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Good to hear the car has lived up to your expectations, over 3000 miles in and mine is still putting a smile on my face every time I drive it (and long may that continue!). Hope you don't have to wait too long until your own car is with you.

Hope the colour grows on you, I do personally like shadow grey, it's second for me behind DV from the original selection of colours. However, if you love the car but are still disappointed in the colour, I'd definitely look into wrapping the car to be more to your tastes, you'd then be able to...

The latest evo magazine has revisited the i4, pitting it against the Morgan plus four. They still refer to it as the i4, so the messaging around Lotus' change of nomenclature towards Turbo (thanks to BMW) hadn't got to them it would seem! They do mention the AMG DCT, prefer PDK and would like...

I don't even do that - I don't move the cover, just press through the hole in the top of it!

I'm up to nearly 3200 miles in my i4 now, no major issues to report. Only a couple of things have cropped up but have been resolved (🤞) without needing a dealer visit, though the first one may have been if I lived closer (JCT600 in Bradford is ca. 2h away from me). Engine warning light, came...

A few pictures of mine at Caffeine & Machine

Saw this Cosmos Black car in the performance parking on the Thursday at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Thought should post it here seeing as there's not many pics in this thread yet! I did think it looked good, though personally still prefer DV for a dark colour on the car (but I might be a...

It's definitely interesting to see how different approaches to driving the car can impact on people's perceptions of how it drives. You say that you feel you can control the back end of the car better and be more on the edge of traction in the v6 and whilst I do enjoy driving the car rapidly I...

I think the problem from BMW's side is that the i4 for them is a model (that they have indeed trademarked) rather than a variant so they probably wanted to make sure they were protecting that and Lotus probably decided that it wasn't worth the time/expense of fighting the complaint, for one...

Lotus have indeed previously called it the i4 (for inline-4), the chap I was speaking to on the Lotus stand at Goodwood confirmed that it was a BMW complaint that caused them to move away from it. An example of prior use, screenshot from my (May '23) order confirmation e-mail: I guess the...

I think there is also a difference with the side intakes behind the doors, they're partly covered in mesh which I believe isn't on the V6 intakes and there may also be a difference with the structure within them. Not really a major differentiator but more something that you could spot if you...

Article on the Goodwood website on what happened. Only damage was to one body panel and the car could have run again if it wasn't for post incident protocols requiring a full check over of the car...

The M engine code has definitely not been used for all i4 cars. My UK car has K as the engine code (SCCLEKK.....)

I was only there yesterday so no chance to do any follow up. I'm sure at least some of the Emiras on the hill were i4. Away from the official Lotus stuff I'm sure there were more (customer) i4s in the performance parking areas than there were V6s. The Thursday is more manufacturer focussed...

Well the Lotus stand is a decent size I'd say, though don't know how it compares to previous years. Has Emira, Eletre, Emeya, Evija. Wasn't able to get any info from the chap we were talking to on the stand about base or future versions. The second smaller stand on the plan is a separate merch...

The entry list for the Festival of Speed has been released: link As far as road cars go on the hill it is all electric this year: In First Glance: Emeya S, Emeya R In Supercar Run: Evija, Evija X The Evija is also in the shoot-out.

There isn't a separate facility for the i4, the Emira is only made at Hethel, all variants come off the same production line.

Thanks for the link, I'd missed that and could only find the interactive map which seems to have less information on it! It does indeed, wonder why the split... will find out next week, I'm going to be down on the Thursday.

The car in the video is running a 24 plate so it was first registered March or later this year. It is therefore a newer car, not one from the original i4 reviews. A DCT gearbox will lag if a gear change is requested in the opposite direction to the one it's programming has preselected. I have...

In summary, the reason he switched seems to be twofold, firstly he was finding himself gravitating towards other cars in his collection and secondly with his test drive of the Eletre and the various delays Lotus was having (such as Emira still being First Edition and seeing delays to the i4) he...

Harry's tweeted to say that the video about his Emira replacement is going live at 5pm UK time today, will be interesting to see what he has to say as to why he's replaced the car.

In the UK it is likely being used as an incentive to clear stock of unsold, preconfigured cars from Lotus' inventory. With the deposit being fully refundable and Lotus having no way of removing a cancelled order from the production queue once the final spec has been submitted there have been a...

In general I don't see car manufacturers here responding to reviews in that way. I don't think it's just an ICE vs EV thing, there have been negative things mentioned about the Eletre (eg Harry was scathing about the poor range in his review of the car) that I've not seen addressed (though...

I'd agree with your comments about the Petrol Ped video, he's found a way to demonstrate a delay but it is certainly disingenuous to put out the implication that all manual downshifts are like that. I can get similar shift times but I've got to actively try to do so. Some shifts do seem to be...

PCP is actually a very common way of buying cars in the UK, though normally with an interest rate attached rather than a 0% deal like this one. Monthly payments are reduced compared to a loan for the full cost of the car as they're essentially calculated on the estimated depreciation of the car...

It may make no difference what manufacturers decide to do if governments force the issue. It may not mean the end of ICE cars being produced, but depending on where you live you may not be able to buy one. That said, EVs can be the go to consumer choice if circumstances align, in Norway over...

Planning of a change back away from an agency model was reported back in November so sounds as if this has finally been implemented. Timing of the change now I guess makes sense given they've now been able to get the i4s produced. Get the initial order books out the door and change model...

I've had none of those issues on my UK i4 and the car currently lives outside, that's not to say things are definitely resolved as I've only had it a couple of months, but so far so good 🤞. The UK i4s don't have ADAS features such as ACC, BSM etc. It may be that you won't know for sure for NA...

If Lotus do have a presence then I would expect an electric push for sure, perhaps with hill debuts for the Emeya and the Evija X. I'd say that the Emira will probably be a part of any presence, but how much will depend on whether they are using it to release any information about the base...

I personally have no complaints about the manual shifting with the DCT, my use case is spirited road driving only - I'm not looking to track the car as things stand. I have never driven PDK so can't compare. The dealers do now have i4 demonstrators so getting a test drive in one is probably...

The FOS organisers haven't put up a map for the 2024 event yet, so it may just be a case of the information as to which manufactures will (or won't) be there hasn't come out yet. There is an exhibitors page but there are hardly any manufacturers mentioned on there, but Lotus are listed on the...

As far as I'm aware there haven't been any reports of starting issues with the i4, from what I've seen the starting issues are just related to the V6 engine.

I'm nearly up to 1500 miles in mine now, absolutely loving it still! The Jekyll & Hyde nature of it is great, when you just need to get somewhere in it it handles it with ease with the bonus of great economy and totally stress free when stuck in traffic. Then when you want to do more...

Leaving the fobs in the vehicle defeats the point of them, if the car moves without a tag present it will set off an alert with Scorpion, who should then contact you to check if it is a real alert or a false alarm (eg you're driving the car but forgot the fob). NB. I think this means...