What's It Actually Like To Drive A Tesla Roadster?

Through all the Ludicrous Mode craziness and masses of Model 3 orders, it's easy to forget about Tesla's first car - the Lotus Elise-based Roaster. But what is it actually like to drive? Doug DeMuro found out
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Camden Wolfe

I remember owning the other Murican cars with this lightweight battery in GT5.

08/10/2016 - 13:42 |
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Akashneel

I love lotus elise so I also love the Tesla Roadster

08/10/2016 - 16:16 |
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Justin Carreon

the tech in the new teslas are amazing, but they just look too bland to me since I’ve known of them since the roadster was released

08/10/2016 - 16:18 |
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James Marshall

I don’t know how many people will agree with me on this, but I actually think the Roadster looks better than the 2nd-Gen Elise it’s based on; I feel it has more restrained, flowing, and subsequently more elegant, lines.

08/10/2016 - 17:03 |
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UnprofessionalDriver

Lets hope that once their profit margins go up, they’ll make the Roadster2

08/10/2016 - 19:19 |
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Luis Castro

the tesla roadster s is the car who introduce me to this manufacter and is my favorite electric since then

08/10/2016 - 22:01 |
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Dat Boi

It’s so nice to see Doug again, we really miss you at Jalopnik

08/11/2016 - 06:10 |
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Anonymous

How to make a Tesla Roadster:

  • A Lotus (minus the engine, transmission, ….. basically the shape of a Lotus)
  • A mind-freaking amount of weight.
  • An engine that is virtually an electric version of a Honda boat engine.
  • A shot glass holder that cant even hold the shot glass.
  • The illusion of “im rich, motherhaters”.
  • Oh, and a trunk that your kids use as a toy box.
08/11/2016 - 10:23 |
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