- Unplugged Performance has fitted the car with a 19-piece carbon fiber widebody kit.
- The Model S Plaid’s standard brakes have been replaced with carbon ceramic discs.
- A bespoke interior combining white leather and black Alcantara has also been added.
The Tesla Model S Plaid offers extraordinary performance for the money. Sure, the $94,990 starting price puts it out of reach for many, but no other production car on the planet can accelerate as quickly as a Plaid for the money. However, perhaps one of the disappointing aspects of the flagship Model S is that it doesn’t look all the different from the standard model. That’s where Unplugged Performance comes in.
The Californian firm has become the go-to shop for modded Teslas in recent years, and it just unveiled its latest Model S Plaid build, this time for the world’s most famous podcaster, Joe Rogan. The comedian and podcast host has owned a Model S Plaid for several years, but recently, he decided the regular car was no longer quite doing it for him. Unplugged’s creation is known as the S-Apex.
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Immediately differentiating this Model S Plaid from a regular one is the bodykit. It’s a 19-piece kit made from prepreg carbon fiber that includes flared rear wheel arches, adding 80 mm (3.1 inches) to the width of the EV. The kit also includes carbon fiber fins behind the front wheels, a dramatic carbon diffuser, and a carbon rear lip spoiler. Rogan’s Model S Plaid has also been resprayed in a gorgeous shade of Pearl White with hints of blue and covered in paint protection film.
Unplugged has also installed a set of forged monoblock wheels measuring 21×10 at the front and 21×11.5-inch at the rear, wrapped in 285/30 and 305/30 Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tires. Beefed-up brakes with carbon ceramic discs have also been added – a welcome upgrade given the standard Plaid brakes aren’t exactly up for the task of slowing down this 1,020 hp electric beast. Forged billet suspension arms have also been installed.
Rogan also ordered a custom interior for his Tesla. Created in partnership with von Holzhausen, it’s clad in gorgeous white leather with several black Alcantara inserts.
