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Well I’ve had a GT3 and a couple of Evoras and totally different beasts. Personally I found the Evora not to be a great track car in stock trim (GT430 excluded), vs likes of an Exige V6 and way off any GT3. Preferred Evora as a road car though Of course this is all personal views and everyone has a different one, so all good in the hood 🤜🤛

Too heavy for track work imho, as found the Exige much better for track work than Evora. Instead I’ll enjoy the Cotswold roads around me and a trip to the highlands 😁

Congrats. Loved the handling of mine . Enjoy.

Love the photos. Any chance you can share more photos from other angles on the car, as best chance for us to imagine how it will look on the Emira ?

Red leather , Spider-Man style 😝

Did a fly by a friend in the Evora 400 auto at full revs on the motorway and was told there was some nice blue flame from the exhaust at upshift. The 400 was actually too loud when on it. A tad quieter will be perfect 👍

Hmmmm 488 is 1952mm width, the Huracan is 1933, the Emira is 1895. I suppose that extra 4-6 cm is too much for some Personally I think it has super car looks, but referred to as junior super car due to price point and performance Each to their own though, as all subjective 😄

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It’s a good point Graham. If the car is a weekend toy that is often kept higher in the rev range you won’t notice it. However I found as the Evora was used as a daily driver I often was in traffic at lower revs expecting to be able to use torque of engine to accelerate without changing down, as per any other 350 bhp car. It was then you experienced the transmission noise. Hopefully they’ve been able to dampen it down enough not to be a problem for majority of new owners 👍

Which unfortunately was exactly the problem I had with my Evora, so although it may be improved, the fact they mention it shows it’s still a problem As I know this problem doesn’t exist with the auto and I enjoyed the auto on the 400, for me I’ll go that route thanks for update btw.

My Evora 400 was asbo loud with stock exhaust when “open” and not a chance on track unless short shifting past sound meters. Had same exhaust on my Exige 380 and got black flagged at Donny.

Had same problem with my S1 and was still there in 400 I test drove, so I went auto with the 400. Raised a question with Rybrook to ask Lotus if they had resolved for the Emira. Chased after a couple of weeks and was told Lotus were aware of the historic problem but couldn’t confirm if resolved. Thus I’m going Auto again with the Emira as based on years of Lotus ownership I’m not that confident they will sort it fully. Plus I like the auto box anyway, and can sound like a heel and toe god on down changes 😆

Was at Solihull yesterday around 13:15 so sure I met some of you on here. Car is stunning but as others have stated the colour samples are quite a way off configurator for green, red and nimbus so you need to see them in the flesh to finalise spec. I took some photos with piece of white and grey car in shot to help white balance. Don’t have space on my account to share here , so have posted elsewhere where I see a lot of similar usernames.

Needed to change my viewing slot at dealers due to work conflict. Called dealer and was told unfortunately it had to be re arranged by lotus centrally. So called Lotus to then be told no, it’s the dealer. Informed them I had been told the opposite , so they kindly said they would call dealer and sort it and then phone me back. Guess what, 2 days later and no calls. To then top it all, a day later I get a reminder email from Lotus regards my original booking, with instructions at end of email if I need to re schedule I should contact Lotus direct. Someone needs a damn kick up the arse at Lotus, they create so much confusion. I give up lol.

Had one. Nothing like a lotus . Very agricultural.