Tesla lack the traditional ugliness and fuel inefficiency of US cars; the model S looks like a Jaguar but is cheap to run. Nor is it too large.

I was trying to be diplomatic about why I thought US car models hadn't traditional done well in Europe.... :-)

"traditional" US cars - so massive SUVs and trucks with 7.0L V8 engines are not popular because of their sheer size(a car which is "normal" by US standards, like Dodge Ram, can barely fit on an average UK street), fuel economy and insurance - people buy cars with tiny engines like 1.2/1.6L partially because they are more efficient,but also because owning a car with a >2.0L engine would make your insurance and road tax huge(and I am saying that as a person who used to own a 4.4L V8 car in the UK).

A Dodge Ram is not a "normal" sized car even in the U.S., and will be quite out of place in say Philadelphia.

Rams are the fifth best selling passenger vehicle in the US. http://www.autoblog.com/2014/01/06/top-10-best-selling-vehic... . As the owner of one, I do agree it can be hard to park.

I know a bunch of people who drive Ford F-150's as their primary vehicle, including commuting and just driving around on weekends.

M62 engine FTW!

You mean like the Ford Focus, which sells more units in Europe every year than Tesla has made, ever?