Will the Tesla Roadster Come to Turkey? Three Reservation Countries and the Turkish Picture
Will the Tesla Roadster come to Turkey? Today’s answer is clear: as of October 15, 2026, reservations are taken only from the United States, Canada and China (CNBC), and Turkey is not on that list. Tesla does sell officially in Turkey; you can order a Model Y through tesla.com/tr_tr, but a Roadster reservation is not open there. The production target is 2028, and the Thrust version is sold on Tesla’s page “subject to regional regulations”. For Turkey, tax and type approval will be a separate deciding factor.
A driver leaving Beylikdüzü for the TEM highway sees more charging stations along the way towards Avcılar. Model Ys are now ordinary in Istanbul traffic. So the Tesla Roadster Turkey question is not a fantasy. It is a question of calendar and regulation. Below are the reservation countries, Tesla’s presence in Turkey and concrete steps for a buyer who is waiting.
Where are reservations open?
According to CNBC, Tesla takes Roadster reservations from the United States, Canada and China. All three are among Tesla’s largest markets and places where it has production or a sales network. Europe, the Middle East and Turkey are not on the list. Tesla’s official reservation page gives the deposit amounts but offers no Turkey option.
The deposit structure is the same in all three countries. Performance takes $5,000 plus $45,000 within 10 days, a total of $50,000. Thrust takes $5,000 plus $245,000, a total of $250,000, with one car per customer. Rocket is by invitation only. The full price table is in the $50,000 and $250,000 deposit table.
What the three countries share
Gigafactory Texas in the United States, Tesla’s large production base in China, and in Canada a sales network next door to the United States. The reservation list follows Tesla’s production and logistics map. On that map, Turkey is a sales point, not a production point.
What does Tesla sell in Turkey?
Tesla sells officially in Turkey. The Model Y can be ordered at tesla.com/tr_tr. So the Roadster would not need a dealer network built from scratch; the brand is already here. What is missing is Turkey’s addition to the Roadster reservation list and the car’s compliance with local regulation.
Those two gaps are independent of each other. The reservation is Tesla’s commercial decision. Regulation concerns the car’s thruster and fan systems. The note “subject to regional legal requirements” on Tesla’s page for Thrust shows that Tesla itself acknowledges this second hurdle.
Fact Card: Tesla is in Turkey, the Roadster reservation is not. tesla.com/tr_tr sells the Model Y; the Roadster page is open to the United States, Canada and China (CNBC, October 15, 2026).
If it came to Turkey, which version would it be?
According to Tesla’s official page, the Performance version is “road ready”, has no thrusters and carries active aero with a multi-mode suction fan. Thrust is “race ready” with rear cold-gas thrusters. Rocket is “air ready” with ten thrusters. The version that could one day reach Turkey is the one usable on public roads, and that is most likely Performance. According to Edmunds, Reuters and InsideEVs, the legality of thruster and fan systems on public roads is unclear anyway.
Why Performance leads
It has no thrusters. According to Tesla, the 300-mile (about 483-kilometer) range is the same across all three versions. So a Performance buyer gives up the jump, not the range. It is the version with the fewest open questions for public roads.
Why are tax and type approval decisive?
Every car that enters Turkey needs type approval and is taxed. There is no Turkey-specific tax or price figure for the Roadster yet; Tesla has not even announced the final sale price. That is why this page gives no Turkish price. The only thing that can be said is that the tax and type approval process will be a separate deciding factor.
On the type approval side, the question is the suction fan and the thrusters. The Performance version has no thrusters but does have the fan. How the fan would be classified on public roads is not answered in any available source. The legal frame is in can a flying car drive on public roads.
Where does electric sports car interest show in Istanbul?
In the car park of a shopping mall in Beylikdüzü, a queue forms in front of the charging stations. On the TEM between Avcılar and Mahmutbey, the Model Y is an ordinary car in the left lane. On the Büyükçekmece coast road at the weekend, the silent pass of electric cars no longer turns heads. Interest in the Roadster builds on that ordinariness. The ordinary electric car has been accepted, and the extraordinary one is the object of curiosity.
That observation is a scene, not a number. There is no figure on Roadster demand in Turkey, and this page invents none. But the “Do a kickflip!” video on Tesla’s official X account was posted at 05:49 Turkish time on October 16, 2026, and the screenshot records 206.7 thousand views. Istanbul’s curiosity is a small share of that number.
What can a buyer in Turkey do now?
Today, a Roadster cannot be reserved from Turkey. Three things can be done: watch Tesla’s official page, note the 2028 production target on the calendar and wait for type approval news. Musk gave 2028 with the words “really, this time”; the car was delayed in 2020, 2021, 2023 and 2024. The timeline is in the electric supercar delayed nine years.
| Topic | Status (October 15, 2026) | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Reservation countries | United States, Canada, China | CNBC |
| Tesla sales in Turkey | Yes, Model Y | tesla.com/tr_tr |
| Roadster reservation in Turkey | Not open | Tesla reservation page |
| Production target | 2028 | TechCrunch, Edmunds |
| Thrust legal status | Subject to regional regulations | Tesla reservation page |
Value Card: The most realistic expectation for Turkey is the thruster-free Performance version after 2028. Tax and type approval will come back on the agenda then. The whole set is in the flying cars archive.
What it means for you
The answer to whether the Tesla Roadster will come to Turkey is not “no” today but “not yet”. Reservations are limited to three countries, Tesla sells in Turkey, and production is dated to 2028. Two things decide the picture for a buyer in Turkey: a wider reservation list and type approval. Both are in the hands of Tesla and the regulators, and the buyer holds only the calendar. The big picture is on the flying car era page.
Frequently Asked Questions
Quick Summary
- Roadster reservations are open only in the United States, Canada and China (CNBC, October 15, 2026).
- Tesla sells officially in Turkey; tesla.com/tr_tr sells the Model Y, and the Roadster is not listed.
- The most likely version for Turkey is the thruster-free Performance; Thrust is “subject to regional regulations”.
- The Turkish price and tax are unknown; the type approval process is a separate deciding factor.
- The production target is 2028; the car has been delayed four times before.
Short Glossary
A reservation is the pre-order step in which Tesla gives a buyer a production slot against a deposit, currently open in three countries.
Type approval is the official certificate of conformity a car model needs before it can be used on public roads in a country.
Performance is the Roadster version Tesla calls “road ready”, with no thrusters and a $50,000 deposit.
Next Step
The flying car era: why the Tesla Roadster flies and when it goes on sale
Sources
- [Tesla] – Official Roadster reservation page
- [CNBC] – Tesla Roadster reveal: what to know about the delayed EV
- [Tesla X] – “Do a kickflip!” launch video
- [Edmunds] – Roadster flying car debut first look
- [TechCrunch] – Tesla reveals SpaceX-powered Roadster
Updated: October 2026
Sık Sorulan Sorular
Thrust is “subject to regional regulations” and limited to one per customer. Rocket is by invitation only. Both would need a separate approval process for public road use in Turkey. The version differences are in Performance vs Thrust vs Rocket.
Along the Beylikdüzü, Avcılar and Büyükçekmece corridor, charging points are visible at malls and petrol stations. The Roadster’s 300-mile range, as claimed by Tesla, is more than enough for use within Istanbul. Tesla’s sales in Turkey already rest on this network.
The sources hold no data on the buyer profile in Turkey. But the deposit holders in the United States include Marques Brownlee and Sam Altman, and both criticize the delay. A buyer in Turkey should be ready for a similar test of patience.
No. According to CNBC, as of October 15, 2026, reservations are taken only from the United States, Canada and China. Turkey is not on the list.
Yes. The Model Y is sold through tesla.com/tr_tr. The Roadster is not open for reservation on that page.
Unknown. Tesla has not announced the final sale price; in the United States the deposit is $50,000 for Performance and $250,000 for Thrust. For Turkey, the tax and type approval process will be a separate deciding factor.