Emira Review Index [V6 FE]

For those looking for the latest Emira V6 FE reviews scheduled to be released today, I've self-volunteered to maintain a quick reference index here.
Please let me know of any missing articles and I'll update accordingly.

Reviewer	Type	Direct Link
Edmunds	Article	New Lotus Emira Is Worth the Wait | Edmunds The 2022 Lotus Emira, powered by a supercharged 3.5-liter V6, is both the end and the beginning of an era as the automaker transitions to a world of fully electrified supercars and crossovers. www.edmunds.com
Harry's Garage (Harry Metcalfe)	Video Review	Harry drives the Sports and Tour suspension back to back on the same road and shares his thoughts.
Schmee150 (Tim Burton)	Video Review	Published 21st June Bought the Right Car?! LOTUS EMIRA V6 FIRST DRIVE The countdown is on! The folks at Lotus have delivered an Emira V6 First Edition to @TheShmuseum in a near-identical spec to my inbound car, to take for a fi... www.youtube.com
Carwow (Mat Watson)	Video Review	Lotus Emira review - and my BANNED test! Looking to sell your car? Then you've come to the right place. carwow is the free, easy way to change your car online. Check it out here: https://bit.ly/Buy-... www.youtube.com
TopGear	Articles and Video	Published 3rd July Chris Harris talks about the Lotus Emira Chris Harris On⦠The All-New Lotus Emira | Top Gear Series 32 “I’d feel a bit scared if I were a McLaren or an Aston Martin at the moment” Chris Harris chats to Top Gear Magazine’s Jack Rix about the all-new Lotus Emira... youtu.be Published 20th June Lotus Emira Review 2023 | Top Gear The last ever petrol-powered Lotus looks fantastic and drives with precision, but not quite as much emotion as we might’ve hoped www.topgear.com The big sportscar test: Lotus Emira vs Porsche Cayman vs Alpine A110 www.topgear.com
AutoTrader (Rory Reid)	Video Review	NEW Lotus Emira: The Last REAL Lotus? | 4K Rory reviews the new Lotus Emira, Lotus' last ever petrol sports car. Soon the company will transition to electric cars, but for this last hurrah the Emira p... www.youtube.com
Evo	Article and Video Review	2023 Lotus Emira review – strong showing for Porsche Cayman GTS rival | Evo The first new Lotus for a generation, and the last to be petrol powered, shows great promise but needs some polish www.evo.co.uk
CAR	Article and Video Review	Published 22nd July Lotus Emira vs Porsche Cayman GTS vs Alpine A110 group test review CAR magazine UK compares the Lotus Emira sports car with the Porsche 718 Cayman GTS 4.0 and Alpine A110 S www.carmagazine.co.uk Lotus Emira (2023) review: new 2.0-litre engine driven The brand new Lotus Emira, tested on road and track by CAR magazine. www.carmagazine.co.uk Lotus Emira vs Cayman 718 GTS vs Alpine 110s
Autocar	Article and Video Review	Lotus Emira V6 First Edition 2022 UK first drive | Autocar Most important Lotus in decades heralds a new era and sees out an old one, being the firm's last petrol sports car www.autocar.co.uk
Pistonheads	Article	2022 Lotus Emira | PH Review The Emira is one step closer to production-ready. And the good news (mostly) keeps coming www.pistonheads.com
KHTV	Video Review
The Drive	Article	2023 Lotus Emira First Drive Review: Lotus Grows Up, and Just in Time The Lotus Emira is the last of its kind, the final gas-powered car from the legendary company. And what a thrilling sendoff it is. www.thedrive.com
AutoExpress	Article	New Lotus Emira V6 First Edition review | Auto Express We hit road and track in the new Lotus Emira - the model that redefines the brand as a sports car maker www.autoexpress.co.uk Pictures: New Lotus Emira 2022 review - pictures | Auto Express Pictures of the new Lotus Emira www.autoexpress.co.uk
WhichCar	Article	2022 Lotus Emira review: V6 First Edition, international launch Lotus wants to compete with daily-driver premium sportscars like the Cayman and its new Emira V6 First Edition is a big step in the right direction www.whichcar.com.au
CarBuyer	Article	Lotus Emira coupe review 2024 | Carbuyer “The Emira marks a big step on in terms of design and quality for Lotus, and it’s great to drive” www.carbuyer.co.uk
Hagerty	Article	Lotus Emira first drive review: Will the fab four become the famous five? | Hagerty UK Is the Emira good enough to turn the fab four – Elite, Elan, Esprit, Elise – into the famous five? Read Andrew Frankel's review to find out. www.hagerty.co.uk
Road and Track	Article	Published 1st September Lotus Emira Road and Track Drive The Lotus Emira Is One of the Greats Lotus's final combustion-engined sports car starts a new era for the English automaker, and a prime example of what a well-funded Lotus can build. www.roadandtrack.com The 2023 Emira Is an All-Time High For Lotus The Emira comes from a bygone era. www.roadandtrack.com
Goodwood	Article	First Drive: Lotus Emira 2022 Review | GRR The final combustion-engined Lotus might finally be a match for the Porsche Cayman... www.goodwood.com
The Intercooler	Podcast	Reasonably good post-embargo Emira discussion on The Intercooler. Apple Podcasts Web Embed embed.podcasts.apple.com
Motortrend	Article	2023 Lotus Emira First Drive Review: The Porsche Substitute Don’t want a Porsche Cayman? Try this. www.motortrend.com
Drive	Article	2022 Lotus Emira review: International first drive With a reborn and reinvigorated Lotus looking to a new and very different future, is the Emira the first excuse-free Lotus? www.drive.com.au
AFR	Article	Lotus takes on Porsche with its $185,000 Emira This is a street car for buyers who appreciate luxury and great looks – although with a claimed top speed of 290km/h, it’s no slouch on the racetrack. www.afr.com
Parkers	Article	Lotus Emira Review (2024) Lotus Emira (2024) in-depth review. Read our experts' views on the engine, practicality, running costs, overall performance and more. www.parkers.co.uk
CarExpert	Article	2023 Lotus Emira review: First drive We drive the last Lotus without electrification around Mount Panorama to see if it's a worthy contender to the Porsche 718 Cayman. www.carexpert.com.au
Caffeine & Machine	Article	Caffeine & Machine Hitting the Alps in the summer, chasing the #cultofmachine in the brand spanking new Lotus Emira. Soul food at its best, delivered in spades across the myriad of special alpine roads littering the... www.facebook.com Photos on Instagram: Caffeine&Machine on Instagram: "Hitting the Alps in the summer, chasing the #cultofmachine in the brand spanking new Lotus Emira. Soul food at its best, delivered in spades across the myriad of special alpine roads littering the region. It would be 1,061 likes, 8 comments - caffeineandmachineJune 13, 2022 on : "Hitting the Alps in the summer, chasing the #cultofmachine in the brand spanking new Lotus Emira. Soul food at its best, delivered in spa..." www.instagram.com
The Sunday Times Driving	Article	Lotus Emira V6 2022 on-track review: Lotus's last petrol car is more than significant ... it's good This isn't going to be one of our usual reviews, because our test drive of the new Lotus Emira wasn't usual, either, having experienced just three and a half laps behind the wheel around Goodwood Motor Circuit,. www.driving.co.uk
Car and Driver	Article	2023 Emira Is a Grown-Up Lotus The last gas-powered Lotus also may be the first you don't have to make excuses for. www.caranddriver.com
The Sun	Article	I've driven the Lotus Emira - you can use it every day and it's saving BRITAIN THERE’S only one type of person who wouldn’t fall in love with the Lotus Emira. Those Twitter-dwelling keyboard warriors who think they know more about cars than everyone else. I’ve seen a few comm… www.thesun.co.uk
AutoCar UK	Article	Published 2nd July Lotus Emira vs Porsche 718 Cayman | Autocar Lotus’s new sports car is a great car in its own right - but can it hold its own against the class leader? www.autocar.co.uk

 

[Lots_Of_Trouble]

Harry is gangster - doing 160 (kmh) in a 60(mph) - i wonder how long that stays online

 

[Leonard]

Those prices have been creeping up for the past year- but share your sentiments. If the Emira wasn't just so good looking it would be easier to walk away.. It's like having Charlie Dimmock design your garden or Charlize Theron - you'd want Charlie Dimock for a great garden but wouldn't care what garden Charlize Theron created as you'd be absorbed in her beauty.

Have you seen those Charlie Dimmock-sized humps on the Spyder!

74k gets you a 5k mile example albeit 2/3 owners and 6 years old..... It will come down to residuals with me, if I think I am going to take a bath on the Emira then it will be Pork all the way

 

[Lots_Of_Trouble]

Have you seen those Charlie Dimmock-sized humps on the Spyder!

74k gets you a 5k mile example albeit 2/3 owners and 6 years old..... It will come down to residuals with me, if I think I am going to take a bath on the Emira then it will be Pork all the way

981 over the 718?
981 all day long for me

im sure all of this Porsche talk will be forgotten once we get the Emira...

 

[emiraspain]

Not looking particularly rosie is it... Only read Autocar, EVO and AutoExpress so far but vague steering and gearbox and a brake pedal that is less than ideal for heel and toe isn't what I want to hear about my new Lotus.
I've not been commenting on the forum much as there wasn't really much more to say until the reviews came out.
If it genuinely is a 4 star car tho and I can't get a test drive in a production car before taking delivery in July then I'm out.
Cant help but think Lotus have really shot themselves in the foot with this prototype review nonsense a month away from customer deliveries

yes they have not played this well.... they should have got some feedback from these guys and then given them the final car....
not easy, but its been so long they could have done it....
oh well, ive still not seen any yet..... cant get out of my online meeting

 

[Leonard]

981 over the 718?
981 all day long for me

im sure all of this Porsche talk will be forgotten once we get the Emira...

981 for me as I don't think you need the full GT chassis on the road and the 981 sounds better without having to drop £6k + on an exhaust for the 718 (Id rather spend that money on shorter ratios for the manual box from RPM)

 

[Jonhklee]

Matt Prior, Autocar

And as a driver’s car, it’s mostly great. On challenging stretches of road is where it’s absolutely at its best, in fact. On a road where there are loads of inputs on one side of the car and fewer on the other, strewn with cambers and crests and gradients, it shows its true Lotus origins.

Across my favourite test route, it feels seriously good, refusing to lose traction over an off-camber crest where most cars scrabble a little and only giving the merest ripple of vibration through the steering when encountering big surface imperfections while both braking and cornering

Is this touring or sports suspension on review?

 

[Jonhklee]

Harry is gangster - doing 160 (kmh) in a 60(mph) - i wonder how long that stays online

I noticed that too

 

[Tonyshepp]

What a bloody dilemma to be in - wait for an I4 FE and go to the back of the queue, buy an Emira V6 FE on PCP and don't care about the residuals as I'm only renting it.
I'm starting to feel less comfortable dropping 80k into savings on this car and I wont unless i can do a test drive before paying the remainder of the balance.

 

[Tonyshepp]

Is this touring or sports suspension on review?

Touring as its the red car Harry borrowed for a few minutes on his video.

 

[DrD]

Not to be too biased on this enthusiast forum, but I do think there's a lot of latching on to the negativity and negating some solid positives. I think what you can separate out from the reviews is the track vs road bias; which I appreciate for some people looking for that hardcore track machine may be a bit disappointed.

What I'm interpreting from the multitude of reviews is the chassis is primarily set up for the road as a high priority, and that even in the sports suspension, it's natural home isn't the track. In the UK at least, it makes sense as our roads are generally a little twistier and pretty poor surface. There seems to be a lot of positives about it's road handling characteristics, even briefly from Jethro and EVO. However there's no denying it may not be as at home on the track as a GTS or a GT4.

For me personally, this is good enough news. I adore the looks, I'm excited by the noise and the interior. I love a good thrash down a British B road and I'll do maybe 2 trackdays a year; where I'll concede no doubt a GTS may be better, but the other 98% more than makes up for it.

It also helps that I was never cross shopping any other car, it was either do I want an emira or not... The reviews (especially Harry's who I'd probably align my priorities with more so), have just reinforced this.

(this is coming from someone who's had 2 caymans and a 991.1 911 GTS )...

ALSO GOD DAMN MAGMA LOOKS GOOD.

 

[roundincircles]

Is this touring or sports suspension on review?

Touring suspension

 

[Leonard]

What a bloody dilemma to be in - wait for an I4 FE and go to the back of the queue, buy an Emira V6 FE on PCP and don't care about the residuals as I'm only renting it.
I'm starting to feel less comfortable dropping 80k into savings on this car and I wont unless i can do a test drive before paying the remainder of the balance.

You won't drop to the back of the queue (allegedly) You go into the existing i4 waiting list as per your original deposit date. So you should theoretically be in the first batch of i4 cars released to UK.
I looked at PCP as well as an option to savings, but dropping a possible £12k a year rental doesn't really appeal either

 

[digilotus]

Carbuyer review is out

 

[Lots_Of_Trouble]

Not to be too biased on this enthusiast forum, but I do think there's a lot of latching on to the negativity and negating some solid positives. I think what you can separate out from the reviews is the track vs road bias; which I appreciate for some people looking for that hardcore track machine may be a bit disappointed.

What I'm interpreting from the multitude of reviews is the chassis is primarily set up for the road as a high priority, and that even in the sports suspension, it's natural home isn't the track. In the UK at least, it makes sense as our roads are generally a little twistier and pretty poor surface. There seems to be a lot of positives about it's road handling characteristics, even briefly from Jethro and EVO. However there's no denying it may not be as at home on the track as a GTS or a GT4.

For me personally, this is good enough news. I adore the looks, I'm excited by the noise and the interior. I love a good thrash down a British B road and I'll do maybe 2 trackdays a year; where I'll concede no doubt a GTS may be better, but the other 98% more than makes up for it.

It also helps that I was never cross shopping any other car, it was either do I want an emira or not... The reviews (especially Harry's who I'd probably align my priorities with more so), have just reinforced this.

(this is coming from someone who's had 2 caymans and a 991.1 911 GTS )...

ALSO GOD DAMN MAGMA LOOKS GOOD.

i saw the Magma in person near Leamington Spa the other day, it was stunning, especially with the ICE interior!

 

[VL3X]

I've only watched Harry's review so far... Overall it's positive, as expected. I'm happy I went with Sport chassis, since my Emira will be a weekend car and track toy. Gavin said the main difference between tour and sport is the stiffer Bilsteins in sport and slightly higher Eibach spring rates. Is that the only difference? What about swaybars and various bushings? Can we confirm those are identical across the 2 options?

 

[Honeywell]

This thing looks Ardent Red - or is it just a filter they have used??

 

[digilotus]

Carwow review is out!

 

[VL3X]

That Evo review was brutal! 😔 Jethro was disappointed to say the least. Old engine, trans not good enough, too much body roll even with the sports chassis, etc... Gavin has got to be upset watching that review (I know I am).

 

[digilotus]

Apple Carplay and Android Auto are wireless according to Mat Watson (carwow review):

Also, Android Auto displays in full screen! Woo!

 

[Leonard]

Not to be too biased on this enthusiast forum, but I do think there's a lot of latching on to the negativity and negating some solid positives. I think what you can separate out from the reviews is the track vs road bias; which I appreciate for some people looking for that hardcore track machine may be a bit disappointed.

What I'm interpreting from the multitude of reviews is the chassis is primarily set up for the road as a high priority, and that even in the sports suspension, it's natural home isn't the track. In the UK at least, it makes sense as our roads are generally a little twistier and pretty poor surface. There seems to be a lot of positives about it's road handling characteristics, even briefly from Jethro and EVO. However there's no denying it may not be as at home on the track as a GTS or a GT4.

For me personally, this is good enough news. I adore the looks, I'm excited by the noise and the interior. I love a good thrash down a British B road and I'll do maybe 2 trackdays a year; where I'll concede no doubt a GTS may be better, but the other 98% more than makes up for it.

It also helps that I was never cross shopping any other car, it was either do I want an emira or not... The reviews (especially Harry's who I'd probably align my priorities with more so), have just reinforced this.

(this is coming from someone who's had 2 caymans and a 991.1 911 GTS )...

ALSO GOD DAMN MAGMA LOOKS GOOD.

That is a good summary. Lots of reviews have been done about great cars that just haven't been quite as great as the greatest ones! Still doesn't mean you shouldn't buy them as they still have a lot to offer.
(I do want a 3.8L NA 991 GTS though... great car)