Recent content by centerpunch

https://www.lotuscars.com/en-US/emira/clark-edition

Interesting to look at historic sales of other remarkable cars: the Elise/Exige and the Acura NSX. Each sold in (relatively) big numbers the first two years, then dropped off to almost nothing. My 2001 NSX is one of only 166. Below are charts of US production for both. I put together the NSX...

Aftermarket solution to allow smaller diameter wheels: https://www.emiraforum.com/threads/darkworks-pbr-parking-brake-relocator-rotator.7068/

The inability to run smaller wheels was one reason I cancelled my Emira. (Square steering wheel and the Atari-esque dash were two others lol…). Anyway, this old thread I did shows renderings of smaller wheels and calculations of possible 19” and 18” tire sizes. You’re welcome...

Lotus Ltd is the national club. Their annual national meet moves around year to year and is hosted in conjunction with local clubs. https://www.lotusltd.org/webinar-registration

Just for grins I took the current data from Nova's spreadsheet, here are the totals by year (to date). .

Maybe a mod could change the subject line of this thread to something descriptive of the content, like: Very happy with addition of Alpine tweeters

Looking at Nova's tracking sheet, it's interesting and/or weird to see that in 2025, not a single 4-cylinder car has been shipped to US or Canada.

Sorry making 4038 Ford GTs isn’t a good enough resume for you lol.

They should have hired Steve Saleen to set up the Emira factory. Maybe they still should. When Ford decided to make the 2005-2006 Ford GT, they hired him to set up a small factory to build the cars for two years. He did a great job, they built 2000 cars a year, and those cars were very high...

I know this was covered as an update to the thread titled “Matt Windle Promoted,” but easy to miss there, and seems significant enough to deserve its own thread. https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/business-corporate/exclusive-lotus-name-china-boss-replacement-matt-windle