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Wednesday at 11:02

18 hours ago, TomE said:

At least two pre-reveal people have cancelled.

Wow, that's pretty embarrassing for Lotus if it was because of their delivery date mess up

Wednesday at 11:00

9 hours ago, Scrute said:

Are we tracking anywhere which demo configs the dealers have?
I’m interested particularly in Bristol as I’ll be driving one there in a couple of weeks.

@TomE has made a record

Location	Engine/trans	Colour	Interior	Suspension	Other specs	Notes
Caffyns Lewes Sussex (demo)	V6 manual	Seneca Blue	Black alcantara (accent tbc)	Sports	Black wheels	Arrived 28 Oct AO72FKP
Caffyns Lewes Sussex (showroom)	V6 manual	Dark Verdant	Black alcantara (accent tbc)	tbc	tbc	delivery date tbc
Bell & Colvill Surrey (demo)	V6 manual	Nimbus Grey	Red leather	Touring + Eagle	tbc	Arrived 7 Nov AO72FJP
Bell & Colvill Surrey (showroom)						details tbc
Endeavour Colchester (demo)	V6 manual	Magma Red	Ice Grey leather	Touring + Eagle	Silver wheels	Arrived 31 Oct AO72FJF
Endeavour Colchester (showroom)	V6 manual	Seneca Blue	tbc	Sports	tbc	delivery date tbc
Caffyns Ashford (demo)	V6 manual	Hethel Yellow	Black alcantara, yellow stitch	Sports + Cup2	Black Pack, black wheels, black calipers	Arrived 28 Oct AO72FJC
Caffyns Ashford (showroom)	V6 manual	Magma Red	Ice Grey leather	Touring + Eagle	Silver wheels, black calipers	delivery date tbc
Parks Hamilton (demo)	V6 manual	Magma Red	Ice Grey leather	Touring	Black Pack, silver wheels, black calipers	Arrived 1 Nov AO72FLL
Parks Hamilton (showroom)	V6 manual	Seneca Blue		Sports		details tbc
Rybrook Solihull (demo)	V6 manual	Seneca Blue	Black alcantara, yellow stitch	Sports + Eagle	Black Pack, DC wheels, yellow calipers	Arrived 7 Nov AO72FJN
Rybrook Solihull (showroom)	V6 manual	Hethel Yellow	Black alcantara, yellow stitch	Touring + Eagle	Black Pack, DC wheels, black calipers	details tbc
Rybrook Bristol (demo)	V6 manual	Nimbus Grey	Red leather	Touring + Eagle	Black Pack, black wheels, red calipers	Arrived 29 Oct AO72FJA
Rybrook Bristol (showroom)	V6 manual	Seneca Blue	Black alcantara, yellow stitch	Sports + Eagle	Black Pack, DC wheels, yellow calipers	delivery date tbc
Silverstone (demo)	V6 manual	Magma Red	Ice Grey leather	Touring + Eagle	DC wheels, black calipers	Arrived 29 Oct AO72FNP
Silverstone (showroom)	V6 manual	Hethel Yellow	Black alcantara, yellow stitch	Sports + Eagle	Black Pack, black wheels	delivery date tbc
Central Lotus Nottingham (demo)	V6 manual	Seneca Blue	Black alcantara, yellow stitch	Sports + Eagle	Black wheels, yellow calipers	Arrived 29 Oct AO72FKF
Central Lotus Nottingham (showroom)	V6 manual	Dark Verdant	Red leather	tbc	tbc	delivery date tbc
JCT600 Bradford (demo)	V6 manual	Hethel Yellow	Black alcantara, yellow stitch	Sports + Eagle	Black Pack, black wheels, black calipers	Arrived 28 Oct AO72FJE
JCT600 Bradford (showroom)						details tbc
Hendy Lotus Exeter (demo)	V6 manual	Nimbus Grey	Red leather	Touring + Eagle	Black pack, black wheels, red calipers	Arrived 5 Nov AO72FJX
Hendy Lotus Exeter (showroom)						details tbc
Oakmere Lotus Prestbury (demo)	V6 manual	Dark Verdant	Black alcantara, yellow stitch	Sports + Eagle	DC wheels, yellow calipers	Arrived 1 Nov AO72FLF
Oakmere Lotus Prestbury (showroom)						details tbc
Hendy Lotus Eastleigh (demo)	V6 manual	Seneca Blue	Black alcantara, grey stitch	Sports + Eagle	Black pack, silver wheels, red calipers	Arrived 5 Nov AO72FJK
Hendy Lotus Eastleigh (showroom)						details tbc

Tuesday at 00:14

So two cars on our list have been delivered/are imminent. Anybody else had delivery or checkout email?

xx February 21 - Cathalm - June 22 delivery

11 March 21 - 6970K -

27 April 21: Lotus company update and Emira name announced

27 April 21 - TomE - UK - V6 manual - was June 22 delivery; as at 10 Aug now Oct build/Nov delivery

28 April 21 - JamesDG - UK - V6 manual - July 22 delivery

30 April 21 - Pugwash - UK - V6 manual - June 22 delivery

4 May 21 - Philsport300 - UK - V6 manual

7 May 21 - Mark030358 - Undecided

15 May 21 - JCR - UK I4

19 May 21 - Gashead1105 - Undecided

20 May 21 - Evotion - V6 Manual - Now Oct build/Nov Delivery

22 May 21 - KennyN - V6 Manual - Checkout email received 25th November 2022

2 June 21 - simonb - i4

4 June 21 - DJW - V6 FE Auto ordered - 2nd deposit paid

5 June 21 - Worldwidewebs -

9 June 21 - Lavazza - undecided

7 June 21 - MarkWilliams1 - Undecided

23 June 21 - KJD - V6 manual - Spring/Jun/Jul/Aug/Sep/Oct ‘22 delivery

28 June 21 - DaveC72 - i4 - 2nd Deposit and Config link 14 April 22

29 June 21 - greg/valetpro - Not decided which engine yet.

6 July 21: Emira reveal at Hethel

6 July 21 - Duncs - V6, but cost dependent.

6 July 21, 22:00 - EmiraSi - June 22 delivery

6 July 21, 08:00 - Claymore -

6 July 21, 23:09 - Abgreenbank - Delivered 28th October 2022

7 July 21 - Lockey - i4

7 July 21 - freefall_junkie - V6 manual UK

7 July 21 - glen8 - i4

7 July 21 - Al_C - I4

7 July 21 - Neilread - I4 - June 22 delivery

7 July 21 - Philnotts - V6 Manual

7 or 8 July 21 - JJ - Cost dependant

7 July 21 - marclurr - UK - V6 Manual

7 July 21 - LotusAmateur - UK - undecided

7 July 21, 15:45 -Emiralust - UK - V6 Manual - October build / November delivery as of 17.08.2022

7 July 21, 15:53 - sixspeed - UK - FE V6 Manual

8 July 21: Goodwood Festival of Speed Day 1 (Thursday)

8 July 21, 09:39 - mctaff - UK - V6 manual

8 July 21, 16:34 - JimH - i4FE - 2nd Deposit and Config link 12 April 22 - Was Jan 23 build, Feb 23 delivery, now just "2023" (list entry updated 11/8/2022)

8 July 21 - MJON - i4

8 July 21 - Wake - V6 FE Manual - 2nd deposit paid. October production - November Delivery.

8 July 21 - Johnhoward - V6 Auto

8 July 21 - EmiraJam -

8 July 21 - Andy66 - 2nd Deposit 29 September 21

9 July 21: Goodwood Festival of Speed Day 2 (Friday)

9 July 21 - Beady - I4 (probably)

9 July 21, 08:00 - Beancounter - probably i4, but maybe v6 manual

9 July 21 - Speedluvver - i4 (most likely)

9 July 21 - E1M2I3R4A - V6 manual

9 July 21 - Badger77 - V6 Manual

10 July 21: Goodwood Festival of Speed Day 3 (Saturday)

10 July 21 - Washy - undecided

10 July 21 - Al - completely undecided.

11 July 21: Goodwood Festival of Speed Day 4 (Sunday)

11 July 21 - Eagle7 - V6 Manual

12 July 21: post Goodwood Festival of Speed

12 July 21 - emstan - V6

12 July 21 - Denno - i4 (most likely)

13 July 21 - tailslides - V6 manual

15 July 21 - nohl2678 - V6 (I hope!)

16 July 21 - Frickin Idiot AMG / V6

19 July 21 - slotdawg - V6 Manual

27 July 21 - Scrute - V6 Manual

4 August 21 - Gizmo750 - V6 Manual

21 September 21 - alfapork - V6 Manual

29 October 21 - 390ja - i4

22 December 21 - landsteam - V6 Manual

November 24

I received an email today from mail@lotuscars.com about my 7th July deposit "We’re pleased to confirm that your Emira is still scheduled for production in 2022". Last I heard was that my car was a December build January delivery.😄

November 18

Checked Lotus customer care's delivery numbers today and was given the scheduled deliveries for December and January.

End of December 130 cars

End of January another 170 cars

Total 300 cars by end of January. Knowing that we should be able to keep an eye as to how on target they are. You would assume these schedules would have made up our estimated delivery emails recently received.

November 9

Genuinely baffled by this all. I'm new to Lotus and a young potential long term customer for them. I have stuck to this forum as I'm of the opinion you are the original Lotus owners and the real long term customers of the brand. It's really aggravating me seeing the many pre-reveal depositors and loyal customers being shoved to one side. It's so obvious this company is operating in the dark ages, I don't care how up to date their factory is. If you want to compete with premium brands you need to be making each customer feel like they're the only one buying the car and the business knows who you are. They should have in the very least taken all of the pre-reveal deposit holders and existing customers and given them a real VIP treatment which would have been totally justifiable, someone like myself (new customer and early deposit) wouldn't have minded, if anything It would have encouraged me to become a long serving customer after seeing the brand treating it's existing customers with respect. Instead the opposite has happened.

It wouldn't have even been that hard to do! Give them all the first factory tour on the house and give them first test drives. Job done and you maintain a real foundation of heritage fans. Without that your brand is dead and the history goes with it.

I am no longer excited about this purchase

October 27

God knows, but they're not in deposit order that's for sure 😂

October 27

1 hour ago, gregs24 said:

But if certain spec parts are not available they will make what they can. They are not just going to sit on their hands waiting for a black wheel for one car when they can build one with silver wheels and get it out the door. All car makers do this. I once ordered a car in a specific colour and the build date kept getting put back, I changed the colour on the order and it was built straight away.

Sorry Greg but we're talking about different things. Pre reveal deposits with dealerships have not been entered on the lotus order system in front of the website orders. Meaning people who pre ordered months and even years in advanced have January deliveries whilst the first website orders are being delivered this week. Which is wrong in my opinion and what I refer to

October 27

I'm surprised the dealerships who took the deposits for the pre revealers haven't stuck their necks out to sort this out. Surely they have some pull on this, it's pretty embarrassing for them ultimately and jeopardizes very long serving customer relationships. If I was at B&C for Tom I'd be livid. I think this is the single most telling thing about the ethos at the head office now. Busy and complicated or not, that only needed a conversation between senior management to fix, and there is no way they aren't aware of the problem to their most loyal customers.

October 22

It’s a complete shambles, the fact the dealer cars have consistently been 2 weeks away every 2 weeks… how can you not even accurately advise this whilst also delivering customer cars to Czech republic to people who put a deposit down in December.

October 21

I jumped onto customer care chat and the news is that my Oct build/Nov delivery is now December build/January delivery 😂 They're doing a good job of getting my hopes up for a delivery to then drop a 2 month delay

October 21

57 minutes ago, KennyN said:

Two emails in one day, it's hotting up...

As an important Emira customer I wanted to let you know that our dedicated team will be calling you in the coming days to discuss the status of your order. Please keep an eye out for a call from +441753 941775.

Thank you for being a valued Lotus customer and for your patience.

They even managed to spell my name correctly in this one!

I got both of these emails today too, 7th July deposit. Wondering if it means checkout soon or delay again

September 14

Has anybody been contacted by Bell & Colvill yet?

August 17

xx February 21 - Cathalm - June 22 delivery

11 March 21 - 6970K -

27 April 21: Lotus company update and Emira name announced

27 April 21 - TomE - UK - V6 manual - was June 22 delivery; as at 10 Aug now Oct build/Nov delivery

28 April 21 - JamesDG - UK - V6 manual - July 22 delivery

30 April 21 - Pugwash - UK - V6 manual - June 22 delivery

4 May 21 - Philsport300 - UK - V6 manual

7 May 21 - Mark030358 - Undecided

15 May 21 - JCR - UK I4

19 May 21 - Gashead1105 - Undecided

20 May 21 - Evotion - V6 Manual - Now Oct build/Nov Delivery

22 May 21 - KennyN - V6 Manual - Now Oct build/Nov Delivery

2 June 21 - simonb - i4

4 June 21 - DJW - V6 FE Auto ordered - 2nd deposit paid

5 June 21 - Worldwidewebs -

9 June 21 - Lavazza - undecided

7 June 21 - MarkWilliams1 - Undecided

23 June 21 - KJD - V6 manual - Spring/Jun/Jul/Aug/Sep/Oct ‘22 delivery

28 June 21 - DaveC72 - i4 - 2nd Deposit and Config link 14 April 22

29 June 21 - greg/valetpro - Not decided which engine yet.

6 July 21: Emira reveal at Hethel

6 July 21 - Duncs - V6, but cost dependent.

6 July 21, 22:00 - EmiraSi - June 22 delivery

6 July 21, 08:00 - Claymore -

6 July 21, 23:09 - Abgreenbank -

7 July 21 - Lockey - i4

7 July 21 - freefall_junkie - V6 manual UK

7 July 21 - glen8 - i4

7 July 21 - Al_C - I4

7 July 21 - Neilread - I4 - June 22 delivery

7 July 21 - Philnotts - V6 Manual

7 or 8 July 21 - JJ - Cost dependant

7 July 21 - marclurr - UK - V6 Manual

7 July 21 - LotusAmateur - UK - undecided

7 July 21, 15:45 -Emiralust - UK - V6 Manual - October build / November delivery as of 17.08.2022

7 July 21, 15:53 - sixspeed - UK - FE V6 Manual

8 July 21: Goodwood Festival of Speed Day 1 (Thursday)

8 July 21, 09:39 - mctaff - UK - V6 manual

8 July 21, 16:34 - JimH - i4FE - 2nd Deposit and Config link 12 April 22 - Was Jan 23 build, Feb 23 delivery, now just "2023" (list entry updated 11/8/2022)

8 July 21 - MJON - i4

8 July 21 - Wake - V6 FE Manual - 2nd deposit paid. October production - November Delivery.

8 July 21 - Johnhoward - V6 Auto

8 July 21 - EmiraJam -

8 July 21 - Andy66 - 2nd Deposit 29 September 21

9 July 21: Goodwood Festival of Speed Day 2 (Friday)

9 July 21 - Beady - I4 (probably)

9 July 21, 08:00 - Beancounter - probably i4, but maybe v6 manual

9 July 21 - Speedluvver - i4 (most likely)

9 July 21 - E1M2I3R4A - V6 manual

9 July 21 - Badger77 - V6 Manual

10 July 21: Goodwood Festival of Speed Day 3 (Saturday)

10 July 21 - Washy - undecided

10 July 21 - Al - completely undecided.

11 July 21: Goodwood Festival of Speed Day 4 (Sunday)

11 July 21 - Eagle7 - V6 Manual

12 July 21: post Goodwood Festival of Speed

12 July 21 - emstan - V6

12 July 21 - Denno - i4 (most likely)

13 July 21 - tailslides - V6 manual

15 July 21 - nohl2678 - V6 (I hope!)

16 July 21 - Frickin Idiot AMG / V6

19 July 21 - slotdawg - V6 Manual

27 July 21 - Scrute - V6 Manual

4 August 21 - Gizmo750 - V6 Manual

21 September 21 - alfapork - V6 Manual

29 October 21 - 390ja - i4

22 December 21 - landsteam - V6 Manual

August 10

Same email for me, I have always been batch 1 and my email reads production October which to mean means November delivery based on what they're said previously. First feeling is that I would delay if not cancel at this point unfortunately. Timings are out for me now

August 2

I asked Antonia at B&C and sounds like their demo won't arrive until late August/early September in line with customer deliveries starting. She said "we" will be in touch when they are able to organise test drives, so sounds like the dealer will contact you

August 2

Has there been any news from dealerships like bell and colvill as to when their demonstrator car turns up? And any news as to the order of who test drives them or the arrangement of this. You'd hope it's offered in order of deposits and we are going to be contacted

June 23

Called this yesterday, I can only imagine this is a case of out of touch old boys behind the business who just don't understand today's world. It's not hard, you leave social media and your customers to do your advertisement for you. Not having dark verdant here was a mistake.

June 22

I wonder what the chances are of a dark verdant car being on show at Goodwood. That would probably make too much sense, if anyone is there tomorrow be sure to send a pic if it's there!

June 9

Hi Everyone,

I thought perhaps this could have it's own topic for everyone to share their own experiences and photographs.

Customer services latest update on test drives:

"The latest information we have received advised test drives will be available at Lotus Centres coinciding with first deliveries and that all customers will have an opportunity to test drive prior to committing. We have been chasing for further updates as we approach July and have been informed all customers will be contacted within the next week."

Looking forward to hearing about your test drives!

June 7

June 7

Long story short, he couldn't pick between the two but went with the Porsche as the gearstick isn't as stiff and it has a front boot. Doesn't mention road presence or how common a cayman is, does anyone care if a Cayman goes by? Pretty sure the Lotus blows the Porsche out of the water when you add that into the mix.

May 26

oh for sure I don't disagree, I'm using the test drive as an example. I am aware of being a first delivery, I've been through it before and the test drive isn't crucial for me. I'm not touching on new ground here, we all know the customer engagement has been terrible, they've had time to sort this out. Don't tell me you're desperate to find a way to provide a test drive to those in July that want one then sell 40 minute test drives for £720 to people at the back at the queue. Offering the first customers the 20 minute drive would have resolved the problem of it being a lacklustre experience and would have given something back to those who were first whilst providing a test drive. It's not rocket science and just another mistake which was obvious to me

May 26

16 hours ago, TomE said:

Lotus are still looking at how to do test drives for the July delivery batch people, as dealer demo cars won't be delivered until July with the first customer cars.

Thanks for being the middle man still Tom. Do we have any idea what this could be, how or when they will announce it?

I can let the absence of any communication to us actual customers (not shmee etc) slip since at the end of the day I would still have the car at the end of it and that will no longer matter. But what I can't stand is feeling rubbed up the wrong way.

We are theoretically 5 weeks before a first delivery and 1 week away from commitment to purchase and they can't offer me a test drive before my delivery for less than £720 for 40 minutes!😂Where was our email offering the July people the 20 minute test drive as a priority? It's not rocket science to have offered this. There wasn't one and now it's fully booked before my delivery date. When I phone to ask what the crack is surrounding a test drive for July they read from a script saying "we're desperate to give the early deposit holders a test drive, we can't figure out how to but we will let you know soon" When I pressed more and asked whether that was going to be this week, next week, 3 weeks? She said she had no idea. Well how can you say soon then if you have no idea. As above they have less than 1 week to offer the first deposit holder a test drive, when you look at it like that It is just hilariously appalling.

There is not a lot more frustrating than feeling helpless and unable to communicate with a company when you have a problem and the only person you can talk to is a minor employee who has no authority or ability to provide a solution, If this is the way it's going to be when trying to get hold of Lotus after they've had my £80,000 it is seriously worrying and I don't want to be involved with Lotus at all.

May 22

22 hours ago, 390ja said:

Seems quite a lot of people were undecided i4 or v6 on the list. Have many firmed up their decision?

I’m still very uncertain about going for an Emira at all. Not because I worry about the car but because it would have to replace the Exige..

99% of the order dates on that list will have had to have confirmed which engine they were having by now

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