{"id":627,"date":"2026-10-16T02:49:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T02:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugleblast.com\/?p=627"},"modified":"2026-10-16T02:49:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T02:49:41","slug":"teslas-roadster-finally-showed-up-and-it-flew-nine-years-late-the-hypercar-drove-upside-down-hopped-a-semi-on-thrusters-and-clocked-0-60-in-0-81-seconds-price-and-a-real-ship-date-st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugleblast.com\/?p=627","title":{"rendered":"TESLA&#8217;S ROADSTER FINALLY SHOWED UP \u2014 AND IT FLEW | Nine years late, the hypercar drove upside down, hopped a Semi on thrusters and clocked 0-60 in 0.81 seconds. Price and a real ship date? Still missing."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nine years. Five-figure deposits. A demo that got scrubbed on October 1. And Thursday night, at a SpaceX rocket test site in McGregor, Texas, Tesla&#8217;s next-generation Roadster finally rolled out \u2014 then <strong>drove upside down, flew, and landed<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The livestream kicked off at 7:55pm CT with Elon Musk, design chief Franz von Holzhausen and vehicle engineering VP Lars Moravy on stage. Reuters reports the two-seater, built with SpaceX, drove upside down on a ramp using a suction system, then turned in the air and landed on built-in thrusters. The Verge says Tesla&#8217;s on-screen timer clocked <strong>0-60 mph in 0.81 seconds<\/strong>, and Engadget&#8217;s live blog says the thruster car did barrel rolls over a Tesla Semi. The whole show ran under 30 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Three flavors, one catch.<\/strong> After the stream, Tesla&#8217;s site and X account laid out the lineup, per Electrek and Reuters:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Performance<\/strong> \u2014 road car, two seats, active aero plus a &#8220;multi-mode suction system.&#8221; Under 1.6 seconds to 60. Reservation: $50,000.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thrust<\/strong> \u2014 adds rear cold-gas thrusters. Under 0.9 seconds to 60. Reservation: $250,000.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rocket<\/strong> \u2014 one seat, thrusters all around for a &#8220;full flight system,&#8221; over 230 mph. Invite only, and Tesla&#8217;s own page says it isn&#8217;t approved for public roads.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tesla says the design moved on from the 2017 car toward its Cybertruck and Cybercab look, inspired by the SR-71 and F-35. In Track Mode the wings are driven by the same actuators built for the Optimus robot, with downforce Tesla claims is &#8220;approaching F1 levels.&#8221; Electrek reports carbon-fiber pressure tanks are stuffed into every spare void to feed the thrusters, and range is quoted at over 300 miles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s still missing:<\/strong> a price. No trim was priced, and Musk&#8217;s only timing was production in <strong>2028<\/strong>. That&#8217;s a long way from the 2017 pitch of 620 miles of range, a 250-plus mph top speed, four seats and deliveries in 2020. Reuters notes it isn&#8217;t clear how the flying and wall-sticking tricks would ever be legal on public roads, and CNBC says the car isn&#8217;t expected to move Tesla&#8217;s numbers much.<\/p>\n<p>Wall Street didn&#8217;t shrug, though. Tesla stock closed Thursday at $362.44 and was trading near <strong>$372.72 after hours<\/strong> at 9:46pm CT, up roughly 2.8%.<\/p>\n<p>Tesla promised a show. It delivered one. Now let&#8217;s see a price tag and a car in a driveway.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investing.com\/news\/stock-market-news\/tesla-set-to-unveil-next-generation-roadster-sports-ev-after-years-of-delay-4951021\">Reuters via Investing.com \u2014 Tesla unveils Roadster with SpaceX thrusters<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/transportation\/1012552\/tesla-roadster-next-gen-reveal-elon-musk\">The Verge \u2014 The Roadster flew and hit 60 in under a second<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/2026\/10\/15\/tesla-unveils-cyberfied-new-roadster-kickflip\/\">Electrek \u2014 Tesla unveils Cyberfied new Roadster<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/10\/15\/tesla-roadster-reveal-what-to-know-about-the-delayed-ev.html\">CNBC \u2014 Tesla reveals next-gen Roadster<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2287518\/tesla-roadster-launch-live-blog\/\">Engadget \u2014 Roadster reveal live blog<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Tesla\/status\/2110897247663853658\">Tesla on X \u2014 Roadster<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Featured image: AI-generated editorial illustration by Bugle Blast.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nine years late, the hypercar drove upside down, hopped a Semi on thrusters and clocked 0-60 in 0.81 seconds. 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