Thanks to Gator for being good stewards of customer cars. This entire process has been a case study in mismanagment on Lotus' part, so at least Gator and other responsible dealers are doing what they can to honor their customers significant investments. Much appreciated Gator!!
Seems like Lotus' communications are still hit or miss. Not sure how they parce out which customers get email updates and which ones don't. Seems to me that all current deposit holder regardless of production timeline should be getting updates. That's certainly not happening
So that begs the question...Why the baffles for the GT and not the Emira? At some point and for some reason Lotus thought the V6 needed baffles. Now they switch back to a stock Toyota sump. Except for cost cutting it doesn't really make sense.
I guess if any track driven Emiras start...
Alot of early position holders have bailed leaving the dealers with cars that aren't spoken for. Not surprising since Lotus is world renowned for its superior communications and customer service.
I think there's a really good chance the Emira will be in production longer than expected or planned. Lotus will get to see what a colossal failure the 2025 EV porsche boxster/cayman is shaping up to be and might just pump the breaks on its all-electric sports car future. Used EV's residual...
I have zero faith in the California tree hugging pencil pushers at CARB to do anything "on time". My guess it'll be done the last possible minute and in the interim they'll look for any excuse to kick it back to Lotus.
Not trying to be positive or negative....Just pragmatic:-)
Its the end of the "ICE" age...So for a car that looks this good, has a manual transmission, hydraulic steering, has wireless apple carplay, and is the most focused drivers car on sale today...ITS WORTH THE WAIT!!
Black Pack option includes Black Exhaust Tips. The non black pack cars come with a brushed stainless tip. Rather than spending $400-500 in replacement tips it makes much more sense to swap out with another Emria owner who also prefers the opposite. If anyone is interested in swapping with...