Tesla Press Kit Shows Roadster Performance Trim Tops Out at 210 mph

Credit: Tesla, via Sawyer Merritt/X

Tesla’s next-gen Roadster splits its rocket hardware, gold-tinted glass and special paint across its three trims, according to press materials shared on X by Ryan Zohoury and broken down by Sawyer Merritt on Saturday night. The trim names and 0 to 60 mph targets were part of Tesla’s October 15 reveal, but the new sheets spell out what each version gets and what it leaves out.

Merritt says the details come from Tesla’s Roadster press materials and are subject to change. One of the pages Zohoury photographed is labeled as what was shared with media on Wednesday, October 14, the day before the reveal. Neither Tesla nor Elon Musk has commented on the documents as of Saturday night.

According to the breakdown, the Performance trim gets no rocket thrusters, no carbon-overwrapped pressure vessels (COPVs) and no rocket-assisted acceleration. It still has dihedral doors with removable roof panels, Active Track Mode, active wings and barge boards, the fan and skirt suction system, carbon-ceramic brakes, spool valve adaptive dampers, an adjustable pedal bay and steer-by-wire and brake-by-wire. Its listed top speed is over 210 mph, compared with over 230 mph for the other two trims, and its peak acceleration is over 1.5g.

Stepping up to Thrust adds a single COPV, four rear rocket thrusters for acceleration and electric Optimus actuators, which brings 0 to 60 mph under 0.9 seconds. Thrust also gets the gold-tinted glass and what the materials call the Supersonic interior package, with an Ultrawhite cabin, gray microsuede detailing and seat bolsters, and a yoke with two smaller forward displays. It still seats two, and it skips the second COPV, the lift and yaw thrusters and the Ano White paint.

Only the single-seat Rocket gets the full setup of two COPVs and 10 thrusters: four rear thrusters for acceleration, four downward perimeter thrusters for lift control and two side thrusters for yaw control. It is also the only trim with Ano White exterior paint, and the sheets list its peak acceleration at over 5g and its peak thrust at over 80 kN. The comparison table labels the three trims Road Ready, Race Ready and Air Ready.

All three trims share the same headline figures in the materials, including peak power over 1 MW, peak motor torque over 1,400 Nm and EPA range over 300 miles. Several chassis details match what Tesla’s vehicle engineering VP described in his Hagerty interview, such as suspension stiffness that more than triples and a ride height that drops up to 40 mm for the track.

Here is more new info about what comes and doesn’t come with each next-gen Tesla Roadster trim (subject to change)

— Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) October 24, 2026

Merritt adds that production doesn’t start until 2028 and that no pricing has been given, so final specs, trims and features could still change. Tesla is still taking reservations with a $50,000 deposit, and it recently released a video of the car’s Track Mode screens.

Anyone in Los Angeles can see the car up close this weekend, since the Roadster is on display at the Petersen Automotive Museum through October 27.

Which Roadster trim would you pick: Performance, Thrust or Rocket?