Sensible Covid precautions, I'd say. If it were a regular showroom with access to valeters, the car can be cleaned after someone has accessed it. With one person there, probably a freelancer, that's not an option.

My Honda garage and showroom are doing the same thing, they have valeters that clean the car after a service or repair job, all by appointment only from today, if you want to look at a showroom car you have to make an appointment.

though I think all garages are doing this...

Sensible Covid precautions, I'd say. If it were a regular showroom with access to valeters, the car can be cleaned after someone has accessed it.

Being covid 'vulnerable', I didn't want to touch it, let alone access it. I just wanted to assess the luggage space.

Those who buy Teslas are buying a fashion accessory not a car. Their "showrooms" are "palaces of aspiration" - not places where anything so vulgar as practicality should be discussed.

Yes it is fast, technically advanced, but also rated as just about worst for reliability.

If you want to look good, buy a Tesla. If you want to get there, buy something else for half the money.

Given that Tesla's reliability is on a par with Land Rover's, I expect they were frightened that repeated opening and closing of the doors (done elctronically) would cause something to go wrong.

A couple of years ago my son hired a Tesla to take us all for a weekend in Palm Desert. The trunk lock failed, and the hire company tried to charge him alleging misuse. He refused to pay as even by then this was a well known fault. They backed down.