What on Earth is going on with Tesla’s design department? As a point of reference, here is the Aztec, which for decades I considered the ugliest car ever to roll off an assembly line.
![](https://s3-prod.autonews.com/s3fs-public/OEM_310209829_AR_-1_CYISQMXRHXRC.jpg)
The bizarre thing is that Tesla was knocking it out of the park a decade ago. Below is my car, the Tesla Model S. The damned thing has 135,000 miles on it and still looks sensational and drives like a dream. I love it to pieces.
![](https://cdn.motor1.com/images/mgl/OjmPo/s1/tesla-model-s-render.jpg)
But then, last night, Elon unveiled this jaw-dropping pile of pigeon droppings to the world. If it was April 1, I’d assume he was pulling a billionaire-level prank.
![truck](https://slopeofhope.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/truck-640x262.png)
And the Twitter-verse is, understandably, going wild with it:
![drawing](https://slopeofhope.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/drawing-640x456.png)
Sure, lots of folks are laughing………….except for shareholders. It seems that the equity markets are starting to wonder if Elon has lost his freakin’ mind.
![tsladow](https://slopeofhope.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/tsladow-640x419.png)
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