Who at Saleen thought it was a good idea to sell a modded Tesla💀. Everybody knows Saleen cause of their mustangs, nobody buying a damn Tesla from them.
Saleen was always a tuning company first. Alot of these tuning companies struggle financially in the modern day. They still offer tuning for Ford products
the Saleen GTX was given a massive horsepower boost compared to the regular "Signature Performance" and was the first ever Tuned Tesla model S. you can't tune an electric motor so they did the best they could. the S5S Raptor was the biggest failure of the company because everything was so planned out that it never came.
Excessive emission regulations that are more aimed to vehicles than powerplants which should had been pushed harder into transiioning to cleaner and more efficient alternatives like nuclear. In addition to not endorsing alternative fuels in general not just EVs, and the general high customer based being obsessed with SUVs because they have to overcompensate for something (seriously, if its luxury and confort with passenger space, 5 seat sedan is more than enough and clogs the road less.)
I think what happened is the financial crisis coupled with the GTX Tesla and the engineers lack of experience caused the downfall of saleen. All we can do is hope for them to get their act together
5:14 actually they built 100 examples of the road going S1 i’m not sure if the race cars are included in that number, but there were road cars that were built for customers there was one on the market recently
5:40 also Saleen is still making cars they frequently post about them on Instagram and some of them are hitting dealership floors, most commonly at Ames ford performance where they have 2 Saleen S650 mustangs and a sport truck
See this is why I made a video on them. They’re very good at lying. They never built a road going S1. Only 20 cup cars. The only prototype of a road legal S1 was the one you saw on the market recently. Nobody bid for it either.
And ye you’re right about Saleen vehicles being for sale on Ames Ford Performance catalog, but problem is they’ve been on the catalog for over a year and nobody is buying them.
@@ForzaMemories I guess it sounds about right the first white label built is now in Iowa and I saw it at the Seattle auto show in November so I’m assuming it’s been there for quite some time, I would buy it tho ngl
I suggest a follow-up video and do your research on why Saleen was changing suppliers year to year, and in some cases, mid-year... WHY: Saleen wasn't paying their suppliers!!
Who at Saleen thought it was a good idea to sell a modded Tesla💀. Everybody knows Saleen cause of their mustangs, nobody buying a damn Tesla from them.
I saw a saleen tesla before
“Saleen Tesla GTX” LOOL, such a meme of a car.
I like the new edge saleens. Saleen mustangs in general are an acquired taste
Saleen was always a tuning company first. Alot of these tuning companies struggle financially in the modern day.
They still offer tuning for Ford products
These company could unfortunately die if emissions get bad enough.
Or the government mandates ICE out of running on roads.
MG used to make cool british cars under Rover but it was "revived" and sold by china where they now make offbrand mercs
Still did better job then Ford Capri.
My parents own an electric MG its just a chineese electric brand now
@@GF-mf7ml fr ford fell off
the Saleen GTX was given a massive horsepower boost compared to the regular "Signature Performance" and was the first ever Tuned Tesla model S. you can't tune an electric motor so they did the best they could. the S5S Raptor was the biggest failure of the company because everything was so planned out that it never came.
Not just them, I feel like the whole automotive industry is going to shyt
Respectfully no
Bro just say shit you don’t need to censor it.
I agree, even the car scene is fucked up, so many kids just spreading misinformation
Excessive emission regulations that are more aimed to vehicles than powerplants which should had been pushed harder into transiioning to cleaner and more efficient alternatives like nuclear. In addition to not endorsing alternative fuels in general not just EVs, and the general high customer based being obsessed with SUVs because they have to overcompensate for something (seriously, if its luxury and confort with passenger space, 5 seat sedan is more than enough and clogs the road less.)
Don’t forget those take over 🤡clowns🤡!
I think what happened is the financial crisis coupled with the GTX Tesla and the engineers lack of experience caused the downfall of saleen. All we can do is hope for them to get their act together
There are already some new 2024 mustangs by saleen on the streets and for sale, but they are constantly asking for investment on social media
5:14 actually they built 100 examples of the road going S1 i’m not sure if the race cars are included in that number, but there were road cars that were built for customers there was one on the market recently
5:40 also Saleen is still making cars they frequently post about them on Instagram and some of them are hitting dealership floors, most commonly at Ames ford performance where they have 2 Saleen S650 mustangs and a sport truck
See this is why I made a video on them. They’re very good at lying. They never built a road going S1. Only 20 cup cars. The only prototype of a road legal S1 was the one you saw on the market recently. Nobody bid for it either.
And ye you’re right about Saleen vehicles being for sale on Ames Ford Performance catalog, but problem is they’ve been on the catalog for over a year and nobody is buying them.
@@ForzaMemories I guess it sounds about right the first white label built is now in Iowa and I saw it at the Seattle auto show in November so I’m assuming it’s been there for quite some time, I would buy it tho ngl
I found out about Saleen from Bruce Almighty, since then it’s been one of my favorites cars ever.
I suggest a follow-up video and do your research on why Saleen was changing suppliers year to year, and in some cases, mid-year...
WHY: Saleen wasn't paying their suppliers!!
kind of a reverse hennessey
Why are you so underrated??? Amazing vid!
Thanks Jasonio that means a lot
They still tune mustangs
I think that Salem Tesla looks like a 2000s forgotten car. I don’t hate it, I just wished they did a better job on the bodykit…
How do you make a tesla look worse 😂
Like who thought "lets make this one look like a jelly bean"
LOOOL
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