About

Tesla Roadster Comparison is a series of parody comparison charts that compare the features of Tesla's luxury sports car, the Tesla Roadster, to absurd objects.

Origin

On November 19th, 2017, at 5:43am TeslaMotorsClub^[7] forum user AssortedBread posted a comparison chart of the Tesla Roadster vs. the Bugatti Chiron. The chart compares technical specifications and price.

Spread

That day, Imgur ^[1] user NIGHTW0LF posted a comparison charts of the Tesla Roadster vs. the Bugatti Chiron. Within two days, the picture has received more than 7,000 points and 221,000 views.

That day, the image was shared on the /r/Tesla subreddit, ^[2] where it received more than 43,000 points (78% upvoted) and 2,500 comments in two days.

The following day, an anonymous user posted photoshopped version of the picture on the 4chan board /o/, which showed the /o/Quattropace replacing the Roadster. Before archiving, the poster (shown below, left) received more than 20 comments.

Additionally, that day, Redditor that-guy007 posted a variation of the Roadster compared to a 1996 Toyota Previa in the /r/MemeEconomy ^[5] subreddit. The post (shown below, center) received more than 4,400 points (93%upvoted) and 80 comments in less than 24 hours.

On November 21st, Redditor DutyCorp posted a variation, in which the Tesla is compared to a banana, in the /r/MemeEconomy^[4] subreddit. The post (shown below, right) received more than 14,000 points (89% upvoted) and 200 comments.

That day, Redditor Teapot_Jizzle posted a variation of the meme that compared the Roadster to a blu-ray copy of Shrek the Third in the /r/dankmemes ^[6] subreddit. The post (shown below) receivd more than 4,100 points (93% upvoted) in less than 24 hours.

Various Examples

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