8 years later, Tesla still takes $ 50,000 roadster reserves promised for 2020

Potential buyers can suppress $ 5,000 today and have to give an additional $ 45,000 in 10 days, but there is no firm calendar for delivery or even a price

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This year, there is hope that we will see an affordable EV so expected from Tesla, which, according to some sources, will be a “shorter” model, which will cost at least 20% less to build and promise to shake the industry again.

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This car is the second generation roadster, which Elon Musk unveiled in November 2017. Almost eight years on Tesla always takes deposits even if the website does not contain any information on the moment when booking holders could expect their sports cars delivered.

Production times continue to slip

Musk initially said that he would enter the production in 2020, but this date slipped until 2021, then 2022, 2023 and now 2024. You can see a model here, right? Last fall, a few months after suggesting a construction date in 2025, Musk thanked the roadster deposits holders for their patience and said that the company was about to finalize the design, but warned that the consumer models would have always deprived in terms of development.

Of course, this does not even scratch the surface of the most colorful claims over the years. We are talking about time promises from 0 to 60 mph in a subsecond and a set of SpaceX brand options with ten rocket propellants that would have been able to improve acceleration, top speed, braking, turns and perhaps even allowing the thing to fly at this stage, it seems that the only limit is imagination … or physics.

Although the roadster does not appear on the website alongside cars such as model 3, the Y model and the Cybertruck in the Tesla drop-down menu when you click on the “Vehicles” tab, it is listed in a separate menu on the right, with the semi-commercial truck.

$ 50,000 for a reserved space

Click on this link and a page opens containing various CGI images of a red roadster with and without its high targa in place, as well as a video of the presentation that Elon Musk made years ago. The text on the page promises zero to 60 MPH (96 km / h) in 1.9 seconds, a top speed of 8.8 seconds quarter of mile (400 m), a top speed of more than 250 MPH (402 km / h) and 620 miles. It also indicates that the roadster will be all the drive and, unlike most competitors, will argue for four seats.

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A “reserve now” button brings you to a simple reservation page on the Tesla Us website which has a unique profile image of a red roadster and does not offer configuration, color or garnish options. Tesla does not even give an estimate of Ballpark on the price, although years earlier, he scored the EV at 200,000 to $ 250,000.

But Tesla fans are not postponed by the lack of concrete information are invited to place an initial deposit of $ 5,000 using a credit card, and they will have to send an additional $ 45,000. He also warns that reservations are not confirmed as long as the heavy transfer part of the agreement has been concluded.

It has been almost eight years now that we have seen the roadster for the first time, an entire life cycle in terms of car, it is therefore unknown if when the car will finally arrive this year or the next one (or the following year …) it will be the same one that was promised in 2017 – and what is still promised on the retail sale website.

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That being said, do you think that the roadster would always make a splash if it had its debut with this design and these specifications, or does it seem a little outdated now? Let a comment and let us know.

Roadster 2
0-60 in 1.9s
0-100 in 4.2s
250 + MPH
Range of 620 miles
0 regrets
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– Brownlee brands (@MKBHD) November 18, 2017

0-60 MPH

And this is the least interesting part

– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 28, 2024