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My two cents: -- The core mechanicals of the Emira (Toyota engine, supercharger, gearbox, etc) are well proven and generally reliable. I wouldn't expect to experience serious problems in these areas. So far, software (fixable) and blistering body panels (much harder to fix but limited to a...

There are thousands of owners on this forum and most haven't bothered to respond to the poll at all. You can be pretty confident that all the members with paint blistering have responded . . . so the poll does not represent a realistic picture of the overall ownership group. I'm not arguing...

What's that quote? 'There are lies, damn lies, and statistics". The poll only shows 14 cars with blisters. Yes, it's 19% of the poll responses, but it's only a tiny fraction of the thousands of Emiras that have been manufactured. You can't reasonably conclude that anything like 20% of Emiras...

Source? It's certainly still available on the UK configurator. The FEV6 is finished and the factory is focusing on clearing the i4 backlog, but I've heard nothing to suggest that the base V6 is finished in the UK.

If you're still gauging interest, Id be in for two

I've been closely following the Lotus Technology journey for about three years and over time I've become extremely skeptical. Lotus doesn't have the brand power to sell in volume at the price point they want for Electre and Emeya. On top of that, they're 5+ years too early for 100% BEV. They...

Lotus views Emira as a "runout model" that keeps the brand in the sports car market over the next three years until the TYP 135 is ready. The 100% priority in Hethel now is ensuring that the TYP 135 is a massive success when it launches in 2027.

5,000 km, 12 months, no issues

Suspect they have given you keys from one of their demonstrators and swiped your new ones!!

Nimbus is a complex paint and will be a bitch to colour match if you ever need a panel repainted.

That makes sense. I don't think any of the FE2 colours are available "second hand" yet.

Sincere question for the Brits on this forum (I promise I'm not stirring): why on earth would you accept delivery of a new V6 Emira from Lotus at the moment? There are 73 cars available for sale in the UK with low or delivery miles and prices as low as £66,000. Surely any rational person...

The Emira does not scrape easily. I've had 911s, BMW 1M, etc and they all scraped much more easily.

Niggles, what niggles? :D

Bugger. Sorry to hear that. Hopefully it's a straight forward part failure.

Agree, I've had my Emira for about a year and there's no question that the brakes are grabby compared to something like a 911 or an M3. You learn to manage it and they work damn well when you need them.

Yes, the "Nick spec". (also known as Harry Metcalf spec by those that don't realise that I ordered before him!) :D

One problem is, you've got to get the car serviced as well. If you call the dealer on this totally unethical BS then what kind of service and warranty support will you get from them in the future?

In standard setup, the Emira does not scrape easily compared with most sports cars. For example, my BMW 1M scrapes much more easily and so did my 997 GTS.

Do you mean because of capacity constraints or because of limited demand? AFAIK, they are already manufacturing ~4,500 a year.

They work fine for a small coffee or a soft drink can.

Give me a break. They will still be selling ICE cars in the USA for the next 5-10 years. Can you imagine if they then told people they couldn't drive their almost new cars. Never going to happen.

The root cause is still not clear to me. There are several possibilities: 1. Moist air is getting trapped in the resin during Teijin Automotive's compression-molding process. This would be a manufacturing fault, though it could potentially be addressed if Lotus bakes the panels before...

My bet is that weak sales and slow delivery of Electre and Emeya is the fundamental problem. Emira doesn't even factor in this. Lotus Technology is being spruiked as a luxury EV brand and Lotus Motors isn't part of the initial SPAC (they have an option to acquire it).

11 trips! Jesus. I'd be furious.

If it's the color you love then choose it, but accept that you will get people asking about your Ferrari and you will probably get a bit of the "couldn't you afford the real thing?" stuff too. In certain countries, there's a stigma attached to brands like Ferrari or Lambo . . some people will...

No, it doesn't (but that is Magma Red, not Vivid Red).

I wouldn't rush your decision. Out of the thousands of Emiras now built, there have only been paint bubble issues on a handful and they were almost all very early production cars.

Ditto. Almost at the one year mark, several thousand km driven, no issues at all.

Do you think the Linco buttons look/feel higher quality than the Lotus ones (which I've also thought look cheap)?

Updated: Group buy #2: 1. bif (herringbone/gloss) 2. Tony g (herringbone/gloss) 3. scarzie (herringbone/gloss) 4. Peeltone (herringbone/gloss) 5. GlynV6 (twill/matte) 6. Hapkin (twill/gloss) 7. LIQUIX (gloss/herringbone) 8. Nick in Sydney (twill/matte) I'm in for the twill matte. Have...

Ditto, I'm interested in coming into the second ten but would love to see a photo of matt finish twill first

Would it be possible to post a few photos of the different options? I found the twill gloss on your website but couldn't see the herringbone or what the matt options look like. Thanks!

That sucks, sorry to hear it. You seem to have been exceptionally unlucky with your Emira, and I wonder if this was partly because yours was one of the earliest cars — you were a bit of a guinea pig for the rest of us. I feel almost guilty saying that I've had mine for about six months and...

Yes and No. Remember, Lotus Motors is not part of the Lotus Technology SPAC (though they have an option to acquire it later and worldwide rights to distribute its cars). The NASDAQ-listed Lotus business will be 100% luxury EV, but they've allowed deliberate flexibility for Lotus Motors to...

Sorry, black roof. You're disqualified. :D

After 12+ months of running the new production lines you'd be shocked and disappointed if they hadn't found a way to achieve 10%+ labour efficiency.

Agree, it looks fantastic and I frequently get positive comments from people. However, I chose my spec before Harry chose his, so I think it should actually be called Nick's spec :D