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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MechaPilot" data-source="post: 7763060" data-attributes="member: 82779">Don't fall into the trap of letting a marketing-based naming convention determine facts for you.  Calling an electric drill a "2nd edition screwdriver" doesn't make it a screwdriver (even if you can use an add-on to make the product drive screws).No.  The 2018 and 2017 Tesla can be the same product, the same product with different add-ons, the same product with improved (or worsened) components, or an entirely different product.  It all depends on what exactly has changed between the two vehicles.My argument is that products have observable life-cycles, that the introduction, growth and decline of each edition can easily be mapped to their own separate life-cycles, and that each edition is its own separate product with add-ons (splats and settings) being used to enhance the profitability of the maturity phase and to stave off the decline phase.</blockquote>