Tesla is now promoting a 1:18 diecast mannequin of its hottest car on its on-line store.
The Mannequin Y has grow to be extremely well-liked, and is predicted to be the world’s best-selling car this 12 months. And now you will get one for the cool low value of $195… form of.
The $195 model is, sadly, not as full-featured because the earlier least expensive Mannequin Y at $44k. This new one has no heart touchscreen, no audio system, no motor, no battery, and no human-sized seats. However hey, your pet mouse would possibly get pleasure from driving round in it.
As a result of this new one is a 1:18 scale diecast mannequin accessible on Tesla’s web site.
It is available in three colours, purple white and blue, which you’ll be able to see by scrolling by means of the gallery under.
Tesla says that the fashions are replicated from the identical fashions that the design studio used to supply the precise autos, so it ought to seem like the true factor. Right here’s how they’re described on Tesla’s web site:
The 1:18-scale Mannequin Y Diecast was specifically designed by the Tesla Design Studio. Each element, curve and floor is replicated from the identical 3D CAD knowledge used to fabricate precise Mannequin Y autos.
Options:
180+ metallic and plastic components
Detailed inside
Functioning doorways, entrance trunk and rear liftgate
Panoramic glass roof
Rubber tires
Steerable wheels
Carpeted trunk and inside
Seat belts made of cloth with buckle particulars
Dimensions: 264mm lengthy x 120mm huge x 90.2mm excessive
Weight: 2.178 lbs (0.988 kg)
Tesla has offered diecasts of every of its different fashions earlier than, however that is the primary time the Mannequin Y has proven up in official diecast kind. There are third-party 1:24 scale fashions accessible, however that is the primary official Tesla diecast Mannequin Y, and the primary at 1:18 scale.
Diecasts of different fashions are additionally accessible, together with the Mannequin 3 (which began at $250, however appears to have been affected by Tesla’s value drops and is now accessible for the low low value of $175), and even the low-production Tesla Semi (although even the diecast mannequin is out of inventory…) and constantly-delayed Tesla Roadster, additionally at $175. The Mannequin S and X are nowhere to be discovered on the US store, however abroad they appear to nonetheless be accessible for the even lower cost of £86 (about $105).
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