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We are in the same i4 “boat”, khiro❣️ (We must swim together, and avoid sinking‼️) Thanks for understanding my concerns and my humor 🤣🤣🤣

The brakes were excellent, and they were not too grabby at any speed; low or high. I assume the demo car has already been driven quite a few kilometers (although I completely forgot to take notice of the exact number of kilometers indicated.) My max speed (that I remember) was right below 150...

According to LCI Limited staff, the first i4 cars destined for Japan will be manufactured in early January and be shipped to Japan shortly thereafter. I am very early in the Japan queue for i4 FE. You probably know where your own place is. It would be nice if our cars arrive in the next few...

Thanks for your kind comment, Nick219. Yes, I believe I will get access to a V6 MT in the near future. I hope you understood that I got a fairly good impression of the car despite the minor criticism that I expressed. Even the connection with my iPhone worked most of the time. However, as a...

SO, IT FINALLY HAPPENED MORE THAN TWO YEARS AFTER I ORDERED THE EMIRA❣️ The Japan Lotus importer (LCI) trusted me to take one away and drive it wherever I wanted for about 3 hours. This was a shadow gray V6 Automatic with red interior. I am personally not a red interior fan, but thought I...

I have now gone through with my purchase of all available Jagon Carbon Parts for my (hopefully) upcoming RHD Emira i4. Lynne kindly helped me out with the last question of RHD vs LHD: Lynne said: <<About the center console inner panel RHD, it is still under development, so we will send other...

Maybe they’ve solved by driving in the middle of the road⁉️🤣🤣🤣 Asking trusty Wikipedia gave the answer: <<Colonies of Portugal, they opted for the 'British' side of the road due to proximity to British colonies. This may also be why Suriname, a former Dutch colony in South America, drives on...

My own idea, whenever my i4 magically appears 🤣🤣🤣, is to exchange the engine cover with one of the recently available carbon covers. At least one of these has a space where you can select what to print (possible done with a ‘sticker’) like for example ‘L O T U S’ - which I think is unnecessary...

Thanks for pointing out that I had mixed up RHD and LHD, JohnS. Just like in the UK, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, we also drive on the left side here in Japan (although this was never a British Colony - ha ha ha). In other words we have RHD cars and drive on the left side...

Thanks EMIRADILEMMA. However, I have not purchased yet. I have only received a price quote. I wanted to give it a few days to research exactly the type of issues that you mentioned since the i4 delivered to Japan, and I believe also the version for Singapore, are RHD, just like those for the UK...

Hi Nova: I actually had extensive text exchange with Lynne, who is doing a great job communicating in English all over the world. However, she may not have the technical background to understand everything about Lotus Emira. (After I made it clear my car was an i4, I was asked if it is an AT...

Hi Lynne at Jagon I have an i4 arriving (sooner, or most likely later) in Japan where I reside. What will my cost be for one of these including FedEx freight to Japan? Another question is regarding some apparently open slits/holes in your I4 engine bay cover. Since no i4 has ever been present...

Sorry to mistake a dedicated Lotus/Emira event with the actual event I am thinking of joining. The particular event I can participate in with a “non-Lotus” (I do have a red E93 335i Cabrio) I will join a specific Emira event after my i4 FE arrives. 【モーニングクルーズ開催のお知らせ】 12月10日（日）7:00～9:00...

What happened to the missing 0.375487 hp? BTW: it is not true that “all Asian markets gets 400 hp (or 298 kW). For example here in Japan we are only promised something like 365 hp (the 5 hp extra is again because of alternative calculation/convertion methods). However, if nobody complains...

I was also told about this by someone else, and I am considering to go if my application for participation (from now) will be accepted. Unfortunately my Emira continues to be pushed out, so I will have to go there in my lousy Alpina B3 Bi-Turbo Touring. At least it can carry multiple passengers...

Congratulations lynchy73 Great way to celebrate your 50th Nimbus with tan interior rocks A very beautiful & attractive combination

Thanks again lynchy73. Your clear explanations really help understanding what the conditions are like in China, so you are being incredibly helpful. As we are all aware of, the economic conditions in the world are changing right now, and while we Lotus-fans have been patiently waiting for our...

Thanks 🙏 for telling us forum members about this situation. However if there are lots of orphaned I4 at the same time as Lotus Cars are shipping more of them to China, one would believe that even the orphaned ones are finding new owners. It will probably depend on how well Lotus Cars along with...

Do anyone know how many I4 in total that has arrived in China so far? I assume there are now regular shipments each month. I continue to be very curious about the experiences you have with your I4 cars. I hope that the initial problems have been sorted out, and that recently arriving cars are...

Every information I have is that the i4 (First Edition) continues to be in production for those markets that are able to receive it, and locally homologate it, without prior EU approval. I have heard a rumor that the issues of delays and late deliveries in Europe (including UK) may be related to...

Today November 30 I talked to my Lotus salesman where I live (away from UK, EU, USA) and got the update that the Lotus build of my i4 is roughly 2 months delayed. It will now be built in early January 2024 instead off November 2023. I still steadfastedly continue to believe in that the i4 First...

Have your dealer told you that the inability of Japan market Emira to connect wirelessly to Android Auto Level, and I assume the similar function of Apple CarPlay, is a continuous non-fixable issue, or can we expect a fix through software updates or even exchange of some hardware. LCI Limited...

おめでとうございます 👏 CONGRATULATIONS 🎉

It’s about time for Matt to repeat his YouTube performance from a year ago. It is only reasonable that us customers get plausible explanations of the reasons.

LotusLex46: Thanks for sharing your abilities and facilities for creating original carbon parts for our cars on this forum. I think one version that needs this most desperately is the i4 2.0 Turbo that has a cheap looking engine cover that do not show any part of the engine. It has been pointed...

Thank you 0pirates0 I really appreciate your accurate information, and I acknowledge it is very important for us waiting for Emira i4 outside China (in my case it is in Tokyo, Japan)

Thanks for your update on i4, and congratulations with your Emira that you have now collected. It sounds like you are not personally experiencing any malfunction with your car, and that you are following the running-in procedures by using only tour-mode, and probably limiting rpm to the...

I am also sure that Lotus Cars with its Geely parent can afford to purchase and stock as many 2GR-FE engines as needed. The Lotus Group has announced that they will stop manufacturing and selling ICE cars by 2027. Also there is the issue of how long the emissions level (CARB etc) will allow cars...

We are unfortunately tired of waiting to take possession of what we already partly prepaid (at least 10%) for driving. So we demand to “pre-drive”. (Actually the other day I was offered to take the automatic shadow grey with red interior Emira press car for a spin. Unfortunately it did not work...

khiro: I originally ordered my i4 in July 2021, and I confirmed specs and paid 10% of purchase price is in April 2022 (the original deposit was deducted). I have been in occasional contact with my LCI salesman, and I was told in late July 2023 that my particular car will be made in November...

Technically speaking I do not (yet) consider my i4 FE to be delayed (according to the information and promises I have received from Japan importer LCI). When I signed the contract in April 2022, I was told that the car would be delivered “either in May 2023 or later”. The “later” was an...

According to repeated assurances by my LCI salesman, my i4 FE is scheduled to be manufactured this month of November 2023. (I am told it will take additional 3 - 4 months before I can actually take delivery). I am curious to hear if I get an actual confirmation from LCI by the end of this month...

Hi Andy H: I appreciate very much your attempt at a reasonable answer to my question(s). I personally think that Lotus CC saying i4 production is delayed until Q1 2024 must be limited to UK market delivery i4. My friend, who visited Hethel recently and had a factory tour, observed already...

Hi Andy H What makes you conclude that i4 cars delivered in winter will still have the old DCT software, while only cars delivered in early spring (and onwards) will have the revised DCT software? Do you have a source (even anonymous) for that statement? What I heard is that the current delays...

Hint: Anyone with an appointment to visit Hethel Lotus Retail can check this by enjoying pleasant conversation with the staff in charge there. You also get to observe the cars in stock ready for shipping, and it is equally easy to spot which has the ‘NYO’ and which don’t. I admit that I haven’t...

Celebrating my post #300 as a member of this wonderful Emiraforum Community, I have recently received trustable testimony that most of the reported problems with the i4 version of the Emira, including re-programming of the DCT gearbox, has indeed been sorted out and resolved. The only way to...