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I see you’re in Guildford. Your local Lotus dealer Bell & Colvill can do this for you. It’ll be about £300.

I saw Vivid Red on a pre-production V6 Emira at the factory in January 2022. It's similar to Ferrari Rosso Corso, maybe a bit brighter. Also similar to the previous Lotus Ardent Red used on Elise, Exige and Evora, again a bit brighter. Your screenshots from the configurator look darker than...

If you get Sports suspension and the Goodyear Eagle tyres it will be usable for 100% of your likely usage. You’ll only miss a few % of the difference with Cup2s and only when pressing on briskly on decent tarmac or on track. If you really want that, you could buy a set of Cup2s as well and fit...

The heritage stuff is good, and LAP projects on bespoke cars are a great idea. If they want to be serious about racing pedigree they need to do something more than keep harking back to the 1970s. Get the Emira GT4 into teams and races, develop something for E-racing, do a prototype for Le Mans...

Based on a small sample of only one car doing a static noise test for a track day, the measured db were the same in Sport and Track at the same fixed 4,750 rpm. It will sound different at idle and across the rev range depending on throttle and engine load, as the valve opening is variable and...

Another special project from Lotus, only 10 of the Type 66 will be built and will cost over £1m each. https://media.lotuscars.com/en/models/type-66.html

Have a look over in the Modifications sub-forum, there are several threads on this. There is the recently announced Komotec 435 upgrade and their previous 500 upgrade for the V6 in the Exige and Evora. https://www.emiraforum.com/forums/lotus-emira-modifications.14/

There have been two tours of factory demo cars visiting US dealers for a few days per dealer, but I believe those have now finished. Next opportunity will be when the dealers take delivery of their own demo cars, sometime in Q4.

Time for another Sunday breakfast gathering for some of the finest bacon rolls around. This is our regular third Sunday of the month event, a chance to gather with like-minded enthusiasts and a cross section of Lotus models. Everyone welcome - with or without Lotus car - and we look forward to...

I’d heard Sept too. Looks like they will be in the same batch as the first batch of UK customer cars. Same thing with Eletre, the UK demo cars are on the same shipment as the first customer cars.

In the UK you could to use the distance selling regulations, as you bought online direct from Lotus. If the car then doesn’t meet what was advertised or isn’t of sufficient quality then you can reject for a full refund. From memory you’ve got 30 days after delivery.

I’m not sure many interior parts are from Proton. Lotus had free access to the entire Geely group parts catalogue and I think most non-new parts have come from Lynk & Co, Volvo or Polestar. Geely only have a (large minority) stake in Proton so I don’t think Lotus would get the same access...

In my earlier post: https://www.emiraforum.com/threads/i-dont-get-the-i4-what-is-the-target-audience.3498/post-100961 V6 roughly 75% and i4 about 25%. Auto V6 are about 10% of the total V6 orders. If you drive a Seneca Blue V6 Manual it will be the most common version, at least until the...

Great to read your feedback. For #8 you’ll be fine: https://www.emiraforum.com/threads/real-world-boot-and-storage-test-including-golf-clubs.1360/

The discount for the FE compared to adding all the same options to a Base car is about 3k. You could think of that as getting the KEF audio for free. But if Base goes up 3-4k in the next round of increases, that saving is knocked out. Plus you have the pre/post 11 Aug difference. Buying a...

Not quite. The 700 NA cars will take 3 months to build. But the cars built in month 1 will be shipped at the start of month 2 and will take until roughly the end of month 3 to be transported, registered and handed to owners. So from start of NA build to final car handed to owner is about 5...

The Hethel production facility lets them build each car on the line to a different spec. They could build US V6 FE, EU i4 FE, UK V6 Base, V6 manual and auto and a mix of colours and interior trims in the same morning. They have done some batching for ramp up, training and efficiency reasons...

When they build the NA cars they will be building for other markets in parallel, and a mix of V6 and i4. So 700 cars might take 8-10 weeks but the NA cars will take 3-4 months. My understanding of the US tariffs is they are based on country of manufacture of the individual car, not the HQ of...

I think JimH’s assessment is about right. Take the current FE prices and reduce by about 12k. Based on the price increases already announced, I’d expect another price increase around Jan/Feb 2024. Base Edition pricing is unlikely to be published before Q1 next year, so I’d expect Base to be...

Exactly this. They are opening multiple new dealerships in China and new dealer partnerships elsewhere in Asia. They are being added more quickly than any other region. EV uptake is slow in many parts of the US and there are tariff and cultural obstacles to selling Chinese-built vehicles in...

Bear in mind when they launched the Emira you could put a deposit on either version and both were (at the time) at least a year away, so similar availability. There were headline prices for both, and target emissions so people could work out their local taxes. Deposits globally were roughly...

Yes, the EV sedan is the next car they will launch, then a smaller EV SUV, then the EV sportscar. All due to be in production by the company’s 80th anniversary in 2028.

Really appreciate the stories, updates and positive feedback. It’s a big help for the people still waiting after 2+ years. Yes, forums can be a focus for people posting about issues or speculating about problems. Some of that is helpful if it makes it easier for people to solve those issues...

The i4 on the road cost is 20-40k cheaper in several key markets due to emissions taxes. Lotus judged that meant the i4 would be more competitive in those markets. The looks, ride and handling and interior are basically the same as the V6. It’s only the sound and shifting that are different...

Reversing camera yes, but not 360

Some of you may remember we’ve had people claiming to be current or former Lotus employees posting similar sorts of claims on here before. When challenged behind the scenes by moderators, they were either unable to prove their employment status or substantiate the claims they were making. In...

Thanks for taking the time to do the research. When it does secure a discount, this kind of thing is one of the benefits of being part of a forum.

Tricky for them to announce this after publicising 200 job losses two weeks ago, but encouraging that production volumes are up.

Congratulations! The VIN number should enable you to find out the build month, once the online VIN decoders are updated. Or if you order a Certificate of Provenance it includes the build date as well as the date of first registration.

In Harry’s review he did comment on the differences between Tour, Sport and Track drive modes in both auto and manual shifting for the DCT. I haven’t re-watched it but he seemed underwhelmed and confused that it didn’t sharpen up in the way he had expected. I suspect AMG have restricted what...

I saw your other picture on SELOC @Steve Tillett and they look great. What’s the rough cost for a pair with the necessary runners and hardware?

Seatbelt twist was a discussion on one of the seatbelt jamming threads: https://www.emiraforum.com/threads/seatbelts-jammed.2553/ Lotus insist the twist is correct.

I’m basing my comments on reviews and Lotus staff comments rather than official Lotus info. I believe you’re correct and the V6 steering is hydraulic and the i4 electro-hydraulic. It’s been done this way due to the designs of the engines in their original uses. Harry and son mention perceived...

We know the full FE options list was about £15k when the V6 FE was launched, discounted to £12k when included as the FE bundle. I suspect we’ll see the options increase by a bigger percentage than the base price has gone up, after they stop FE orders and finally publish 2024 Base and options...

Part of the “simplify and add lightness” Chapman philosophy :) Leaving it off my Exige saved about 35kg.

Here are the 2018 options prices for the Evora GT410 Sport: