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100% agree, call it arrogance or ignorance on the behalf of Lotus. It will remain to be seen in future. To be honest just want to see the cars final specs etc…. rather than target 🎯 this and target that with an Astrix….

100% correct. Charge them for it all.

Price gouging at its best. They’ve had great interest based on looks of the car and now that has gone to their head. They have simply pocketed the extra money but this may bite them in a couple of years as they use this car as a bridge to gen next. Disappointing but not surprising to be honest.

Lol and that’s not even with any of the extra options, $4,000 for the auto alone, plus in Aus we pay another 10k in registration fees and dealer delivery charges on top. Hence, 200k plus 🤦🏻‍♂️🤣

In Australia we have pricing for the FE V6 at an eye watering $190,000 with extra options $200,000 drive away…. No Joke

This is the part where honesty is the best policy, double shifts not so good. Single upshifts and downshifts are very crisp and responsive every single time. To give you an idea I drove the new BMW M4 with the torque converter and the GT410 IPS id say is 30% better no doubt on downshifts every...

I can attest to ownership of a 2016 Evora 400 and then a 2019 GT410 which had the updated software and gear ratios. They are daylight apart. The only thing I’ve driven better is the Porsche 2021 PDK and my 2016 Hurrican DCT. I will be getting an FE V6 Auto for that reason.

Mate I absolutely love the Morgan 3 wheelers, super cool and most definitely unique. I’ve currently got a 4C and love it for every reason others hate it. I’m down in Sydney mate and if you’re ever down this way I’ll buy you a beer. I’m also very lucky my Mrs is a bit of a rev head and allows me...

I think you hit the nail in the head. I want to see Lotus do so well and I’ve owned a coupe and do have a soft spot for them as a business overall. Been lucky enough to own some Italian Supercars but Lotus as a package just in my Evora 400 with all its drawbacks and build quality niggles is...

I put my deposit down on the 19th of May before the car was launched. At the time 1 person was ahead on me with a deposit down of 5k in Melbourne, obviously sight unseen as well. Simply Sports cars in Sydney have indicated that they will be lucky to see many more than 10 allocations for the FE...

H Hey Rob I concur with exactly what you said mate. I’m from Sydney and I’ve had confirmation first FE delivery are July 2022 or even a month earlier from factory. Unless you missed the first Australian allocation. When did you put down your deposit legend?

Absolutely concur mate. Everyone is allowed to state any opinion with respect no matter what it is. Proud to be part of this forum. Have a wonderful weekend mate.

🤣🤣🤣🤣 move on loser.

Make sure you go past hethel and collect your $200 when you pass go. Ignorance and lack of depth are seriously evident on your behalf with that response to a person putting forward a valid opinion. Now you go have a blessed and lovely day as well smart ass.

You’re very correct about all you say mate. The biggest issue for me is the extremely poor communication from Lotus and the average or changing information or lack there off. I truly want to see them succeed but I feel they are trying to run before they even walk per say and getting it wrong...

Hi I can confirm the lower black pack is standard with the FE cars. And as such you will not be able to delete. The whole point of getting an FE by Lotus is to get more for less $$$ vs spec of your own for each individual pack. As their MD Matt said “we want to reward early buyers with a...

Content confirmed, but plate style not yet. Will go on hethel yellow 1st Edition.

Couldn’t agree more.

Yes because these are the 3 wheel choices for the first edition only, as it comes fully loaded with all the extras as standard. Hence, the 3 other wheel choices will be standard on the base model when it’s configurator goes live online. Lotus are not very good in communication and seem to be...

Absolutely agree. We where told by the MD 416hp and 330nm now it’s 400hp and 320nm. What a joke, the left arm doesn’t talk to the right clearly.

What rubbish performance figures. It’s slower than a 2016 Evora 400. You mean 6 years till you launch a new car that’s all the engineering you have been able to employ for the drivers. Or let me choose the i4 engine sorry sir you can’t till 2023 🤦🏻‍♂️. Lotus is not for the drivers it’s for what...

Couldn’t agree more with you mate. Lotus have totally stuffed many communication aspects. They look like they don’t even know what they are doing themselves. Car is stunning but what’s more stunning is how they have screwed it all up. Now you can’t even get black tail pipes unless you opt for...

I think Lotus have made a mess of the launch of this car already. Lack of clear communication will cost them plenty of pre orders. Also performance figures are terrible 😞 slower than Evora and Exige.

It’s a new gearbox. Dual clutch and not the Aisin..

Unfortunately I’ve received the same info. I was never expecting a Lotus of that caliber to be the same price as a Toyota Supra at 110k. For $150k it’s actually a lot of car and looks twice the price, with super car styling and sound. Even the base corvette C8 is at 149k, price you pay when you...

Couldn’t agree with you more. Seems Lotus have taken the easy way out in engineering a proper gearbox vs the Asin unit that was average at best to much that wonderful V6. Forcing people to go into the 4 cylinder. Anyway time will tell for sales post the first year hype. You can just be pretty...

I truly hope so mate. I have huge holes for Lotus now with money under their belt per say to be able to achieve their strategy and sales upturn. Maybe they have kept power figures under wraps to see market movements. Especially now that Porsche is turning up the heart with a 500hp animal GT4...

If it’s not delivering a sub 4 second acceleration for the V6 it will make that cat a pretty Audi TT. Lotus is playing Russian roulette rather than delivering a car in the same ball park and acceleration times as a Chevy Corvette. Especially when they keep saying the US is their biggest market...

All Aus pricing will be released the 1st of September. But early indications from my dealer in Sydney is that 200k fully loaded for an edition 1 V6 on road plus or minus 10k his words.

So true mate 😊

In In Australia it’s 1 fine and they will cancel your car’s registration in 14 days. In short we have no choice but a front number plate.

Thanks for the information. In Australia the NSX is 450k vs 200k for the Lotus Emira. As such you can buy 2 with money to spare for a holiday 🤣🤣🤣

Not a fan at all of any aspects he re-designed. Outside of the twin exhaust and only linking the top brake light as one uniform line.

15 Huracan and a 15 R8 V8, Can’t wait to add the Emira to the stable… Our daily is a 2021 Macan GTS

All this will differ by country from Speaking to my dealer. As in Australia we pay higher prices for car I.e the first edition V6 will be more than $200,000 they seem to load the car with a lot of features that are normally options in other countries. It’s like their way of making it more...

Hi Tony all the way from Australia. I’ve had it confirmed from my Local dealer that all cars come standard with touring and sport mode. But to get race mode with launch control and pilot ss tires it’s an option pack.

The R8 is double the price of the Lotus from factory in Australia. So not really a comparison.

I placed a 5k refundable deposit 💵 before the car was even launched back in early May. Needless to say definitely happy about making that decision, as I’ll get the first customer delivered Emira in Sydney Australia 🇦🇺 in July 2022.