Tesla is ending the month of May with a blast — removes the Long Range All-Wheel-Drive Model 3 from the UK order page, lowers the price of the Model 3 Performance in the UK, makes changes to the United States order page, and opens orders for all RHD markets i.e. New Zealand, Australia, Japan and Hong Kong.

The price drop for the Model 3 Performance variant came as a surprise to existing Tesla UK customers who already have placed orders for the Long Range AWD version for a significant amount of extra cash they might have later used to get a Performance Model 3 — but that’s always an early adopter’s dilemma.

When our co-author Paul Atkins from the UK tweeted to Elon Musk about the Model 3 Performance price drop in the country, Elon Musk responded and said that the idea is to present the Model 3 Performance as ‘best value for money’ Tesla car — Paul has already ordered his LR AWD Model 3, FSD, Blue and 19” alloys for £55,200.