Sentences with phrase «roadster on»

With one roadster on the market and one sedan in prototype, Tesla, thanks to Daimler's 9 percent stake, is valued at $ 550 million.

With the extra power offered in this model, a manual box would suffice around town, but would be a more welcome option when exploiting this roadster on the more demanding roads it deserves.

At about $ 20,000, Miata remains unchallenged as the only «affordable» two - seat roadster on the market.

To celebrate the achievement, the Japanese automaker has been taking the roadster on a worldwide tour.

The latter felt more composed and civilized as I cruised Southern California streets or wrestled the big roadster on mountain roads, while the lessened power was barely noticeable.

Critics have also been very fond of the car's agile manual transmission (an automatic is available as well) and its new Hill Start Assist Control that helps the roadster on steeper hills.

Fiat is bringing the Abarth 124 GT to the Geneva Motor Show with something no other roadster on the market has: a carbon fiber rooftop.

First of all, I take a bow before this fastest premium roadster on earth!

Saying it revived open - car sales on a global scale isn't an overstatement, as it quickly became, and still remains, the best - selling roadster on the planet.

The Centenario Roadster on display features subtle and luxurious interiors in light brown Alcantara Terra di California with Bianco Polar leather inlets, stitching and piping as well as detailed cross-stitching on the seats, dashboard and rocker cover.

The hotly - anticipated global dynamic debut of DB11 took centre - stage on the opening day, alongside the unveiling of a bespoke Q by Aston Martin Vantage GT12 Roadster on the Michelin Stage.

The lightweight two - piece structure — a comfortable cabin in the Life Module and an advanced chassis in the Drive Module — set the i8 Coupe and i8 Roadster on the cutting edge of automotive design.

I carry as much speed as I can through corners because doing so is not only extremely enjoyable — seeing how the trike's adjustable pushrod suspension, wide front track, and foot - wide rear tire have no problem holding the roughly 1,550 - pound roadster on the road — but it also helps us forget that the turbocharged 1.4 - liter inline - four, also sourced from the Sonic, has a frustrating flat spot at around 4,000 rpm.

Peter Mullin himself will be driving a 1936 Bugatti Type 57SC Competition Roadster on - track, the car having already won a best - in - class award at The Quail in previous years.

British ex-racing driver Tiff Needell took the 2012 Aston Martin DBS Volante up against the 2012 Mercedes - Benz SLS AMG Roadster on EVO «s test track... in the rain.

Lamborghini has launched the Veneno Roadster on an aircraft carrier in Abu Dhabi.

SpaceX successfully landed all three boosters that propelled the rocket, but the rocket's second stage, with the Roadster on top, was launched into an orbit around the sun.

Since that time, we believe the presence of more Tesla Roadsters on the road and increasing media attention has further strengthened the Tesla brand.

The SL63 has few competitors, as there are not many large, powerful and luxury - oriented roadsters on the market.

Expect the 2017 Mercedes - Benz SLC release date sometime in the spring of 2016, but in the meantime, we have a number of new and used SLK roadsters on the lot.

But then again, so is a motorcycle for the most part, and this 3 - wheeled auto - cycle actually seats two, and considering that there are plenty of people who wouldn't think twice about spending $ 35k on a sportscar, I'd rather see more of these electric roadsters on the road than gas - powered muscle cars and diesel trucks any day of the week.

Not exact matches

Musk notched a milestone in space on Tuesday by successfully launching the most powerful commercial rocket in the world with a Tesla Roadster sports car on board to demonstrate the kind of payload it can handle.

«The payload will be an original Tesla Roadster, playing Space Oddity, on a billion year elliptic Mars orbit.»

«If they solve the problem of getting a Roadster to... [space], they can probably do the same with providing guidance to us on timing.

On Friday afternoon, he posted a striking photo on Instagram of a 2008 red Tesla Roadster sitting in the carbon - fiber fairing of a Falcon Heavy rocket — just as he had promiseOn Friday afternoon, he posted a striking photo on Instagram of a 2008 red Tesla Roadster sitting in the carbon - fiber fairing of a Falcon Heavy rocket — just as he had promiseon Instagram of a 2008 red Tesla Roadster sitting in the carbon - fiber fairing of a Falcon Heavy rocket — just as he had promised.

And here we find the Aventador S Roadster — the only mid-engine V12 on the market, complete with a front end «fangs» befitting a viper, sides that slice through the air like blades, and a rear that looks like the exoskeleton of an intergalactic insect.

Then SpaceX launched its new Falcon Heavy rocket toward orbit around Mars on a demonstration mission — carrying Musks's very own cherry - red Tesla Roadster as part of the payload.

Starman and the Roadster are on their way to the asteroid belt and could meander through deep space for billions of years.

Tesla's two - door $ 109,000 Roadster is the only model the company has on the market, and buyers include George Clooney, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio and David Letterman.

For a while after launch, SpaceX was able to keep tabs on the Roadster with cameras that broadcast a livestream.

The company first produced the boutique electric Roadster, then built on its success with the luxury Model S, and, in turn, the more accessible Model 3.

On Friday, they posted what they called a «stunning» animation of the Roadster flying through space.

As it turns out, the first Tesla Roadster sold was actually to Musk himself, the CEO recounted on Tuesday.

On Saturday, he wafted into a SXSW panel, sat himself down, stood up again and explained why he did apparently demented things such as send Roadsters into outer space.

But the key factor for von Holzhausen is that as Tesla rolls out its Model 3 sedan, attacking the mass market, he's witnessing the return on his risky decision to join CEO Elon Musk back when Tesla was selling only one car, the original Roadster.

If all goes according to plan, Falcon Heavy will ignite its three large boosters around 1:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday (you can watch live below), and send its bizarre payload — Musk's own midnight cherry red Tesla Roadster — out to Mars orbit.

And on the Roadster's circuit board, Musk added a special note.

The world's exotic supercar producers are talking about exotic, very fast EVs, so Tesla revamped its Roadster to be the fastest EV in the world (in fact, the fastest production car, with acceleration that's on par with Formula One racers).

Update: Elon Musk does plan to launch his Tesla Roadster to Mars with SpaceX's first Falcon Heavy rocket launch, company officials reportedly confirmed on Saturday.

Elon Musk's bright red Tesla Roadster, which was launched into space aboard the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket on Feb. 6, could be looping around the Solar System and will survive close encounters with Earth for millions of year.

The second generation of its first ever production car released in 2008, the Tesla Roadster, will not only be the company's quickest accelerating car in its fleet, but also the world's quickest on many levels.

Tesla built on its «Ludicrous Mode» by announcing that the only speed that's faster is the next - generation Roadster that it's working on that will hit the streets in four years.

We are the first and currently only company to commercially produce a federally - compliant highway - capable electric vehicle, the Tesla Roadster, which combines a market - leading range on a single charge with attractive design, driving performance and zero tailpipe emissions.

While we have recently arranged for financing options on our vehicles in the United States through a third - party lender, we do not provide direct financing for the purchase of the Tesla Roadster to our customers, unlike most of our competitors.

SpaceX — the corporate brainchild of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk — sent a red Tesla Roadster into orbit on Tuesday.

Elon Musk's Tesla Motors gave its customers a belated Christmas gift on Friday, announcing a new upgrade package for their Roadster model.

Tesla boasts the Roadster upgrade package will provide dramatic improvements to the car's mileage range on a single charge.

Combining all of these improvements we can achieve a predicted 40 - 50 % improvement on range between the original Roadster and Roadster 3.0.

In sum, the company predicts the upgrades will nearly double the Tesla Roadster's range from 245 miles to more than 400 on a single charge.

This Wednesday, April 26, 2017, photo shows the Harley - Davidson name on the gas tank of a Harley - Davidson Sportster Roadster XL1200 CX at a dealership in Glenshaw, Pa..