Instead, the company focused on its best-selling SUV and sedan, the Model Y, and Model 3, while sales of the Model S and X dwindled. When reporting sales, Tesla lumps all of its premium models together in the "other models" category, and in the last quarter of 2025, it sold only 11,642 of these, a 51 percent year-over-year decrease.

Tesla is giving the Model S and Model X the ax. Recent sales figures help explain why.

We can still remember reading the reviews from 2012. Like it or not, the Tesla Model S was pivotal in making EVs gain mass-market appeal, not just in America, but worldwide. It helped that it was a hugely competent car and practically set the baseline for EVs in the coming years.

Tesla just debuted a major overhaul for the Model S and Model X interior featuring a Formula 1 inspired "Yoke" steering wheel. The Model S Plaid+ has 520 miles of range and will do 0-60mph in less than 2 seconds.

Tesla Model S and X face production end in 2026, but rarity, performance, and historical significance could boost collector value over time.

Tesla EVs have a new Autopilot computer and sensor suite dubbed HW4.5, making it even less likely that the HW3 vehicles will be supported for FSD Unsupervised

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