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To be fair, the video is really good in my opinion and for the most part about the history of Lotus. It's really worth a watch. The title however is a bit too much clickbait, but I got his idea/concern.

As said, the 430 GT and such are no base models, equivalent to the GT2 RS, so they are no comparison. You state that the 992 Carrera is quicker than the previous S, the 992 GT3 is quicker than the previous GT3 RS, and yet they have less hp (992 C 385, 991.2 CS 420, 992 GT3 500, 991.2 GT3 RS...

I think @Eagle7 is right. The first Evora was 280 hp, the first Emira has 400. That's quite a jump (which is of course reasonable considering that the first Evora came out 13 years ago). Comparing it to Porsche, the last iteration of the 991.2 had 700 hp (GT 2 RS) and the first 992 had only 385...

That’s nothing special For EVs. In most cases you can control the amount of regenerative braking via the paddles.

Radford might be another option in the GT3 price and power range ;) But yeah, options are very limited indeed. No major manufacturer is offering a high powered manual sports car anymore.

Those are the same cast wheels that are on the shadow grey dynamic show car, only in a different color.

It wasn't meant to offend anybody of course, it's just a fact that the average US road looks a bit different to UK b roads or in the black forest here in Germany or the like. Some U.A.E. guys wanted more hp as well. Their roads are perfectly even, wide, and drawn with a ruler.

Nope, not allowed anymore in the EU to control your flaps manually. They are now controlled automatically by the car and open at certain RPM/throttle input depending on the drive mode as well. TomE explained the behavior of the valves in his writing about the different drive modes. Edit: here's...

Of course there are better options if you are looking for the best $ to hp ratio. What I tend to think when I'm looking at your locations is that the people that want more power are mostly from the US. It might have something to to with you having wider and more open roads, going straight ahead...

Well in Germany BMW charges 56.000€ plus extras, roughly 12.000€ to match the Emira. That makes 68.000€ for the BMW and 95.000€ for the Emira. 0-60 is rated at 4.3 seconds (BMW website), in the V6 FE spec sheet the Emira is also rated at 4.3 seconds. The BMW can only do this 0-60 time due to...

It doesn't need it, you just think that you want it, because that's how people are ;) Btw. which 1/2 price BMW do you mean? I can't find it, but I want it.

You are right of course, but we are talking about very subtle changes in that scenario of changing the cups. That was just the point I wanted to make and what I was talking about. I'm a 100% sure that nobody could ever feel the difference, especially not on the road. On the other hand, if you...

Each to their own. Lowering a car 18mm without changing any suspension components certainly won't blow the engine or alike. I also didn't say that lowering CG is always beneficial. I said it is beneficial to lower CG, if EVERY other parameter stays the same. Changing the cups is doing exactly...

That's right, but the cups work without the spacers as well. Just another part for better looks ;) And we could get philosophical about how those are changing the cars behavior as well, because they are adding rotational mass and widen the track of the car, but if they are this tiny, you will...

As I said, it is completely irrelevant how the inners of the dampers are set up, because the lowering cups don't change anything, neither to the dampers nor to the springs. They just put the plate where the spring sits on to a lower position. Due to the weight of the car, the springs will be...

The inners don't count when talking about lowering cups ;) They just make the springs have less tension and therefore the car sinks down a bit, until the springs have their tension back. of course the dampers are a bit more compressed then, but that doesn't change the characteristics. At least...

I think he was talking about lowering cup kits. The Evora has the same dampers (in terms of dimensions), so the cups will fit the Emira as well and do the same thing (lowering the car 18mm or so). I think they are also a good option for small money and don't change how the car behaves. It just...

I am completely sure that it will drive great, however I also thought about lowering it just because it will look better, but of course I don't want to make it ride worse. That's why I hope that it will just look fine with it's standard ride height. If not, I will wait for KW building custom...

As far as I know we can get out of our contracts until 30 days before delivery because of the fact that we have to commit before knowing everything we might want to know about the car. What we will definitely get before we have to pay anything are the press reviews. If they are good, there is no...

True, but if sound is important to you, only this years V6 FE will give you the full experience.

I would answer this post if it wouldn't be at the highest level of silliness. Why do some people always think that they know what others want? I mean I understand the Dunning-Kruger-Effect, but I really hate it, because I have to observe it many times every day... I look at the power thing like...

Well it is July for me, and of course I only start to believe it when I see the car standing in front of me. Spec is confirmed, so I just hope it will all work out. Nowadays there are too many what ifs to allow me to feel sure about a fixed delivery date. This is not the fault of Lotus however...

I don't get this whole discussing... Comms were and still are bad, got it. They are not showing the pictures, but assuming that they are not dumb it might be for a reason. Another thing that some of you have to realize is that this problem only exists for a few hundred people that have to lock...

@xen I don't get it why you are still here in the forum if all you can do is criticize everything that Lotus is doing? It's getting boring 🥱

Yeah, no manual would have been so Lotus!

What you and the other guy with the cryptic name don't get is that it just isn't a shortcoming for everyone of us. It might be for you, and that's fine, but I for example see me driving the Emira on twisty roads, tight race tracks and on road trips where I won't scare my co-driver to death when...

and as a standard you get 3 years no matter which country you live in?

I'd say if a door gets bumped onto a composite panel, it doesn't care about it as long as it's not an edge that get's hit, but the paint might have a scratch then.

dual action is safe. rotary works as well, but is trickier. It would be nonsense to just polish the car without putting some thought into it and then go to the paintshop. It's no secret that rotary polishers generate a lot of heat ad it's no secret that metal conducts heat better than plastic...

just be careful. And better use a dual action polishing machine.

It would take you like 5 seconds on one spot to remove all the paint ;) not so funny

If you consider polishing your car, there is a tiny difference, especially if you use a rotary polisher. There's quite a bit of heat generated when polishing, and a steel and especially an aluminium panel works kind of like a heat sink, which the composite panel does not. Therefore you have to...

No worries, we all remember as you mention it in every post 👍🏻 Nevertheless I would like it for example if the car could recognize road signs.

@ADC Some persons just have a very strong opinion on certain things. Mostly they have a strong opinion on everything. And they are always right of course. So shame on you for choosing a high end state of the art powertrain!

I rather hope that Sports is not measurably harsher than Touring for my back end, because I switched last second from Touring to Sports. I guess the differences will be small both on road and track. Probably a bit more roll on Touring and a bit stiffer springs on Sports plus a bit more...

The Emira also is way wider than any other Lotus, which should help on track as well.

Just about every muscle car, every American SUV, every American saloon and every Corvette are supercharged in their respective highest engine spec.

Most of the time the opinion that 99% of the world‘s population stick to and that are proven to be evident are not a narrative, but facts. And by the way: this contemptible guy just realized that he f***ed up and apologized. Not for the first time, as far as I know, and as far as I‘m informed...

It really hurts to have you here. You should google the „Dunning-Kruger-Effect“ as you feel so confident about what you‘re saying and think that you are a very smart guy.