I don’t think people fully understand what Tesla is about to show us on October 1... this might be the most exciting Tesla event we’ve ever seen. And that’s not just me trying to hype it up. Elon himself has said he feels confident this will be “the most exciting product unveil ever,” potentially “one of the most spectacular demos ever,” and has described the Roadster as the coolest car ever made… “if it even is a car.” We could be watching Tesla blur the line between a car, a rocket and something we’ve never seen before. I really can't wait... here’s everything Elon has said about the next-gen Roadster, word for word, ranked from the craziest to the least crazy: 👇👀 1/ “The new Tesla Roadster can fly” — Elon on 𝕏, reply to Marc Andreessen (Jun 15, 2024) 2/ “Tonight, we radically increased the design goals for the new Tesla Roadster. There will never be another car like this, if you could even call it a car. … 0-60mph < 1 sec. And that is the least interesting part.” — Elon on 𝕏 (Feb 28, 2024) 3/ “SpaceX option package for new Tesla Roadster will include ~10 small rocket thrusters arranged seamlessly around car. These rocket engines dramatically improve acceleration, top speed, braking & cornering. Maybe they will even allow a Tesla to fly …” — Elon on 𝕏 (Jun 9, 2018) 4/ “I want it to hover. I’m trying to figure out how to make this thing hover, without killing people. … maybe it could hover, like, a meter above the ground… Maybe, I don’t know, six feet. [Can it travel while hovering?] Yeah. At a minimum, I’m confident we could do a thruster where the license plate flips down, James Bond-style… 3 tons of thrust… We’re going to throw some rocket technology in that car.” — Elon on Joe Rogan Experience #1609 (Feb 10–11, 2021) 5/ “We’re gonna use ultra high pressure compressed air. It’s a cold gas thruster. The main thruster will be behind the license plate. So for acceleration, it drops the license plate, and behind the license plate is a rocket thruster. It’s like full-on James Bond. It’s going to have an option to have rocket thrusters from SpaceX. No, in this case I am serious.” — Elon on Jay Leno’s Garage (May 22, 2020) 6/ “Yes, with the SpaceX rocket thruster option package. It will be safe, but very intense. Probably not wise for those with a weak heart or vestibular system.” — Elon on X, reply on 1.1-second 0–60 with SpaceX package (May 20, 2021) 7/ “The new Tesla Roadster will be the fastest production car ever made, period. And this is the base model. 0–60 in 1.9 seconds. 0–100 mph in 4.2 seconds. There’s only one thing that’s beyond ludicrous… Plaid.” — Elon at the Tesla Semi & Roadster Unveil in Hawthorne (Nov 16, 2017) 8/ “This will actually be able to fly very briefly. I always laughed at flying cars & now making one. Fate 🖤 irony haha.” — Elon on 𝕏 (May 21, 2021) 9/ “Under 1 second. It does not have big wings. It will have a drive-by-wire yoke, essentially. Like an aircraft or like how modern jets are controlled.” — Elon in the Don Lemon interview (Mar 18, 2024) 10/ “We’re going to put rocket thrusters on it. Nothing. Ultra high pressure compressed air. Cold gas thrusters. Yeah, it’s an electric pump. Pump it up to like 10,000 PSI. We could make it fly. Yeah, 600 miles. We could totally make one right now that would do 600 miles. But the thing is, it’s too expensive… just have a 200-kilowatt-hour battery pack.” — Elon on Joe Rogan Experience #1169 (Sep 6, 2018) 11/ “Yes. Not recommended for urban environments. Exactly. Total energy stored even in ultra compressed air is low vs battery, but power output is insane. The composite overwrapped pressure vessel (COPV) is most advanced ever made. It’s what SpaceX is qualifying for NASA crewed missions. Extremely robust — literally bulletproof. Trade is just that Roadster becomes a 2 seater instead of a 2+2.” — Elon on 𝕏 (Jun 10, 2018) 12/ “I’m not. Will use SpaceX cold gas thruster system with ultra high pressure air in a composite over-wrapped pressure vessel in place of the 2 rear seats.” — Elon on X, reply to MKBHD (Jan 9, 2019) 13/ “If safety is your number one goal, do not buy the Roadster… We’ll aspire not to kill anyone in this car. It’ll be the best of the last of the human-driven cars. The best of the last.” — Elon on Moonshots with Peter Diamandis (Jan 6, 2026) 14/ “In fact, long term, the only manually driven car will be the new Tesla Roadster. Speaking of which, we may be able to debut that in a month or so. … I think it will be one of the most exciting product unveils ever. … I think it might be one of the most spectacular demos ever.” — Elon on the Tesla Q1 2026 earnings call (Apr 22, 2026) 15/ “Yes. Eventually. We’re getting close to demonstrating the prototype. … one thing I can guarantee is that this product demo will be unforgettable. Unforgettable. Whether it’s good or bad, it will be unforgettable. If Peter wants a flying car, he should be able to buy one. I can’t do the unveil before the unveil. I think it has a shot at being the most memorable product unveil ever. This is some crazy, crazy technology we got in this car.” — Elon on Joe Rogan Experience #2404 (Oct 31, 2025) 16/ “I feel confident in saying it will be the most exciting product unveil ever. … the new Roadster is very much … not even the icing on the cake, it’s the cherry on the icing on the cake. … It’s the coolest car, if it even is a car, that has ever – that will probably ever exist.” — Elon at the Tesla 2025 Annual Shareholder Meeting in Austin (Nov 6, 2025) 17/ “Roadster’s kind of like dessert. … I think we should do Cybertruck first before Roadster. With the Roadster, we’re going to do some things that are kind of unfair. … from kind of like Rocket World and put them on a car. When we do the unveil of the Roadster, let me just say that anyone who’s been waiting, they won’t be sorry. That’s the base model. … Faster than that. Let’s just say faster than that.” — Elon on Joe Rogan Experience #1470 (May 7, 2020) 18/ “Intent of new Tesla Roadster is to beat gas sports cars on every performance metric by far, no exceptions, thus transferring the “halo crown” effect gas cars have as the top speed leaders over to pure electric.” — Elon on 𝕏 (Jun 10, 2018) 19/ “You have my word, Marques. Next gen Roadster will be absolutely out of this world. For those who love to drive, there is no finer car in history and we don’t think there will be another.” — Elon on 𝕏 (Jun 10, 2018) 20/ “2.1 sec 0-60 mph is base model before adding rocket thruster option” — Elon on 𝕏 (Jun 27, 2019) 21/ “SpaceX thruster package will be subtle. Hidden behind license plate.” — Elon on X (Jul 13, 2019) 22/ “New Roadster is part rocket” — Elon on 𝕏 (Jan 28, 2021) 23/ “Not saying the next gen Roadster special upgrade package will definitely enable it to fly short hops, but maybe … Certainly possible. Just a question of safety. Rocket tech applied to a car opens up revolutionary possibilities.” — Elon on X (Nov 19, 2017) 24/ “Should clarify that this is the base model performance. There will be a special option package that takes it to the next level.” — Elon on 𝕏 (Nov 19, 2017) 25/ “New Tesla Roadster will exceed all gas sports cars in every way…” — Elon on 𝕏 (Jun 9, 2018) 26/ “Oh sorry, yes, Roadster will have thrusters, not Plaid. Plaid is indeed close to the theoretical maximum of a roadworthy car with rubber tires.” — Elon on 𝕏 (May 20, 2021) 27/ “The Roadster is not just the icing on the cake, it’s the cherry on the icing on the cake. … we’d all love to work on the next-gen Tesla Roadster, it is super fun, and we are working on it – but it has to come behind the things that have a more serious impact on the good of the world. … We’re close to finalizing the design on that, it’s truly gonna be something spectacular. … Peter was lamenting on how the future doesn’t have flying cars. Well, we’ll see.” — Elon on the Tesla Q3 2024 earnings call (Oct 23, 2024) 28/ “Where is that thing? We expect to complete the engineering and design of the next gen Tesla Roadster this year. Hopefully start production, this is not a commitment, but hopefully start production next year. … it’s not even the icing on the cake, it’s the cherry on the icing on the cake. … the next gen Roadster will have the SpaceX option package. That’ll make it truly next level.” — Elon at the Tesla 2023 Annual Shareholder Meeting (May 16, 2023) 29/ “I really think long-term, the only vehicles that we’ll make will be autonomous vehicles with the exception of the next generation Roadster which we’re hoping to debut in April. It’s gonna be something out of this world. Fantastic.” — Elon on the Tesla Q4 2025 earnings call (Jan 28, 2026) 30/ “The new Roadster is something special beyond a car” — Elon on X (Sep 17, 2025) 31/ “New Tesla Roadster Unveil 10.01” — Elon on 𝕏, quote-tweet of Tesla’s “Go for launch” (Sep 13, 2026) 32/ “Next gen Roadster will be convertible” — Elon on 𝕏 (Apr 13, 2017) 33/ “Note, gas contained would be ultra high pressure air in a SpaceX rocket COPV bottle. The air exiting the thrusters would immediately be replenished whenever vehicle pack power draw allowed operation of the air pump, which is most of the time.” — Elon on 𝕏 (Jun 10, 2018) 34/ “Using the config you describe, plus an electric pump to replenish air in COPV, when car power draw drops below max pack power output, makes sense. But we are going to go a lot further.” — Elon on 𝕏 (Jun 9, 2018) 35/ “The new Roadster will actually do something like this” — Elon on X, quote-tweeting a hovering DeLorean GIF (Jan 9, 2019) 36/ “Yes. To be clear, Plaid powertrain is about a year away from production & applies to S,X & Roadster, but not 3 or Y.” — Elon on 𝕏 (Sep 12, 2019) 37/ “My favorite is one in tension, other DoF in compression. New Roadster wheels will only have one nut.” — Elon on 𝕏 (Aug 18, 2020) 38/ “It would also obviously be ridiculous for the Roadster to achieve simply the same 0-60mph time as Model S, even though it is a 2 door fully performance-oriented vehicle” — Elon on 𝕏 (May 13, 2024) 39/ “We have a few ideas for increasing torque & max rpm even further for new Roadster. Definitely fun & exciting engineering ahead!” — Elon on 𝕏 (Jun 13, 2021) 40/ “Yes. Model S will always be the fastest Tesla until next gen Roadster, which is a few years away.” — Elon on 𝕏 (Mar 24, 2017) 41/ “With respect to Roadster, we’ve completed most of the engineering. And I think there’s still some upgrades we want to make to it, but we expect to be in production with Roadster next year. It will be something special.” — Elon on the Tesla Q2 2024 earnings call (Jul 23, 2024) 44/ “We will have special colors for new Roadster, as we did for the original” — Elon on 𝕏 (Nov 25, 2020) October 1, 2026 is going to be the next-gen Tesla Roadster Unveil... I hope everyone is mentally and physically ready.