I saw a Tesla roadster yesterday
and it was even sexier than I had imagined it would be, a perfectly contoured black beast of a machine. Wow. If you haven't seen this car, check it out in the Tesla Motors online showroom or drool over it in this video at Jay Leno's Garage. This all-electric monster is as silent as speeding death and will take you from zero to sixty in less than four seconds. I had loved it from afar, but having seen it in person I now must admit that up close it is even better.
Of course, it does have a few drawbacks:
* I'd need to install special charging circuitry in my garage.
* I'd have to take it to New York for service.
* I'd be hard-pressed to fit three large briefcases in the tiny, oddly shaped space that passes for a trunk.
There was something else. What was it? Oh, yeah:
Tricked out the way I'd want it, it runs about $120K.
Sure, you can go cheap with the entry-level model for $101.5K--all prices before tax, of course--but why would you?
I think this is one love of mine that will remain a very long-distance affair.
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Dear Mark
Isn't the body a Lotus design?
Top Gear did a test of one. It's very fast but very short range. Their conclusion was a great piece of technology but not a viable car.
John
It's a very modified and improved Lotus body. Top range is 244 miles, but you really shouldn't count on more than about 190, at least from what I've heard. A superb around-town car, but not one for trips.
I live in San Carlos, where they are made. I see one every other week...and I think even a prototype (which I had a camera at the ready). Really cool cars. 0 sound!
Very cool! I wish they had a service place closer to here, though I probably don't need that temptation.
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