I have been in touch with my dealership regularly the past few weeks, because my order has been in limbo as well. However, in a massive stroke of luck for me, they happened to recently receive a few pre-tariff 2025 V6 manuals last week, one of which I really liked a lot. So I inquired about swapping out my order for this in stock model, and they were more than happy to accommodate my request. This works out fantastic for me, as I not only get a car in a great specification, but I also avoid any tariffs, was able to apply my order fee to this unit, and most importantly, I get to pick it up tomorrow morning - a WIN-WIN-WIN-WIN!
I too was worried about my car ever arriving, especially after hearing about layoffs at Lotus a few weeks ago. I began to think that the car might never arrive, or if it finally did, that it was going to cost much more than I would feel comfortable paying. I was at the point where I was ready to forego my deposit in order to find something before the last of the new 2025s dried up.
That said, if you really have your heart set on a new 2025, I would recommend combing each dealer website to find something you like at the potential risk of a loss of deposit. I was mentally prepared to do this, as I felt this would be a small fee to own possibly one of the very last reasonably affordable special cars to be imported into the US.
Best of luck!
