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Unlikely to show up this soon, usually takes a while before bubbles appear. 1 year on mine, July 2023 car which sites outside all year.

I take it you mean a second hand 650s since they stopped production in 2017? Hardly a reasonable comparison, although I sort of understand to your feeling about it.

Ah, the voice of reason, thank you!

This might sound obvious, but I assume the price displayed is for one only, hence at current price of £79.99 it's £159.98 + shipping?

Oh yes, the Mustang SUV abomination that Ford are selling in Europe - makes me cringe. It's funny because MG continues as a brand in the UK, but it's badge engineered Chinese SUVs. No true MG enthusiast would buy one. However, the new MG Cyberster electric sports car does look interesting, if...

The Lotus Elon ...........

A couple of weeks ago I heard that Lotus are planning to move the design function from Coventry (UK) to Europe and production is going to be moved away from Hethel, apart from special projects (but with no timescales). However despite the above, and the recent media reports, like most of you I...

I'm up for Grounds on 20th July, coming from Norwich. Fabrice in MK - maybe.

I thought the Emira hadn't been crash tested, at least not Euro NCAP?

When Starmer was interviewed on British TV he gave the impression that the deal left scope for the limit to be increased. To use one of Trump's favourite expressions "We'll see what happens"!

Yes, me too. I was told that Lotus instructed the dealer to replace both doors. Mine only had bubbling on passenger door. Now I've got to get the whistle at 70mph from the passenger door fixed.

BBC News - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn91dxzv4pnt US removes tariffs on UK steel and aluminium, and cuts car rate to 10%, as Trump and Starmer unveil deal - follow live - BBC News Not perfect but better than 25%.

Think I called Lotus Assistance on 0800 279 7979 if you want to check yourself.

Yes it does, I checked by phone, spoke to the AA people who handle the Lotus breakdowns.

I agree, but exposure to moisture could be what triggers the bubbling, even though it's not the root cause.

Yup, wonderful thing hindsight.

Well, if they'd gone with (the wrong) one, they'd have had even more problems.

Am I the only one who is wondering where the supply of used ones comes from for a relatively recent donor car?

That depends on what you define a "UK brand" to be. It hasn't been a UK owned brand for many years, but it is still a brand with a UK base. Brands are somewhat of a nonsense these days, given the brand can be traded without any real connection to the people and organisation that built the brand...

Yeah, just a bit interesting! I don't yet understand the practicalities of it, or where it leaves Lotus UK, Lotus as Brand, Lotus having factories in UK and China etc

Don't think so, it's a tariff on imports, so applied at the border.

Well, as Aston Martin have been mentioned as one of the manufacturers who would be exempted, and they produce around 6,000 cars a year, it would appear that a 2,500 limit is not what the UK Govt have in mind.

Guardian headline this morning: "Donald Trump rejects EU’s proposals for ‘zero for zero’ tariffs deal on cars and industrial goods. US president tells reporters offer ‘is not good enough’, putting further dent in European hopes for negotiated solution instead of trade war". Oh well....... Hope...

I'm interested, would be great if someone could find the OEM part numbers so we could order locally. Lots of the touch sensitive ones seem to be available on the usual places (ebay etc) which isn't of much use. We don't have Lynk & Co in the UK, but we do have Volvo.........

It's Lynk & Co in case anyone is searching for them.

Depends on who you believe, this is from Autorola: "Used car prices will rise in 2025 as a result of a shortfall of cars compared with pre-Covid levels, according to Autorola. As a consequence of Covid-19, the market saw just 1.61m new cars registered. Now, 2025 may face a shortfall of between...

The word used was "pausing", although it's a very subtle difference.

They are possibly extrapolating from the first years depreciation, which is pretty dumb.

That's weird, because mine (man V6) only auto engages the parking brake when the engine is switched off, which is what the handbook says should happen. Hill start assist should keep the parking brake on until you pull away (or 2 secs elapses) but the parking brake light doesn't come on with hill...

When curiosity gets the better of you.....

Ford make cars IN Europe and sell a lot in the UK GM used to, until they sold out to Stellantis. GM also used to own Lotus. Main reason US cars wouldn't sell in the UK is they don't cope well with UK roads which have rather a lot of bends, curiously something which Lotus have excelled at! My...

No, they are all composite, definitely not aluminium. Chassis is bonded aluminium if that's what you are thinking of. That's made in Norwich by Lotus, a few miles away from Hethel.

Curious - so what are the other panels made of if not composite?

Fair comment about the 10% import duty but the 20% VAT is on ALL cars sold, in fact on most goods sold in the UK, so I fail to see how that is relevant to this discussion.

It's not the paint, it's defective manufacture of the doors, ineffective sealing resulting in moisture lifting the paint. If it was just a paint defect the doors wouldn't need to be replaced.

Nice pair of pictures highlighting Magma's (as with some other Emira colours) dual personality. I have almost identical spec, except for red calipers. I agree it looks stunning, but then ......

Strange - my Emira was assessed when in for a service in Sep 2024, door(s) ordered. Dealer contacted me in Dec, as doors had been received, to arrange replacement. They had two months lead time on the body shop (seems to be their standard lead time for everything), and it is in now having both...

The article was published yesterday, but I agree that it contains both dated and up to date information (which is typical for the Eastern Daily Press!). I thought the temporary suspension of production to gear up for the "new" models might be of interest.

Headline of article just published in local (East Anglia, England) newspaper. But don't worry, it's temporary. Text reads: Lotus has suspended the production of one of its sports cars at its Norfolk factory, sending staff home. The Hethel-based car manufacturer has temporarily paused...