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Just on the driver side for the Turbo.

Actually the delay in the early press review is pretty much the same as when you click anything on the touchscreen so it's probably the slow OS/processor but the only reason to go through the OS is to update the gear number on the instrument panel so they may have figured out a way to route the...

There was never any shift delays as the unit comes sealed from ANG so it shift just like it did in a A45S. But because of the slow OS and different datapath. It's take a fraction of a sec longer for the signal from the shift paddle to reach the TMU. There was an update that was released to...

With all the US 14 videos popping up and knowing that there're 10 i4 in the US/Canada. I pinged my sales contact to see if they will get access to one for test drives. While he's checking on that. He passed on the i4 is already in production and they expect 1st delivery in 8 weeks in the West Coast.

First try doing some senic shot with the car.. Loved the Magma Red seeing how it goes from a Burgundy to a much brighter red in the Sun and the details and curves really pops under the sun...

You can tell he's not fully up to date on the mira since he doesn't even know how to open the center compartment. All US i4 will be 400hp.

First US Emira i4 video from Carweek is up on Youtube.

Something went way wrong, we have had people getting their cars within 3 weeks after landing in Baltimore (east coast dealers. which dealer did you go through? The only thing I can think of is that they are a small dealership in an isolated area and they're waiting for more cars to arrive to...

The backlog from all the FE1.0 and early 2.0 stuck at port while waiting for CARB have now cleared so it should be less than 2 weeks for port clearance. Then anywhere from 1 week to 3 weeks to get to dealers. Smaller dealers (less frequent delivery) may take an additional week.

Yep, looks like there was a mass shipment to all the dealers. I picked one up for another owner close to me that didn't get one with his car when I took mine in for the 1K oil change last week.

Thanks. All the Emira colors are really nice looking so why would I want to have less of them. Black is overrated. 😁

First attempt at taking some scenic shots. This is up in the hills above Milpitas, California

This This is Lotus! They couldn't even get the spec on their own website to match with one page showing the i4 0-60 in 4.0 and another page showing it at 3.8. SO it's not a surprise that they messed up the submission to the NHTSA but as far as I know, the NHTSA submission is not critical as...

Original plan was for an i4 that would arrive this past June as a daily in Silicon Valley traffic and a 2nd deposit for a V6 manual during the last V6 production run that will be for weekends and collection value (they were still quoting 2027/28 last Sept when I ordered the i4). Then they...

To each his own, I passed on a 296GTB and decided to get 2 Emira. Just too much electronics assist on the current gen supercars.

That's why you buy both. I have a V6 manual now and an i4 coming in the 1st or 2nd production batch. Also, you don't buy an Emira for 0-60 time, you buy it for the handling and driver connection..

298 was submitted to the NHTSA from day one almost a year back (Oct 5th 2023). We were already suspecting that the US i4 will be 400hp then, but Lotus will not confirm until 6 weeks ago. This is from the PDF that they submitted to the NHTSA:

298Kw is 400hp, rest of the world (except China) gets the 268Kw which is 360hp.

And the AMG A139 is a much newer engine that was designed to meet current and upcoming UK and EU emission standards.

10 i4 arrived in US ports a couple weeks ago. They're meant for EPA/CARB and maybe press demos. I would not panic just yet since the 6+ months EPA/CARB process for the V6 manual also includes all DOT/NHTSA safety certifications for the Emira model as a whole and includes time lost when the key...

Total number of V6 FE for the US is probably around 2000 to 2500. there were 700 FE 1.0 and then when the 1st production was delayed, they releases another 900 FE 2.0 with additional colors. The when there was a further delay last Dec, an additional number of FE 2.0 allocation were released to...

VINs are probably already assigned to all Autos but there's no formal procedure to get those to the varies dealer.So it's all a bit random when the dealers will get those information except the formal notification once they're entered on a shipping manifest.

What is a 4 speed Lotus Emira?

Don't think so as the V6 auto went very smooth.. I think the initial delay for the V6 is not just EPA but also DOT safety issues( passenger side airbag sensor. etc) . now that the chassis have passed all safety standards. just certifying the i4 (which is a much more modern engine) should be bleeze.

10 i4 landed in the US early Aug, I'm sure some of them wen to get EPA approval, I'm trying to find out if Lotus will send the rest out as press or dealer demo. but it seems that Lotus US have not decided what to do with them yet.

Your VIN plate is assign to the chassis when it enter production. As I say, it's a dealer to dealer thing or even a country to country thing. Sure the formal notification is sent to the dealer once it's enter in a shipping manifest. But others have gotten their VIN before then. Auto?

The VIN is assigned when the car enters the production line. How soon you get that info varies from dealer to dealer depending on how proactive they' are.

Ah, you get a VIN when it enters production so it's not necessary "done", latest update from my dealer is that v6 AUTO are expected late Sept but that's West Coast so if you can probably expect yours mid Sept.

Not really. Before the delay and when i4 was due to arrive in Apr 24, My Dealer was down to 15 i4 FE allocation left on the 2nd/last FE production run as of the Nov 23 update before they receive additional allocation in Dec 23 when the delay was announced.

Are you still waiting? I think all FE 2.5 are done and they're setting up the line to produce V6 auto now.

How many albums do you have and do you have cover arts for your Albums? How long does it takes to load up your cover arts each time you start your car. I have over 40GB of music and it take 4-5 minutes before all the cover arts loads up.

I had the same problem when I first tried out my car with a USB-A Flash drive and the Sales doesn't know why either so I just left it with them since I won't pick the car up till the next day and they later sent me a video showing me how to switch.

Actually select USB2 as the USB-C is 1 and USB-A is 2