Major quality failures / concerns on early 3.5 MT Emiras?

[nd4bld]

Greetings from Shanghai, China -

I‘m looking for buying an used Emira 3.5 MT First edition – mainly because there is only one batch imported to China market is 3.5 MT back in 2023, and all the rest of follow-ups are 2.0 AT here after the engineering / manufacturing delivery issues were sorted.
Now the used car pricing is more attractive ~600k RMB, which is about half of the new car MSRP.
We also have a more matured service network here in Shanghai (we’re quite close to Geely HQ and Lotus China office), 40 mins of driving to official Lotus service site / 20mins of 3rd party Lotus workshop sounds convenient to me.

Off-course I’m aware of some glitches or tweaks in Emira – most of them should be electrical issues and some body paint / lids failures?
However I do wonder if there are any failures around propulsion system (engine, gearbox)? I suppose it’s quite durable as it has been a proved propulsion system from previous Lotus line-up and can be rooted back to Toyota products?

Thanks.

Ps. A few photos from my Emira test drive in 2023, I do miss the thrilling experience even 2 years have passed.

 

[MiamiBlue]

My general observations from this group is that the problems have not gone away with later cars.
Newer 2024/2025 V6 Emiras seem to get the same paint issues and other electric/water ingress issues as the early 2022/2023 cars.

The engine/drivetrain part is the most reliable, and has been from the beginning. I don't know of any reported issues with the Toyota engine reported on here (it's the Lotus parts that give issues). The engine is tried and tested in many Toyota and Lexus models and will usually gives 100K's of miles without issue. Far higher than most Emiras will ever see.

 

[Honcho]

I'm on 8k miles now and nothing major so far apart from the paint. Quite a few things have been address with software updates so make sure you've had them carried out.

 

[Nick in Sydney]

Ensure the car has had all the software upgrades and also that the rubber waterproof membrane has been installed over the fuse box in the front "trunk" to channel water away from the resistor pack.