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Actual real world testing of the Tesla roadster has been quite rare since the car was announced in 2006, so it was quite a highly-anticipated affair when Tesla Motors invited a number of motoring publications to test drive a Roadster on the roads of California a couple of weeks back.

There are a lot of articles available online, but I found Motor Trend’s review to be the most comprehensive. Here’s my favourite quote from the article:

…I release the brake and pound the accelerator to the floor. Whrrrrrrr…30 mph, 40 mph, 50…in the four seconds it’s taken to read this sentence, the Roadster has shrieked to 60 mph (Tesla’s claimed 3.9 seconds would seem entirely plausible in a controlled setting). There’s no wheelspin, axle tramp, shutter, jutter, smoke whiff, cowl shake, nothing. I’m being eerily teleported down the barrel of a rail gun, head pulled back by a hard, steady acceleration. Bizarre.

Sounds amazing.  You can read the full article here. Also be sure to check out the extra little article on page three that explains Tesla’s final solution to the Roadster’s gearbox issues.

Finally, here’s a nice video review from Motor Trend. Enjoy.