Since 2008 Tesla has sold more than 2,400 Roadsters in 31 countries. Tesla began producing right-hand-drive Roadsters in early 2010. The Roadster had a 2010 base price of US$109,000 in the United States, and £86,950 in the United Kingdom. As an electric vehicle, the Roadster qualifies for several government incentives. The Roadster was the first production automobile to use lithium-ion battery cells and the first production BEV (all-electric) to travel more than 200 miles (320 km) per charge. The world distance record of 501 km (311 mi) for a production electric car on a single charge was set by a Roadster on October 27, 2009, during the Global Green Challenge in outback Australia, in which it averaged a speed of 25 mph (40 km/h). In March 2010, a Tesla Roadster became the first electric vehicle to win the Monte Carlo Alternative Energy Rally and the first to win a Federation Internationale de l'Automobile-sanctioned championship when a Roadster driven by former Formula One driver, Érik Comas, beat 96 competitors for range, efficiency and performance in the three-day, nearly 1,000-kilometer (620 mi) challenge.
Tesla began delivering the higher performance Sport version of the Roadster in July 2009. The Roadster Sport has adjustable dampers and a new hand-wound motor, capable of 0 to 60 mph (0 to 97 km/h) in 3.7 seconds. Scotty Pollacheck, a high-performance driver for "Killacycle," drove a 2010 Tesla Roadster Sport at the Wayland Invitational Drag Race in Portland, Ore., in July 2009. He completed a quarter-mile in dry conditions in 12.643 seconds, setting a new record in the National Electric Drag Racing Association. The vehicle set a new distance record when it completed the 241-mile (388 km) Rallye Monte Carlo d'Energies Alternatives with 36 miles (58 km) left on the charge.
This RHD Roadster Sport has covered a total of 13,000 miles from new, the car is presented in white, with a carbon roof and a black centre stripe, complemented by a two-tone leather interior. Additionally the car is equipped with black wheels and red callipers, carbon front splitters, rear wing, sills and dash. Fitted with a high power HI-FI (including IPOD connectivity), a fully integrated reversing camera, climate control and electric windows. The car is presented in an immaculate virtually unmarked condition. This remarkable electric Sportscar is hugely rewarding to drive. These astonishing cars are also very affordable and benefit from exclusions from many motoring costs.
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