These Are Your Tesla Roadster Takes

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Tesla Add Jalopnik on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover We’re now a few days removed from the official unveiling of the latest iteration of Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster, and while it remains to be seen if that car (or anything that even sort of resembles it) will ever make it into production, people certainly have opinions about it. That idea is what led us to the question we asked you all last week.

We wanted to know your Tesla Roadster take. How did seeing that thing, whatever it was, flipping around, turning upside down, on a stage in Texas make you feel?. Do you think it’s legit?. Would ya buy one if you had the means?. Well surprise, surprise, most of you are pretty skeptical of this whole thing, which is probably good. Still, we’ve got a lot of very interesting thoughts about what the Roadster is — and more importantly, what it isn’t — in the comments.

That’s enough out of me. Why don’t you all head down below and check out your fellow Jalops’ takes on the new Tesla Roadster?. Do you agree with what’s been said, or are you going to slap down the $50,000 (or $250,000) for a deposit on this thing that’ll definitely be delivered in 2028?.

Tesla I don’t hate the car’s outside looks, and I like the fact that it has SpaceX tech, but what we saw was not what an eventual production model might be. So far, it’s a working Blade Runner prop, and little more than that.

Tesla Talking purely about the design cosmetics…not ugly, but surprisingly derivative and bland. Looks like a bunch of other supercars and clearly not a roadster. The gas flying thing will never happen in a real world setting in a production car, the few prototypes they make will disappear quietly. Perhaps Third Reichs the charm?.

For a super car shape, I think the design is very bland and predictable, nothing special about it at all. The only thing about this car that was remotely interesting was the “rocket spectacle show”. The previous concept electric roadster is much more appealing.

It will never fly, the department of transportation has altitude rules for flying over roads or in populated areas, these compressed air jets won’t cut it. Unless they have a forward braking system while airborne, it is unable to be driven on the street, if it can’t stop, it can’t be legal to drive.

The average driver will need radar, something Tesla seems to hate, to view overhead oncoming obstacles, so when they hit their jump jets they don’t collide with the other Tesla bro trying to cheat traffic, or the overhead “Caution Merging Traffic” sign on the expressway.

Karolis Kavolelis/Shutterstock The red car they showed off ten years back was better. Tesla I watched the video of the ramp demonstration and wasn’t impressed with the so-called flight capabilities. To quote Toy Story, that wasn’t flying, that was falling with style. I think the thrust variant is going to be a flop just like every other attempt at a flying car throughout history. There’s a reason why we have never seen airborne cars enter mainstream society despite being a staple of science fiction. Cars and airplanes have very different requirements that make it virtually impossible to combine the two.

Tesla The Roadster is the weaponization of Jaguar XJ220-esque blunders from the past. Deposit holders of the XJ220 were promised the fastest car in the world, with an AWD V12, and as they had to take back the promises people pulled their deposits or were sold an “inferior” product. As enthusiasts, in hindsight we see that it was still an amazing car, but Elon sees this as an opportunity for free money from his cult of gullible rich weird nerds without ever actually delivering a car.

Why It Matters

Tesla I watched the video of the ramp demonstration and wasn’t impressed with the so-called flight capabilities.

CarMotion Daily’s Take

Tesla I don’t hate the car’s outside looks, and I like the fact that it has SpaceX tech, but what we saw was not what an eventual production model might be. Watch this space over the coming weeks. Markets rarely reward single announcements — execution over the next two to four quarters is what closes the gap between press release and customer. How this lands depends less on the announcement itself and more on the rollout, dealer support, and after-sales story behind it. Specifics on pricing, availability, and regional rollout will tell us whether this moves from headline to delivery. Independent verification and follow-up coverage from rival outlets tend to firm up the picture within days.