Three of the other four auctions went for well under $100,000, showing just how consistent the price of the original Tesla Roadster really is, minus a few exceptions like this 2011 Sport 2.5.

The original owner paid $145,145 for this Tesla Roadster back in the day, and the model is now worth over $90,000 on average. Chances are the pictured example might fetch more, yet we could be wrong.

The original Tesla Roadster was the company’s first car and was essentially a Tesla powertrain in the body of a Lotus Elise. But the new Roadster is its own thing — and it’s been designed ...

Original Tesla Roadster. The first-generation Tesla Roadster, launched in 2008, was based on the Lotus Elise chassis and featured a single electric motor producing 248 horsepower.

Elon Musk is once again fueling excitement around the long-awaited next-generation Tesla Roadster. Could this finally be the ...

While Tesla isn’t building more, it now looks like people could build replicas. Out of the blue, Elon Musk announced that it is “fully” open-sourcing the original Roadster: ...

With only 2,450 first-gen Tesla Roadster EVs built during its 2008-2012 production life, calling them rare is an understatement. With perpetual delays leaving the next-gen Tesla Roadster somewhere ...

The original Tesla Roadster, the company’s first EV, debuted in 2006 and went into production in 2008. About 2,400 of the low-volume, high-priced EVs were sold.

The original Tesla Roadster, produced from 2008 to 2011, was the shot in the arm that the electric car industry needed. Tesla Motors, as it was then known, worked with Lotus to develop an electric ...

In the most recent move, Elon Musk announced that all the design and engineering of the original Tesla Roadster has been open-sourced. The information was published on Tesla's website, including ...

Still, the Roadster's relatively limited production run and six-figure price tag ensures that surviving Roadsters retain much of their original value. Having the word "Tesla" in the name doesn't ...