--- title: "Famed Ferrari Designer Absolutely Demolishes Tesla’s Cybertruck" description: "Legendary car designer Frank Stephenson is not a fan of Tesla's Cybertruck. That's at least according to his \"review that took over a year to make.\"" date: "2020-12-14" modified: "2020-12-14" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/automobile-designer-demolishes-tesla-cybertruck" categories: - "Advanced Transport" - "Tesla" tags: - "cybertruck" - "elon musk" - "tesla" - "the digest" --- # Famed Ferrari Designer Absolutely Demolishes Tesla’s Cybertruck ![Legendary car designer Frank Stephenson is not a fan of Tesla's Cybertruck. That's at least according to his "review that took over a year to make."]() *\Image: Tesla\* ## Cybertruck Take Down Legendary car designer Frank Stephenson, who's worked on vehicles for BMW to Ferrari, is not a fan of Tesla's Cybertruck. At least, that's according to a [recent video]() Stephenson uploaded to YouTube, first spotted by *Jalopnik.* Stephenson didn't mince words. To him, the Cybertruck appears "inhospitable," "sterile," and "anti-environmentalist." https://youtu.be/CjPi6Cn4D5M ## Pivotal Tesla [first showed off]() its electric pickup with an extremely divisive design in November 2019. Early reviews couldn't have been more mixed, with some calling it a [brutalist nightmare]() while others heralded it as a breath of fresh air. Stephenson argues that the Cybertruck's design will feel "dated" in "a very short time span. In fact, the auto designer likened the stumpy truck to Sony's first PlayStation some two decades ago. He even excoriates it a "low poly rendering of something that has the potential to be extremely beautiful." But it's only a first generation or an early draft, according to Stephenson. He argues that Tesla CEO Elon Musk's "grasp on the past" simply wasn't there to finish what the company started. Stephenson also argues that the design feels "dissonant" to other environmentally-friendly designs. In fact, even a 1980s Citroen Karin prototype concept, which features a strikingly similar pyramidal shape, feels "more futuristic" to the designer. "I want to live in a timeline where the Karin exists," he said. **READ MORE:** [Everything Wrong With The Tesla Cybertruck, According To A Legendary Designer]() \[*Jalopnik*\] **More on the Cybertruck:** *[Remember That Hydrogen-Powered Cybertruck Killer? It’s Officially Dead]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()