Tesla Opens European Flagship Showroom in London - Automotive News

Electric sports activities vehicle maker Tesla opened its first UK dealership within the coronary heart of London at the Knightsbridge district. The five,000 rectangular-foot showroom on Cheval Place which is in on foot distance from Harrods department store and handy to Heathrow Airport will act as Tesla's European flagship store and could be accompanied by using sales and carrier facilities in Monaco, Munich and Zurich in addition to 4 new stores within the United States.

The enterprise stated that it'll begin handing over cars to European clients this summer season of which the primary 250 will be the Signature Edition Roadster model, priced from ?Ninety four,000 on the street, however UK customers will need to wait until early 2010 for the primary proper-hand force models. All in all, Tesla stated that it has obtained 1,three hundred European orders for the all-electric powered Roadster version.

"Thanks to an abundance of discriminating drivers and progressive public policy, Tesla is already well known in Europe," said Tesla CEO Elon Musk. "We assume the London save to dramatically boom our emblem identification in the course of the continent, and with proper hand drive fashions now due at the beginning of next yr, the UK market will offer a strong foundation on which to build this."

Along with the Roadster, Tesla stated this is also taking reservations for the 4-door Model S sports saloon this is due for manufacturing in overdue 2011.