Ladies and gentlemen, we are going to make a quick detour to Switzerland today, where the last Tesla Roadster ever built popped up on Car For You, a local car sales website. Nothing unusual so far, until you get to see how much the owner is asking for the Roadster.

Value, just like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder

We’ll admit it. The Tesla Roadster is often overlooked when one discusses electric cars. Then again, it happens for a good reason: As you surely know, practicality wasn’t its strong suit and the $110,000 sticker price didn’t make it exactly popular among 99 Percenters.

Still, the Roadster paved the way for Tesla’s current lineup and there’s a good chance that we wouldn’t have talked about the X, 3, and Y - even the Cybertruck - today if it weren’t for the Roadster. But from here to evaluating one at almost $1.5 million there’s a very long way, should you ask for our two cents.

Sure, the last Roadster (VIN 2500) ever built - a 2012 model year - has a certain appeal to it. It’s only normal, especially since Musk sent his (the first-ever Roadster assembled) into space. On top of that, the sales ad mentions that this particular vehicle “was never registered” and sat “stored on tire pillows on marble floor and has only around 200 kilometers original mileage from the factory.”

Visually speaking, this example is not your run-of-the-mill Roadster either, courtesy of a white and black cabin trim, carbon fiber bits and bobs on the inside, and a carbon diffuser. But to price it at CHF 1.39 million (around $1.49 million) seems a bit far fetched. What do you think?

2012 Tesla Roadster specifications

Max power

288 hp

Max torque

295 lb-ft

Transmission

auto, one speed

EPA range

245 miles

Base curb weight

2,723 lb

0-60 mph

3.7 s

1/4 mile

12.6 s @ 102.6 mph