Video taking off 29x its usual first day

Car and Driver trades road tests for Roadster aerobatics

Tesla's stage spectacle draws a quarter-million views, while the comments turn toward upside-down roads and apple-turnover jokes.

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Car and Driver Story of October 17, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 223,563 views a day, 29 times a normal first day on this channel (7,645).

Tesla Roadster Does a Literal Flip

Blue lighting, smoke and a low white sports car make this more stage entrance than road test. Car and Driver's "Tesla Roadster Does a Literal Flip" brings the magazine's audience to a live presentation, with the car rolling into the foreground and stopping under the lights.

The Short reached roughly a quarter-million views in just over a day, far beyond the channel's usual Shorts audience. Car and Driver describes the reveal as a substantial design departure from the Roadster shown in 2017, with aerobatics added to the introduction.

There is a separate clip for the engineering curiosity. "Tesla Roadster Drives Upside Down" covers the prototype's passage along an arched structure, with an underbody fan providing suction to hold it against the surface, according to Tesla's explanation in the description.

Under the flip clip, viewers are imagining roads with loops, drawing comparisons to Rocket League and wondering what a review of this car would involve. One takes the spectacle in a more domestic direction: a snack inside the car might undergo a pastry transformation during the maneuver. Even among the gaming and science-fiction references, an apple-turnover joke finds room.

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What viewers say

When you’re eating your McDonald’s apple pie, and it turns into an apple turnover❤😂
@paulm.whaley1000RSee it on YouTube
Can't wait for upside down roads and loops
@Head_DroneSee it on YouTube
They are gonna have fun reviewing that car..
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4 more comments

What in the rocket league 😂
@sinister_raid159See it on YouTube
I have some serious speed racer/mach 5 vibes from seeing this.
@bigpoppa7124See it on YouTube
Where we’re going, we won’t need roads..for short distances. 😬

Neat display.
@skyserfSee it on YouTube
We got cars that can do flips before gta 6🤨
@billzkustomzSee it on YouTube