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Thanks for sharing! Any idea if this is the first or the 2nd batch? Yesterday’s news implied they were on the way from Baltimore, so anything coming by ship now would be the 2nd batch. When I spoked to Gentry over the last couple weeks they weren’t sure whether their FE V1s were sitting...

The Canada news is true, unless the dealers have been misinformed by Lotus (equally possible lol).

Does this have anything to do with disconnecting the battery for winter storage? Will this be an issue?

I‘ve heard from many places that dealers just received final allocations. Perhaps the discrepancy is that this could be for other markets like EU/UK? I have a 2.0 submitted in September for March build and the dealer latest update shows “locked” meaning in production, while they appeared to...

Just got back from the auto show which started today, Gentry is set up there so that’s why you won’t be getting the normal folks at the dealership. They really don’t know anything we don’t know, and he did tell me there’s a rep for Canada so that’s why they may not get the same updates as the...

Really nice comparison Evora GT/Emira

I have the first deposit for the Eletre at my dealer and absolutely no word of so much as specking one. If 45 have arrived those must be all the NA dealer cars.

Exactly 1000 days from Goodwood July 6 reveal will be April Fools Day. My money is deliveries on that day with some software glitch that prevents the cars from running 🤣

I would think you’d be coming up for an order “soon”. Who did you deal with there? I’d suggest reaching out to them or dropping by to see where you stand.

My friend who knows I was a July 21 deposit told me he got a GT4RS allocation a month ago and called me this week to tell me he already got his VIN to rub it in 🤣. He still says my Emira isn’t real lol.

They will also be at the car show opening day next Friday…

The Toronto car show starts a week today and given Gentry will be there I plan to go for a visit and hopefully get some updates at the same time. I would imagine they and or Lotus will have pressed to have info for visitors at the show and even perhaps have their dealer demo in time to have at...

Nope.

The difference is that Porsche likely has an in house team while Lotus hired a millennial run boutique PR company with a know it all attitude.

What would be really nice but I doubt it would be a framed rendering of your EMIRA signed - like what Harry got at his pickup shown in that video.

Eletre is actually an incredible car, I’m basically first in line at my dealer (but will have to punt it a bit due to EV charging unavailable to me at this time), haven’t heard anything about so much as pricing and configurator yet so supposed mid 2024 seems to be slipping farther and farther...

Taking bets if 1st customer get’s their car by day 1000 since Goodwood. Can’t make this up “Your starting date is July 6, 2021 so that means that 1000 days later would be April 1, 2024.” 🤣

Can’t find my order submission sheet at the moment but I believe it says privacy glass delete and “yes” on the sheet. Double checked it a few weeks ago when it came up. I also agree 100% the side is better without it and top line looks better one shade matching the roof - personal preference...

Congrats - can anyone clarify what the whole issue is with the double negative? Doesn’t having privacy glass delete checked mean NO privacy glass?

Maybe it’s an updated version - I’m in Canada so I only glanced at it awhile back to help with the wait for our cars lol. I do think I recall some notes made that states auto version only. Nothing has been said about the ADAS since launch and may be totally scrapped the way things are going...

Apologize for my lack of knowledge here but aren’t EU standards tighter? Or perhaps different. I may be totally wrong but I always thought EU was tighter and that NA car might get more throttle etc (but still have to pass CARB). I know for us in Canada they just go with the US certification.

Park assist is amazing, I know a lot of ppl aren’t a fan but they always park perfectly with no worry of scraped alloys - main reason I like it. That being said I had never remembered seeing that in the Emira, perhaps in the ADAS versions. I do know it’s supposed to have parking sensors that...

Just posted by Lotus Raleigh - to be taken with a grain of salt and probably just repeating Lotus old news. But for what it’s worth…they’re telling potential buyers today with no deposit they can have a car by fall.

Yup, around Nov 22 there was a dealer demo tour with a Lotus rep on site. They said they would be expecting cars in the next couple months and that I should expect my car around June 23 (I’m now FE 2 with a March build date). This was based on 5-6 cars per month and being around #30. So...

134 is the smaller EV SUV that will be made in Wuhan. 135 is the EV Emira replacement that will be made in Hethel. Before they launched the Eletre I believe it was said they’d each come out a year apart. I think Eletre was at Goodwood 2022 and Emeya ended up September 2023…my guess is type...

My 2 cents - they want to produce as many as they can pump out so they can start making the type 135 at Hethel as soon as 18 months from now. The type 134 should be unveiled in next 6 months and would then expect the Hethel EV a year later…

They will be last 🤣. July 21 deposit here…got a FE2 V6 manual order in Seneca, not in production yet.

My predictions (first to post): 1) First gift is received by FE 2.0 depositor in 2023. 2) First car delivered to FE 1.0 depositor in 2022 3) Second car delivered to FE 2.0 depositor in 2023

What comes first, first gift or first car?

The gift is a Lotus bracelet with a replica watch face that has “soon” etched on it.

What’s the advantage of MY 2024 vs 2025?

I think it’s a matter of personal preference for everyone. For me I think the side profile looks better without it and the rear overhead looks better with it. So those two kind of cancel each other out, and while it’s no Ferrari, as the last ICE car I love the idea of having the V6 manual with...

Gentry in Toronto would be 1st or 2nd depending on Vancouver for allocations. I know at one point they had over 200 deposits from what I heard but that was before they got to place any orders so I’m not sure where it sits now. I think most FE 1 depositors took theirs, seems like farther down...

Mine says YES, expecting visible engine :).

Can someone clarify? Privacy Glass Delete checked means no privacy glass right?

I’m planning to do without it and if I get pulled over hope to get off saying “I thought Doug Ford said they were no longer needed”.