ankitmishra
Member
The reservation was an intention of buying the car. The initial versions of car are very rough on the margins of company. All the cash burn in production line and R&D hurts. So, company likes to make the premium version first so that it can help the company. Also, it's good for the company as some of customers might shift to premium version for an earlier delivery. The disagreement in views here might be because some reservation holders think that by giving Tesla $5000 (or any amount) they have purchased the car and are customers while Tesla believes (and stated so) that it's not a production slot or a delivery sequence/date. You only become a customer with a binding agreement when you configure and agree to terms and condition of purchase.