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I love seeing the process of creating these paintings and the final result is always spectacular! I'm definitely keen to find out more about a Magma print once it is complete. Can't wait to see it!

I don't know when the original deposit was, I got offered a cancellation slot. At Goodwood though they did tell me I'll "still be one of the first" and although they wouldn't tell me a number position, it was "up there". Quite annoying as I have no reference to compare to others with deposit...

At Goodwood I was told by the representatives my car (initially June, then July delivery) would now likely be a September delivery. They said potentially a handful of cars may be delivered in August, but most deliveries would now be beginning in September. Very interesting to hear some are still...

I reckon I'll test out my sound system and get it equalised using this song as a base Archspire - Drone Corpse Aviator Definitely not a popular choice, but the album it is on is my most listened to this year, and if I can tune it to pick out all the individual instruments and hear it...

I just received the email with this video now. Already watched it here though! Great to see some communication coming through finally. Interesting he said the first customer car, I thought it was all dealer demo cars being built just now? Unless the count as customer cars too, or maybe all demos...

I'm heading there with some friends for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Will definitely be dragging them all to the Lotus stand! Will be my first FoS so really looking forward to it! Would be good to meet up with everyone for a drink and a wee chat if people are keen.

Literally has my surname in the picture, confirmed Emira is the car for me! If only it was a Magma one in the pic... 😜

I love seeing the Emira next to that 12C, it definitely looks the part next to a proper supercar! Next to the Huayra though, it is maybe slightly overshadowed 😜

I often wonder if it is split down by name, or potentially by position in the queue that these emails are sent out. I guess they will do smaller batches to ensure everything sends smoothly? I dunno. Would be interesting to find out though if it is name, queue position, or random!

I for one am happy with the 400hp figure for the V6 Emira. My Supra is the other faster car I've owned with 335hp and 500Nm torque, and for the roads near me it is plenty fast. My stock 200hp GT86 I find to be very entertaining and quick on the roads I usually drive! I think a lot of modern cars...

Those order times to production are for the US and completely different to the UK process. In the US your order submission is when it actually gets submitted to Lotus and you are locked in, roughly equivalent to the UK 3rd phone call and NOT the initial deposit dates.

V6 FE Manual Sports suspension Magma Red Black Pack Alcantara with yellow stitch Leather steering wheel Diamond cut wheels Yellow calipers Michelin Cup 2 tyres Privacy glass June delivery. Was thinking I should change to the Goodyear tyres considering the road conditions up here but all locked...

Nice video, this is the kind of thing I've been expecting to keep us updated on things. Hopefully the first of more to come! Also love that the video is 1:31 long!

With my last couple of cars I ran them in by generally being gentle with the throttle but every so often when fully warmed up doing the odd burst of acceleration, wider throttle and right up the rev range through a few gears before calming it down again. I was advised to "drive the car like it's...

Great photo! Looks like the i4 engine cover as well?

I was sure it came with mood lighting as well, in the middle of the dash on passenger side and some lights in the cupholders as well at the very least from what I remember.

I think it might be blue, either Seneca or that more matte looking blue some of the pre-production cars are in, and with black pack. The area where the door would bolt to looks blue and would likely match body colour.

Ahh what a shame, I was getting excited there! For those that have seen the Magma Red for real, is the red car in the top pic a similar lightness to the real thing? Or is the real one a bit more of a burgundy tone?

I saw those ones, and from memory the red was different and a bit lighter in those, the "nardo grey" looking one appears the same. I could easy be wrong though and they're identical!

Do we reckon the red car in pictures 1, 4 and 5 could be Magma Red? If so, it looks pretty good, and not too burgundy, so I'm happy!

For the earlier builds any idea where they will be stored? If they're built and can't be released then they'll need to be somewhere... Not ideal if they're sitting in a field for a couple months!

How about EVIRA? EV because it is an electric car, and is similar to EMIRA to carry on the naming convention. And plus, since it will be electric, it is also good for the EVIRA-ment 😜

I'm in the 'shire, might be a few of us up in the north east!

They've been phoning people for all stages of the order process so far, and if the call is missed then following up with an email. I'd assume they would keep things going the same way. And with what you said, it seems they are doing exactly that right now. Searching out people with the same, or...

My colour choice was that I like red cars and think they look sporty, especially with the black roof and yellow brake calipers! But having 2 red cars on the drive might clash (Emira and GT86)... Wrap the 86? :p

This would probably be a fair way to do it, but would be a nightmare to organise for Lotus. They would have to perhaps phone hundreds of people to get someone to agree, and to be completely fair they would need to phone them and if didn't answer then leave a message or email, then wait for a...

Wow, that's a heck of a trip, looks brilliant! I've done a few of the roads, but even living so close, never been north of Inverness! That will change once the Emira arrives for sure though.

Is that true? I can definitely remember it being in the initial press release, and was quietly removed a few days later and never mentioned again.

This is one of the quickest routes home from the dealer for me, and just so happens to also be one of the best driving roads in the country. Not quite a "big trip" but well worth the extra 10 mins on the journey...

I'm not in the US, but I've posted about this elsewhere and people seemed to agree there was confusion about the "order by March and you get an FE" and the 700 cars coming in. As far as I'm aware, it is the orders submitted to Lotus by March will be an FE, and they have to come out of the 700...

I think it should technically be possible to have a fair allocation of the FEs, but it will depend a lot on the individual dealers being honest with their deposits and keeping good information on the depositors. If Lotus, before allocating the FEs to each dealership, were to ask for each dealer...

27 here, always loved cars and so putting perhaps more effort than I should into getting a fantastic driving and engaging ICE car before everything goes electric. Plenty of time to save for other stuff later, but a definite time limit on one of these!

Yeah I know they're in the US, and I thought it extended to worldwide that any order received before March would be for an FE. But @GatorMotorsport has confirmed the 700 FEs for the US, and also a March order time, so I've probably just misunderstood!

I'm not 100% sure on the number of 700 FEs, I'm pretty sure I've seen @TomE mentioning any order put in up until March this year will have the opportunity to get an FE.

I was definitely enticed by the £60k price tag initially but very quickly became aware of "around £75k" for the V6 FE and had assumed and budgeted for around £80k all in so I'm not too surprised by these figures. Definitely had to look more carefully for the fact that the delivery, road tax etc...

Great, thanks!

So I've been playing around with the video link you can get with right-clicking and copying video address and noticed the configurations are all in the URL and found that by changing them it feels a lot quicker than changing it all in the menus at the side. Every time I tried to get the direct...

In my opinion most cars now are too fast and have no feel/engagement. Looking at the likes of Golf R and RS3, huge power available, but a numb driving experience. Will absolutely blow a car like the Emira out the water in a straight line, and potentially round a track too, but I can almost...

I thought I'd just add a wee update to this, I emailed Lotus yesterday will a full spec update as it differed from the one I submitted with the second deposit, and they informed me the only change was the privacy glass compared to what they had, meaning the update I submitted using the original...

Interesting! Information definitely all over the place, but that's nothing new! Looking forward to hearing the response, and the info direct from Lotus hopefully next week.