A 'smashing' success? All the best reactions to Tesla’s provocative Cybertruck

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It was a strange and yet somehow familiar scene.

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Awkward Elon standing in front of his followers, random bros shouting out during the pauses, a child’s geometry project on wheels in the spotlight. 

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A 'smashing' success? All the best reactions to Tesla’s provocative Cybertruck Back to video

And then the windows broke—

The unveiling of the Tesla Cybertruck might have been the oddest Tesla reveal event yet. Fitting, perhaps, because it’s definitely the brand’s oddest-looking vehicle. 

The best/worst moment in the evening happened when lead designer Franz von Holzhausen, warm from just having sledgehammered the doors to show off their strength, lobbed a metal ball at the driver-side window. Unlike the door, which didn’t bear so much as a scratch, the window broke. 

“Oh my f—ing god,” laughed Elon. Then Franz busted the back window the same way. (You can watch that awesome lowlight at the 31:38 mark in the full reveal video .)

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But even with the window demo fail and the fact the brand managed to over-deliver on its range and price promises , it was the truck’s mold-shattering appearance that garnered the best reactions. 

By the time the Tesla team had vacuumed the bits of broken glass out of the seats, Twitter had already curated its own hilarious list of things people were comparing the truck to. 

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The most popular and obvious reference by far comes courtesy of The Simpsons.  

https://twitter.com/Ben_Lombardo_/status/1197754865599959040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1197754865599959040&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mercurynews.com%2Fsocial-media-reaction-to-elon-musk-and-tesla-cybertruck

It wasn’t all laughs and gasps, though. Wall Street’s response to the truck and the event that launched it was a little more sombre. Tesla’s stock dipped six per cent immediately following the event, with analysts pointing to the truck’s “really weird” look. 

In the brand’s defence, Tesla teased the Cybertruck’s avant-garde form plenty beforehand, with references to Blade Runner and an image of 007’s “Wet Nellie” Lotus Esprit S1. Now, with the E-pickup in plain sight, the public is comparing it to other vehicles from the past. 

https://twitter.com/Kevin8se7en/status/1197738726069297152

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Think it’s a coincidence that #DeLorean was also trending last night?

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Ultimately, Tesla designed this thing to be different, so don’t expect the commentary and memes to stop here. 

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