Anyone considering replacing their current Emira with the updated 2026 model?

[JonnyD72]

Call me crazy, but I'm contemplating ordering a 2026 Emira Turbo SE to replace the 2024 First Edition I-4 I purchased 3 months ago. Yes, I realize there's been a price hike, but the Emira I purchased, even though it was new, was already a Model Year old, and not in the exact configuration I would have personally ordered. Don't get me wrong, I REALLY like the spec I was able to get, but I always had the intention of building/ordering my own, and now, especially with my favorite color being offered (Purple Haze), and the added standard features, I'm really considering an order.

Has anyone else gone down this road?

Thoughts?

 

[Blackthought_]

I think you’ll get slaughtered on price. I really like the new colors too but not worth an extra 20k to me

 

[JonnyD72]

I think you’ll get slaughtered on price. I really like the new colors too but not worth an extra 20k to me

$9k difference in original MSRP between the two. With the natural MSRP price increase year over year (2 model years), additional standard features, updates, etc., I don't feel it's that big of a pill to swallow, IMO. Yes, I'll take a depreciation hit, of course, but I'm prepared to absorb that. Good news is, I live in a state that has sales tax credit, so I'll only pay sales tax on the difference between the trade-in value and the selling price of the 2026.

 

[iatros]

Pass for me as well. I have an 'original' Elise, first batch they sent to the US and have never felt the need to change for the next and the next. NOT making that change let me save up and be ready for the Emira when it got here. Instead of dropping more $ into the new version.
Still love driving the Elise (and have tracked it fair bit.) Never felt it was lacking compared to the later 'versions.'

 

[me73]

I'd wait until they make some kind of significant change to the car at least. There will probably be a facelift and maybe even a power bump in 2027 according to the Spring investors call.

 

[Bulls-Vivid-Red]

Call me crazy, but I'm contemplating ordering a 2026 Emira Turbo SE to replace the 2024 First Edition I-4 I purchased 3 months ago. Yes, I realize there's been a price hike, but the Emira I purchased, even though it was new, was already a Model Year old, and not in the exact configuration I would have personally ordered. Don't get me wrong, I REALLY like the spec I was able to get, but I always had the intention of building/ordering my own, and now, especially with my favorite color being offered (Purple Haze), and the added standard features, I'm really considering an order.

Has anyone else gone down this road?

Thoughts?

If you got the money and it makes you happy, why not! I've always purchased very lightly used in the past and mostly been good experiences. That being said my Emira was the first car I've ever selected everything on and I must say it really does make it more special.

Look the depreciation plus price hike means financially this is unwise, but let's face it a two door two seat mid-engine British car isn't a very rational choice in the first place!

 

[erich]

Yes. All the time. I wanted a bright green (like the new EOS green) or purple from the beginning. But I pre-ordered in 2022 and the only thing available was dark verdant. So I settled for that and regret it (not the car though, love the car, just the color). And of course they eventually come out with exactly the colors I wanted. I know it is financially a bad decision, but it's always in the back of my mind. With where prices are it would honestly be cheaper to wrap or even get a full respray and I'd still come out better than if I bought a 2026.

 

[allenyao09]

If you really want a custom-built spec of course go ahead and order a new one. My V6 FE is custom built to my spec and already had a price hike (110k MSRP). Also had full car ppf installed. I would have lost at least 20k if I were to trade it in so I plan to just keep it as long as possible.

 

[sbproducer]

I've considered it. I have a manual and I've seriously considered going AMG and I'm a manual guy through and through.. didn't even look at the AMG when I bought the manual. Probably won't, but if there is a serious facelift in 2027 with a V8... adios V6.

 

[me73]

I've considered it. I have a manual and I've seriously considered going AMG and I'm a manual guy through and through.. didn't even look at the AMG when I bought the manual. Probably won't, but if there is a serious facelift in 2027 with a V8... adios V6.

If a manual V8 were offered (which I highly doubt) there will be a glut of V6s on the market.

 

[boisecrawfords]

What new features does it have?

 

[RoryBellows]

The price differential is too big for what amounts to new paint and wheel choices. I would love a purple one but I'm not paying 20k + depreciation for it.

 

[sixtyy]

I’d order a purple. But with California tax and depreciation, it is a $40k price to swallow. I can wrap my car and change the color 6 times with that money.

 

[Six Speed Stephen]

I’m excited to see what the facelift will look like

 

[K_Squared]

If a manual V8 were offered (which I highly doubt) there will be a glut of V6s on the market.

I'm sure many would make the jump but after a few bolt-on mods (see sig) I don't have any burning desire for more power in the Emira as primarily a street car. Also, for this application, I personally prefer the sound of the supercharged V6 over any V8s out there that aren't flat-crank, supercar-grade engines.

For example, I love the way the 5.7 Hemi V8 sounds in my Ram with a Borla exhaust but I wouldn't want the same noise in the Emira. The V6 sounds way more special/sporty and appropriate for a car like this. I can't think of any modern V8 that is still made in a manual that I would take so it'd have to be something really special and would thus probably be much more expensive. I don't want my Emira to sound like a Charger or Mustang. Just my thoughts on the V8 bandwagon.

 

[me73]

I'm sure many would make the jump but after a few bolt-on mods (see sig) I don't have any burning desire for more power in the Emira as primarily a street car. Also, for this application, I personally prefer the sound of the supercharged V6 over any V8s out there that aren't flat-crank, supercar-grade engines.

For example, I love the way the 5.7 Hemi V8 sounds in my Ram with a Borla exhaust but I wouldn't want the same noise in the Emira. The V6 sounds way more special/sporty and appropriate for a car like this. I can't think of any modern V8 that is still made in a manual that I would take so it'd have to be something really special and would thus probably be much more expensive. I don't want my Emira to sound like a Charger or Mustang. Just my thoughts on the V8 bandwagon.

I sold my (manual) V8 Vantage to make space for my Emira. The v6 sounds good, I don't have any complaints, but it doesn't compare to the sympathy that comes from that Aston Martin. That's just one aspect.

The V8 had a great character once I added a lightened flywheel that set it free to eagerly rev from idle to it's 7300rpm redline. The 4.3 made a little more power than the V6 does but that's not important to me. It's the way the engine eagerly winds up to it's (higher) redline. Again, the v6 is great but doesn't have the v8's character.

The dry sump let it sit way down into the chassis to minimize CG. I'd love to see a longitudinal V8 nestled down under that rear hatch.