Comment Re:It's true (Score 1) 267
BMW and Mercedes make cars that are in the same price range as the tesla but they also make a lot of cars that are a lot cheaper, and those are the cars they sell a lot of. They are much much larger companies and they ship a lot more cars than Tesla. It is true that it is hard to come up with a comparison to another car company in terms of market but in terms of volume and cost they do have more in common with Ferrari. The big difference is total cost of ownership. Ferrari are very expensive to repair and I would bet they break down more often than Teslas. They also burn gas like crazy while the tesla recharges from your relatively inexpensive wall power. Also they are far more practical cars for a daily driver in terms of design and cost per mile. These are all reasons that you might know more people with teslas than Ferraris. I can report a similar experience but I do see about as many Ferraris on the road as Teslas around Boston.
Still as a manufacturer they are probably more similar to Ferrari even though their target market and the use of the car is very different.