How Many Tesla Roadsters Were Sold?

[dsm363]

By "he" do you mean the tour guide? That is the way your sentence is constructed. That would surprise me. The guides I had during my factory tour didn't look like they could afford a Roadster, especially one of the final series cars.

Or by "he" do you mean Elon?

I assume you do not mean Tony Stark.

I mean the actual tour guide. He had been with the company for over 5 years.

 

[TEG]

Actually I own one of the last Roadsters sold in Europe (not THE last one though). My VIN is 968. Before I got it in July 2013 Tesla had used it as a demo car for a few months.

Looks like the last one should have been European VIN 1012
Based on seeing this:

( But, it appears they jumped right to VIN #2500 for the absolute last Roadster to give a nod to the total # made worldwide. )

So we have:
1464 North American Roadsters
1012 European/other Roadsters
27 Founders'
33 VPs
-------
2536 Total

They might have skipped a VIN here or there which could explain why the total is more than 2500.
Actually I think when they went from 2008 to 2010 models (1.5 to 2.0) I think the NA sequence skipped 485 through 499.

 

[djp]

Looks like the last one was probably European VIN 1012

And 1464 in the US:

Which adds up to 2,476 Roadsters in total, based on a VIN count. Not necessarily accurate as some VINs may be out of sequence.

 

[brianman]

How many did they crush test?

 

[Volta]

And don't forget the around 50 Roadsters in Hong Kong (soon to be around 51 :biggrin, and the two in Singapore (soon to be just one).

Looks like the last one was probably European VIN 1012
Based on seeing this:

So we have:
1464 North American Roadsters
1012 European/other Roadsters
27 Founders'
33 VPs
-------
2536 Total

They might have skipped a VIN here or there which could explain why the total is more than 2500.
Actually I think when they went from 2008 to 2010 models (1.5 to 2.0) I think the NA sequence skipped 485 through 499.

 

[markwj]

And don't forget the around 50 Roadsters in Hong Kong (soon to be around 51 :biggrin, and the two in Singapore (soon to be just one).

I think those are included in the European count.

 

[hcsharp]

How many did they crush test?

Thousands. There were a lot of crushes. I was a victim. :redface:

 

[TEG]

My guess would be less than 10 crash tested...
But most of those may have been EPs that didn't count in this total.

 

[jaanton]

The more interesting question is how many Roadsters are still operational or being driven. Tesla should have a good idea and I would like to know the number. It can only drop. Somehow it make me think of the Highlander. In the end there will be only one.

 

[Chickenlittle]

The more interesting question is how many Roadsters are still operational or being driven. Tesla should have a good idea and I would like to know the number. It can only drop. Somehow it make me think of the Highlander. In the end there will be only one.

Correct, mine

 

[brianman]

My guess would be less than 10 crash tested...
But most of those may have been EPs that didn't count in this total.

FWIW, I did mean crushes not crashes. Like the test where the Model S broke the machine. That said, crashes definitely covers the broader spectrum of "kill it" testing done by and for safety agencies.

 

[Martyman]

TEG - do you have any knowledge of how many might actually still be on the road in North America? (just curious)

 

[TEG]

No, not really... A wild guess would be 10-15% are no longer in operation due to unrepairable accident or owners that never drive them.
( Some Roadsters ended up in massive car collections where some cars just sit in a garage to be admired. )

 

[Martyman]

Yeah - sounds logical - would be fun to know, was all - thanks