Recent content by JohnnyB

My build would be $7,300 more, but mine would have been a 2026 model because Lotus accepted my order in mid January so my car wouldn't have been produced for 2025 due to the delays.

I've had the same concern.

I feel for you because it was a sad day when I got my deposit returned. I'm still on my dealer's ZR1 list and if GM produces at least 4,000 ZR1's in the C8 cycle, I should get one. If not, maybe Lotus will put an AMG V8 in the Emira in a few years. Sure, the ZR1 and Emira are very different...

Sounds awesome!

I requested and received a refund of my deposit from my dealer in early April. For me, it's better to watch this unfold from the sideline.

My build for my 2025 V6 was close to 109K and I estimate that it would be 115K to 116K now.

Congratulations! Drive it in good health!

I haven't read the terms that you agreed to, but if Lotus isn't building and shipping US cars, I'd like to think that you can get your deposit back. My agreement with my dealer was that my deposit was refundable up to the point that Lotus issued the VIN for my car. I don't have a VIN, Lotus has...

The Emira's window sticker says that Japan is the country of origin for the engine and transmission.

I haven't reached out to my dealer and they haven't reached out to me either. I've felt all along that the tariffs are being used to negotiate new trade deals and my car isn't expected until sometime this summer. I don't see Lotus deciding to stop production while the UK government is in...

The toxicity from a politics sub forum will spill over to the rest of the forum, so I don't recommend creating a politics sub forum. Let's keep this thread open and focused on the impact of the tariff situation.

Trump has given the UK a compelling reason to on April 2nd.

The UK is negotiating with the US. It’ll work out.

When I ordered, I was given the two page Lotus USA pricing PDF and I have thought that there was a strong chance for those of us with orders in before the tariff announcement would be bound to the MSRP pricing we agreed to. However, I don't see the tariffs as being permanent, it's a negotiating...

As I mentioned above, there's been discussion that after orders are submitted for 2025 V6 production for the European market, the remaining inventory of V6 engines will be allocated for the US in 2026. If that is true, the last of the V6's will be for the US and thanks to CARB, there won't be a...