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Flight or combustion? Top Gear explores two supercar futures

Tom Ford meets Tesla's Roadster designers, while Porsche's Mission S previews a mid-engined car above the 911.

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New Tesla Roadster: 330mph, Sub-1sec 0-60mph & It Flies! | 4K

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4:30Moravy explains the rear-wheel-drive layout and its two high-output motors.
7:14The planned lineup comprises Base Roadster, Performance, Thrust and Rocket versions.
17:16Deployable skirts and suction fans create ground effect to pull the car downward.
23:14Moravy outlines Tesla's sub-second acceleration goals and projected top-speed configuration.
27:03The Rocket version's proposed short hovering capability uses six additional thruster nozzles.
45:34Ford drives the original Roadster, reflecting on its unassisted steering and manual handbrake.

Tom Ford starts blindfolded and ends behind the wheel of an original Tesla Roadster. Between those moments, Top Gear's most-watched upload of the week offers a remarkably elaborate answer to what its successor could become.

In "New Tesla Roadster: 330mph, Sub-1sec 0-60mph & It Flies! | 4K", Ford joins designer Franz von Holzhausen and engineering chief Lars Moravy for a walkthrough of pop-down headlights, ground-effect fans and cold-gas thrusters. Tesla's proposed Rocket version adds short hovering capability. These are ambitious promises and performance targets, rather than achievements Ford demonstrates on the road.

The smaller discoveries give the spectacle some texture: a charging port hidden beneath the rear wing, a sliding pedal box and manually adjustable seats inside a car otherwise packed with elaborate machinery. Viewers are comparing the angular styling with Lamborghini designs and retro-futuristic animation; one recalls when power windows seemed like the height of automotive possibility.

Both new uploads have reached roughly 2.5 million views. The other, "Porsche Has Finally Built A Supercar! | 4K", takes a different route: Mission S previews a combustion-powered, mid-engined model above the 911, intended for production in thousands rather than a tiny hypercar run. It currently supplies by far the strongest daily momentum, with the Roadster and the JAS Tensei NSX restomod also drawing views.

Top Gear added about 8.6 million views across the week, while subscribers stayed unchanged and daily viewing is close to its usual level. Among nearby motoring channels, carwow had a particularly substantial week and Mat Armstrong also drew a large audience. For Top Gear, the useful contrast is within its own garage: Tesla's thruster-filled ambitions beside Porsche's renewed interest in combustion.

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What viewers say

I'm in my 60's. I can remember cars with power windows being the hottest thing on the market. So seeing this is just insane. Something I never thought I'd see beyond The Jetson's cartoons.
@GeorgiaBoyBoomerSee it on YouTube
It looks like if the countach was a concept car
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I love the pop down headlights.
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I really wish we had Jeremy, Richard, and James for this.
@spbynumSee it on YouTube
This looks like it came out of a synthwave outrun music video
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Mad. But good mad. Really good to hear from the designer and engineer
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The facts

Channel: Top Gear
Subscribers: 9,550,000
Channel views, last 7 days: 8,602,530
Videos published this week: 2
Video published: October 16, 2026
Video views so far: 2,504,202
Views on its first day: 1,281,917

The numbers

Here is Top Gear's week in views and subscribers.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

28,100,332

18,324,190

8,602,530

8,530,463

4,914,129

3,517,013

3,417,270

3,103,464

1,432,616

subscribers

9,550,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

4,259,802,983

views per day

944,349

typical day: 959,895

first-day views of each video posted this week

New Tesla Roadster: 330mph, Sub-1sec 0-…

1,281,917

Porsche Has Finally Built A Supercar! |…

1,049,473

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

11,300,000

11,100,000

10,800,000

9,550,000

9,360,000

7,850,000

7,000,000

6,660,000

5,990,000

As of October 23, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.

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