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Exclusive: This is the last Tesla Roadster

Filed under: Convertible, Coupe, Tesla, Electric

Four years and 2,600 Roadsters later, Tesla is putting its first production vehicle out to pasture at the end of this year. But how do you celebrate the last of a breed? A sports car that put Tesla on the map? With a special edition, of course. And the Roadster you see here isn't just one of five Final Edition Roadsters - it's the last one to ever be produced.

Sporting Atomic Red paint, a duo of dark silver stripes on its hood and rear clamshell, along with exclusive anthracite aluminum wheels, this is number four of five Final Editions slated for North America. Originally, it was headed north of the border, but when the Canadian buyer realized importation would be an issue, so now it's for sale here in the States. We're sure someone soon will sign the papers, grab the keys and never look back.

Tesla says each sales region - North America, Europe and Asia - will get five Roadsters specced out exactly as this one, and while there are no performance modifications, with only 15 on the planet, they should fetch a nice purse at the 2035 Barrett-Jackson auctions.

This is the last Tesla Roadster originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Source: http://www.autoblog.com/2011/12/16/this-is-the-last-tesla-roadster/

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GP3 working on 2012 Monaco date

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Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/real-world-racing/3rdparty/gp3-working-on-2012-monaco-date/

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Webber hopes Texas event in 2012 can help F1 crack U.S. market

Source: http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/12/12/1707257/webber-hopes-texas-event-can-help.html

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Skoda retains Hanninen, Kopecky

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Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/real-world-racing/3rdparty/skoda-retains-hanninen-kopecky/

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Source: http://www.motorsportsjournal.com/archives/2011/12/shelor_motor_mile_to_host.php

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Spy Shots: BMW 4 Series Convertible spotted testing

Filed under: Spy Photos, Convertible, BMW

We'll admit, it feels like a typo whenever we write "4 Series," but if BMW is as insistent upon further breaking out its coupes and convertibles from its sedan ranges as we've been hearing, we'll just have to get used to it. The BMW 4 Series is expected to officially kick off when the two-door versions of the new 3 Series are launched, and our spies recently caught a prototype of the new droptop 4 testing in the rain.

There's still lots of cladding under all that swirly paper, but we expect the 4er Convertible's design to mimic that of the new 3 Series, complete with the more squared off headlamps that pinch in toward the dual-kidney grille. Like the outgoing droptop, the 4 Series cabriolet will use a folding hardtop configuration, and engine choices will almost certainly be exactly the same as what's offered in the 3 Series sedan. (428i and 435i - weird.) An M version is also said to be in the cards.

Look for the 4 Series range to debut sometime in 2012.

BMW 4 Series Convertible spotted testing originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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