Traditionally, that is true. But this isn't a Lotus Elise, it's an electric. Many people will buy Hybrids/Eco-cars to make a statement, and if it happens to s

Traditionally, that is true. But this isn't a Lotus Elise, it's an electric. Many people will buy Hybrids/Eco-cars to make a statement, and if it happens to smoke your gas-guzzler in a drag race, all the better. The point is that the Tesla Roadster has selling points that aren't invalidated by a negative review on Top Gear and that, even if it were, they did a good job of making it look like a ton of fun, if not entirely practical. People paying 6 figures for cars are seldom looking for practicality in the same sense that most people do -- they're looking for something special, and there's no denying that the Tesla has that in spades. Edit: Swapped 'hybrid' for 'electric'.