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So why are many threads here peppered with comments along the lines of "it looks like a Ferrari - people will think I'm driving a Ferrari" and "if I put Ferrari shield stickers on the wings no-one will know the difference?" I just don't get what the Emira is. It's softer than the previous...

The Mk 3 MR2 was prone to snap oversteer but I found it was hugely dependent on the tyres. I've owned four of them (still own one which I'm considering having built into a race car) and of the factory-approved tyres the Yokohamas gripped very well in the dry but gave absolutely no warning or...

There's been so much said about the Emira's 'supercar' looks here, but does anyone else think it's a shame it doesn't look like a Lotus? I think pretty much every car that Lotus has designed thus far has been unmistakably a Lotus: Esprit, Elan, Elise, Exige, Evora - they were all really...

Just as an aside, can we please stop doing this - the maths is wrong. VAT is a 20% tax added onto the gross value. So 20% VAT on £100 is £20, for a total of £120 including VAT. You can't just subtract 20% of £120 which would be £24 to go the other way - you only added 20% VAT on £100 which is...

I thought your point was "it's based on 30 year old+ technology called Merkle Trees, which sucked *then* and didn't get used for anything other than aggregating log files"... I just gave one example to the contrary, based on software that I and over 70 million other developers use every day.

Merkle Trees are widely used in software applications where data is stored and transferred between multiple computers, because they work and are efficient. For example, Git, which is used by over 40% of all professional software developers to collaborate and share source code, is based on Merkle...

I drove my Ferrari to Germany (Nürburgring). And now on to Spa-Francorchamp for the Belgian Grand Prix this weekend.

Without Tom's contributions, we would have known practically nothing about the car. Case in point: sport vs touring suspension. His efforts are much appreciated, and without them we'd all be shooting in the dark. You may be happy with that, but most of us aren't. I run a small business; I...

Since I started seriously tracking last year, I've been spending more and more time on circuits and thoroughly enjoying driving regularly at or near the limit. It's made me a slower (and more legal!) road driver as I get my kicks on track in a way that would just not be in any way sensible on...

I was talking about how the 2035 reprieve may apply to Lotus. It's academic, because Hethel isn't in the EU.

Isn't this all a bit academic? Hethel is in the UK, which is not in the EU, so this reprieve does not apply to Lotus. I've heard nothing about a UK policy change. I'm not sure of the legal status of the ICE sales ban, but either it would prevent Lotus from building cars at Hethel wherever the...

I don't think this is the case. From cars that I've owned: Make Country Side driven Filler cap side Porsche Germany Right Right Ferrari Italy Right Right Lotus (Elise) UK Left Right Toyota (MR2 Mk3) Japan Left Left Subaru (Impreza WRX) Japan Left Right I believe the Lotus Esprit...

This is where the Emira really loses out to Porsche. In the Cayman, you can choose whether you want the wheel controls or not, and you can choose whether you want the standard or GT (slightly smaller diameter) steering wheel. On the Lotus, you can't even get the contrast stitching / TDC stripe...

Driving off from a collision is technically illegal here in the UK too, but the police no longer treat it as an offence (unless someone is injured). Someone reversed into my Elise recently while having an altercation with another driver. They didn't stop, just drove off. I wasn't present, but an...

Indeed.... my EU exports are down over 90% since Brexit, and about 20% of the orders I do send are returned by the foreign postal service with no reason given. Small businesses that export have been utterly thrown under the bus. The official government advice, believe it or not: open an EU...

Yes, of course we are. We have been doing it since 1908! You can get a 'space weather' forecast from the Met Office in London: https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/specialist-forecasts/space-weather

...Except the Earth has its own magnetic field, generated by the molten iron in the core, which is literally a force field protecting us from space-borne radiation that would be lethal to all life. Magnetic field lines can not cross, so although the sun's magnetic field can interact with the...

Not sure about 'hi-fi' - any installation in a car is going to be severely compromised - but Leftism (Leftfield) definitely rates as a fantastic driving album. Also love Visions (Jakatta) and Behind the Sun and Chicane Chilled (Chicane) for a more chilled feel. I don't drive to aggressive music...

I'm very excited - I passed my ARDS test today so got my Interclub (formerly National B) race licence! Unfortunately I think I bought the wrong car... My Elise SC - which I adore on the track - puts out just over 240 bhp/ton, which makes it ineligible for the Elise Trophy or Lotus Cup UK, as...

Or another way to look at it: why compromise? Here are some cars that got 5/5 from Autocar: Alpine A110S Porsche Boxster 4.0 GTS Ferrari 458 or 488 Porsche 911 (991.2) GTS McLaren 720S ... In particular, interestingly I don't think I've heard the Boxster mentioned once on this forum - maybe...

EVO review states 394bhp, so apoarently six horses have galloped off since Lotus last released specs...

Wow, it just wouldn't occur to me to buy a car that we didn't both drive. Her fave is the 911 but she zips around in the Ferrari too. Only one she doesn't like is the Elise - she finds it uncomfortable. Did mean I had to forgo the Goldrake race seats in the 488 (they're sized (S/M/L) so...

I guess that's fine if only you drive the car. My wife and I are different sizes and enjoy quite different driving positions - electric seats with memory are a very useful thing to have, so that we're not fiddling around trying to get our seating position just so before every drive.

Actually, no we didn't. We were told definitively that it would lap quicker than the outgoing Evora.

^^^ This. Then there's the small point that you can spec a Porsche exactly how you like, as long as you have the budget. No TDC stripe available on the manual Emira steering wheel??? How does that even make sense? As it happens, I really like the look of both the 911 and Cayman - classy and...

Very nice - mine's a 911 C4S (and my daily) and a 488 Spider, but I agree, a great combination. Interesting that you moved your Exige on to make room for the Emira; I wasn't impressed when I saw the Emira, pulled my deposit and bought an Elise which I am super-happy with. A couple of thoughts...

Ahh, that's what it is - saw a padded envelope from B&C as I headed out this morning - wasn't expecting anything. Thing is, I pulled out and got my deposit back last September... but I'll use it for my Elise key!

That's not normal! Presumably that is on smaller winter wheels / tyres. This is the gap on my 991.2 C4S (completely stock, not lowered or messed about with in any way):

The UK government have banned the sale of ICE cars from 2030. I understand Emira production is planned to end in 2028, when it will be replaced by an all-electric lineup. So the Emira has five years from now (except we don't have any customer cars yet).

Mine doesn't, neither will it, neither would I have bought it if it did. I've yet to see a PPF job on any car that even approaches invisible, and visible film lips around corners, edges and details irritate me far more than an occasional stone chip would. I've heard bad things about the...

There is something a bit naff about everyone thinking they're getting a supercar at a fraction of the price just because of the way it looks. It's not even on the pace of a 22 year old Ferrari 360, which hits 60 in 3.7s.

Any modern (458 onward) Ferrari. The adjustable magnetorheological damping gives a ride that has been described as 'witchcraft' by Evo magazine.

https://www.emiraforum.com/threads/provisional-wltp-readings.841/ According to this, 26mpg combined for the V6FE.

For track driving you should be at '9 and 3'. Same goes for fast roads. Yes, I saw this in a video somewhere, shortly after I became aware of the Emira - that the gearstick was within a thumb-to-little-finger-span of the steering wheel. It was presented as a big deal. Funnily enough, my Mk3...

Absolutely - different strokes. I really, really wanted to love the Emira. Got my deposit down as soon as I saw it. But a supposedly analog drivers' car with literally nothing analog in the interior left me completely cold. My wife saw my face drop when I sat in it. I want a car to excite me and...