Leftover 2025 or New 2026?

[MikeMT]

Thanks for all of the responses and opinions and information. Very helpful.

I went with the 2025. Picked it up today!

 

[me73]

Thanks for all of the responses and opinions and information. Very helpful.

I went with the 2025. Picked it up today!

Congratulations

 

[767Driver]

Beautiful! What are the general specs etc? Congrats and enjoy!

 

[MikeMT]

Congratulations

Thanks!

 

[MikeMT]

Beautiful! What are the general specs etc? Congrats and enjoy!

Thanks so much! It's a 2025 V6 Manual with Touring Suspension. Seneca Blue with black leather interior, black seat belts, and a black leather steering wheel. Yellow brake calipers and yellow Lotus badges. It's exactly what I wanted, with the exception of the premium sound system (it has the base system) and black roof, but now that I have it I am actually quite happy with the blue roof. It's an amazing looking, and driving, car. I can't believe I found one locally that had this configuration. I thought that for sure I'd need to travel or order it from the factory.

 

[PatrickJS]

Congrats

It looks like the driver assists are really annoying. Blind spot can be aftermarket but it’s really not needed

 

[papadop88]

Thanks for all of the responses and opinions and information. Very helpful.

I went with the 2025. Picked it up today!

Congrats!

 

[geoffbland]

Thanks for all of the responses and opinions and information. Very helpful.
I went with the 2025. Picked it up today!

Welcome to the gang!
Make sure you find your local Lotus Owners groups and get involved in the meets, events and runs. The community is a big part of owning a Lotus.

 

[MikeMT]

Congrats

It looks like the driver assists are really annoying. Blind spot can be aftermarket but it’s really not needed

Thanks for sharing. I do hope for the 2026+ owners that they change the software so that the driver assists can be tuned off without them coming back on after every start!

 

[MikeMT]

Welcome to the gang!
Make sure you find your local Lotus Owners groups and get involved in the meets, events and runs. The community is a big part of owning a Lotus.

Thanks for the welcome! I'm excited to be part of the gang.

I will definitely do this — thanks for the suggestion.

 

[RoryBellows]

Ive owned a 25 and 26. Unless you want a 26 specific color I would get a 25. May as well save the money and avoid the nannies.

 

[AZemira-i4]

Very nice … congrats! Nice spec …

re: blind spot detection
I miss not having it … but, I agree with above comments. I’m now comfortable without it based on mirror adjustment and technique.

 

[RA71]

Thanks for all of the responses and opinions and information. Very helpful.

I went with the 2025. Picked it up today!

Awesome, great choice! Looks familiar, did you buy it from Victory?

 

[MikeMT]

Very nice … congrats! Nice spec …

re: blind spot detection
I miss not having it … but, I agree with above comments. I’m now comfortable without it based on mirror adjustment and technique.

Agreed, AZemira-i4. It’s only been 2 days and I’m already used to not having it. I realized now that I rarely relied on it since I’m so used to proper mirror adjustments anyway.

 

[MikeMT]

Awesome, great choice! Looks familiar, did you buy it from Victory?

I did! Did you buy there as well? If so, are (or were) you happy with their service department?

 

[EmiraDude]

24-25 is the way to go, congrats

 

[rjm98119]

Thanks for all of the responses and opinions and information. Very helpful.

I went with the 2025. Picked it up today!

I usually like black roof, but I think the blue w/ blue roof is sublime. My '25 is white-on-red, but I debated HEAVILY on that blue.... enjoy

 

[rjm98119]

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Iˋd take the 2026 updates with shifter etc any day over a 2025. very happy with the car (except undertray creaking)

Regarding shifter update... the update is just stiffer trans mounts, isn't it? Where there more updates specifically to the shifter/trans? If just stiffer mounts, you can stiffen up the existing mounts without spending too much money or time by trying some of the PowerFlex Yellow inserts for about $60 USD. Not sure how it compares to '26 OEM mounts but reports suggests there's still less slop with the inserts.

 

[RA71]

I did! Did you buy there as well? If so, are (or were) you happy with their service department?

I did, though I am on the other side of the country, so I had it transported out to me. When I was searching a few months ago, I really wanted a '25 in Seneca without the full black pack, so I scoured the inventory of all US dealers and knew exactly who had what. Our cars are practically siblings. If you look carefully at the photos on of your car still on Victory's site, you can see mine in the background in one of them.

 

[MikeMT]

I did, though I am on the other side of the country, so I had it transported out to me. When I was searching a few months ago, I really wanted a '25 in Seneca without the full black pack, so I scoured the inventory of all US dealers and knew exactly who had what. Our cars are practically siblings. If you look carefully at the photos on of your car still on Victory's site, you can see mine in the background in one of them.

I see it in that second photo on their site! Yes, practically siblings for sure.