Next gen Roadster

[Kevin Sharpe]

Edit: I don't need it to go over 100 mph, either. I cannot imagine anybody needing that unless they're taking it on a track or the German autoban.

That's precisely when you do need it.... I had great pleasure accelerating away from a BMW 5 on the autobahn and climbing to 137mph.... driving an EV includes 'educating' the mainstream about what real performance is.

[Jaff]

+1

That's precisely when you do need it.... I had great pleasure accelerating away from a BMW 5 on the autobahn and climbing to 137mph.... driving an EV includes 'educating' the mainstream about what real performance is.

[Jaff]

I agree Doug...the steering needs to be more responsive / better turning radius...

I dunno, doing autocross the steering is a bit heavy and requires some hand-over-hand work on the sharp corners. My S2000 handles much more easily in the corners, and I can usually just keep my hands at the 3 and 9 positions.



Yeah, but I do go on the track. At low speeds very few cars can touch it. At higher speeds it can't really keep up.

[Kevin Harney]

Knowing Elon .... You guys should be thinking Bugatti speed at a BMW price with the utility of a Q7 ducking and running ....

[tdelta1000]

We can rest assured that TM will use a battery set up similar to the S and X where it sits low in the chassis.
I think we can be sure that there will be a sport version with more than a 250 mile range.
I think it will be a no frills car like the last Roadster but with improvements.
I personally would like it to share the same platform as the sedan.
I think TM will use Aluminum for the body this go round instead of CF. (Keep cost low)
I think we could see an AWD version.
I think the cabin will be a bit more refined but on over done.
We could see a Gen III Roadster with a little more interior room, adjustable seats, adjustable steering wheel and comforts not seen in the last version of the Roadster.
In closing TM will produce a nice product.

[dsm363]

They could also selective place CF body panels like BMW and others have done (I think the hood and maybe a few other panels are CF on the new M3). I agree. I think they could make a $80,000 base Roadster with one engine, 200 mile range or so then make a sport version with two motors, 300 mile range and maybe $100-$150k range. That's my hope.

[Doug_G]

They could also selective place CF body panels like BMW and others have done (I think the hood and maybe a few other panels are CF on the new M3). I agree. I think they could make a $80,000 base Roadster with one engine, 200 mile range or so then make a sport version with two motors, 300 mile range and maybe $100-$150k range. That's my hope.

Certainly a CF hardtop would be great. The current Roadster's hard top is so light it's easy for a single person to remove/install (despite the warning in the manual).

[richkae]

Making a CF hardtop to meet a functional need sounds good, but I doubt they will do much CF because it doesn't leverage their ability to make stuff in-house. All CF parts will have to be outsourced, adding lots of cost.

[vfx]

.... All CF parts will have to be outsourced, adding lots of cost.

Tesla has a few CF parts on the S. No reason to think they would not begin in house CF since it's the future. They could even do Roadster parts.

[richkae]

Tesla has a few CF parts on the S. No reason to think they would not begin in house CF since it's the future. They could even do Roadster parts.

Agreed. I concede.