Some interesting info here, I placed my deposit in Dallas in Sept 2022 and I think I was 130-ish. Checked during their recent demo test drives in Oct 2023 and was I believe 70-ish. Got the email to submit final config early in December for an April build june/july delivery. No idea if the position on the list was mixed in with autos or if that many people cancelled. But still (happily) surprised none the less that I was able to get an FE2.0.
USA/Canada Delivery Thread
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From the most recent dealer meeting as relayed by @GatorMotorsport :
- 500 V6 Manual Emira are being shipped to North America now. These will arrive in several large batches, with the first due at port next week. We will receive an update on which cars are coming first in the next few days.
I suspect the concept we are all stuck on is "shipment", as in production batch, rather than "boat".
Based on the numbers, we are probably looking at the first shipment, or possibly the first and part of the second. I fully expect additional ships into Baltimore between now and mid-January with seemingly random numbers of FE 1.0 and FE 2.0 cars.
Like I said, some of the ORIGINAL 500 which were all FE 1.0's, and included automatics. The 500 manuals being shipped clearly have a mix of the original FE 1.0's and manual FE 2.0's.
I don’t know if this is already been covered, but I spoke to my dealer today, who is based in the north east, and is in a carb state. I understood from that conversation that no cars are going to carb states at this time. The non-carb states are receiving cars as we have seen, but when the dealer takes receivership of the car, they have to pay Lotus i.e. Lotus is trying to get a head-start on getting some money in. Having said that, the dealers are allowed to charge back a storage fee where necessary. Presumably, the carb dealers are legally allowed to pay for the cars.
That #70ish makes sense... after only 3 months I had moved to #68 from #110 but that didn't change much for the following year. So I must have moved considerably once people started getting the call to commit.... hence the 2.0. And they most be getting many more 2.0 then originally expected hence your 2.0! I think this i4 and Auto delay has benefits for anyone wanting the v6 maual. They will crank out as many v6 manuals they can (calling them V2) until CARB and the holdup is over on the Autos and i4. Then for anyone with a v6 manual base order in at that point it will be a waiting game until all the rest of the FE Auto and i4 orders are caught up. About 3 months before they switch over to building Autos and i4s again the FE V2 order confirmations will be done. Then finally base models will have a chance.
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I got to sit in mine today at Naples 
, so stoked. Can confirm they have a vivid, meridian, and zinc. Alex from Naples is the man, he pretended like mine hadn't arrived and surprised me with my car when I got there. The waiting is almost over folks!
, so stoked. Can confirm they have a vivid, meridian, and zinc. Alex from Naples is the man, he pretended like mine hadn't arrived and surprised me with my car when I got there. The waiting is almost over folks!
Any pics would be greatly appreciated!I got to sit in mine today at Naples
On flight, will provide asapAny pics would be greatly appreciated!
V2 is basically an oops edition. Sorry we said the vehicle will be under $100k and also we did not expect so many deposits and delays. But since we will be raising the cost and still nowhere near ready to hand over cars, yet alone implement the base model. Let's make true FE clients that thought they were buying into a special limited edition experience feel taken for a ride. They really should have given the FE buyers access to all the color options.
I agree but at a much increased price for those getting the F2.. I will take the lower price all day long. They did the same to Evora owners in 2010, when the cars did not sell & came out with a 11k+ rebate to lower entry cost. I picked up a loaded new 2011 Evora for 62k back then, it was a great price. .
LA Kimball
Member
Stunning color. Having owned a Persian Blue Exige S240 for many years this is one of the colors that makes me the most excited. I am a May 23 deposit so I am late to the party. Will probably get a base but want to be prepared. Anybody have a good picture of Osmium silver yet? Happy all you guys that have waited so long see the end in sight.
scc.131.fe
Emira Fiend
Under-promise and over-deliver.... there's a novel thought. Listening, Lotus?I got to sit in mine today at Naples
SONOFEMERY
Emira Fan
Any word on Galpin Lotus getting cars? My contact there doesn't give me much info. Last I heard I might see my car April-June. Hoping it might be a little sooner but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
They are saying February for 1.0 deliveries and no 2.0's in California until several months after that. Not sure I believe this as we have already seen 2.0's in the states and I am skeptical that if testing for CARB is slated for the end of January, approval will be given immediately.
Newguy1354
Well-known member
You mind if I ask how your experience has been with the Austin Lotus dealer? And who your salesperson is?
I deposited July 9th and still missed the 1.0s.
All USA cars I've seen have the black/yellow badges
But the same First Edition badges behind the doors?
Didn't realize those were different? They are all first editions, just a late batch.
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