As the Model 3 and Model Y take the world by storm, Tesla's success can be traced back to one vehicle: the Roadster. Based on the Lotus Elise, the Roadster went live for the 2008 model year.

A YouTube review of a 2008 Tesla Roadster shows how much the carmaker has evolved in 14 years. Tesla's first model was a tiny sports car that was built off a Lotus Elise. Since Tesla went public ...

Complete blast to drive with excellent acceleration and handling; quality finish; beautiful creative styling gets plenty of looks, limited production and uniqueness portend future value increase ...

Few cars have been lavished with more praise before anyone has actually gotten his or her hands on them than the Tesla roadster. To be sure, the specs look great—it’s not just extremely rapid ...

We’ve raided the Retro Motor archives for this review of the original Tesla Roadster, first written for Performance Car magazine in 2009. The first production EV capable of more than 200 miles ...

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The second-generation Tesla Roadster — the all-electric sports ... She previously wrote for Fortune, The Verge, Bloomberg, MIT Technology Review and CBS Interactive.

While the Roadster put Tesla on the map, the Model 3 really feels ... But if the public decides to trust what they're hearing from the early reviews, we may indeed be looking at the moment that ...

You'll find all our 2011 Tesla Roadster reviews right here. 2011 Tesla Roadster prices range from for the Roadster to for the Roadster . Our reviews offer detailed analysis of the 's features, design, ...

The Tesla Roadster's extremely powerful electric motor and battery -- consisting of nearly 7000 lithium-ion cells -- make it wickedly fast in the cut-and-thrust of traffic and an experience ...