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Well the implication was that was 60 for Naples, not NA. So if they are getting 60 then I'd expect a large shipment in general is being made. That being said... we will see if those 60 can even be confirmed.

I wonder what type of Alfa Romeos those 60 cars will be?

I'd assume an internal resource is working on things, but that they still would like this to be it's own role in the future, hence hiring. Both can happen.

Maybe somebody should apply and in interview just ask for the current state of things 🤔

So do we think this means the second attempt at approval failed and we are now waiting on both a) Lotus to hire a qualified candidate and b) Another cycle of being at the back of the line for approval?

Not my thing. But especially not the mock up with the Lotus circular badge.

We have one more day for news from Lotus, or when I'm asked at Thanksgiving dinner what I'm thankful for I'm either going to ruin Thanksgiving or have to say something lame, like "family".

When he says "problem is we don't know which 11", we all assume he means he doesn't know which 11 that they ordered for their clients. Knowing Lotus, it could literally mean they may end up with 11 Emiras that are not even meant for his dealership, much less North America. Probably going to...

Hierarchy of Needs... Europe and Australia want paint formulas, North America would settle for just getting cars.

I will literally plant 4 trees on my property to offset the greenhouse gases to make CARB happier, if we can just get this train rolling

I'll let them upsell to me, if they would simply get to the part where they SELL to me.

If they are the same I think I will be very happy with my choice.

Saw this picture posted by Gator Motorsports:

Do we know what day the EPA passed the Emira? I thought I heard someone say that typically CARB follows after EPA about 6 weeks in a lag.

I forget the phrase someone posted, but it sounded like they were on their way to ships, not that they were presently on a ship.

So around the 2:40 mark, he does explain that Lotus says to bring it in so they can look at what needs to be done. He decides that is not ok since he lives so far away. While I understand that it's a pain in the ass, it's not precisely Lotus' fault that you purchased a car knowing you'd be...

Yeah... the terrible disgusting things they would do just to your car specifically are against forum rules for me to even type out.

Lotus would probably cheer. They'd get an insurance payment from the carrier for those vehicles, and then stamp out 700 more to ship to the US and get paid for those as well. Get paid twice without saturating the market.

That's what I thought they were.

This meme is actually too perfect now that we know it's not a NA car.

Since EPA is approved, does a Federal shut down stop CARB approval?

I'd love nothing more to let this go, but this deserves a response. I've reread multiple pages. I don't see anyone questioning your motivation or anyone mocking a group of people for not getting their hopes up. What I did see is jokes on the subject of evidence. MIGZ joking that even drone...

I believe that is true

It was a joke dude. Take it down a notch.

If you did not personally hand build the car while at the factory and drive it across the Atlantic ocean and personally get it CARB certified, all while streaming live & holding a sign with today's date that says "It's me, MIGZ!"...how do I know I can trust your info?

Probably for the reason stated. Lotus can get fined if a dealer sells to someone in a CARB state. Could happen unknowingly. They won’t take that risk.

We should all really learn to not trust anything until Gator confirms it. Cars being built. Confirmed. Cars being shipped. False, but "soon". EPA Certification. Confirmed. Non-CARB states getting cars before CARB approval. False. Not the worst of updates.

I decided to end all of the questions once and for all and I can confidently report that when I asked my local psychic if NA cars were being produced, shipped and would end up in customer hands before New Years she said... and I quote: "You need to get professional help. This isn't healthy. You...

The only thing I’d say about the pucks I posted is look at the top middle grey… you can see that the lights are yellow shining on everything. So I’d take that into account and not let that one photo make you overly worried.

Well hopefully their dealer rep really knew what was going on and not looking at bad info.

I wouldn’t really try until the ship is sailing. It can literally take a day after they leave.

Maybe. I know when I shipped my RX7 from Japan it took like a day or so for the data to show up. May be different by company.

Eagle is the new Scott.

I'm curious if they just had this planned to go out since they have no updated info. Interesting though.

Lotus Sales Rep:

I think (and this may just be hopeful thinking since I've already ordered it) that the difference between the 3 images now in the original post isn't that it's 3 different shades, but 3 different lighting setups. First picture is indoors without natural sunlight. Second picture is natural...

https://www.lotuscars.com/en-US/configurator/emira/emira-v6-first-edition/ Maybe having the other configurator will help you decide what shade of white you think the car is. I also attached a photo that has the disc if that helps.

The one on the right.