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Personally, it irked me that for a supposedly 'analog' feeling sports car, the dash was completely digital and boring. That and the horrible stuck-on centre screen had me phoning for my deposit back the morning after I saw the car. Notice every single other dash above has a traditional-style rev...

I wouldn't bother. When I did this in another thread, the consensus was that Ferrari interiors are "like something Homer Simpson would design or a teenage boy" or "looks like something somebody in the 80's thought the future would look like". Said no professional reviewer of a modern Ferrari...

Yes, the 718 is definitely still being sold and deserves to be on this list. Sadly, the Ferrari F8 order book is now closed, due to volume of orders received - so there is no longer any mid-engined ICE Ferrari available (the 296GTB is hybrid).

Sure, here are a few taken by the dealer and one I took at a Ferrari track event (Silverstone); I haven't taken any more of my own.

I beg to differ. I bought my Ferrari last year, and could have had anything I wanted - I chose the 488 Spider. It is utterly exhilarating at road speeds - the massive low-down torque is intoxicating, and the steering feel, ride and body control are significantly better than the 458...

Well I need a new cat for my Elise. Lotus do not have any, can't say when they will, and if they did it would be £1,100 - just for the part!

I'm not sure I get it... So it's a strict four-seater, with rear seats that do not fold down to expand boot space? There doesn't appear to be any way to fit a roof rack to carry bikes. Sorry, but that doesn't even constitute an SUV for me. Maybe I'm just one of the few who actually uses my...

I'm not sure that Lotus have ever made anything clear about the Emira... But what is interesting - I don't recall seeing it discussed here but I have seen confirmed elsewhere - is that the i4 will not have the same hydraulic power steering as the V6. Again, information I don't think has been...

I would say definitely not with the standard seats. The general consensus seems to be, however, that a standard four point harness is very dangerous compared to a standard three point seat belt, for a number of reasons, including: 1. In a frontal impact, your body will submarine under the lap...

... just sayin': BTW I am a Lotus fan - I have a Burnt Orange S2 Elise SC which I love, and think is the best-looking car Lotus have ever made. I think it's really sad that Elise and Exige production is finished: they were real Lotus, unique cars the like of which you couldn't get anywhere else.

Sorry I got it wrong. Ferrari shipped 11,155 cars last year, double digit growth. Doesn't sound like a company 'just surviving' on its brand status! https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/ferrari-points-higher-profits-this-year-after-record-2021-shipments-2022-02-02/

... Yet somehow Ferrari still manage to sell nearly 8,500 of their ugly cars designed by a kid in junior high per year. Come on. The Emira bears absolutely no relation to a Lotus Elite or Elan, or a Jaguar. It looks like a Ferrari - and it's not just me; it's been said many, many times on this...

No I've not heard the KEF system - so I'm speccing the Bose system as it's technically equivalent (10 speakers). With absolutely no information from Lotus I can't see that anyone could justify saying it's equivalent to the Burmester high-end system. I have Bose specced in both my 911 and Macan...

You're not comparing apples to apples. There is absolutely no justification that the Emira's sound system will be in the same league as the £2,769 12-speaker + sub Burmester system from Porsche. I specced the uprated Bose 10-speaker system which is a much closer equivalent. The Emira has 14-way...

The 296 is not ugly - and it looks better in the flesh than in photos. But those two cover photos seem to have been taken to show off both cars' worst angles. ... And they have just started taking deposits for the 296 GTS/Spider! Styling preference is clearly a very personal thing. I think...

What am I supposed to have not read? What exactly do you have to add to a base Cayman GTS to meet Emira V6 spec and that have any weight penalty? You *can* add lots of extras to personalise your car, but the Cayman already has a lot of the things Lotus don't incorporate at least partly due to...

... But a Cayman GTS 4.0 is only 1,405kg. With a V6. A Ferrari F8 with 710bhp turbocharged V8 is 1,435kg. The Emira really is not light, in any way whatsoever.

I don't get this - how would the blue car even be drivable? There'd be no suspension travel. FWIW the wheel spacing on the white VP looks perfect. Why would you even want to buy a car that majors on its suspension setup, then completely alter it?

No mesh to view the gearchange linkage... maybe this did not make it to production.

I think "kind of nice" is a bit of an understatement. Every car the Emira is being compared with has adaptive dampers; with the Emira you have to choose which one you want... WITHOUT any official information from Lotus! It is absolutely ridiculous that to get any information on the (potentially...

Haha sorry - yes £1.675 (CAD $2.82, USD $2.22) - force of habit, fuel is priced in pence here. A full tank for my Macan is well into three figures.

That's nothing! I was charged the equivalent of CAD$ 283.9 / litre (£167.5) here in the UK the other day (admittedly for super unleaded).

Well there's a yellow car in China, a Red one (apparently not Magma) in Spain, so why not a random dark blue one in Dubai? There are clearly many more cars out there than the two show cars, and apparently they all fully running and registered.

The 430 is an absolutely cracking car. I'm interested though: why the Emira as well? What would make you choose to drive the Emira over the Ferrari? I couldn't answer this question, so went for an Elise instead.

I don't know if there's anything similar in the USA, but as soon as my daughter turned 11 I took her on a YoungDrive! lesson at Brands Hatch circuit. Basically a first driving lesson in a dual-control manual Mini. She absolutely loved it! We also have the Under 17 Car Club for ages 11+. They...

I get that they don't have the budget to design and build their own engine. That budget is given over to developing the EV platform. But take KTM as an example: they're using advanced Honda engines and transmissions in their cars, and are presumably targeting a way smaller market than the Emira...