I suspect the 700 cars will easily be taken up by V6 FEs. The numbe of deposits for FE cars far exceeds that number. I’ve heard the total number of deposits could satisfy 3-4 years of production geared toward North America. That doesn’t take dropouts into account, but there has been an exceptional amount of interest here.
One in Calgary
That's good to know.
A major factor is when the ban on the sale of petrol engined cars comes into effect in the UK. Plus the Toyota V6 will fail upcoming EU emissions legislation and is unlikely to be updated. The AMG i4 will fail it too, but I expect it will be updated to comply.
Don't forget there are two Lotus dealerships in Southern Ontario in the Metro Toronto area, where there's only one in Vancouver, tough call who's the bigger dealership.
. Also want the V6 Seneca, basically the show car spec but in V6 manual. Good luck!
Not sure but is the Oakville dealership new? My understand was that it is while Gentry is very estabilished, so if that’s the case I imagine a lot of the buyers are existing Lotus loyalists. Anyone know how many Oakville has taken deposits on? I think I heard from a recent deposited at Gentry they were about 80.
Good luck to you too also my friend.Yup, Vancouver seems like a good market, just that BC is 1/3 Ontario’s population. I got my deposit in mid July a week after the car was announced, I didn’t pry much but my sense of what they indicated at the time was 2022 with a chance it could slip into 2023. Realistically 2023 was my expectation and the expected delays basically confirms that to me. All I’m hoping for is that I get it spring or early summer 2023 and could care less if it’s any earlier. It’s a second car that will be put away in the winter so I’m really hoping I don’t end up getting it late 2023 and have to wait all winter to have fun
I’m in Toronto, same thing I’m in a condo indoor parking and will contemplate winter storage vs using a facility and cancelling the insurance. The problem with using a storage facility is I’d still have to rent a second parking space since buying one won’t happen and probably won’t be able to get one for 6 months at a time or at least it would be a pain. So may have to just eat the insurance cost over the winter even though I’m not driving it since I think you have to at least go around the block once a month or there will be problems having it just sit all winter…
You may be very disappointed then. Production for North America isn’t starting until September and Lotus is saying 700 cars for NA. Unless I’m not understanding the email that has been reference from Lotus.
It's 4,800 per year on one shift. But in 2022 production only starts mid year, so likely to be 3,200-3,500 cars worldwide.
I think 2023 is much more likely than 2024. They don't have a clear picture of i4 FE demand yet, firstly as the specs and pricing haven't been announced. Secondly because they've only asked people about V6 FE or "not V6FE", so don't know splits between FE and Base Edition. I suspect the Base cars will follow much sooner after the i4 FE than the gap between V6 FE and i4FE.
Based on 700 cars to NA. What would be everyones “guess” on allocations here?
This seems like a reasonable evaluation... I'll second these values!
With these figures, I'd love to be in that exclusive club of Canadian Emira owners, no matter how long it takes.
