OG Roadster

It's time for the world to remember the legendary Tesla Roadster, which started the electric revolution and marked the beginning of Tesla's success story.

[TeslaAiGirl @TeslaAiGirl]

This will be the only Tesla Roadster we will ever own.
(Unless we win the lottery 🤣)
I’m definitely not complaining because this car is so fun to drive.🩵

[DogeDesigner @cb_doge]

2008 → 2026

[SMX 🇺🇸 @iam_smx]

Elon Musk showing off his first-generation cherry-red Tesla Roadster, his daily driver back in 2012.

Six years later, he sent that same car into space aboard Falcon Heavy’s first test flight in 2018.

It’s still out there, orbiting the Sun.

[OG Roadster @TheOGRoadster]

Here I am 🤗

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

OG Roadster

[OG Roadster @TheOGRoadster]

True, that's how it all began.

[Bowie @bowie_HQ]

Today, no one in right mind can deny the impact of Tesla & Elon.

@elonmusk @Tesla

[Bowie @bowie_HQ]

In 2007，Elon Musk had already laid out nearly everything he wanted to build. At the time, @Tesla did not yet have a single car on the road, and @SpaceX had not yet reached orbit.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

@elonmusk

[DogeDesigner @cb_doge]

18 years apart.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

My OG Roadster is still orbiting Mars and Earth

[Eva McMillan ♥️ @EvasTeslaSPlaid]

Elon Musk on the @Tesla
Roadster unveiling event:

"It'll be a banger. Excitement guaranteed. Success is not guaranteed, but excitement is. We actually need an audience to vouch for the fact that this is not Al." ♥️

[Larry Conger 🇺🇸 @eMTBrides]

Elon Musk Talks About Tesla Before It Blew Up

Dave looking back and Elon looking forward. Elon lit up at the Mention of Mars and says "funny you should mention Mars".
via @Letterman
#DavidLetterman #ElonMusk #Tesla

[Graham Stephan @GrahamStephan]

Original Tesla Roadsters are still under $100k and feel insanely undervalued. Only ~2,500 were ever made. That’s rarer than the Ford GT and in the same ballpark as the Carrera GT and Lamborghini Diablo. They’re ridiculously fun.

I genuinely believe these could be worth $500k+ one day. It’s the car that started it all.

[OG Roadster @TheOGRoadster]

It looks like Tesla is about to start production of the next-gen Roadster in Fremont factory. The first jobs have now been advertised.
Originally presented as a prototype in 2017, it’s finally set to launch after 9 years. @GruberMotors

[RalF @N628TS]

When do you ever get the chance to see these highlights from Tesla? Today in Hamburg, Germany: OG Roadster, Model S Signature and Cybertruck 📐

Customers were thrilled, and we were pleased to be able to support @teslaeurope here. @TFFeV
Massive deliveries again. Welcome to all the new owners, they are now out on the road. @Tesla

[LEO @leoxbtt]

En 2008, Elon Musk estaba a 12 días de la quiebra.

De pie en un salón de Hollywood, intentaba vender un auto de $109,000 dólares a gente que pensaba que estaba loco.

Su propio Roadster estaba aparcado afuera, como si fuera una simple bicicleta.

Empezó hablando de dinero:

El Congreso había aprobado 25.000 millones para fabricar autos eficientes.

Los Big Three volaron a Washington y lo pidieron… para pagar sueldos de sus gasolina-devoradores.

El Congreso dijo que sí.

“Eso les da hasta febrero”, dijo Musk.

Tesla pidió del mismo fondo… pero para lo que realmente se había creado: un auto más barato.

Y entonces soltó la frase que nadie en la sala registró:

Tesla no paga dividendos.
Nunca lo hará.

Cada dólar de cada Roadster de 109.000 va directo al siguiente auto más barato.

Su sueldo: el mínimo legal.

No les dijo que la empresa tenía días de caja.

Ni que si no cerraban una ronda de emergencia antes de Nochebuena… se acababa todo.

Habló de celulares.

De cómo los primeros costaban una fortuna.

De que no se llega al barato sin vender primero el caro.

100 autos fabricados.

El número 100 salía el martes.

Y él mismo entregaría las llaves.

Seis meses después, GM se declaró en quiebra.

El tipo del sueldo mínimo… no.

[DogeDesigner @cb_doge]

Elon Musk with his first Tesla Roadster, in 2008.

[DogeDesigner @cb_doge]

In 2008, this was Elon Musk’s personal car.

In 2018, it became the first production car ever launched into space.

[DogeDesigner @cb_doge]

Elon Musk with Tesla Roadster P1 in 2008, the car that started it all.

[Captain Hype 🦊 🇺🇦 ❤️ @Captn_Hype]

Looks so good!! Milestone in EV history. OG Tesla Roadtser….
Good job @N628TS

[RalF @N628TS]

One of the last Model S Signature for Europe was delivered today to a very good friend in northern Germany 🇩🇪 It’s the number 89 and we are celebrating it with our @teslaeurope Community. Welcome on the road Model S Signature #89!

[Muskonomy @muskonomy]

NEWS: Only about 2,450 original Tesla Roadsters exist, and one just hit the auction block.

A 2011 Tesla Roadster Sport with 32,000 miles is up for auction on Bring a Trailer this week.

It is one of only about 2,450 original Roadsters Tesla built from 2008 to 2012, the model that funded everything that came after.

Values are climbing.

This same car sold for about $80,500 in late 2024, clean examples now average around $93,000 and the record for an original Roadster has topped $250,000.

The Roadster Sport made 288 horsepower and hit 60 mph in about 3.7 seconds on a 53 kWh battery, built on a reworked Lotus Elise.