Tesla Roadster Wallpapers Preview Thrusters, Scissor Doors and Aero Design

Tesla’s eight new Roadster phone wallpapers put the car’s most theatrical features front and center: thrusters firing, the vehicle flipping through the air, and a silhouette built around sharp edges and scissor doors. Shared by Tesla China, the images give fans a way to display the upcoming model while its production remains planned for 2028.

Each wallpaper is sized for a mobile phone and carries the Roadster wordmark along the bottom. The set works as a visual preview of the car’s public identity, though images alone can’t establish how the showpiece features will translate to a production vehicle. For now, the wallpapers are a small, tangible update around a car that remains years from production.

Stunts lead the image set

Some of the scenes revisit the Roadster’s reveal presentation. In one, the car flips above a Tesla Semi and other Tesla vehicles, with cold-gas thrusters sending out visible plumes. Another image catches the rear thrusters firing as the Roadster appears to hover in a cloud of smoke. Those visuals make the propulsion hardware part of the car’s design story, not just a detail tucked out of sight.

The images draw on a dramatic moment from Tesla’s Roadster reveal event, where the car was shown leaping over a Semi and other vehicles while performing a barrel roll. That presentation puts a bold visual claim ahead of the everyday questions buyers will eventually need answered, including production specifications, price, and availability. The wallpapers don’t supply those details; their job is to keep the reveal’s most memorable scenes in view.

Design details get their own treatment

Other images focus on the exterior. A top-down view places the Roadster on a cracked desert lakebed beside a figure in a spacesuit, showing off its tinted Gold Glazed glass. A night scene has the manual scissor doors open, while close-up views bring attention to the rear light bar, active aero wing, and thruster nozzles.

One studio-style composition shows the car positioned sideways against a wall. It refers to a fan-based suction system described as producing 2 Gs of downforce, which Tesla has associated with the Roadster. The concept gives the car a distinctive visual hook, but the wallpaper doesn’t explain how the system would operate in normal driving or how it would affect practical use. Those are questions that will need clearer answers as the production model develops.

The attention to aero also points to how much of the Roadster’s appeal rests on equipment beyond a conventional sports-car shape. The fan system is described in a patent discussion of increasing vehicle downforce, while a separate patent points to an active aero wing. The images show what the car may look like; they don’t confirm the final production configuration.

A sharp departure from the 2017 concept

The wallpapers make the design shift easy to see. The 2017 concept was a curvy red sports car with a lower, sleeker profile reminiscent of a Model 3. The newly shown car takes a more angular, wedge-shaped approach, with scissor doors and prominent aero features. Its proportions invite comparisons with Ferrari and Lamborghini, while the imagery gives the Roadster a visual identity distinct from Tesla’s other vehicles.

The reveal’s technology and presentation also drew praise from Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna, who gave it a score of 10 out of 10. That reaction adds an industry reference point, but the key buyer question is still what the finished car will deliver on the road.

Performance claims await the production car

Tesla says the Roadster makes 1 MW of power, and the car reached 0–60 mph in 0.81 seconds during the event. Tesla is working to make the production version accelerate even faster. These are ambitious figures tied to the reveal, and the wallpaper set doesn’t add further performance detail. The company’s specification overview covers the other figures and features reported so far.

That distinction matters for anyone weighing the Roadster against established performance cars: presentation figures describe the target and the event demonstration, while production timing and final specifications determine what customers can actually buy. With production not expected to start until 2028, the wallpapers offer a polished preview of the car’s styling and spectacle. The more useful update for prospective buyers will be concrete information on the production model, its range, price, and availability.