Tesla's vision for the future: Manually driving your own car will be a luxury for the rich

The Roadster's price is likely at least $250,000.

Musk said it will be Tesla's only vehicle that humans drive themselves.

Tesla Want to physically drive a Tesla in the future? The Roadster will be your only option, Musk said.

The car is not cheap.

Musk has compared today's driving to elevator operators.

Want to physically drive a Tesla in the future? Get ready to pay up.

On Thursday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled the new Roadster with a gravity-defying demo .

The car suctioned to the side of a vertical ramp, drove upside down, briefly flew, stuck the landing, and later bunny-hopped and twirled over a standing lineup of other Tesla vehicles.

The stunts were choreographed with autonomy, Musk said — but Roadster owners will eventually be able to manually take the wheel.

That will make it unique in Tesla's lineup.

"This will actually be, long-term, the only manually driven car that Tesla makes," Musk said on stage, before Tesla's lead engineer, Lars Moravy, added, "You gotta have some fun sometimes." Tesla hasn't revealed the car's final price, but we know it'll firmly be in the luxury supercar tier.

The company's reservation queue asks customers who want the base Performance trim to fork over a $50,000, due within 10 days.

That reservation, alone, is nearly the price of an average car in America , and it doesn't capture the car's final price.

Our best pricing ballpark dates back to 2017, when Tesla first said it was bringing back the Roadster.