With so much controversy surrounding the release of the
Tesla Model 3, it’s easy to forget about the company’s original two-seat sports car. That Tesla Roadster
debuted in 2008 to plenty of acclaim and even more curiosity.
Reliability was a problem (
if you can believe it), but it’s impossible to find anything quite like the Lotus-based, all-electric Roadster in automotive history. Even if Tesla creates the
world’s quickest car with the new version, Jay Leno’s idea about early electric cars becoming valuable makes perfect sense here.
