The Model 3 presents Tesla with a problem most car manufacturers would love to have. Everybody wants one, they've already started paying to get one, but nobody has one yet. Even seeing the Model 3 up close is meant to be nigh on impossible without you know the right person or get lucky. But that all changes this week if you have $15 to spare.

Tesla decided that the Los Angeles Auto Show, which kicked off today and runs through Dec. 10, would be the perfect place to offer potential customers and those who have reserved the electric car a close-up view of the most-affordable Tesla yet. However, the doors of this red Model 3 won't be opening. Instead, you'll get to walk around the exterior deciding if it's worth the asking price.

As Bloomberg reports, Tesla only managed to build 260 Model 3 sedans during the third quarter. The target was 1,500. By today, we were expecting production to ramp up to 20,000 per month. Clearly that hasn't happened due to the production problems Tesla needed to overcome, and the hundreds of thousands of consumers who reserved one have been left frustrated.

Tesla is apparently now starting to invite people who reserved the car to configure it, with delivery expected in about a month. That suggests production is speeding up, but still remains far behind where it was expected to be by now.

Anyone able to attend the Auto Show, will also get to see the Model X sport and Model S sedan. Don't be surprised if a Tesla representative approaches you to reserve a car while you're there, though. Production problems won't sideline the sales push.