Tesla has seemingly taken step one in sunsetting two of its older automobiles, the Mannequin S and Mannequin X, by ending worldwide orders.
The flagship sedan and SUV from Tesla are the 2 oldest automobiles within the firm’s lineup. They account for a really small portion of total gross sales, and several other years in the past, CEO Elon Musk admitted that Tesla solely continues to construct and promote them as a consequence of “sentimental causes.”
Earlier this yr, there have been requires Tesla to finish the manufacturing of the 2 automobiles, however Lars Moravy mentioned that the Mannequin S and Mannequin X had been as a consequence of get some love later in 2025. That occurred, however the adjustments had been extraordinarily minor.
Tesla launches new Mannequin S and Mannequin X, and the adjustments are slim
Some took this as a sign that Tesla has type of moved on from the Mannequin S and Mannequin X. A handful of individuals appeared to assume Tesla would overhaul the automobiles considerably, however the adjustments had been extraordinarily minor and included only some actual changes.
In Europe, prospects are unable to even put a brand new order in on a Mannequin S or Mannequin X.
We seen earlier at this time that Tesla urgent the ‘Order’ button on both of the flagship automobiles takes you to native stock, and never the Design Studio the place you’d configure your customized construct:
🚨 Tesla has eliminated the Mannequin S and Mannequin X Design Configurators from European prospects
It’s going to now carry up out there stock for these two automobiles as an alternative of permitting you to construct your personal config pic.twitter.com/sMnGAr2kuu
— TESLARATI (@Teslarati) July 30, 2025
Tesla merely doesn’t make sufficient Mannequin S or Mannequin X items to justify the costly logistics technique of transport customized orders abroad. It virtually appears as in the event that they’re that they are going to basically construct a bunch of random configurations, ship them abroad each few months, and allow them to promote earlier than replenishing stock.
Inversely, it may additionally imply Tesla is really gearing as much as sundown the automobile altogether. It appears unlikely that the corporate will fade them out altogether within the subsequent couple of years, nevertheless it may completely take into consideration ending worldwide orders as a result of quantity is so low.
