Rambo Posted December 14, 2022 Report Share Posted December 14, 2022 17 minutes ago, LotusFella said: It’s my red one. I flew up bought it and drove it home to cambridge 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beady Posted December 14, 2022 Report Share Posted December 14, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, randomusername said: Great feedback - thanks! I don't suppose you could PM me the reg could you, then I can look up the MOT history... collection day Edited December 14, 2022 by Beady 1 Quote construction and property consultants : My company Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LotusFella Posted December 15, 2022 Report Share Posted December 15, 2022 17 hours ago, Rambo said: 👍 you're not getting it back 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exeterjeep Posted December 15, 2022 Report Share Posted December 15, 2022 On 14/12/2022 at 12:35, philnotts said: Couple of new Evora's to market. The GT430 seems cheap?! GT430 - https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/13582645 Says sold now , but the details had not been updated to confirm what it really is. I only know 1 GT430 sport in the UK, one in light blue, and does not have a rear wing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thealastair34 Posted December 15, 2022 Report Share Posted December 15, 2022 On 14/12/2022 at 13:43, randomusername said: Hi, Noobie first post here I'm idly considering an Evora after liking them for quite a while, and now being in the lucky position to be able to afford one.. I've been scouring the Pistonheads adverts and spotted this: https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/13962108 Black Evora 400 manual, just under 50K miles for £42,975 I'm pretty sure it was listed a few weeks ago as a private sale on PH for around the same price, snapped up by a dealer and then put back on for £47K ish and the price has dropped away since. It's a bit of an outlier as it's the cheapest 400 by a long shot (about £10K less than the nearest lower mileage approved used one), but it's not going to be approved used and come with all that entails (Warranty etc), and an extra 30K miles wear and tear - but £10K is a pretty big saving to put aside for anything that needs doing... Is it a car that's known on here? Unfortunately it's about 200 miles away so not really an easy trip to go and look at it in person.. Thanks! Fairly sure i know a previous owner of that car i can out you intouch if you want, was a woman and she will have done a fair amount of miles in it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomusername Posted December 15, 2022 Report Share Posted December 15, 2022 6 minutes ago, thealastair34 said: Fairly sure i know a previous owner of that car i can out you intouch if you want, was a woman and she will have done a fair amount of miles in it That'd be great if you could - Beady is one of the previous owners and has said it was a good car when he had it... I'm hoping to go see it at the weekend, it looks like it's in to Lotus for it's 50K service next week, so I've asked the dealer if I can get them to independently do a PPI on it while they have it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philnotts Posted December 15, 2022 Report Share Posted December 15, 2022 Nice orange 400 - https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/14330335 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LotusLeftLotusRight Posted December 15, 2022 Report Share Posted December 15, 2022 One of the early ones with the LOTUS letters above the sat nav screen. Could become very collectible in a few years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbotucker Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 My word, prices really are dropping, £5K knocked of one overnight 🙃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM C8RKH Posted December 17, 2022 Gold FFM Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 Not a great time of year to be selling sports cars really. Quote I came into this world screaming and covered in someone elses blood. I'll probably leave it in the same way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbotucker Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 ….and to ask unrealistic prices. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmundo2 Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 I've noticed very few manual Evora S for sale privately recently..I'm still considering one if the right car comes up but not much out there currently.. By contrast there seems to be a lot of higher spec/newer cars at dealers that are struggling to sell and I can only imagine prices will come under increasing pressure...Obviously its normal for things to slow in Winter and then pick up in Spring but it could be a long wait for some of them this time around what with the economic outlook, mortgage rates climbing, ULEZ zones, ageing model, new Emira etc etc.. I should imagine the temptation to drop prices to move stock/help cash flow is increasing especially if supply is greater than demand. They'll all sell at the right price but how long can the dealers hang on in the hope of getting the asking price..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bravo73 Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 8 minutes ago, Edmundo2 said: ULEZ zones, Why the concern? The Evora S is ULEZ compliant. 🤙 Ignore the rest. 🫣😬 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM C8RKH Posted December 17, 2022 Gold FFM Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 @Edmundo2 there are currently 29 Evora's on Pistonheads for sale - 1 GTE, 2 Stratton GTE#s, 8 GT410's, 9 400's and 9 S1's - assuming non have been sold. It's hardly a smorgasbord of choice and trying to make any sense of prices with such small numbers is just nuts. Some people are so picky re spec so there is only 1 car out there for them. Many people are looking for a max of three colours. Then it's the model, NA or S S1, 4xx or 410 etc. 1 Quote I came into this world screaming and covered in someone elses blood. I'll probably leave it in the same way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bruss Posted December 17, 2022 Popular Post Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 58 minutes ago, C8RKH said: @Edmundo2 there are currently 29 Evora's on Pistonheads for sale - 1 GTE, 2 Stratton GTE#s, 8 GT410's, 9 400's and 9 S1's - assuming non have been sold. It's hardly a smorgasbord of choice and trying to make any sense of prices with such small numbers is just nuts. Some people are so picky re spec so there is only 1 car out there for them. Many people are looking for a max of three colours. Then it's the model, NA or S S1, 4xx or 410 etc. sounds like the complete production run. 😀 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmundo2 Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 (edited) Yes I appreciate people are picky..I just meant that there are quite a few cars that have been for sale for a long time..Maybe that's more normal than I realise and I'm only noticing it now that I'm looking to buy..? The other cars I'm considering are Cayman R and TVR T350 and so watching those too and have spoken to a couple of Porsche dealers.. The Black Cayman R at Ashgoods had £2k knocked of it last week... Good to hear they are not effected by ULEZ..I live nowhere near a zone so haven't paid much attention to it but I think the market will be tough for a while so anything overpriced will hang around and may lead to prices dropping in general.. Edited December 17, 2022 by Edmundo2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 TVR t350 hang around a long time, a disappointing drive Quote hindsight: the science that is never wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcdonaa Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 55 minutes ago, Bruss said: sounds like the complete production run. 😀 So how many have been sold in the UK vs the total production run? I'm sure I've seen somewhere it's about the 6000 mark worldwide? I've also seen that www.howmanyleft.com says about 900 taxed and sorned in the UK...that doesn't sound like many at all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bibs Posted December 18, 2022 Report Share Posted December 18, 2022 Those numbers are pretty much spot on! 1 Quote 88 Esprit NA, 89 Esprit Turbo SE, Evora, Evora S, Evora IPS, Evora S IPS, Evora S IPS SR, Evora 400, Elise S1, Elise S1 111s, Evora GT410 Sport Evora NA For forum issues, please contact the Moderators. I will aim to respond to emails/PM's Mon-Fri 9-6 GMT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM C8RKH Posted December 18, 2022 Gold FFM Report Share Posted December 18, 2022 @mcdonaayup, about a thousand UK Evora's sounds correct to me. Some years they only sold around 50 iirc. Quote I came into this world screaming and covered in someone elses blood. I'll probably leave it in the same way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcdonaa Posted December 18, 2022 Report Share Posted December 18, 2022 Thanks guys - I thought the Evora was a rare car...but it's rarer than I thought. There are more Esprits on the road! Although they had a bit if a longer production run! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bibs Posted December 18, 2022 Report Share Posted December 18, 2022 6,177 was the total production and the UK is traditionally 15% of Lotus sales. 2 Quote 88 Esprit NA, 89 Esprit Turbo SE, Evora, Evora S, Evora IPS, Evora S IPS, Evora S IPS SR, Evora 400, Elise S1, Elise S1 111s, Evora GT410 Sport Evora NA For forum issues, please contact the Moderators. I will aim to respond to emails/PM's Mon-Fri 9-6 GMT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcdonaa Posted December 18, 2022 Report Share Posted December 18, 2022 Is there a rough break down of where in the world the other 85% go? I'm surprised more aren't sold in the UK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bibs Posted December 18, 2022 Popular Post Report Share Posted December 18, 2022 I doubt they'll share exact numbers but this is from a press release last year... The top 10 Lotus markets globally were: Position Market 1 USA 2 Japan 3 UK 4 Germany 5 France 6 Italy 7 Australia 8 Belgium 9 Switzerland 10 China 3 Quote 88 Esprit NA, 89 Esprit Turbo SE, Evora, Evora S, Evora IPS, Evora S IPS, Evora S IPS SR, Evora 400, Elise S1, Elise S1 111s, Evora GT410 Sport Evora NA For forum issues, please contact the Moderators. I will aim to respond to emails/PM's Mon-Fri 9-6 GMT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcdonaa Posted December 18, 2022 Report Share Posted December 18, 2022 Thanks Bibs...interesting. I would have thought the Evora was a rarer car in the US than the UK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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