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    The worst part about the Lotus Emira…

    One would hope that the Tillett reputation would have said all that, but well worth repeating! I've been sitting in Tilletts since about 2000 in my Caterham R500, fabulous seats. I did like my Emira test drive, but cancelled my order in the end. Seating position being one factor. The idea of...
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    New Emira SE announced

    In which case we are talking slightly at cross-purposes. I wasn't saying when the V6 will stop. I was saying that the received wisdom was that the higher performance variants were expected to come from the i4. Hence the use of the word "expected" as it's a future event! Time will tell. So...
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    New Emira SE announced

    In what way completely false? There isn't a higher performance version of the V6 Emira is there?
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    New Emira SE announced

    I thought we thought that the V6 had gone as far as it would go and that higher performance variants would come from the i4?
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    Why did you choose I4 over V6?

    I'm feeling sad that I cancelled my i4 hearing all the good things people are thinking to get out of it. It was only reasons of circumstance as I really don't drive anywhere at the moment on the road (most miles I do are in a motorhome!). It's good if we have generally moved on from the...
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    one less Emira on the road RIP

    Can the TC be turned off completely? In my test drive of the V6 I thought it wasn't as planted as I was expecting. The sales person told me that a previous punter on the test drive had spun the car on acceleration. Just left me with a slightly unsettled feeling about the good manners of the...
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    Race to the first i4

    Millions of them for many years. Very loud and annoying!
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    Race to the first i4

    My driving habits have changed hugely in the 3 years. I hardly drive anywhere and don't really do any recreational road driving at all. Even driving to race circuits has changed as Mrs R now comes too and we take our motorhome. So it would sit on the drive doing nothing but depreciating and...
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    Race to the first i4

    Just had a call from B&C to say they have my yellow i4 and could I arrange the pickup. I suspect it's the yellow car in the picture above. The embarrassing part is that I hadn't realised it was built and ready and I cancelled my order last week. I'm a bit sad, but it's the right choice for...
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    Paint

    Looks like the lovely Lotus osmosis of old!
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    At what point do I get annoyed ?

    The thing is that the dealer isn't the dealer. They are just a service unit in their relationship with you. If they'd sold you the car and it had all those issues and their service was poor, you'd show up, see the DP and explain a few things to them and they'd most likely care. Now there's no...
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    Lotus to cut 200 jobs as a result of disappointing 2022 sales and £145m losses

    Yes, lots of factors including no UK i4 deliveries till mid next year (and the rest I hear you all cry out!).
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    Lotus to cut 200 jobs as a result of disappointing 2022 sales and £145m losses

    I doubt it means much at all for the Emira, we know it has a limited life anyway. I'm not surprised about job cuts. When I toured the factory it looked like an old school British workplace. For every person actually working there were several standing around watching and chatting!
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    Race to the first i4

    There may be people much more in the know than me. We do know that there were some UK road legal ones (or one?) because they got in the hands of the press for reviews (or possibly slating!).
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    Race to the first i4

    I just had the call with the delay to the i4 until next summer. I was given the following email address: ukcustomercare@eu.lotuscars.com
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