Mctaff Posted April 21 Report Share Posted April 21 Yeah fair point… and those shiny showrooms ain’t cheap either! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM TomE Posted April 21 Gold FFM Report Share Posted April 21 15 hours ago, Mctaff said: over a grand to accept a car off a truck, check it over, then pull a cover off it for the customer and get a few bits of paper signed? anyone want to pick up from my house? I'll throw in a decent espresso too! Delivery charge for an Elise/Exige last year was £850. Includes the transport company as well as the dealer. Then registration and Year 1 VED on top. All itemised on the dealer invoice. The Emira delivery charge is slightly higher but similar ballpark. Other marques sometimes hide the delivery charge in the list price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM Evotion Posted April 21 Gold FFM Report Share Posted April 21 Ah, then, like Fagin from Oliver!, my favourite character of all time, I will reviewing the situation. 😄 Quote If it has an engine, I am there to thrash it. My Emira Videos | Into Motorcycles? Motorcycle Channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exeterjeep Posted May 6 Report Share Posted May 6 Not seen any update on here about when an Emira (or 2) may turn up at a retailer, so spoke to Hendy today and it looks like the May/June is now more like late June and probably more likely sometime in July. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM TomE Posted May 7 Gold FFM Report Share Posted May 7 Late June/early July was what I was told by Customer Care when they told me about the delay to my delivery date from June to July. Lotus Driving Academy are expecting their fleet of Emiras in mid June. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ Posted May 9 Report Share Posted May 9 Local dealer in NL has (tentatively) indicated early July for their demo cars to arrive, FWIW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exeterjeep Posted May 9 Report Share Posted May 9 On 07/05/2022 at 12:52, TomE said: Lotus Driving Academy are expecting their fleet of Emiras in mid June. May encourage a lot of bookings. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mctaff Posted May 9 Report Share Posted May 9 (edited) I was told July by rybrook in Bristol now for demos… previously may/june 7 hours ago, exeterjeep said: May encourage a lot of bookings. Cynically I feel they are milking the early adopters - pay for a tour to see the colours; pay for driving academy to get a test drive. Wtf?? 😡 Edited May 9 by Mctaff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM TomE Posted May 9 Gold FFM Report Share Posted May 9 There has been talk before of them organising something for the first delivery batch (was June, now July). I was told this by Lotus seniors and Customer Care but have heard nothing more about it recently. At the "delivery minus 30 days" point they will be asking people to confirm their order (and delivery option, part ex, financing, pay balance etc). If they don't offer test drives and there are no dealer demos available for that early group, then there's a risk some people will cancel or ask to defer delivery. I realise everyone signed up to a pre-launch and took a calculated risk, with the possibility of having to take delivery without a test drive. With the issues with lack of info and delayed parts and key things like seats not yet finalised, plus press reviews also delayed, I suspect some of the early batch may be more nervous now about taking a Month 1 car. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoQuick Posted May 10 Report Share Posted May 10 I’m confident the cars will be great to drive and sound great. Aside from everything else, just their experience and development with the Evora platform almost certainly guarantees that (despite the larger wheels). For me, it’s the lack of being able to plan for using the car. I should have been collecting in May, then June (had roadtrips planned for it!) and now it’s July. I was led to expect to see demo cars in showrooms no later than April/May and a lot of the chatter was around press reviews being released in Q1 and then again in the past few weeks, but now it’s May and still nothing…it’s one thing buying a car unseen/undriven by yourself, but there is the growing possibility that we won’t even have official pictures of a production car or a press review before we have to confirm our orders - If the July timeline holds. So, given the uncertainties now being mentioned, I’m now not confident about a delivery before very late July. Therefore, I’m thinking that quite possibly the first time I’ll get to use it will be September - glad I specced the Dunlops…but the ‘shine’ for me will have gone by then as it’ll be back to commuting on a train and the weather will be turning and will possibly only use the car between 10-15 times until Spring 2023… On that note, I’m sure they’ll be absolutely brilliant as daily drivers (but I won’t have that option 😩) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM DaveC72 Posted May 10 Gold FFM Report Share Posted May 10 12 hours ago, Mctaff said: I was told July by rybrook in Bristol now for demos… previously may/june Cynically I feel they are milking the early adopters - pay for a tour to see the colours; pay for driving academy to get a test drive. Wtf?? 😡 I can feel your frustration, but this made me giggle. From your experience so far, do you honestly think that there is that level of sophistication, planning and forethought...? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonb Posted May 10 Report Share Posted May 10 11 hours ago, TomE said: I suspect some of the early batch may be more nervous now about taking a Month 1 car. I think this will be the first new Lotus where the early adopters take less risk. Historically I think first batch was more like beta testing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mctaff Posted May 10 Report Share Posted May 10 (edited) 7 hours ago, DaveC72 said: I can feel your frustration, but this made me giggle. From your experience so far, do you honestly think that there is that level of sophistication, planning and forethought...? Lol. Fair point!! I’m overthinking it 😃 Edited May 10 by Mctaff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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