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So I’m a bit confused again about what’s going on regarding my place in line and how my build choice impacts delivery. You are saying that you placed your deposit in mid August and are in line for a V6 FE. I placed my deposit almost a month earlier and according to my last communication with my...

This is so right. Justifying a wholesale transition to EV based on the environmental benefits is simply not accurate. At best, it’s a wash. The same is apparently true of ethanol added to gasoline. I recently read a report that CO2 emmisions for flex fuels are actually significantly higher than...

Is your decimal point in the right position? It can’t possibly be that you are paying that much for a liter of fuel. Omg. I can fill up my car 3 times for that money here in the US, and that’s now. A year ago I could have filled up 5 times.

Indeed. I was in July about 2 weeks after the reveal and no luck. Maybe I will get one of those great calls like you? I remain ever hopeful.

Congratulations! Would you mind sharing your deposit date with your dealer?

If it looks this good they can call it anything they would like. It seems to glow in this render! Pretty spectacular. It challenges my predilection for Magma Red, and could keep the tan interior.

Yes, I’ve been thinking the same thing. It actually makes me wonder too if the Evora may be the more collectible car, either at the beginning or end of production. The Evora GT here in the US is a particularly good drivers car and the late versions, although a bit quirky (a good thing), are...

Mostly not wanting to wait forever. Want a good experience with the car. Want to feel good about what I purchase and not like a bat and switch victim.

I won’t be playing the ADM game. If it comes to that, I’ll be out. Principles matter more than a car imho. But being really engaged and excited for this car, and for the emergence of the brand, saying that makes me sad, and typing it was very hard

Congrats. Question for the group…since I have not been asked to lock in a configuration and have a reasonably good spot on the wait list at my dealer (not a V6 FE, but in striking distance), would it make sense to go for the I4 FE since it will be built alongside the V6 base cars? After all, it...

My dealer likewise is not revealing their allocation. I spoke to them earlier in the week and cryptic language was being used b my salesman. But he gave me the impression that the allocation was not yet set so he didn’t want to say anything that he’d have to take back. It’s hard to trust that...

Glare won’t be a problem.

One other option is to float a decal on the wheel. This allows you to change the wheel to any color or pattern that’s available. I’ve seen the look of carbon fiber applied over black wheels as an example. I’ve even seen snake skin pattern over silver wheels. The appearance you get can be...

On the right car, I think the red will be smashing! The only exterior colors I think might be less well matched are HY and MR, but to each his own. Whatever speaks to you, go for it!

Certainly as production rises, allocations will rise as well to address the backlog? That would partially mitigate the backlog problem. Would do nothing about the service issue. Hopefully the car will be so well made that the service burden will be minimized. Might the Volvo dealer network be...

Not saying that I would act differently, but it would have been nice if these details were mentioned from the beginning. Instead the current discussion feels like legal cover for past ambiguities. Not saying that’s what it is…just how it feels.

Bummer

Yeah, I get the allocation issue. But allocations are about “when”, not “what”. Maybe one doesn’t get a car WHEN they want with my hypothesized scenario, but at least they would get WHAT they want for the price that was in place when they made their commitment via their deposit. I agree that the...

Welcome to the group!

Is that true if my deposit has been registered with Lotus (not just the dealer)? Tammy McKenzie at Lotuscars USA was able to look into some database and see that my deposit has been registered with Lotus and was able to provide my confirmation code.

The factory is supposed to be able to make all specs concurrently, possibly with some cohosting for production quality and efficiency. So maybe that’s how they solve the FE problem….deposit in by march, FE spec at FE price but when you get it dictated by production priorities. After march...

Here in the US, where orders are placed through dealers, being able to order a car means your dealer actually answers their phone or calls you back. My dealer is 6hrs away by car. So far that hasn’t gone super well. Could I just call Lotus Cars directly? I placed my deposit, the only one I’ve...

Not sure if this applies to this thread, but when I placed my deposit here in the states, it wasn’t via a website with a T&C statement. It was via a phone call to my closest dealer, which was told to me by Lotus Cars USA, who I reached by using the contact Lotus button on the lotus cars website...

Couldn’t agree more. Simple and easily navigated interface, great content, overwhelmingly agreeable and appropriate posting, wildly informative and just plain enjoyable. With rare exception I try to look on every day. Thanks so much for all you’ve accomplished and enabled. With gratitude. Mike

Can someone please share precisely the date when the limit of 500 first edition cars for North America was announced? I don’t ever remember seeing anything from lotus about this. And the increase to 700 cars to NA? My dealer gave the impression that the 700 car limit simply referred to the...

Is this car owned by someone here on the forum? It is really spectacular. If yes and ever want to sell it please pm me. Best.

I see that it worked! This is so great. I’m like a kid with a new toy.

FYI I just posted a picture of the silver Lotus +2 from here a couple weeks ago. Can people see it?

Oh my

Trying again

Trying again with that sexy Lotus +2 posted a while back. Seems more appropriate.

Thanks. I’ll try a test post to see if I can figure it out. Be prepared for some misfires as I try. Sorry everyone. This feels like that seen in the movie City Slickers where they are talking about recording shows on a VCR while riding horseback through a butte. Hilarious. I used to mock that...

Dumb question 2, where is the attach button?

Can someone tell me how to add pictures to a post? Do I have to be on a computer or can I do it from my iPhone?

That’s it! Wow!

Your post literally made me react like the emoji appears! I’m still laughing while typing (with one finger like any respectable “older gentleman”).

Ok, not to objectify, but that woman is stunningly beautiful. What I can’t understand is how every person in the background is looking away at something else. Don’t know what it is, but it must be something.

I have always been a fan of Italian roadsters, but funny thing is I’ve never really owned one , with the exception of an Alfa Romeo spider veloce in a dark red metallic that I always thought of as having too much brown. I guess I could also throw in a couple of black fiat spiders with red...