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Tesla colors and options locked in!

Well its official - I've locked in the options for Tesla Roadster #83. Those who know me well will find it no surprise that I selected Very Orange for the exterior color with black and orange leather seats inside. Other than that, there wasn't too much decide besides the various "Signature 100" badges and plaques within the car. I opted for the interior plaque and door sills but skipped on the exterior badge. I like the outside to be as clean as possible with as few decals as possible. I took the "Cayenne Turbo S" badge off the back of my Porsche because I thought it was just too flashy.

Looks like I'll be getting the 1.5 powertrain with the single-speed transmission

Tesla's CTO recently blogged about their progress on the new and improved powertrain. This has been the source of many Tesla woes over the past year so its good to hear that its still on track for production this year. They say the new powertrain should be in production by vehicle #41 - I'm scheduled to get #83 so it should be fairly well tested by then and I won't need to hassle with sending the Tesla back to them for a powertrain upgrade.

Help me out - I can't decide what colors to get?

Tesla Roadster #83 delivered in 2008?

Well, this is the closest I've ever seen to a delivery date from Tesla for my Signature 100 Roadster. I'm scheduled to get number 83 but only seven have been produced so far. I had to pay for it almost 2 years ago but from everything I've seen it will be worth the wait!

The chart says that they will have the first 100 produced by October and then to expect another 2 months for delivery and finishing. I think gives me a pretty good shot of having mine by the end of the year!

Jay Leno got production car number one and has a great video review.