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Just watched the whole thing. Great video. Perhaps one of the best/better videos on the Emira out there. He does talk about a recall for US bound cars at the 44:12 mark, linked below, for water intrusion that can cause electrical issues. Anyone know what he is talking about? What the recall...

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I would not want them to blend into the hood and fenders. If it were me, I would take off the bumper and drop it off at the body shop for repaint. I would take a slightly mismatched bumper over a resprayed hood and fender.

It looks like all MY2026 Emiras will be equipped with a driver aid or ADAS. One of the aids will be an autonomous braking system that automatically applies the brakes if the radar/camera detects an obstacle. From what I read, auto manufacturers are being pressured to include these in all cars...

In case anyone wants one and is willing to drop $600 for it, you can but it here. I have no idea if they are affiliated with Lotus cars. https://www.williams-sonoma.com/shop/electrics/lotus/

I prefer not having it too. I hope the configurator is wrong and US Spec vehicles do not have it.

The US configurator shows Emiras equipped with a Fatigue Detection system. I don't believe it was equipped on FE and 2025 US cars and assume it is new for 2026. Was this equipped on non-US cars? If non-US cars had it, anyone have issues with it; functional or reliability wise? Is it safe to...

If that is a contract, the dealer is obligated to deliver your build at the agreed upon (2025) price. Dealer is going to lose a lot more if it wants to play this game. Below is a link to the relevant Florida statue. Paragraph 10 applies to your situation. Note that the statute mentions...

I suspect more companies are going to suspend or curtail deliveries for the near term. What company wants to risk importing thousands of cars with a 25% tariff only to learn the tariff gets rescinded the next day. It's going to impact production of US built autos with significant foreign parts...

The Nomad Concept was awesome. One of the few times I wrote to a manufacturer begging them to put it into production.

I was told that once the build was submitted the deposit was non-refundable and that Lotus, understandably, cold not guarantee the price. If a tariff was imposed, you would be forced to choose between losing your deposit or paying an extra $25k-$30k in taxes.

Every vehicle I bought out-of-state, I got a temp tag and did not pay sales tax at delivery. Only dealer that refused to do it was a dealer in NY. I usually get the MSO and can register the vehicle in my home state. Only exception was in PA. PA sent me a PA title with my home address. It...

I second this as the way to go. I would take a slightly mismatched bumper over a front end that was completely resprayed. A shop that does high end work should be able to get it pretty close. One shop I used told me there were six variants for the paint code on my car. They sprayed test...

Maybe ask the dealer to send you pictures of the bumper? If there was a battle with corporate over warranty work, there has to be pictures the dealer sent to Lotus.

It's hard to tell if a bumper has been resprayed until you start sanding it down. Then you can see the paint layers. Without stripping the paint down, the body shop is only guessing if it was resprayed. Especially with a bumper. You can't use a paint depth gauge on a bumper. You can feel...

It's going to be hard to get the bumper to match the rest of the car. Even assuming they can perfectly color match the paint, the bumper's metal flake will lay down differently than the OEM paint and will reflect the light differently. The factory also used a robot to paint the cars while a...

You probably need to remove the front hood to get access to the clips that hold the front bumper. I have never worked on an Emira, but if it is similar to other cars, there are probably a bunch of clips that run along the edge of the bumper where it meets the hood, along the wheel well where...

Not to hijack the thread, but if it is possible to get ECU data, exactly what information is it supposed to provide? Is it like an over-rev report that is available on some Porsches?

This sounds like they took your deposit and started looking for a car to flip to you. I put down a $2500 deposit in February for a V6 manual. I was offered an allocation in October. I was required to lock in my spec and put another $7500 down. Delivery was estimated to be sometime in Q1...

Just my experience living in NYC. Nowhere is a safe place to park. Manhattan is easily accessible to everyone and all neighborhoods have their derelicts. Parallel parking by feel is an accepted practice. Valets will repeatedly start your car to make room and retrieve other cars, assuming...

Anyone know the specs for the Cast Wheels? Specifically, I'd like to know weights and mfr. I could only find the specs for the forged wheels.

When I lived in NYC, there was a large open parking lot on the west side of Manhattan that bordered a hill about 20-30 feet high. The local juvenile delinquents gathered on the hill to throw rocks at the cars to see who could set of the most alarms. Then there were the hoodlums who lined up on...

I am debating between Nimbus Grey and Atlantis Blue. Both colors look great to me. The main reason I am against Nimbus is that I currently have 3 silver cars, 1 blue, and 1 red in my stable of weekend/fun cars. Not sure if I want to add a 4th silver car to the collection. Atlantis would help...

Could you elaborate? Which did you prefer from a pure driving perspective? I was debating between a MT Supra and V6 Emira.