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Which is why I bailed, bought an 18 month old Alpine A110 with 7k on the clock and saved £25k. With the added bonus of driving it this week not Q3 2024 (possibly). The Base is a pricey car now.

Interesting as I’ve just done exactly the same thing and loving the Alpine.

Having decided to cancel my order after two years I have a UK number plate on retention that might be of interest to anyone with initials JF who has, or is waiting for, an Emira. The plate is JF60LOT. Message me if interested.👍

Well today is the 2nd anniversary of me placing a £2,000 ‘deposit’ on the new Lotus Emira. I was always in for the i4 Base with a couple of extras so around £65k OTR. I loved the car and was keen to support the iconic Lotus brand. But here we are 2 years on with a second price rise in two months...

I‘m of a similar mindset given the expected new price of the i4 Base (c£70k + taxes). It’s moved a long way as we’ve sat patiently waiting for two years.

Up another 5%. If you lock in by 11 August and don’t change spec then ‘old’ price holds. This is for First Editions only. No news on Base model prices but if they follow the FE’s then 15% up making the i4 Base £70k not £60k

Latest exchange with Lotus Customer Care this morning confirmed that letter received this week is meaningless so no January 2024 build date. Is really beyond Lotus to maintain two lists of i4 customers, one for the FE and one for the Base model?!🤬

Oh yes despite the CEO ‘promise’ of the piece you’ll pay will be the price when you paid your deposit. They’ve just flat reneged on that.

My deposit was 14 July 2021 and I got the same email today saying Q1 2024 - who knows what is happening. It makes as much sense as it ever has on this journey. All I want to do is buy a car😅🤷‍♂️

Very good😂

This year?!😅😢

That’s what I was told last week as well. Wasn’t massively reassured that the i4 Base ‘queue’ was as organised as it ought to be 🤷‍♂️

Does anyone know when we’ll start to see reviews of i4 and/or be able to test drive one? As a July 2021 deposit holder I’m hanging on to see if it’s as good as I’ve been hoping it will be for two years. Amazes me that anyone will cough up £70k plus on a car that hasn’t been tested yet.

As was Matt Windle’s video saying the price you’ll pay is the price quoted at the time you paid your ‘deposit’. Believe nothing.

Hard to argue with. The service has been dire coupled with the reversal of the price promise.