Tesla Cybertruck Cyberbeast Road Test Review: Just Shoot Me | Car and Driver

"Is that real?" A woman standing next to the 2024 Tesla Cybertruck outside a hotel in Venice, California, is pretty certain she's looking at an escaped movie prop. "Like, is there a car underneath that?" she asks. We inform her that yes, it is real, but if any vehicle will cause you to question objective reality, it's this one. To those of us who are into cars, it seems like the Cybertruck has been around forever-it was announced in November 2019 and has been in the news seemingly every day since. But for a sizable segment of the population, this may as well be an alien lander or an escaped military project. It looks like it drove out of the Home Depot Andromeda in the year 3000 carrying a pallet of nano armor for the ol' fusion recombiner back at the Demogorgon Ranch. When the door opens, you half expect to see the driver's seat occupied by a hologram. The Cybertruck is the craziest production car of the century, and second place isn't even close.
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00:00 Intro
00:36 Our road test process
01:26 Cyberbeast configuration
01:38 Performance test results
02:35 Why does it look like that?
03:24 Stainless steel cleaning and toughness
04:50 What's the stainless steel made of?
05:35 Is it really bulletproof?
06:28 Aerodynamics and why a spare tire is an accessory
08:08 Our range test results
09:16 Aerodynamic effects of tonneau and wheel covers
09:44 Steer-by-wire overview
11:05 Electrical architecture and weight
12:01 Driving experience
17:29 Front seats
19:29 Rear seats
20:01 Bed time
21:31 Final thoughts

[@LateNiteGrafix]

"if you're sensitive to visibility…" has got to be one of the strangest ways of saying "You can't see out of this vehicle", I have ever heard.

[@playerpage]

15:15 "Almost completely blocks the oncoming traffic in most corners." Well don't expect to take this truck camping, then. Also, he's speeding and laughing on a downhill run in a vehicle he can't see out of. Real world drivers are gonna kill people. Starting with themselves.

[@barrydworak]

"The Cybertruck reminded me of the old Countach."

[@RawandCookedVegan]

Because some people can adapt to using cameras.

[@barrydworak]

@RawandCookedVegan I guess you haven't ever actually used them, especially outside of an urban environment. They get dirty or wet as you drive, and they don't work so well.

[@RawandCookedVegan]

@@barrydworak I haven't n I wouldn't pay 100 k for this. But I like the closing comment. Tesla attempted something different in many ways at the design, structural and electrical level. This is praiseworthy and moving the automotive engineering ball forward. Legacy auto has been too complacent.

[@LearnAboutFlow]

Why am I watching a Tesla video brochure?

[@midcenturymodern9330]

I hear you. C&D sold out a long time ago.

[@whattheschmidt]

@@midcenturymodern9330 sold out to who? who paid them for this?

[@Mr_Bones.]

It’s not about “getting money”, it’s that if a critic gives a bad review they will not be given early access to review a future car. Same thing happens with video games. It’s why so many modern games score high but have very low player retention rates.

[@toddcastaldi6536]

Agreed, I thought Car and Driver would give the real scoop on this thing. Sounded like an infomercial to me.

[@icosthop9998]

L😂L To tell the truth, I was surprised about this fairly good review.

[@robertbelardo7087]

Why don't you run it through a carwash

[@Inpreesme]

Reviewer‘s and influencers have learned that if they talk badly about the product. They don’t get the vehicles to pretend that they’re being honest reviewing

[@davidshaffer4649]

Hope they don't have birds where they live

[@leftcoaster67]

Drive it offroad on a easy trail, or on a beach, or God forbid. A worksite with ruts, mud, sand, etc.

[@leftcoaster67]

@@Inpreesme Which would explain why you hardly see Tesla reviews where the quality control, or build quality is crap.

[@nitehawk86]

Yeah, this is just another shill video.

[@KenMac-ui2vb]

It's like it fell out of an Ugly Tree and hit every branch on the way down.

[@Dwigt_Rortugal]

You know what a truck needs? A gable roof. Pure genius.

[@geoffgunn9673]

@@Dwigt_Rortugal and a bed smaller than a kei truck

[@Wi2Low]

​@@geoffgunn9673 😂 4' x 6.5' max, 4' x 6' min. Not small, at all.

[@TheRealColt45]

Minecraft called and doesn't want its truck back.

[@icosthop9998]

L😂L

[@DaddisHouse]

lmao, best review of this thing

[@barrettwbenton]

Note to C&D: You're gonna need a bigger tube of lipstick.

[@TrevorKeenAnimation]

"I can't see out the front but we have lots of cameras, so that's OK." I hope he was joking.

[@colpul2103]

I mean there's a screen right there you can play games on, why would anyone be looking out the windows in the first place?

[@Asparagus76McKinley]

Everything is on the display. So the driver can’t make any adjustments without taking eyes off the road. Should be outlawed in all motor vehicles.

[@Graham_Wideman]

What are you talking about? No need to look at the screen for, uh, steering and accelerator and looking outside, er no wait, scratch that last one...

[@playerpage]

Don't text and drive, but actually operating everything in your vehicle? A-ok.

[@davidbrayshaw3529]

The world's regulators have these systems in their sights for that very reason.

[@davepaturno4290]

Tesla owners would tell you to "simply" use voice commands. However, it you have passengers and / or kids in the vehicle, all bets are off as to whether the computer will understand you. Consumer Reports say that the best infotainment systems have a combination of physical controls, knobs/buttons, etc.

[@EricMitton]

“It’s a pickup truck; it’s not made for two-lane roads.” I dunno, two-lane roads are just about everyone in the American west. A visibility problem on two-lane roads is a big problem if you are doing normal truck things.

[@tianikane3312]

Yeh, it's a city driving truck. Not a workpersons' truck.

[@browneyeofsauron1244]

@@tianikane3312 They why is it so big? You'd think a "city truck" should be smaller. Regardless every car should reasonably be able to drive on a normal road.

[@Nairraider]

@@browneyeofsauron1244 Yeah unfortunately most trucks in America are like that at the moment, and most people buying them don't even use them for towing or anything truck related 😂

[@theverdictisstillout]

what he meant was it's not made for doing high speed aggressive driving on twisty 2 lanes- not driving normally on 2 lanes.

[@macbuff81]

A vehicle that's not for two-lane roads. Yup, Tesla is officially a cult.

[@nosonoliento]

Can you imagine a couple of ranchers driving that around covered in mud and cow manure with a 100 gallon diesel tank and a blue healer cow dog in the back? Me neither.

[@oldguy7402]

I only have a 50 gallon tank in my diesel pickup bed...

[@ReadySetMoses]

It wasn’t made for them, it was made for tech bros that want to cosplay as a truck owner

[@icosthop9998]

Nice L00King Toy L😂L

[@RLC2020]

90% of truck buyers now wouldn't do that either. For a cool commuter vehicle with more capability than 90% of the suv's of the world I'm all in. Don't compare it to an HD diesel rancher's truck because it isn't

[@nosonoliento]

@@ReadySetMoses Yeah it's a Pavement Princess but I'd like to see a rancher go after it with a cutting torch and a welder (don't need 4 seats to throw hay) and use it for a real truck for a year.

[@NathanWood23]

Why didn't they tow anything or take it on a dirt road? Its a truck, but they are reviewing it mostly as a city car. 'Its a truck... Not for two lane' what?!

[@jameshisself9324]

It's main problem, or some will say feature. For most of the douches who will own one it will be their first truck so they have no idea what good is in that sense. I heard that bit about 2 lane and I thought exactly the same thing. A few years ago the beemer douches migrated to Tesla, now they'll be in these. If you own a real 4WD get ready to pull a lot of these out of the mud.

[@andrewjazdzyk1215]

Having everything on the screen is absurdly annoying to me. California car guys always review these things in perfect conditions/"ideal" offroad conditions. Salt/mud gonna make that rearview camera useless real quick.

[@FrunkensteinVonZipperneck]

Which is true if EVery vehicle with a camera. You’d know that if you’d bought a car in the last decade…😂

[@RobertLoPinto]

The front bumper camera has a spray nozzle to keep it clean.

[@michael-gk3ib]

When CT starts to be involved in traffic accidents, you will start to see what a death trap it really is both for passengers and not least for oncoming traffic, pedestrians and cyclists, fortunate that the United States is so poorly designed that not many people walk and cycle, in now a reason why we in Europe are so lucky that we have reasonable traffic rules that make CT illegal over here in the western free world😁

[@RobertLoPinto]

@@michael-gk3ib You must have some amazing crystal ball.

[@wallyman292]

@@FrunkensteinVonZipperneck That doesn't automatically give it a pass! It just means that's a sucky feature of ALL EV's!

[@originaljws]

Lol, the dual steer motor quip about airplane reminds me of an old saw about twin engine aircraft: Don't worry, if one engine fails, the second has more than enough power to get you to your crash site.

[@johannjohann6523]

Good one.

[@genesound]

Even with one engine, it'll still beat all the emergency services to the crash site. -paraphrased Ron White

[@philipershler420]

Apparently the wheel covers have been recalled because the covers were cutting into the sidewall of the tire. And speaking of tires, will an owner have to buy the funky tires from Tesla? What will the cost be for a set of new shoes for the truck?

[@aaron___6014]

They'll be disposed of in 10 years.

[@brendanshroyer7696]

Pirelli or Goodyear tires on the stock wheels. And you can put different wheels and tires on it and tinker with the suspension like any other truck.

[@icosthop9998]

Running through tires is one of the biggest complaint of Tesla owners. In my *"**#Wheels** playlist"* there are four channels complaining about them having to change tires on the Teslas frequently. And on the *"Whamm Bamm Tesla Cam channel"* The Teslas are forever hydroplaning and getting in accidents. While the cars around them are still driving perfectly on a rainy road.

[@Gullpped]

@15:16 He said on visibility "it's a pick up truck not made for two lane roads"......

[@Who-Dat42]

I love that the biggest, heaviest vehicles are the ones that don't have to report their stats.

[@WhoDat_1]

I guess it's assumed anyone buying one of those isn't prioritizing efficiency anyway lol

[@billg.7909]

Thank Republicans for rejecting regulations because they might hurt big business.

[@Species-lj8wh]

@@billg.7909 It was the Democrats that wrote the CAFE standards that exempted pickups from MPG standards.

[@markstevens1729]

@@Species-lj8wh oh, come on… the industry wrote those standards and had them implemented by the government of the day.

[@Mr_Bones.]

Democrats support EV and currently hold congress, the house, and the president office. Jesus F-ing Christ, even when democrats hold all the power against the weak and pathetic GOP, they still blame republicans. Joe Biden came out last week and actually said the economy is bad because of Trump, despite being in office for 4 years and sending about $200 billion to Ukraine, Israel, AND Palestine. I’m not for either party, but come on!

[@robertblaney5033]

The Delorean & Pontiac Aztec had a baby and named it Cybertruck

[@OMGWTFLOLSMH]

Exterior design by Stevie Wonder.

[@tinkerstrade3553]

Hey, don't knock the Aztec, I just bought one for $450. At that price, I figure it has to be a fine machine. (The ad said it just needed a few minor repairs and TLC 🤣)

[@brandall101]

@@tinkerstrade3553 Like a new windshield? Just make sure the FBI isn't after you.

[@tinkerstrade3553]

@@brandall101 Oh it was stolen. Busted window and ripped ignition. Now why anybody would want to, is murky: it couldn't be as a getaway car, you'd stick out like driving an Edsel. I only bought it because of the all wheel drive. I'm building out a truck camper, and want tow the 4X4 and use it as a runabout when camped. A sort of ugly jeep.

[@brandall101]

@@tinkerstrade3553 I was referencing Breaking Bad... where it was used as a getaway car quite a few times :)

[@JackdeDuCoeur]

I'll rent one next time I visit Gotham City.

[@ivankuljis1780]

_Same BAT Time, same BAT Channel_

[@wolfgangpreier9160]

I will transfer Gotham Citiy to my home. When i am allowed to. Sadly the UN/ECE geezers are afraid of their own shadow.

[@mylittlepitbull3143]

Say hello to Batman, Alfred and Robin for me. Oh yeah and Bruce Wayne

[@nitehawk86]

None of these are in Pittsburgh. As soon as they start pouring salt on the roads here these things will shrivel up and die.

[@wolfgangpreier9160]

@@nitehawk86 "shrivel up and die" Yes. Clearly a nutcase. Literally.

[@Peter-vw2fm]

Did you drive it through a car wash, or tow with it ,

[@TheRealColt45]

Who would ever do such a thing with a truck? You're just talking crazy.

[@serafinacosta7118]

@@TheRealColt45 and you never driven in the winter months up North. Are you some Tesla owner, employee , or influencer ? That is what trucks are meant for. To get dirty , to be washed, and to tow things. Duh.

[@TheRealColt45]

@@serafinacosta7118 lol yes. 😅😅. Those are the most basic things you would do with the truck thus my sarcastic response. We already know of one cybertruck being bricked simply by going through a regular car wash and anyone who has tried to tow anything with the cybertruck has ended up with less than 100 mi of range. It's a joke. And actually I live in the high mountains of the Sierra Nevada where we typically get about 600 inches of snow per year so I know what I'm talking about with winter driving. 😉

[@midcenturymodern9330]

Bring it to Alaska in December and we will talk. What a joke of a "truck!"

[@Mr_Bones.]

Hes obviously being sarcastic. Get off the internet, old man

[@pi.actual]

The loose bolt is an easter egg, congratulations on finding it.

[@TheRealColt45]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@verde5738]

What's the prize?

[@mmm-mmm]

don't worry. it's from the alignment robot doing assembly. all good! :) 👍

[@colpul2103]

"Now please screw it back into the hole in the battery bracket, failure of the battery bracket keeping the battery from falling out on the road is not covered by your warranty"

[@frostman3540]

Yes fly by wire in a plane seems and is safe in a plane. The aviation industry has standards and the planes are inspected and maintained quite vigorously. In some person's vehicle I feel after time these systems will be prone to issues from improper maintenance. Have you seen the miled out vehicles on the roads today? When the cost to maintain these systems is seen some people will be lax in upkeep of vehicles. No mechanical backup is not a good idea.

[@gdawg77123]

Planes are fly-by-wire for many, many reasons that won’t fit into a KZbin comment. A car with a drive-by-wire steer is terrifying at best. This is a tesla thing, creating a problem to a solution, and reinventing things that already had been invented, and doing it the most inefficient way.

[@Jeffcrocodile]

i'm sure we can all trust Testa not to fail with it /s

[@chrisar6068]

The system has two computers and twin steering motors. It is backed up.

[@DouglasHewitt]

these comments are very ignorant. there are lots of advantages to drive by wire, (manufacturing, cost, reliability, driver experience, etc.) why would you think its a bad thing? Because its popular to hate on Tesla now?

[@websitemartian]

haha.... these sorry azz tesla haters are truly pathetic ...

[@Thisishard2333]

Did you mention that the cyber truck could only tow 70 miles before it almost ran empty. Which is far worse than the Ford F150 lightning? So basically you have to make sure there’s a charging station every 60 miles and be willing to sit there for an hour and a half for each charge. What a way to spend the weekend.

[@Foersom_]

@CarAndDriver 15:00 "if you are sensitive to outwards visibility" the A pillar cause very poor diagonal visibility, which makes it dangerous in city traffic. CarAndDriver why are you sugar coating this?

[@mattbranham2031]

"if you're a fan of outward visibility....." every pedestrian gives a blank stare

[@andrewjazdzyk1215]

He was like, "It's a truck it's not meant to be on a two lane highway." and I was like.....what

[@TimothyWhiteheadzm]

Its not about what other people actually think, its about what you think they think. People who drive noisy motor cycles think everyone else admires them. People who experience a noisy motorcycle going past think the owner is an annoying menace to society.

[@martinbowyer7906]

Yeah i was Carlos would have given comparison to other trucks visibility, rather than just a vague statement of A pillars blocking during corners. Like how much does that happen with a typical crew cab truck.

[@RealButcher]

Lying...crushed... on the ground... flattened by this piece of $%&*@

[@browneyeofsauron1244]

@@andrewjazdzyk1215 That wasn't the first time he said something like that either. The translation: "The truck isn't designed to be a truck."

[@bikebudha01]

Tesla Cybertruck, proving the age old adage of "there is a sucker born every minute"...

[@bryandraughn9830]

Maybe 2or3

[@HVM_fi]

Yeah, people who still buy ICE vehicles and inhale their fumes, like two wheeled budha here. And 32 idiot who up-thumped your brainfart, go to take good long sniff of diesel tale pipe.

[@Mrkevino77]

And you proving the age old adage ‘better to remain silent and have people think you’re stupid than to open your mouth and remove all doubt’!

[@richardjohnson8009]

@@Mrkevino77 you proving the age old adage ‘better to remain silent and have people think you’re stupid than to open your mouth and remove all doubt’! 😀

[@ModernPsychadelic]

@@Mrkevino77 said to the mirror

[@floydblue1783]

How about the terrible visibility in the truck, how about the open cockpit design with the rear window removed, not so great 🤔 How about the difficulties with water, getting stuck in sand, the feeling of weight when on wet roads or how the 9,000 lbs is difficult to stop in the event of loss of control or how it will blow through guard rails 🤔🤨

[@gamble777888]

I find myself waiting for the textures to load everytime I look at it.

[@Catlife247]

When I see somebody driving one, I just point at them and laugh 😂 😹

[@billp5424]

Will Auto Zone have that wiper blade? Will Gort use it to pick up Klaatu?

[@LouT1501]

Good one!

[@gunningopher]

I think you have to go to the harbor and get one at the Ocean Liner parts store.

[@retro440]

$165, a real bargain.

[@Dwigt_Rortugal]

Oh, yeah, that's some stellar engineering there.

[@Draegonfyre]

Klaatu Barakah Knickto 😂

[@starvalkyrie]

I generally consider myself "sensitive to outward visibility" when I'm piloting 4 tons of metal down the road I share with other human beings. Interested in what's out there.

[@mmm-mmm]

tesla owners are used to limited visibility what with them having their heads up their ...

[@AuralioCabal-nl8gi]

Jason Camissa of Hagertty, he was as impressed as Carlos I think.

[@lemongavine]

I confuse those two for some reason

[@AuralioCabal-nl8gi]

@@lemongavine Same here, sometimes I think they are twins.LOL

[@MonsterSound]

More than Carlos. Jason is more objective too.

[@TheDirtCreature]

C'mon, Hagerty was a paid campaign. It was an ad for the CT and not much else. Friends keep friends honest by telling them the truth. Hagerty did no such thing.

[@sprockkets]

​@@TheDirtCreatureexactly, they said so much bullsht nonsense in that video.

[@epa316]

It looks like a giant rolling doorstop. Pass.

[@startupdownhome]

I’ll take yours then.

[@epa316]

@@startupdownhome You have my deepest condolences, to be seen driving that ugly monstrosity 🤮

[@jeremygregorio7472]

It looks like the kind of cobbled together goofy future vehicles from bad mad Max takeoffs when I was a kid. The kind you rented from the video store that was inside of a grocery store.

[@nutsackmania]

haters with no life

[@rcpmac]

Exoskeleton was a promise Musk made in the original reveal years ago along with $500 mile range and $39,500 base price. All were vaporware possibly design to boost presales and stock prices.

[@orsomethinglike]

Munro and associate engineers discovered The battery pack is half full, meaning you could possibly double the current range

[@davidbrayshaw3529]

I think that we can all agree that if Enron's lips are moving...

[@patrickwade3150]

An armrest that folds down?….be still my heart…where do write my check?😅

[@Graham_Wideman]

Obviously you would write your check on the armrest that folds down.

[@mmm-mmm]

the stupid reviews useless reviews from car and driver are alive and useless... they usually ramble on about 'fit and finish'... yeah duh, my dashboard isn't made of oak... has anyone ever bought a car based on 'fit and finish'? you only notice it if something is f'ed up. wonder why they didn't review it here?

[@michaelspurling4376]

You should not have to use the word "considering" that many times when discussing a vehicle that expensive.

[@TonyBasuro]

I look forward to people getting creative with stencils and lemon juice.

[@tianikane3312]

😁😅😂🤣🤣

[@GoAway-vj4vj]

The driving dong, The silver schlong, The drawn on dink, The painted on phallus.

[@rvninnorthcarolina3377]

Some people who buy these get them wrapped....

[@TonyBasuro]

@@rvninnorthcarolina3377 my wrap would be rust and bullet holes.

[@ebonfireharbinger7916]

This review had issues. They have a heavy vehicle and they tell you use the light vehicle regime and that is cool. You have to protect it from rain. You did not mention driving it at night. And then you compare a fly by wire plane that is constantly checked and repaired by trained professionals to a daily use likely bi-yearly serviced car driven by an normal person. I am personally not impressed.

[@Wi2Low]

Fortunately for the universe your opinion is quite irrelevant, and Tesla's engineers are vastly more accomplished and trustworthy than you. The test was the appropriate "light truck", not "light vehicle". And no rain protection is required.

[@jeffcicale]

Thanks for the laughs! The jump kick and lock to lock test were hilarious!

[@Hugo-py2ce]

Jealous? What laughs? Kick a** truck for sure 👌🏼

[@daxtonbrown]

I'm rebuilding a 49 Chevy 3/4 ton. I'll be out about $16k. It will be good for another 40 years. I can buy a lot of gas for the difference in price.

[@mmm-mmm]

plus, it's probably safer...

[@glynnwright1699]

Apparently they are recalling just under 4000 for the accelerator pedal issue; how may do they need to sell to break even on the amortized development costs? In virtually every other country with an advanced economy you would get a response that might indicate that you had lost your mind if you started talking about it being bullet proof. Likewise, if you say that it is a truck and therefore not suited to operating on a two lane road. Those points are purely academic, I admit, as in Europe it would considered to be a design optimised to injure pedestrians - so it isn't going to be on European roads, ever. And even it was, you would need a special licence to drive it.

[@davepaturno4290]

Is a BAC Mono legal to drive in Europe?

[@glynnwright1699]

@@davepaturno4290 Legal in the UK, no nasty, stiff, sharp edges and isn't the size and weight of a large truck.

[@davepaturno4290]

@@glynnwright1699 I'd buy one in a second for use here in the US. It is the exact opposite of the 7000 lb cybertruck. Doug Demuro reviewed a BAC Mono here in CA. His expressions while accelerating are priceless.

[@wtmayhew]

A few years ago, I did volunteer work in the Crawford Museum’s shop. There was a Delorean DMC-12 in the collection. A light touch with Scotch Brite pad did a good job of cleaning up the stainless steel skin as needed. The DMC-12 panels were SS303, not that different from the Cybertruck “30X.” The difference was that the DMC-12 steel panels were a skin and not so structural as in the Cybertruck. The high sides on the Cybertruck seem to be a necessity owing to the unit body design more than aerodynamic benefit. The Ridgeline, Santa Cruze and Brat are all like that. The Maverick has not so high bed sides, but it is quite a bit smaller.

[@Bobs-Wrigles5555]

Sorry, But just like a few dead pixels on a PC monitor draw your eye, both of those doors look like some kid has been playing with the stainless fridge and left dirty smudges on the edges.

[@Darrylizer1]

Futuristic design! Yeah, it looks like the Millenium Duck.

[@roger_is_red]

hats off that was the best review I have seen so far. NOW I WANT ONE!!!

[@Nunya-lz9ey]

Crazy that it has a full 6 foot bed, is the fastest truck, bulletproof, air suspension, is lighter than a rivian. Wtf

[@Hugo-py2ce]

It's an awesome beast!

[@NassimSYD]

It's a marvel of engineering

[@AudiTTQuattro2003]

...too bad it is ugly.

[@SirDragonClaw]

And the sound system is amazing

[@Foxfried]

FTW!

[@kloss213]

See lots of used ones listed-already. Over 20 ads in the Midwest.

[@thedutchman01]

Whatta ya mean it's not made for roads? @15:15 It's not made for roads? Than wtf is it doing there?!?!

[@willyhwang1059]

stopping bullets as a selling point? got to love America

[@mmm-mmm]

only effective if you're too short to see out of the windshield...

[@user-to2rf1rj5v]

9:02 it isn't accurate to say that the Cybertruck fell "short of its estimate" on your 75mph range test. The estimate you're speaking of is an average of multiple driving cycles which include lower speed city driving. So they never gave you, or anyone, an estimate for 75mph driving alone.

[@shonuffLA]

It’s awesome

[@teejay3272]

That was really well done. My opinion didn't change. This vehicle is about one thing. Look at me.

[@TomsTurboGarage]

Great Job Carlos! Always enjoy your perspective!

[@Mark13376]

MT lost a legend when Carlos left, glad to see him again here!

[@tvguide4khv]

Cool review ! thanks for sharing

[@adk7962]

He said “ship, Christmas!” Ha! Thanks for the balanced and entertaining review. If I had the money (and once they work out all the bugs) I would for sure get one, and I am not a huge fan of trucks. Thanks again!

[@TimTheMusicMan]

Someone should show this video to Scotty Kilmer. He hates EV’s.

[@Wextopher]

Wish you had tested the wiper so that you might see where the fluid drains down behind the frunk and eventually out of the vehicle. Or checked for rust as many reviewers have found.

[@royhoward4798]

Stainless does not rust regardless of what people may say.

[@UKMike2009]

@@royhoward4798 It is quite possible to get surface rust on stainless steel - this is not marine quality material.

[@Nomikeal]

The weirdest thing is after seeing it for the first time I dont really notice them in traffic anymore. All that stainless steel and ev quietness just kinda blends in despite its proportions

[@jamesengland7461]

That definitely hasn't happened to me yet! I've only seen one once :(

[@rogerstarkey5390]

That's the "Hypnosis mode" . Elons' latest secret "Bond Villain technology" designed to fool the gullible.... unless you're a "normal" person rather than someone with "polarised opinion"....

[@OMGWTFLOLSMH]

Said no one.

[@SkullCrushersClub]

This guys really trying to claim that since there’s copper in front bumper and not the door panels that it’s done in purpose and not just a hodgepodge of random metal 😂

[@lyledal]

I wonder of those Tesla engineers are still employed there?

[@rkgsd]

Why does your test truck have the recalled wheel covers? They're supposed to be redesigning them to get rid of the 7-pointed corners because they dig into the sidewalls. All of the ones I've seen on the road have no wheel covers.

[@Molishious]

Good question. I was wondering the same thing.

[@samirshah5411]

I can’t wait for my Beast

[@warrencooksey5603]

I got mine already! What are you waiting for?

[@user-vd3ko9zy6u]

mong

[@macgyverfever]

What month/year did you reserve? Mine is Dec 2019

[@user-vd3ko9zy6u]

@@macgyverfever ding bad

[@user-vd3ko9zy6u]

how much money for a toaster

[@mickvonbornemann3824]

Suspension / steering seem to have a lot of potential going by all the reviews, in regards the rest it’s early days. I assume quality control will improve with time. Usually when a whole new car comes out it takes a few annual or bi-annual revisions before everythings fine.

[@realmchat6665]

No carrots were peeled with the door edges, no front trunk guillotine finger chop test.

[@HamiltonThielsen]

🤣😘🤣 "IF I were to buy this as scrap you're looking at about like $0.50 a pound" 5:25

[@GregHassler]

For the stainless steel body, yes, it's commingled metals that have to be melted down and separated. The batteries and motors however are worth $$$$

[@HamiltonThielsen]

​@@GregHassler I would hope so after purchasing a hunk of metal for $50,000, $79,000, or $99,000. Vehicles have some of the highest depreciation in a market. My '07 pickup was purchased at $7,000. Does great on on the FR roads, if I continue to take care of it of course. It also has a spare tire that is attached underneath. The following is a stereotype : People who own pickups are typically people who want to be independent and not rely on others. It just seems insane that they didn't design a space for a spare tire.

[@freddymax5256]

@@HamiltonThielsen I have a 2000 GMC pickup that has never had the spare removed from under the box and probably couldn’t get it off if I needed it.

[@gmck91204]

I don’t understand what’s so environmentally sound about a 7000-pound vehicle with 90-pound tires constantly ejecting all that rubber-crumb pollution into the environment.

[@gunningopher]

@@freddymax5256 Same with my '07 Duramax, and I off-road it once in a while. The only time I've had the spare down in the last 10+ years when when a stray kitten climbed up onto it while we were at a taco shop in Baja.

[@BorisZX6R]

Now imagine Carlos Lago, Jason Camisa and Randy Pobst as a car review/test trio... 😁

[@danmar007]

I loved that show. Very funny.

[@lesflynn4455]

I couldn't help but notice you didn't include the weight of this hideous gargantuan blubbermill in your specs at the beginning. They don't like you talking about that.

[@Mr_Bones.]

This is a HUGE issue! (no pun intended). Modern parking garages were made for 2 ton cars, one cybertruck weighs 6,834 lbs. that’s roughly 3.5 times the weight. I highly doubt parking garages built before 2010 ever thought people would be driving cars that weight more in a time when cars were being made out of plastic more and more to save on weight/emissions. Keep in mind that the average and popular model S weighs 5,000lbs, so that would instantly double the weight stress on garages. The cybertruck would just collapse it

[@planesandbikes7353]

@@Mr_Bones. my 2 door 2wd Tundra is 5200 lbs, lighter than any of the 4 door F150 or Sierra you see on the roads today. CT is not really heavier than ICE pickups nowadays.

[@Hugo-py2ce]

One of the best reviews on the cybertruck that I've seen, Thank you!👌🏼

[@GRC7769]

This was a great review.

[@cengeb]

Why do you have the recalled defective wheel covers on, are you out of touch?

[@TheMightymolar]

Did it start to rust as soon as you drove it?

[@MarcB707]

Starting to see them in the wild and have had the opportunity to check them out but not drive yet. But if one is to get this truck, you better like talking about it and crowds! Every time I’ve seen one it’s been surrounded by people good/bad. Not something I’d get but am interested in the tech/drive by wire steering.

[@AuralioCabal-nl8gi]

You will wait ages to get Drive by WIRE from legacy auto.

[@warrencooksey5603]

Just buy one. I get so much attention with mine. Kids, babies, dogs and moms love it.

[@MarcB707]

@@warrencooksey5603 wife and kids would kill me 😂They laugh and say i should get a paid by @ford how many times people stop and ask questions when we open frunk of F150 lightning!

[@FLPhotoCatcher]

That level of attention will of course decrease, and I think that's a good thing.

[@OMGWTFLOLSMH]

@@warrencooksey5603 - Why would you want attention? Makes no sense. I prefer anonymity thanks.

[@zcd1z778]

A very nicely done video, IMHO. Clear-eyed about the innovations AND the foibles - bravo!

[@NathanWood23]

'When Deloreans inbreed.' Louis Black

[@Abmotsad]

A ten-year-old boy with a straight-edge and a giant novelty pencil from Disney World was given an assignment in school: Draw the COOLEST TRUCK EVER! This is the result.

[@henryhill3778]

I don't understand why it's so important that it's Bullit proof. We've NEVER used that as a criteria before.

[@GHinWI]

The whole thing is answers to questions no one asked.

[@rustygear447]

The bullet proof part is just to show how tough the exterior is. It's so tough that it can stop bullets, not that you should go get shot in it. why is that so hard to understand?

[@destroya3303]

@@rustygear447 Username checks out :p

[@nerdvision3587]

@@rustygear447 Making cybertrucks like this is one of the dumbest ideas ever. It is still going to get dented and warped in collisions, and since those panels are welded onto the chassis as this video says, you're gonna want to just ditch this thing and replace it with an ICE car when you get the repair costs estimate. Minor dents are also not a significant issue. Only OCD people really care about those. My car has a bunch, and I hardly ever even notice those. The bullets used to do the demonstration of those panels being "bulletproof" were also not the type that would be most commonly used by criminals, meaning that this whole song and dance about bulletproof panels is really just a b.s. gimmick. Criminals would go with the cheaper bullets, those being full-metal jackets rather than hollow-points (which are like less than half the price of hollow-points), especially given that FMJs penetrate stuff far better. From the tests that I have seen, I strongly doubt that those panels would stop FMJs, seeing how hollow-points came close to punching through and failed to do so clearly on account of flaring far out and flattening as they are supposed to even when they hit very soft stuff such as flesh. Sure, regular panels on old-school ICE cars are nowhere nearly as tough, but it is cheap and easy enough to remove and replace them. That makes them a much better choice. And then there is the part that the panels are steel and the chassis is aluminum. Who the hell is dumb enough to weld steel panels onto an aluminum support structure??? Aluminum and steel have very different thermal expansion coefficients, so that is just asking for trouble with parts bending or warping and welds failing at some point. I have to say Elon Musk's idiot index for other people looks very much like it is really just an attempt by him to excuse his own stupidity by trying to put down those around him.

[@jtownball]

@@rustygear447It's not hard to understand. These commentators are not serious people.

[@user-pn5lm9or8u]

Well balanced, awesome thorough review. Thank you!

[@Timberland1963]

It hurts my eyes just to look at it.

[@Ianmackable]

A loose bolt. Great. Really inspires confidence.

[@joewilder]

Good to have high sides if you're filling it with yard waste.

[@normmaes3218]

and manure from the pig pen

[@championofearth02]

what is "sensitive to visibility"? I mean, what does that mean for driving a car? Also, what was this review, no mention of the recalls, no mention of the problems, just... giggles over the acceleration? C&D I used to have a subscription.

[@erichansen2860]

"Tesla loaned us this cybertruck and we're going to uncritically regurgitate back to you everything their marketing department told us."

[@serene1172]

All I can think is “wait, what happens to pedestrians & cyclists if this thing is too big for a two lane roads with massive blind spots” also, isn’t having composition of the metals on different door panels literal over engineered? Also, what happens to another car if there’s an accident? Edit: wait….why isn’t there a speedometer/mileage over the handlebar like a normal car? Why do I need to look at a screen for this information & what happens if it breaks?? If the electricity shorts out, how do I get the door open?

[@bestywithachesty]

I was pleasantly surprised how well this video showcases the CyberTruck.

[@ophthodawg]

This is a nicely cadenced review … comprehensive and not crazy emotional or full of hyperbole, thank you C&D

[@wobblyboost]

Does 'nicely cadenced' in this context mean, 'soft, biased and sucky'?

[@TrilobitesRTasty]

Seriously…features of this truck can be dangerous. It would be no surprise if Elon set constraints on negative comments.

[@Ironraven001]

No discussion of the sharp edges. The only criticism was a loose bolt, and he laughed it off. No mention of water, snow, or mud causing issues... uncritical doesn't mean unbiased.

[@midcenturymodern9330]

This is what Tesla paid him to do. Mild, boring, and do not mention the many faults this "thing" has!

[@TechScottBrown]

The specs I have on the Tri-Motor are: * 845 HORSEPOWER * 10,296 LB-FT TORQUE 1:35

[@JackRussell021]

I saw a video (on a different channel) where someone actually did shoot bullets at the doors. Smaller caliber would make dents, larger caliber would punch right through. A 50 cal obviously left a pretty decent size hole. They had a 2nd video (that I didn't watch) where they repaired the bullet holes. Nowhere in the video did they say exactly why it was that they decided to do this.

[@GtstangLv]

This video shows why Carlos is still one of the GOATs in the car review game.

[@George_Shonia]

"Another zip code over there" Hahahah daamn that wad best I ever heard about that windshield

[@sxmolin]

How does your truck have wheel covers? Are those the redesigned ones?

[@sprockkets]

Because they didn't want to make tesla look bad. There are no new covers yet. Another design fail of the cyberturd that shows they never tested the truck in 4 years.

[@curt9733]

If this comes with a baseball, I'm sold.

[@burntwafflz]

Very nicely balanced and paced review. Always love to hear from Carlos; been following him for years. Great work 👍🏽

[@EpictheEpicest]

This is titled "just shoot me" because Musk had a sniper trained on him the whole time so he wouldn't say anything critical about the car.

[@wolf_biter]

Why why why does it have the smallest side mirrors ever?

[@CarlosSantos-ln7xe]

Gosh, I wonder if Car and Driver accepts advertising (bribes) from Tesla?

[@leftofcenter1000]

How do you wash the inside of the front window?

[@jimgoff1170]

You just crack it and have it replaced under insurance! By the way insurance rates are going up.

[@FrunkensteinVonZipperneck]

Mop

[@NassimSYD]

If you think this design is shocking and polarizing, wait till you see what they're unveiling on August 8th

[@rogerstarkey5390]

I'm going to make a bet it won't be what you think.

[@NassimSYD]

@@rogerstarkey5390 it's a futurestic low frog shaped looking thing with no steering wheel, no pedals, no side mirrors, no rear windshield, two doors, body covered rear wheels with a teardrop like shape and will probably have a white and black color aesthetic like their Optimus robot

[@NjoyLife_01]

Excellent review! Consumers are talking about this new product design. This is what make products interesting and polarizing like the time when horse and buggy carriage went to internal combustion engines back in the 1860’s. Can you imagine what was printed in the local & national newspapers back then? History says the times were quite polarizing AND political. Fast forward to modern-era today, folks just love their comfort zones in ICE transportation. EV is the future. I’m quite happy that we are all alive today witnessing the innovation of EV and electric vehicles moving to autonomous in less than 20 to 10 years, starting NOW!

[@ThomasButryn]

Great show! Thanks

[@steve403]

Wow. An fair review of the cyber truck. My faith in Car and driver has been restored.