> What I do not understand is how they let defective cars get into the hands of some press people.
That is something that puzzles me too. However, since I have been in the market for a car recently, it seems that it happens regularly to all the brands.
Some reviewer even mention the fact the car is early production model and has some quirks that will be fixed later.
In any case, car reviews before a car reaches general availability are highly biased anyway. There is a press package that comes with the car and you can clearly ear the same words used in every review. And then they fly reviewer over to a special testing location, put them in nice hotel, feed them well and the actual "test" looks like a corporate team building event. (youtuber are now invited too, which lead to a lot a video behind the scene of those events)
That is something that puzzles me too. However, since I have been in the market for a car recently, it seems that it happens regularly to all the brands.
Some reviewer even mention the fact the car is early production model and has some quirks that will be fixed later.
In any case, car reviews before a car reaches general availability are highly biased anyway. There is a press package that comes with the car and you can clearly ear the same words used in every review. And then they fly reviewer over to a special testing location, put them in nice hotel, feed them well and the actual "test" looks like a corporate team building event. (youtuber are now invited too, which lead to a lot a video behind the scene of those events)