Tesla needs to redesign the Model S sedan — here are 9 changes I'd like to see (TSLA)

The Model S was Tesla's first "real car," and it was an immediate hit. Introduced in 2012, it won Motor Trend's Car of the Year award, and this year, Motor Trend named the Model S its greatest-ever Car of the Year.

All good, but the Model S is getting long in the tooth, and consumers aren't as thrilled by it as they used to be. Sales have been flagging, partly because the cheaper Model 3 is fresher, but also because the Model S, brilliant as it is, has become dated.

Seven years is at the outside edge of what most car makers would allow for a model. Designs are typically all-new every five to seven years, and there are usually a few refreshes in a model's cycle.

Tesla has tweaked the Model S a few times, and the automaker said that over-the-air software updates could give owners the impression of a brand-new car. But still, an early 2010s design is gonna get boring by the end of a decade, even it was conceived to last.

Here, then, are nice features I'd like to see on an all-new Tesla Model S:

Original author: Matthew DeBord

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