Tesla just revealed its redesigned second-generation Roadster with SpaceX thrusters, a vehicle CEO Elon Musk has called “the best of the last of the human-driven cars.”

Musk showed off the car at an event outside Waco, Texas, with a demonstration that saw the car use a mixture of high-powered fans and thrusters to drive up an inverted ramp, spin around, and ease itself to a landing on the pavement below. The car also used the thrusters to lift itself over a Cybercab, Cybertruck, Tesla Semi, Model Y, and Model 3 while in motion.

“This will be the actual car that’s on the roads,” Musk said of the car, which Tesla showed accelerating 0 to 60 miles per hour in one second. “It literally is just going to puff itself up, and uh, and be able to do this, these maneuvers whenever you’d like.”

Musk said Tesla will finally build the long-delayed vehicle in 2028, but didn’t name a price. Tesla will offer it in three trims. The first is “Performance,” which Tesla describes as “road ready.” It seats two, has active aerodynamics, and features a “multi-mode suction system for next-level performance on and off the track.” The second trim is “Thrust,” which is “race ready” and seats two, and has rear-mounted cold-gas thrusters that enable sub-one-second 0-to-60 mph accleration. The third is “Rocket,” which is “air ready” and seats one, and has 10 cold-gas thrusters positioned around the car.

All three trims will have 300 miles of range and be capable of speeds exceeding 230 miles per hour.

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