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Was the system you were playing with new or one that had had change to properly bed in? I've seen multiple reports that the KEF system improves over time. So when you get your car you may need some patience before coming to a conclusion.

I think part of the issue may have been around price point, with the FE being fully loaded it was a much more expensive prospect than if they'd launched with the base model. I imagine if the initial reviews had been comparing a £60k Emira to a similarly priced Cayman then it could have been a...

I would find it hard to believe that emissions were the issue here with respect to type approval, it is a Euro 6 engine, much better emissions figures than some other cars new to market (eg the Ferrari Purosangue with it's naturally aspirated V12). I think any approval delays have to be from...

I wouldn't read that much into it from what customer care say about the VIN, there will for sure be people at Lotus who do know what the assignment means, but that doesn't mean that the customer care team have authority to say anything about it or even have been given the relevant information...

The reason given in the eCoty Absentees section was that it was due to "a lack of resource in terms of cars on the press fleet and people to prepare a car for test." Now, it has been said on here that following the first reviews they've been reworking aspects of the transmission, so I wonder if...

I wouldn't read too much into it, rotating the display to keep it from being stagnant is probably part of it. There was an Emira there less than a month ago when I was down in London and winter won't be the ideal time to be pushing a sports car. As others have said the Evija is the flagship...

I'm planning on getting PPF plus ceramic on mine when it eventually arrives. Would be the first time I've got a car PPFed so can't comment on installers in the NE. With no Lotus dealer in the NE I've been in touch with Topaz in Leeds who I'm thinking of going with in part because if I decide...

It's impossible to say really, I contacted Lotus CC to see if they could give any information as to what (if anything) the VIN against my order means, but they weren't able to give any information. Thought it was worth an ask, but wasn't surprised that it didn't get me anywhere! That said...

I've got a VIN against my order, I noticed it on there a fair while back but can't remember exactly when it went up. I'm sure I remember being told that my car was expected to enter production before the end of this year after the Oct 23 timeline had been missed whilst simultaneously spotting...

Well following the Pistonheads article mentioned in another thread I emailed Lotus CC to chase regarding my order, and as a result have now had the scripted call from them, along with an apology for not having been contacted as of yet. Nothing new to add information wise, they're still saying...

Harry's now put up a review of the Eletre on his channel: Seems that it is significantly hampered by its range.

It's been well discussed on the race to the first I4 thread. The interesting point to me in that article is that it says all in the UK with orders should have been contacted, well that's definitely not true, I haven't heard anything from Lotus yet...

I wouldn't be surprised if there are limitations as to how far Mercedes will be willing to go with the tuning of the DCT as part of a stock solution for the Emira, they must have the A45S stock gearbox tune as it is for a reason. I would expect that for the most responsive setup it is likely...

I think all customer Emiras have black/yellow emblems? Going back and looking at some of the early car delivery & collection threads it does seem to be the case (eg Shaank's first factory collection).

Carbon fibre is a composite material formed from combining the woven carbon fibre fabric with a polymer resin (which most likely would be an epoxy). In this case Aerie have said they're using pre-preg carbon fibre where the resin is impregnated into the fibre fabric prior to layup. They will...

They updated the website, the My Lotus login that you navigate to on the website won't have your order. Any orders placed before 15th November need to use the following link to view the order (it is mentioned on the sign in to My Lotus page but in relatively small text)...

The button positioning gets swapped according to market, with the drive mode selection switch closest to the driver. Image below from TopGear review of I4:

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but from the information provided to dealers that was discussed in the USA/Canada thread the I4 is now not expected in NA until early 2025.

I'd agree, I was down in London last week and managed to stop by the showroom myself. I had been unsure of the Emeya from pictures but seeing it in person I was impressed. Though I was partially expecting that to be the case as I had had something similar with the Eletre previously! The Emira...

Looking at the document you linked in the USA/Canada Delivery Thread the submission to the NHTSA is related to the V6 rather than the I4, it does not guarantee that US I4s will have the M designation, they could add alternative letters down the line when submitting the paperwork for the I4...

That's certainly not the most helpful error message, something to do with Park would seem most obvious as DJManc says. Unless you've somehow got a diesel Emira that needs topping up with AdBlue (which is a solution of urea in water) 😜

It is a label attached to the window of the car that displays a variety of information about the car (including equipment, pricing etc) that is legally mandated in the US. (Wiki: Monroney sticker)

I just think they've gone overkill on making sure the US customers keep having to wait to see a production vehicle with the US-spec amber strip in the headlights ;)

I'm similar, the delay is frustrating but I still want the car! Indeed, it really is a thankless task for them, they're not responsible for the situation but they're the ones having to deal with a lot of frustrated customers. I certainly have no intention of making their life any more difficult...

I'm not cancelling but I haven't even had the call from Lotus yet!

Equally though there's still approval issues in NA for the V6 and cars have been in customer hands for over a year elsewhere in the world, yet alone counting development time before then... Something has gone seriously awry with type approval at Lotus, and it looks like some people have either...

The guy who posted it is a journalist so it is a press car. And looking at the numberplate (from one of his other posts) it is actually the same car that was in the Harry's Garage video: I guess one question is if Lotus have given the I4 to a journalist at this time, have they carried out any...

It might be local, I've seen a Nimbus Emira in County Durham a few weeks back leaving the same housing estate as me, think it may have been a '23 plate, possibly the same one! I'd overheard some workmen on the estate talking about a Lotus previously, so keeping my eyes out for it again. More...

I've not had a call from Lotus yet either, still waiting, see if I'm contacted next week. In other non-news my father was stopping by JCT600 in Bradford earlier so I asked him to see if they knew about the delay and the guy he was speaking to there didn't seem to know anything about things...

I wonder if this will have any impact on cat deletes in the UK, a company was successfully taken to court by the DVSA for performing cat delete and remap. Auto Express Story

Thanks, that's useful to know about, redirects to the same link I gave above. They really could do with adding a redirect within the new My Lotus section as well. The new site actually remembers a login this time so I had to sign out of it to see the redirect!

Things seemed to get messed up when they updated the website which doesn't seem to pull details over correctly. If you use the link below you should still be able to view your order details. https://www.lotuscars.com/en-GB/my-lotus/complete-purchase

I've no idea how the process works, but it may not be a certification fail instead they could perhaps have messed up the testing process somehow. This may then need time for additional testing to be carried out, verified etc which would then need to be re-submitted back into the process. I...

Emissions certifications are car specific not engine specific. The Emira is tuned differently to the A45S implementation and is a different weight, as such it is likely to put out different CO2 figures. More generally you can even see a difference in CO2 for some car models where the engine...

Delaying to the summer would indeed be strange: reviews of "production" cars back in August, emails going out giving a production month which for some people (including me) was earlier than initial estimates (though has since missed, of course) and cars being shipped to China. To go from being...

Was just playing around on the configurator and spotted that you can't currently place an order online for the I4 in the UK. After making a config you can only save the config or find a dealer, whereas if putting a V6 order together you can save the config or order now... I4: V6: Does this...

I was having a play with the updated configurator now it is live on the UK site and was interested to see that the service plan is now offered within the configurator, and against the I4 it has the price at £1,599... That said though, the enhance page on the website still lists the I4 service...