Look what turned up in my sleepy Oxfordshire village...

[EM12AAM]

Came home from holiday to my small south Oxfordshire village to see this prototype car. No idea what it's doing here...

 

[emiraspain]

Came home from holiday to my small south Oxfordshire village to see this prototype car. No idea what it's doing here...

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probably they have just forgotten about it, or maybe abandoned it. If its still there in a few days, claim it .
People on here love white, I think the esprit looked good in it, but not a big fan of any other car on the planet in white and before people answer, think VAN... hah

 

[TomE]

Good spot! It’s probably one of the mileage accumulation cars. They’ve given several to staff to drive 7 days a week to put them through 1000s of miles of real usage.

Did you try scanning the QR code?

 

[PaperLawyer]

The alloys appear gunmetal in colour? I wonder whether a future option or simply playing around with possible colours?

 

[DJS]

Good spot! It’s probably one of the mileage accumulation cars. They’ve given several to staff to drive 7 days a week to put them through 1000s of miles of real usage.

Did you try scanning the QR code?

I did off of the picture takes you to the website

 

[klho001]

Can‘t really make out if that’s red or tan interior, but yeah gimme that color with a black pack and diamond cuts

 

[EM12AAM]

Good spot! It’s probably one of the mileage accumulation cars. They’ve given several to staff to drive 7 days a week to put them through 1000s of miles of real usage.

Did you try scanning the QR code?

Yeah of course I did. Was hoping it would be some kind of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory golden ticket but it actually takes you to the Lotus recruitment website...

 

[EM12AAM]

The alloys appear gunmetal in colour? I wonder whether a future option or simply playing around with possible colours?

Yes exactly right. I might nip around and see if it's still there and get some better pictures of the wheels,

 

[EM12AAM]

Can‘t really make out if that’s red or tan interior, but yeah gimme that color with a black pack and diamond cuts

Interior is red. Wouldn't be my choice but each to their own!

 

[EM12AAM]

Good spot! It’s probably one of the mileage accumulation cars. They’ve given several to staff to drive 7 days a week to put them through 1000s of miles of real usage.

Did you try scanning the QR code?

So actually I scanned the QR code on the bonnet... didn't occur to me that they'd be different so in case anyone is interested... Registration plate is AU71 EGK.

 

[TomE]

Yeah of course I did. Was hoping it would be some kind of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory golden ticket but it actually takes you to the Lotus recruitment website...

Shame, I was hoping it took you to a special Emira spotters site “gotta catch them all”

 

[virtualmacho]

Shame, I was hoping it took you to a special Emira spotters site “gotta catch them all”

And the winner gets... a fairly amusing way to bide time.

 

[TomE]

The alloys appear gunmetal in colour? I wonder whether a future option or simply playing around with possible colours?

Looks like they’re the Base cast wheels. I think they’re going to be available in silver, black and grey.

 

[GetawayDriving]

No pressure but, there are NO known pictures of the red interior online so please go snap the hell out of that!

 

[PaperLawyer]

Looks like they’re the Base cast wheels. I think they’re going to be available in silver, black and grey.

I have previously seen them in silver and black but hadn't seen/recalled the grey. Always a gamble to get the shade right - I failed when I had my SSR GT1 alloys powdercoated on my S2000.

 

[EM12AAM]

No pressure but, there are NO known pictures of the red interior online so please go snap the hell out of that!

Ah well sadly I didn't take any pictures of the interior... in honesty it felt strangely intrusive even looking inside for some reason... maybe because it was parked outside of someone's house... although I was curious as there was something plugged in to the centre console...

Of course when I looked this morning the car had already gone...

Anyway, this is the only picture I took that shows the interior at all.

 

[EM12AAM]

 

[GetawayDriving]

Ah well sadly I didn't take any pictures of the interior... in honesty it felt strangely intrusive even looking inside for some reason... maybe because it was parked outside of someone's house... although I was curious as there was something plugged in to the centre console...

Of course when I looked this morning the car had already gone...

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Well if it turns back up, you know what to do

These employees must have some expectation that people will gawk. I mean, the QR code is literally placed there with the expectation you will point a camera at it!

Side note I think I saw this car on the factory floor back in May, but at that point it had black seats (red dash and door trim but not yet red seats).

 

[EspritGuy]

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Well done.
What if you ask the resident about the driver? You may win a ride.

 

[Eagle7]

This car has such stunning visual presence. Makes everything else around it look so plain and ordinary.