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Cross-posting photo from Emira production is underway thread, since this is one of the better pictures we have seen of the "real" Magma Red. Looks pretty sharp to me! I also like how it really brightens up in the light (second photo).

Looks like the cupholder LED lights come on with the cabin light also (second photo), but are off otherwise. Maybe just another "feature" of the VP car. It's also possible the ambient lighting can be adjusted via car settings on touch screen. #ForThe Ambiance :D (I couldn't resist joining the...

I stumbled upon this article in the Wall Street Journal. No earth-shattering new news or anything, but I found the article enjoyable. https://www.wsj.com/articles/2022-lotus-emira-as-good-as-it-gets-11646974800 My favorite part: "After receiving a quick briefing on the controls, I exited the...

For me it was Magma Red the first day I heard about the Emira and went through the configurator - and it's Magma Red today. The other colors are all stunning in their own right, but I've always been partial to red as a color for a sports car. Orange is a close second, so if Chrome Orange was an...

Congrats! Very exciting and encouraging update. Hoping to be doing the same sometime this summer! Would love to see it if you ever make it up to Raleigh!

Always fun to see an Emira in the wild. Man, how starved for information and details are we when we jump for joy at a "Zapruder film" style video of our car? I was expecting to see Bigfoot and I saw a red Emira! :ROFLMAO:

According to the post below Atlanta Motorsports Park has a Lotus Driving Experience starting up in March 2022. I will be checking back at their site frequently for more details. I'm in the same boat - I want to learn some driving skills so I can properly appreciate this awesome machine...

or a COVID variant... :censored:

I suspect I'm in the minority on this forum, as I am returning to owning a true sports car after many years away. I have owned several Audis and have thoroughly enjoyed them, but this is going to be a different world for me. I am impressed (and a bit envious) by the breadth and depth of sports...

Lotus Éclair Lotus Ellipses Lotus Envy Lotus Eccentric Lotus Epistemology ...I'll be here all week :p

Which NC dealer is getting a car this spring? Am I correct in assuming this is the second phase of the "road show"?

I, too, have accepted my non-FE fate and have settled in for the 1+ year additional wait. I am thoroughly enjoying the excitement and banter of this forum and will celebrate as each and every fellow member takes delivery, resolved in the fact that my time will come. Not going to lie, though...

Very cool post @eclat2emira. Way back in the day I used to fancy myself an amateur car designer and would spend hours drawing wild looking sports cars for fun. I knew what I liked, but reading your analysis, I now understand a bit more why. I was always fascinated by the stark contrast of the...

Same here. Very consistent with what I heard from my dealer. It's encouraging that we're beginning to see corroboration of some of the details.

Wow - thanks, @LotusAmateur ! I'm overwhelmed by the generosity here on this forum! I will definitely let you know as the date approaches!

That is very generous of you @TomE !! Unfortunately, I’ll be in a plane back to the states that afternoon. But very kind of you to offer!! I’m hoping I’ll have a stroke of luck and catch one of you early delivery folks out for a jaunt in late June/early July up in the Lake District or Yorkshire...

Oh man! I am going to be in the Heathrow area July 9-10, returning from our trip. If timing worked I would have totally found a way to do a detour out to Marlow to see this spectacle. I'm sure there will be a million photos from it, though, so I'll have something to look forward to when I get home!

Do you think??? :p

A wise person once said "don't ascribe to malice that which can be explained by incompetence". :) What we have is a new car model from a small company that has created an absolute sensation and a stunning demand. We're all here because we frankly can't get our hands on this car soon enough...

@TXEMIRA , the #hashtag king, for the win :LOL:

My wife and I are doing the 195 mile Coast-to-Coast walk from St. Bees to Robin Hoods Bay in June. I'll keep an ear out for a wailing V6 in the distance. :D If you stop and see a couple hikers ogling your car you'll know who it is.

Correct, it seems most, if not all, of deposits they have are for V6 (including me) so all the V6 FE slots are spoken for. Believe me, after reading all of the intensity on the various I4 threads I was just hoping there might be enough I4 deposits ahead of me for me to sneak into the V6 FE...

It does seem that the picture is beginning to take shape regarding US FE allocations and ordering. For what it's worth, I too just spoke with my sales guy Daniel at Lotus Charlotte and received the following, which seems consistent with what others here have shared. Their FE allocation was 14...

Nice Ferrari, dude! :ROFLMAO:

This process is definitely equal parts exciting, nerve-wracking and baffling. It's like some sort of "Squid Game" approach to selling cars (albeit nobody is dying - we're just dying to get our hands on the car we all love :)). I'm in an awkward spot, having selected one of the "new" dealers...

Very sharp indeed. Love the new outdoor renders at "Chapman Corners" - nice touch. :)

Yeah, I will confess to having more than my share of roadside stories, including an epic debacle having an alternator crap out on I-95 in Lumberton, North Carolina and another involving an emergency brake job in my brother's base housing driveway at the Marine Corps Air Station in Beaufort, SC...

I'm in a similar camp too. I have reached a point where such a purchase is feasible for me and it's probably the only really extravagant purchase I have ever made. Although, I guess my screen-accurate Darth Vader costume falls into this category... Let's call it the second extravagant purchase...

All USA FE deposit holders (except me) should change to the i4 specification. :p:p

Me trying the variations using the @scoates method :D