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A used Tesla Cybertruck is for sale for just $5,800. Something is obviously wrong, considering Cybertrucks were listed for sale for $300,000 earlier this year. The problem is, this Cybertruck isn't really a Cybertruck.
Used Tesla Cybertrucks have had their fair share of ups and downs on the used car market. The first one went on sale just a month after delivery and sparked controversy. Tesla has established several rules that customers must follow once they purchase a long-awaited Cybertruck. One of them is preventing them from reselling their vehicle during the first year of ownership.
Thus began a frenzy surrounding the Cybertruck. One of the owners, who had listed the vehicle for sale “just about everywhere,” ended up being banned from buying any other Teslas because he intended to resell the truck. Tesla also canceled his orders. He had two other vehicles waiting to be delivered.
Another vehicle was listed as “authorized for sale by Tesla,” but the owner failed to show any evidence that the automaker had authorized its sale. It was also the cheapest on the used-car market, which would make no sense if Tesla was seeking liquidated damages from the seller in the amount of $50,000 or the value received as consideration for the sale or transfer, whichever is greater under the purchase agreement.
At the other end of the spectrum is the Cybertruck purchased by a Porsche dealership in Orlando. The dealership bought it for a whopping $244,000 and put it up for sale just a few days later.
Even before Tesla began deliveries, a low-VIN model (but not VIN001, which probably belongs to Elon Musk!) with no special equipment and not being the top-of-the-line Cyberbeast trimotor was auctioned for $400,000 at the Petersen Gala Live Auction event. But it was sold to raise money to support the Petersen Museum.
Tesla only recently removed the no-sales policy from the purchase contract. It’s been eight months since the automaker began delivering the model.
This Cybertruck, however, is not subject to any restrictions that Tesla might impose, because it is not a Tesla. A man from the state of Georgia has created a very unusual ad on Facebook Marketplace, spotted by Realratedred. He is selling what he calls a 1998 Tesla Cybertruck for just $5,800.
The announcement says the Cybertruk has already traveled 225,000 miles, which would normally be a red flag considering Cybertruck deliveries only began on November 30, 2023.
“A 1998 Tesla Cybertruck” is also something that doesn’t actually exist. In 1998, Tesla wasn’t even a concept. The first Tesla model was the Roadster, which hit the market in 2008, ten years after the “Cybertruck” rolled off the assembly line. The problem, however, is that this Cybertruck isn’t actually a Cybertruck.
It is, in fact, a Mitsubishi L200, modified to resemble a Cybertruck. The L200 could be powered by the 2.4-liter fuel-injected engine, which generates 147 horsepower (147 metric horsepower). The vehicle could be purchased with a five-speed manual transmission or a four-speed automatic in a rear-wheel drive configuration.
Both the front and rear have been modified so that the pickup takes on a triangular shape when viewed from the side, similar to that of the Cybertruck.