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Anyone looking to order a new one now is bold indeed. If they flatline there would have to be serious concerns about what warranty remains and how it would work. TVR made standout looking cars. They never became more valuable when TVR folded.

Precursor to production of Emira going to the US?

I just don’t think the niche is big enough. The car barely sells as is. We know they can offer the V6 with a little more bhp as per the Exige application. The AMG unit can also develop more. Both those solutions are far cheaper than engineering and seeking requisite approval for an entirely new...

There is serious optimism on this thread. Geely close to ending manufacture of the Emira. Europe 10 years away from ending sale of combustion engined cars. UK 5 years away. No looming ban in the US. Will Geely sanction more development cost on a niche car that sadly hasn’t set the global market...

I owned a late TVR when the brand died. Values took a big hit. I’m still traumatised.

Interesting but none of these 3rd party companies seem to offer anything like the bumper to bumper Porsche warranty. I want to know that paint issue is covered all the while I own the car as well. They full well know there is an issue and should be offering a recall.

That said- the price proximity to a new 911 makes them a tough sell new. At £60k you are buying a 911 a decade old as opposed to a 2 year old Emira

I don’t want to trash the brand. Just sold my car earlier this week. I miss it already. 3k for me. No issues. My doors were fine but I suspect that’s because it’s lived a garaged Life and seen no rain. It was fear of the brand falling over and the warranty expiring at the end of this year that...

There is little money in sports cars. The market has changed. Twenty years ago BMW, Audi, Mercedes, Jaguar and others all offered open top sports cars or sports coupes. No more SLK, TT or XK (f type) consumers want small SUV’s. With automatic transmissions, CarPlay and finance. Who has got...

Base 911 is £103.

Regarding Exiges, yes they appear to command high prices. But watch how long many of them take to sell. A far more niche car than the Emira as well.

Sad fact is Lotus continue to make enormous losses. We saw leaked and denied reports that the factory was going to be closed. The existing boss, who had a long history with the brand, has been sacked. Tariffs hurt the sale of cars in their biggest market and the two ev models aren’t well...

They are north of £100k now for a new one. How much would you expect to pay for. Cayman GTS, similar miles and year? I’d guess a solid £10k more. At £59k with warranty it’s a cheap car. What’s far more concerning is the future of the brand.

Might be different elsewhere in the world but in the UK the radar sensors on cars with adaptive cruise are routinely targeted for theft. They are very easy to steal. Very expensive to replace as well. I don’t much care for adaptive cruise and wouldn’t pay for it. The lane departure feature is...

Where the cars are made matters to me. I suspect it matters to others as well.

The only time I see an electric Lotus is close to a dealer. I assume a demo. Seen more on the SUV. Have seen zero Emeya.

I’d add the electric saloon and suv seem spectacularly unpopular. They don’t align with Lotus values and most people who have their own money to spend would look at other brands. I’ve barely seen any on the road. They make the Emira look commonplace. The idea for those rests entirely with Geely.

We don’t know whose fault the paint issue was for the Emira. But the fact they are having to pay dealers to retrofit doors with a revised design, because of a ‘design fault’ must have cost a small fortune. The external body shops dealers are contracting this work out to likely results in a...

I was at the factory in March. Saw the purple and green cars in the finishing bay. To be be fair there may well have been plans for an Emira R that were torpedoed around the time the Hethel closure was leaked. Given the future looks cloudy- at best- it’s perhaps unsurprising they aren’t putting...

Loads on manufacturers offer carbon as a trim option. Some include as standard Audi, BMW, Porsche etc. You may not care for it but even Lotus have employed in on earlier cars as an option including Elise, Exige and Evora. The options list is small and CF parts carry massive margin. The cF boot...

Not really my point. Lotus are literally leaving money on the table not offering this as a cost option. The question was, why?

You can find 993’s with factory carbon specified from the late 90’s. If tastes were going to turn away from automotive use of CF it would have happened by now. It’s effectively posh plastic. Doesn’t matter to most that the weight saving is minimal. It looks good. And expensive. They are leaving...

There a lot of profit in it for manufacturers. They could offer it as an option pack then offer the same pieces to existing owners for even more money. I suspect take up would be high. Especially with OEM cachet!

The side intakes, lower body kit under the doors, rear cutouts (at the back of the car that let you see the tyres) and gloss plastic over the front intakes all beg to be replaced with CF. Lotus could charge a fortune for it and people would buy it. Why no OEM option?

Good to know it’s not just me. I thought everything should shut down when off. Seems entirely odd that connectivity remains live in OFF status.

I tend to leave the car unlocked in my garage, tethered to trickle charge. If I’m in the garage listening to a podcast or talking on the phone, and stand within a few metres of the car, the dash lights up, CarPlay activates and the call is diverted to the car. Doesn’t happen if the car is...

In the UK at least, the Emira is unlikely to find itself on the list of cars stolen to order by professional thieves. There are a long list of cars that are on that list so, as a UK owner, I really wouldn’t bother with this at all. If i owned a fast 4 door Audi, Golf, Defender or modern Lexus...

I thought exports to the US of anything would be killed stone dead due to tariffs? Or has Donny T had another chance of heart?

Hethel make one car now. It’s a big facility for one car. There is simply no way they are going to invest in more petrol powered models with the ban looming. It’s arguably too late. Best we can hope for is a glass roof on the current car and maybe a Cup version based on the i4. I think on the...

Goodwood.

Pal has these in his Cayman. Looks dreadful. Standard looks significantly better than this garish mess.

I’ve got this exact issue. Except it switches on the audio if I am on a call stood next to the car. Even when car is off.

Wonder how many people have that without actually noticing?

The only car I’ve actually seen with the issue had paint that looked like a bad respray- orange peel effect. That apparently being the precursor to micro blistering.

Maybe. Made sense to me. More so than ‘primer’. He manages after sales at a dealer and was matter of fact about it.

Service manager dealership.

Lower part of the ‘splitter’

Nope.