simonb

March 30

Good to see Lotus learned so much from the initial (shit) emira configurator, that they chose a worse one for their £100K plus SUV 🤣

March 25

not the first time I have seen a lotus on a flatbed

March 24

do we know when the i4 calls start(ed)?

March 22

Love the workings of the man maths to pay £50K more for a second hand paddle shift McLaren than a paddle shift Alpine, using a mid point stick shift Emira to justify

Just do it if you can afford it

March 18

firstly maclaren make baby chairs, mclaren make cars

other than that Mclaren looks the itch to scratch, depending on cost of ownership. What is it worth after 12 months without the warranty (they seem to drop £10k bills for fun)

March 17

so easy to pay second deposit on i4LE and then wind back to poverty spec if the packs / colours work (assuming they will soon be calling deposit holders)

March 16

£72K for the first edition, or wait a few months for the £60K car with an extended palette of new paints available exclusively on the entry level versions of both the Emira and Emira V6

Not convinced they have thought this one through

March 16

Shame the odd extra colour did not appear, orderable 08/04/22

You can get the coloured bit on the steering wheel on the i4 (although £400 would buy many rolls of insulation tape

March 11

that looks very good

March 10

empire green looks a bit like verdant

March 8

interesting that top gear are playing up the v6 as the premium model, when I expect the high power derivatives to be based on the model with a gearbox which can handle more torque (amg)

March 7

even if they are the same, they will get a new part number and so be different

March 1

Had one of those wife things previously

It was not cheap to run, and when I got rid, the depreciation of 50% was not just on the cost of purchase.

Current model does not have a finance agreement in place

March 1

Why is that a problem, the handling on the 410 is brilliant

The packaging did not sell

Emira also cheaper

March 1

hope Harris gets an invitation to review, is one of the few I respect

February 28

just needs tartan seats

February 21

fancy that combination myself, one lightweight with a gearstick, the other a bit more civilised and merc powered

February 16

has this pushed the i4 cars back into 2023 yet?

February 9

Would seem a logical option to have available, either a 97dB sports cat, or an additional exhaust box

having a sports car that you can drive on track would seem legitimate marketing, especially when you consider the percentage of footage released on Emira that shows it going around a track

January 28

2 hours ago, TomE said:

I've been asked on Facebook and on EmiraForum for my thoughts on delivery timeframes for UK V6 FEs, so here's what I've published after visiting the factory last week. It's based on a lot of interpretation and guesswork but is consistent with various things that have been said:

My educated guess for UK V6 FE deliveries versus deposit dates:
- deposits up to mid 8 July 2021 (Goodwood Day 1) = June 2022 delivery
- rest of 8 July, 9 July = July delivery
- 10 July = Aug delivery
- 11 July (last day of Goodwood) = Sept delivery
- after Goodwood up to 31 Dec 2021 = Oct/Nov delivery
- 2022 deposits = Nov/Dec delivery
I could be out by a month but think this is a reasonable guesstimate

so will this push i4 deposits up to 8 july into 2023?

January 27

I see it as no more than a correction to inflation being way over 5%. Looks like Lotus may want to shift a few £60K Emiras before hiking the price

January 27

A lotus with a high power 4 pot turbo has plenty of heritage

the compromise that is rare in a Lotus is to find a gearbox that does not limit the tuneability of the car

January 24

I think there is also the issue that Evora was not a sales success, so a clean sheet really does seem the way to go

January 23

51 minutes ago, Evotion said:

It was kind of like this:

Correct, the V6 is pretty much now all done and duster so I am personally expecting i4 details to be available either, hopefully, next week or about March time. This will coincide with opening up the order books. We know the configurator is being refreshed next week so it might even be in there. We do not know for sure. They can't leave it much longer as i4 prospects need to start thinking about the spec as they will surely be building them later this year.

TBH the radio silence is getting a little tedious. Have quite a reasonably timed deposit on a i4FE car, and happy to take the package of options that will bump up the price, but other than the call to either jump into the V6FE queue or wait, I have heard nothing.

There has been no official update on i4 deliveries starting autumn this year, but I would happily wager that will become 2023

There is no clue on price for the i4 compared to the v6

If Lotus are changing the colours of the v6FE cars from the samples that went around the dealerships, all they will do is create chaos in the orders they have and kick everyone else further down the road. If they have cars in each colour, it cant be that difficult to put a picture on instagram

January 15

assume orange wheels are for production line only

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