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There's a yellow one with 3000 miles on the clock for under £70k now. The whole sportscar supercar market is currently crashing. The cost of credit just made these toys twice as expensibe as they used to be.

Define "many".

I don't get these. So many nicer cars for a fraction of the cost. Too precious to use too expensive to exploit too delicate and dangerous to track. Its just bragging rights and investment right?

Bit brave to buy a six year old McLaren at a mileage approaching new clutch territory. Amajor attraction of the Emira to me is for that money it's got three years manufacturer warranty and a £600 a year fixed cost service plan plus everything is new and will nly be driven by me with my...

The yellow with no black pack and silver wheels is really doing it for me at the moment.

The manual Gearbox can't take more torque. It was designed to be a diesel Avensis gearbox. If you want an Emire to tune and increases power output then wait for the i4 which can easily and a reliably go to 550bhp and the gearbox is fine with that. Whether you can cool that in California is...

He's a massive twat.

I think Paganis are ugly, overstyled and embarrassing. They trade on their exorbitant price and rarity much like Italian clothing and jewellery - its all gauche. A bit Cheshire. A bit Armani jeans. A bit fake tan. The Emira and Lotus couldn't be more opposite in ethos and values. It was an...

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I popped into Litchfield tuning yesterday as its not far from my farm. They had just taken delivery of a Dark Verdant with tan leather on black wheels. It looked mighty fine. I took no pictures as I wasn't invited and was asking for a favour. My chat was interesting as they said they are...

He is simply the best video motoring journalist out there and with his position in life he doesn't have to worry about the advertising directors machinations over what to favour or what to criticise. It will be fascinating to see what he makes of the Emira given this guys broad spectrum of car...

Nimbus and red for me.

I think its very bold to buy a 6 year old McLaren. Some of the bills reported are eye watering and frankly is the whole business actually viable as we head into a world of EV's? I wonder if the likes of McLaren or Aston Martin can actually stomach the development costs against the likes of...

i Am 5' 5" and the seat was on the lowest setting. I had to wind it all the way up then back down about 20% to be in the right position. It seemed to have a good amount of travel.

I got the same email stating build of August 2023. I deposited on the launch day at 3pm (Can't remember the date - what was it?). I was told that I was very near the top of the i4 list. Sadly I need the airline industry to recover a bit before I can justify the purchase and they've just...

I am not sure about this building out of sequence thing. I ordered onthe reveal day and was certainly ahead of Harry BUT I am wanting a base i4 model so despite my deposit place being ahead of Harry he is of course getting his car a year ahead of me. Or does the 'in sequence' numbering account...

I really personally cut Lotus a ton of slack. The global supply chain has been in bits for the past 18 months. Covid impacted their own workforce. They are trying to open a new factory to produce a new model. The challenges could not be anticipated or higher. There can be no time in history...

I am sure Lotus will come out with a slight tweak to the i4 power in time. I doubt that will make much difference to residuals. Owners of the original (me) will always be able to take it to a tuner and boost the bloody thing to 500bhp if thats a priority. It won't be. Power bragging rights...

Thanks. Again a win as black behind gold wheels on a red car would be my preference anyway. It makes the LOTUS lettering pop the most.

Good I like those base cast wheels. Similar question, what’s the default (free) brake caliper colour?

Do we know what the base i4 wheel (no cost option) will be? Is it likely to be the same as the the V6 or something totally new? Only I am hankering after getting whatever comes free powdered coated into a bronze/gold colour (on a Magma or hopefully bright red paint finish). Which leads me to...

Guys. Motoring journalists are prostitutes and the pimps are the few aspirational car brands. The people who click, the people who buy car mags are all car guys. The Auto Industry spends BILLIONS on advertising. There are maybe a few hundred journalists and influencers out there with any...

https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/jethro-bovingdon He's OK. No god. He has a Looooooooooonh legacy as a Porsche and BMW fan boy. https://www.pressreader.com/uk/evo/20220501/282084870328714 If long geared stiffly suspended Ring machines are his kink then good luck to him. A Lotus Esprit...

The pre-production Emira on non-track tyres is not a valid or reasonable thing to compare to a GT4 Porsche. Lotus will release a GT4 Emira and I am more than happy for Jethro Bovingdon - who is not a driving god or even a particularly popular motoring journalist - to compare the Cayman GT4 with...

Why is it silly to believe that a Journalist working for a magazine depending on advertising is influenced? Audi, VW, Skoda, Seat, Porsche, Bentley, Lambourghini, - did I miss one? What's the combined ad spend and press officer junket budget? Hethel has Sandra who handles PR and some...

NO. Vag spends 3 times more than Toyota on ads with Evo.

1. No they don't. They always with the key sellers or halo cars favor the VAG product. 2. Magazines are all the same. They exist on advertising spend. Harry doesn't and Harris doesn't and the BBC doesn't and therein you find a differing view. Porsche owns motoring reviews. They allow the...

His job is a journalist and as such open to critiques. He is employed by EVO who take millions in advertising spend from VAG and thousands in advertising spend from Lotus. He chose to review a track focussed GT4 Porsche on a wet tight circuit against a road Emira on road tyres. He did not...

The correct Emira to compare with a Cayman GT4 is the Emira GT4. Jethro took a pear and compared it to an apple. And got called out for doing so.

Jethro earns his living in part from the largesse of the VAG/Porsche industry behemoth. He did a shit review on a non Cup2 Emira on a track against a GT4 Porsche. It was an embarrassment and the Chris Harris review on the same track was rather different and Jethro is now trying to defend...

My goodness Antoine Dufour playing 1979 is simply extraordinary. What an incredible talent. Humans are so often disappointing but occasionally they make you just stop and stare in amazement.

I like a bit of hi fi. I have a pair of £2000 speakers at home Etc. For testing I find George Michael always had immaculate studio settings and my default track is Fastlove. It has high trebles, low basses and notably open soundstage. AC/DC also has impressively remastered output like...

Autocar earns three hundred times the money from Porsche/VAG advertising than from Lotus. So Naturally the Emira had to be second place to the Cayman GTS... The Pork breaks the National motorway speed limit in second its so stupidly over geared. It looks like every other £30k Cayman in every...

I have an altantarra Royal steering wheel on my GT86. On my six other vehicles (one is a Boeing) I have a wide variety of wheels from plastic to leather. Some thick , some thin. The variety is part of thr atttraction.

I simply don't care about steering wheels and buttons. You will get used to both.

I find him annoying BUT he does pile a ton of detail into reviews at pace. Which is nice.

Porsche/VAG are industry titans with massive - probably the biggest - advertising spending in the European market, they have press launches every other week across 9 brands, their PR teams control which journalist get to go on which and have access to special models. You don't bite the hand...

The Harris review was using AU71 EFZ = Goodyears and Tour suspension. I don't think he could have given that a more glowing review. Harry is getting one, Freddie Flintoff wants one, its just had an 8 minute spot in the only global Car TV franchise there is. The review will be floating around...