In case you didn't know, the future is already in the past, as the date Rick and Morty went to was October 21st, 2015. We don't have flying cars or hoverboards, and pretty much the only man in the world trying to keep things fun is Elon Musk.
Tesla sales aren't as high as investors want them, but you can't deny that Musk's company completely changed the world. It's not just the cars, though. The man put together an epic flamethrower and is sending stuff into space, including one of his old Roadster models.
So it's only fair that we take another swing at the time travel, this time combining the time-traveling tech from the original DeLorean with Roadster II. People are really excited about this one, even though Tesla is taking its sweet time with the launch, like always.
The second-gen Roadster will supposedly hit 60 in under 2 seconds, so faster than a Bugatti Chiron, while costing "only" $20,000 which is fifteen times less. Yeah, that sounds like a hot rod powerful enough to go back in time, perhaps even without a plutonium reactor being retrofitted.
As we might have guessed, we're only joking with this one, but charlieautomotive wasn't joking when he turned a 3D model of the Roadster into this wacky creation. While this particular rendering doesn't look as crisp as his other notable work, a McLaren Speedster, it's still good enough to conger up imagery of the 1985 movie., as well as jokes of this secretly residing in Area 51.
We know you purists aren't happy with a time-traveling car that's not a DeLorean. But think of it another way: if hitting 88mph as fast a possible was your thing, would you use a crummy old V6 or what's probably the fastest car in the world. Exactly. Tesla every time.
Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida. Full profile
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