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When it drops onto BBC iPlayer the review starts at minute 31 into the hour long show. I've just rewatched it three times. There's more praise than I noticed on first pass. Freddie Flintoff at the end said he wanted to buy one! Its an amazing bit of packing that he actually fits in there so...

That's a cracking review. One that will also reach a global audience. I think they slightly overdid the visual effects in post production and I am not sure white was the best colour for TV as you lose some of the finer typing creases. But Harris has just made Jethro (same circuit in the...

I am just not sure why they chose to focus on its track side when it's a car like a Cayman which rarely see a track as a percentage of cars out there. The reality is I know 2 Caymans owned by middle to retired age women who use them mostly to go to the country club, spa and coffee mornings. I...

Porsche/VAG are massive industry players. The motoring press go on their launches all the time and need to write about their products and special models. Lotus? Not so much. I take the opinions of Harry Metcalfe, 69, retired, multi millionaire, car enthusiast for decades who FOUNDED EVO...

I had a very happy experience powder coating my GT86 in gold. It really made the thing a lot more special looking. I grew up in Wales in the Colin McRae era and always wanted a blue Subaru with gold wheels. Though I am totally non-averse to spending a mere £60k on something that most people...

I do wonder if they will be able to stick to the £59,995 base price by time of delivery next year. With inflation at 9% it seems a stretch that deposit holders (me) who placed their £2000 on the table a year ago can expect no change in price given we have already seen a year of high inflation...

Ahhh, Well I am number 38 in the queue for a base model i4 and I am very hopeful that Vivid Red will be available when I lock my spec. I want that colour, Tan interior and nothing else. Then I am going to paint the wheels Ferrari gold. Does anyone have any clue if how much extra a tan...

What is this car? The front wheels are orange and the colour does not look like Magma to me but more like Ardent Red....?

Harry Metcalfe = forty years of reviewing cars whilst owning a £10million farm in the Cotswolds and a gorgeous house. Doesn't need to give a shit and is nearly 70. Jethro from EVO, a struggling magazine and him in his 40's trying to pay a mortgage and the BULK of their advertising monthly...

The Evo review was pants. They took an entirely track focussed GT4 and pitched it against an Emira on road tyres at one of the faster tighter circuits. That tells me NOTHING about owning an Emira for road use. Face it guys. VW, AUDI, SEAT, PORSCHE, SKODA, LAMBORGHINI, BENTLEY owning...

This thing looks Ardent Red - or is it just a filter they have used??

Harry says he's "overjoyed" that he has one coming. Sorry but the likes of EVO live and die by advertising and Porsche pay for those lovely double page ads at the start of every edition so...

I had this: As part of being a Lotus Emira priority customer we are keen to update you on the progress of your new Lotus Emira. Unfortunately, shortages across the automotive industry have led to some delays in production, but we are happy to inform you that your new Emira is now scheduled to...

I am waiting for a base i4 car and if they stick to £60,000 I will be very pleased and I think inflation will run the list prices up throughout the production run by quite some way. So in nominal terms the car should depreciate at a very slow rate. With a full factory warranty and new...

60 mph is only 96.567kph.

An extra 54 torques is a useful 18% harder kick in the kidneys...

Its probably just a few lines of software code...

Which is coming first - base V6 or FEi4? If the premium for the V6 is only £5k I might consider a V6 over an i4. But it depends on rough delivery estimates.

EVO triangle gets loads of speed traps these days and average speed cameras. That said, as a Powys lad there are still plenty of alternative routes where you'll not see a police car for months.

What colour you ordering? I don't want to clash with having the same... I keep changing between Nimbus and the Red...

Hmmm. Bhp gives your top speed. Torque gives your rate of change of velocity (acceleration). The i4 has more torque. And two more gears which change faster. And is lighter. And has an area under the graph that makes it entirely comparable to the V6 in performance achieved. The i4 will...

Depends possibly on where you mostly drive. For me Shropshire, Worcestershire, Powys and Herefrodshire. Rural. Roads broken by modern farming machinery (My Massey Ferguson has 330bhp these days). Its B Roads that I get my driving pleasure on. A Roads and motorways are all covered in cameras...

Absolutely Jimblob. I have a tuned GT86 and also a remapped BMW 535d with three times the torque. The Toyota is fun BECAUSE I can thrash it on normal roads and not be a sociopath. The BMW is discrete, hugely fast and not particularly fun because thrust is a one trick pony that wears off...

I dislike that Ferrari interior. Its like something Homer Simpson woukd design or a teenage boy. Far too busy.

Excellent, I think that might be quite fun. Shields on the wings would be easy to do as several people sell good quality stickers already. I vote 356.

I can fly it for us.

Obvious strategy is to get a set of winter tyres on different alloys. I personally want some gold wheels on a MAGMA RED car.

No, the rev match will only happen if you are braking. I don't think the ECU knows which way you are moving the stick but the car does from the factory display the selected gear you are in. I am not sure if the system knows the deceleration g rate but however it works it out it works very...

My Toyota GT86 has been tuned by Fensport. It has four maps selectable on the fly. Map4 gives me rev matching downshifts and no-lift upchanges. Its just software and its not expensive and it works incredibly well. I think the Lotus brand would benefit from that sort of selectable racing...

Wow, Magma red is really looking loads better now. VG also looks better to my eyes - silver wheels, tan leather will be absolutely class. I was actually wavering slightly on my Emira deposit as I might well have the option of a Tesla on salary sacrifice which makes a lot of sense and my old...

I have auto rev match on the map in ,y Fennsport tuned and modified GT86. I thought I'd never use it. I love it. It's enhancing.

I would love a manual transmission. I JUST CANT spend fifteen thousand pounds on that love.

I agree. In an ideal world I might do the same but its a lot of cash for sound. Lets see how they tune the i4 exhaust. It will be different but it may still be OK. At least its a revvy thing.

I enjoy my manual GT86. I just think that with this level of performance it might be best to have 100% of my attention span on braking, steering and accelerating and dispense with the need to trouble my left foot and hand as well.

Yeah but is that because we are all early adopter nerds? When the cars actually go on sale and Dom and his mates at the gym actually see one in the car park for the first time because you've parked next to their resale grey Cayman and become aware and want one - Dom always buys PDK. He lives...