Buyers Pay $50,000 Just to Reserve a Tesla Roadster

After Tesla demonstrated a brief compressed-air jump of the second-gen Roadster in October, buyers rushed to place deposits: $50,000 for the base model and $250,000 for the Thrust variant. Production has slipped to 2028, and purchase prices remain unannounced.

• Base Roadster reservations cost $50,000; Thrust variant requires $250,000
• Production slipped from 2020 to 2028 with no delivery dates set
• The Rocket flying version is invite-only and won't be street legal
• The Roadster got just two mentions on Tesla's earnings call