Tesla Cybertruck Review: Already Iconic? 

Imagine going on the highway and seeing an unrendered car

Being iconic doesn't require it to be rare. The VW Beetle is iconic despite being one of the most mass-produced cars of all time.

I thought the most dangerous thing was the accelerator pedal getting stuck in full blast

He thinks they're filming like "Look! A Cybertruck!" but really they're like "Look! It's MKBHD!!"

As a european, cars like this are just insane. This thing wouldn't even fit through some of our streets, would definitely not fit in normal parking spots, and would be illegal just on how unsafe it is for other road users. And americans buy it just to go grocery shopping? Why on earth would you want that?

I’m VERY surprised that safety wasn’t mentioned at all.

I never thought I’d see a car that would give me flashbacks of the greasy sink I used to wash dishes in as a teenager working at Taco Bell in the 1980s.

I've only seen two cyber trucks in person and I live in NYC. both were on a flatbed 😂😂😂

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1572">26:12</a> "So it's kinda hard to find something both mass produced and iconic"... the original Volkswagen beetle was exactly that.

Okay, that intro sequence with the spinning camera transitioning into the tron-esque animation was AWESOME

I can't imagine paying for a car that will have some of its features delivered later via software updates (hopefully).

“And all the redundancies to make it safe” citation needed

this is a perfect design for a pedestrians destroyer.

“If somebody hits you, you’ll be fine” I’m sure the family of 4 in their Fiat punto will be overjoyed to hear that.

How did this even get approved in terms of safety for others ??

That biker giving you the thumbs down is because they saw the culmination of all the years of 'bigger is better' car designs making the roads less and less safe. I'll take my old VW sedan design any day. There's already too many SUVs around here and it's honestly becoming a problem on the road and in parking lots. Final verdict on the car is that it's not safe for others and I don't want to see one. The tech and design to make it functional is cool though.

gaff tape on the 100k brand new truck is so hilarious to me

As a cyclist who's been bumped several times by drivers in city traffic it definitely looks scary.

I am an ER nurse and bike rider. I PRAY FOR CYCLISTS. :(

What about the rusting issues the cybertrucks are starting to have?

Iconic design, mass produced: Beetle Mini Cooper Fiat 500 911 Wrangler Lada Niva Volvo 'the brick' Yugo

Most people don't buy pickup trucks to do truck stuff. We call them mall crawlers here because people buy them to drive around in the burbs and look cool.

The biggest thing i notice is how lenient you are to Elon and Tesla. Saying this is still an early version and they will fix it compared to how brutally you destroyed fisker with their vehicles also being quite young

Why does this video have like the most crazy camera work and editing and they are just chilling with it

everyone else: waiting for their delivery for 2+yrs Marques: 2 cybertrucks casually chilling in the studio

Marques wearing an official German frisbee team jersey at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="916">15:16</a> was the most random thing ever. I'm German and I didn't know that exists.

Here’s some food for thought: if the car gets into an accident, what crumples? Something has to, so if the car isn’t taking the hit, the only one crumpling will be the occupant inside. Not a pretty image. Also, how have people genuinely cut their fingers trying to open the door? It’s confusing and sad how many are convinced that this is the future. The future has incredibly low standards.

Recall video when?

That statistic on the use-cases of most truck owners really just baffles me...if you don't tow or haul anything..THEN WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU NEED A HUGE ASS TRUCK FOR?!?!

I love how all the Cybertruck reviews dance around the fact that it sucks at being a "truck" doing actual truck things.

I found it a bit problematic, that you looked at it more one sighted. The interior is in a very low quality style, the steal gets dirty and rusty very easily and buyers have a lot of restrictions with how to clean it and how often. There are examples, that already show problems with the steal after 11 days. Furthermore i would have liked if you could have showed the dangers of the car (sensors of trunk dont work, means that if fingers are in they are off; the edges at the doors are very sharp; if you run over someone they are most likely dead). Still good video, thanks for the content.❤

You can tell Marquise isn’t really a car guy. History is littered with iconic, mass-produced cars: Mustang, Beetle, Audi TT, 911, 356 to name just a few

Man, the production of this video is next level. Shout out to Marques and the team for stepping up the game 👏🏽

You're probably a little young, but the VW Beetle or original Mini bridged this iconic to popular paradox with no detriment to their legacy.

Idk Mk there's a lot of things that you left out of this review or at least could have mentioned that make it feel like you were intentionally going soft of Tesla for one reason or another: 1. The stainless steel panels rust very easily (anything from dead bugs to bird droppings can lead to rusting) and the panels will start to change colour if exposed to water whilst in the sun (something like the second CT at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1561">26:01</a>). 2. To avoid the rusting problem Tesla charges 5k to put a protective coating on the panels which they should have put on it in the first place 3. The panels are not fucking bulletproof 4. Drag racing it is pretty dumb if you are not going to be towing stuff either. One could argue that the people who buy the CT are more likely to tow something than ever be in any form of race with it. 5. For a truck it has a very tiny bay, no bigger than the average Suzuki light truck, this is a very important bit of information considering how that bay size dictates how much you can potentially carry. You didn't at all dwell on this part and only briefly touched on it by saying you and your crew use it to move your equipment but exactly how much equipment was that bro? Surely you caould have taken 2 or 3 minutes to just show how many grocery bags or suitcases can fit in the bay and taken 2 or 3 less minutes glazing the "iconic design" 6. For health and safety reasons it is entirely irresponsible to not accurately communicate how much of a bruising and cutting hazard the sharp steel edges of the doors actually are, I have seen videos of carrots getting sliced and chopped against the edges of the door, they're like fucking katanas 😂. Anyway, I hope in a year or so we can get a more well rounded review from you tackling the issues I've just highlighted, especially number 6 because if anyone who owns a toddler has designs on buying this dumb truck, they should at least know that it comes with the possibility of leaving their toddler devoid of a finger or two.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="766">12:46</a> be real man, very few trucks have the CEO of the company saying unrealistic stuff like “you will be able to use it as a boat briefly”

There are numerous "iconic" popular cars: Volkswagen Typ 1 “Beetle,” VW Typ 2 “Bus,” Citroën 2CV, Citroën DS, Citroën Traction Avant, Ford Model T, Ford Sierra, BMC Austin/Morris Mini, Austin Seven, Fiat 500 “Topolino,” Fiat “Nuova” 500, Fiat Panda, Fiat Multipla, Renault Twingo, Renault Espace, Land Rover “Defender,” Jeep CJ, etc.

Speaking of iconic, serious shoutout to the person or people making your intros. IIRC, it's one dude, but damn. This one and the iPhone 15 review intro were both incredibly well done.

It's funny how you say at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="450">7:30</a> that people inside of the truck will be fine in an accident, when it's now known that the lack of crumple zones actually puts passengers in more danger.

its so iconic that every cybertruck is getting recalled because of the acccel pedal issue LOL bravo muskrat

That overhead shot when racing was perfect

The writing, the editing, the cinematography, the sound design… you all killed this. Shoutout David, shoutout Ellis, shoutout Brandon, and anyone else I’m missing that worked on this. What you guys are making is honestly head and shoulders above the rest right now. I’m a frequent watcher but rare commenter, keep it up everyone, you’re inspiring me!!!

People reporting that they got 2 hours, 2 months, who-knows out of this thing before random problems with the digital electronics bricked it. Starts getting mini-rust stains after a couple hours in rain. No thanks. What a waste.

Arent cars supposed to crumble on impact to have the car take the force and not the human? THat seems dangerous with major collisions.

@<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1029">17:09</a> MKBHD refers to his 911 as "my child"... now that's high praise for an automobile that "already iconic"

*AHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH $100,000 AND THE DOOR LATCH IS HELD ON WITH GAFFA TAPE...!!!* The most insane thing I have ever heard of - who did the quality control for this - Boeing...???

Why didn't you mention the rusting issues?

Thought you were going to say the accelerator pedal at the beginning.

Marques: I believe they're the first one to do steer-by-wire. *_One Lexus is crying in the corner_*

The quality here is just so insane. This feels higher quality than most of what I watch on TV. Blows me away that we’ve been getting this kind of content for free for half my life.

Marques, I love your videos and I’ve grown up watching them! The writing, the music, and the cinematography is amazing. But I can’t help but notice your avoidance to talk about the real safety issues of the Cyber truck, in more detail. To claim that people’s reaction or how they drive around you is the real safety hazard seems a little tone deaf. I also wonder at what point it is large creator’s responsibility to talk about the large civic injustice that occur for our technology to be made? You may have talked about this in other videos but, all I could think of while watching this was the cobalt miners in Congo who work in unsafe conditions, to create cool tech we own and review.

"Millions of people" will end up with this eventually you say? The recall of every single Cybertruck FORCED Tesla to reveal how many they delivered to date: about 3.5k. IN TOTAL. So they just need to increase deliveries by a factor of a thousand to reach that number lmao.

If you didn’t come from tiktok raise your hand 🤚🏽

Is it a paid promo? The amount of effort Marques put on this video is out of the world. He tried hard not to contradict much with original thoughts on the previous video and still sound to be an ad for the Truck. He didnt mention a single negative without trying to sound it as a positive. (Including the price,boollet proof, performance etc.) He didn't even review the truck apart from hand picking few positives and white washing the negatives he said last time. This video is not in his AF channel but his main channel for much much bigger audience.

Dude I love all your videos but the top down drone view of the drag race is one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen. Killer production on this video!

The sequence on the drag race had me like: *MKBHD steps out into what looks like a track* Me: wait he's not about to whip out his 911 to test the Cybertruck ad is he *First frame of his 911 and music starts* Me: NOW WE'RE TALKING HECK YEAH Big smile on my face there lol

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1029">17:09</a> "While my child ... I mean the car" 😂 I understand how you feel Marques 🥲

When there are many of these 7000lb moving bulletproof, blinding, razorblades on the road, I don't see how you can possibly say that that isn't the most dangerous thing about the truck. Sports cars that can move that fast can also stop very fast. Stopping 7,000 lbs quickly is just not happening. I've seen the braking tests. So yeah, this is the family guy episode... "Good luck everyone else!"

Just gotta say, that top-down drone shot of the dragstrip is amazing. I can't believe this is the first time I'm seeing the perfect angle to view a drag race.

he said it had low headlights that arent in peoples eyes but i swear i literally watched a video yesterday bringing up how they shine in everyones eyes at night

Honestly a bit disappointed safety (both for the driver and for pedestrians) wasn't talked about much here.

Other examples of automotive mass produced icons are the Volkswagen Beetle and Bus (originals), Morris Mini, 60’s Ford Mustang, Citroen 2CV and DS and Fiat 500 (original). We just haven’t had so many lately because cars have become commoditised, iconic design is risky, and why would large established manufacturers take risks on manufacturing a commoditised product?

I love how everyone says this guy is a good reviewer until it’s the cyber truck lol

Thank you soo much for that top view of the drag race. It was soo satisfying to finally see someone show the race in one shot instead of cutting out the whole time. And from the top, no less. Thank you =)

The acceleration and hard, angular exterior is going to be disastrous for accidents. The agility too. If it feels like a sports car to drive, people are going to drive it like a sports car and get into accidents - and if that's with a pedestrian or small car, the cybertruck will just cut right through them. Also doesn't help that the cybertruck owners won't even have to worry about damaging their own vehicle in a crash. Things like this might be cool in movies or as off-road experiments, but as a road legal vehicle this is a horrible idea.

I know it was only like 5 seconds of the video but the bit with the two cybertrucks at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1556">25:56</a> was really funny to me. Imagine being the people working there and not only do you have 1 cybertruck pull through, but two.

It's like the Pontiac Aztec and the DeLorean had a baby on steroids

I'm waiting to see someone show me the iconic interior you get for 100k. Or the iconic finger-chopping ability of the auto close frunk.

"I'm getting dump truck vibes from back here" is a sentence I wish I heard more often 😔

I love your honesty in your reviews, but you also leave a lot of stuff out like what other people go through.

It’s so weird seeing the city I live in and roads I drive on daily in the background of all your shots. Very cool!

This car is peak “fuck-you-me-first”-mentality. All benefits of driving electric being lost, only to stroke your ego, a dangerous tank that destroys everything in an accident just to keep yourself safe. Plus - a waste of parking space in any city. I was a big fan when it came out because of the design choices and the engineering behind it, but I’m grateful it will never really be road legal in Europe.

Man at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="404">6:44</a> I was so expecting Marques to pull out a 9mm 😂

Iconic != unique look. Reminds me more of the Chrysler Prowler or the Saturn Sky when I first saw them. Just an interesting looking vehicle that everyone who saw it assumed it was expensive, but I hadn’t thought about in 20 years.

Thank you for the explanation on the quick vs fast, hope more people will understand the difference.

Towing vs using the bed of the truck is the question. I’ve owned trucks and have never towed but I frequently use the bed of the truck. Dressers, Refrigerators, lawnmowers, etc go into the bed all the time. The question should be how often do you use the bed. Model Ys can tow.

'They have to get "clever"' as a sentence is extra interesting, because in Dutch/German the word for clever developed along two lines, in one language it still means clever, in the other it means you were bad (I think in like a deceitful way). Marques using the word clever in a similar negative way shows exactly like the meaning of a word can change.

Im pretty sure the most dangerous thing is the faulty accelerator pedal

It would be great if you did a video strictly about the towing capabilities, also the bed storage and how big it is. What kind of strap hooks does it have. Great video!

Getting rid of physical buttons and sticks was a terrible idea. Why didn't tesla learn the lesson from the Macbook touchbar debacle?

That cut at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="605">10:05</a> of you driving between two semis is beautifully matched with the voice over. Thank you for that lovely attention to detail!

Saw one right here in McDonough, GA last week on Avalon Pkwy, blew my mind actually!

Wasnt there a crash recently where the cybertruck was fine but the occupant was badly injured while the occupant of the other written-off car was fine?

The PT cruiser is not the Cybertruck for sure. The PT cruiser got TONS of attention on a hot rod throw back design, and people loved the idea...and then when produced it had the most anemic drive train, the concept car also looked a bit "meaner" and had fat tires leading people to assume V8 and not a 4 banger. The "Prowler" suffered the same fate. I remember people taking about it, people were saying how crazy it was that it HAD to come with a supercharged V8 etc etc and then the production car was released and it had a 200hp V6....

I think the big difference between opinion from a biker and a few people in a car is the fact that a biker's first reaction to this design and material choice is, if it touches you, the best case scenario is severe injury, but most probably fatal. And that is a big problem with it, wouldn't be surprised if it got 0 stars on the NCAP pedestrian safety test.

I watched a RU-vidrs video towing with its rated tow it only got 95 miles on a full charge.

The VW Beetle, Nissan Skyline, Mercedes SL are some examples of iconic mass produced cars. So it can happen. But the cybertruck will need many more years till there is consensus it's an icon. But for now it looks an iconic design so far. Great vid!

I honestly don't understand this trend of simply accepting to buy unfinisched products, calling engineering errors and factory defects as "quirks". These things cost tens of thousends of dollars and people are supposed to be beta testers?

Look, it‘s a Truck with PS1 graphics

😂 My favorite reaction is "Intro timestamp <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="36">0:36</a>" The facial expressions as the child was putting on jacket.

I live here in Mesa AZ and I’ve seen a ton of guys using the cybertruck to tow their boat out to the lake. I think that’s about the only towing use case where the cybertruck excels given it’s about 40-50miles round trip. That and the flex of “using” the cybertruck

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1519">25:19</a> It's funny because I had never seen a Bugatti in my life until one day I saw a dozen Bugatti Chirons and a Divo parked on the street in Pasadena CA.

I think from a purely production view point this is a new high bar for a RU-vid video. If I saw this from a massive studio on TV I’d be saying it’s a very clean next level review. But it’s on RU-vid! Congratulations

Marques you're iconic.... the one in billions who has such a great approach on products! You never disappoint!

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1192">19:52</a> My brain went "this, This, THIS IS MY PRODUCT! This is MY recipe; it's MINE!"

MKBHD has really been going all out with the editing and effects lately and I can’t get enough of it

As a cyclist, I am always concerned about the ability of drivers to see me on the road (bright clothing, flashing lights, etc). This thing would probably kill me at a 10mph collision.

Everyone's excessive hate of this vehicle online is just so odd. It's just a vehicle. I don't know if I like it or not, but I'm not going to judge a vehicle before I even drive it. And as far as truck stuff everyone shopping these knows it's not good for full size gas powered truck stuff, or at least I hope so.

It’s not okay when Fisker releases a car missing features on launch but it’s ICONIC when Tesla does it. Not sure about that one. Cars should all be held at the same standard

I don't think I've seen a carmaker get so much positive press and get so many excuses for making such half-baked, unreliable, low-quality cars as Tesla. If any other carmaker (Toyota, GM, Volkswagen, Honda, Ford) made cars that had just one of the many glaring issues as Teslas do, such as their "self-driving" stuff which is a joke, or that they intentionally lied about the battery range on their cars, or had panel gaps wider than Jupiter, those companies would be in the news for weeks or months, and their reputations would (rightly so) take a steep downturn. It amazes me Telsa has been able to get away with this.