

[aburtch@shakedown.social]

@czarbucks I don’t see why anyone would buy one. Why drive around saying “I support fascists!” ???

[jackmexa4@mastodon.social]

@aburtch

That’s a good start.

[sundaymidnight@tuiter.rocks]

@aburtch
it's expensive and not so practical for real use too...
@czarbucks

[kaasbaas@social.oevents.co.za]

@aburtch So...that Edsel thing was launched in the middle of a recession...and still managed to sell slightly more than the Dumpster?

Now that is funny!

[kmachel@muenchen.social]

@aburtch

Wow schlechter als der Ford Etsel das ist ja legendär. Dabei ist die Bevölkerung heute ja sogar größer. Daher ist der Flop ja eigentlich noch viel schlimmer!

[gulfie@mastodonapp.uk]

@aburtch I am so happy

[notyourfanboy@kolektiva.social]

@aburtch
I, unfortunately, still see them in the wild.

[mdebal@cyberplace.social]

@aburtch hold on, there are 50 000 idiots who bought it?

[ghostonthehalfshell@masto.ai]

@aburtch

Arguably the Edsel could never compete with the cyber truck on appearance.

The cyber truck maximize his ugly

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsel

[ethernrhum@mstdn.ca]

@Mdebal @aburtch Standby, Elon is cooking up an “historically accurate version” right this minute

[raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie]

@Kmachel @aburtch
United States ended 1955 with a population of 165,058,000 people, which represents an increase of 3,177,000 people compared to 1954.

United States in 2025. Total population: 347,275,819.

A ratio of 1 : 2.1

The Cybertruck is a poorer design than the Edsel and illegal in the UK and EU due to hazards to pedestrians and cyclists.

EDIT:
Sorry, I thought Edsel was 1955, it was 1958.

[djsumdog@djsumdog.com]

I use to see a couple every month when they first came out. Now it's pretty rare I see one; probably once a month at most.

The thing is, a bunch were sold. So are people just not driving them, or did they get sold to collectors who ... also never drive them?

[raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie]

@Kmachel @aburtch
United States ended 1958 with a population of 174,153,000 people, which represents an increase of 2,975,000 people compared to 1957.

So still 2025 market in USA about twice that of 1958 by population, yet in 2nd year Tesla sells about 1/2 of Ford's Edsel in its 2nd year.

[aburtch@shakedown.social]

@EtherNRhum @Mdebal that’s too good!

[alice@lgbtqia.space]

@grim_elsewhere I was wondering how far I'd have to scroll to see my emoji

@aburtch

[angelicaura@transfem.social]

@aburtch@shakedown.social @czarbucks@m.ai6yr.org

Well, I would think that it's not a negative to people who are proud fascists.
It seems we're getting more and more of those

[aburtch@shakedown.social]

@alice @grim_elsewhere Great emoji!

[petko@social.petko.me]

@aburtch @czarbucks even US nazis seem to know that the nazitruck is shit...

edit: And those are dumbfucks that are fine with flying the confederate flag

[jchaven@social.sdf.org]

@aburtch

It's even worse when you consider the number of buyers in the US car market.

Total number of cars sold in the US:
1958 5.5 Million
2024 15.8 Million

In 1958 the Esdel competed in a much smaller pool.