The most accurate car ever produced

[Eagle7]

It's interesting that the one car Matt said was an actual customer car, and now this latest yellow car, both clearly do not have that front gap.

I wonder if during testing and development, that rubber seal strip was put in there temporarily once they identified that location as a source of wind noise, and then had the bonnet slightly redesigned to eliminate that issue? You HAVE to know they saw the thread(s) on that gap issue on the forums. For testing and development they probably had a small run of the original bonnets in house and just used them while working out the update.

The gap wouldn't have been a big issue for Dark Verdant or Shadow Gray, but for the lighter colors it did certainly stand out. This will be a very pleasant update if in fact that gap is now no bigger than the other body gaps.

 

[Porter]

I won't hold my breath. If they were experimenting with a fix they would have said so at Goodwood rather than telling people outright that it was production.

 

[eriegz]

Here's my small contribution:

1 - Front plate delete:

2 - The pan they did of the back of the car towards the end (bad cropping is theirs):

 

[kbhoz]

Yellow car also has the little yellow marker strip at the top of the steering wheel... 🤔

It must be an Auto then. Available as an option on Autos.

 

[Eagle7]

Here's my small contribution:

1 - Front plate delete:

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2 - The pan they did of the back of the car towards the end (bad cropping is theirs):

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Interesting. The shot of the back shows the inside engine cover is missing, and there are two white test strips of some kind on the window.

The car looks quite different without the black pack doesn't it. Almost like a completely different model.

 

[kbhoz]

I don't think this is a production car as that laser would have picked up the rear boot misalignment. Its on many pre-production cars I have noticed. This could be a latching or moulding issue. I am sure it will be sorted before full production. Once you see it you can never unsee it.

 

[SemiF19]

Is it just me or does the wheel gap on the front look huge?

 

[EspritGuy]

Is it just me or does the wheel gap on the front look huge?

As you know, the camera adds 10 mm.

 

[Citizen]

It's interesting that the one car Matt said was an actual customer car, and now this latest yellow car, both clearly do not have that front gap.

I wonder if during testing and development, that rubber seal strip was put in there temporarily once they identified that location as a source of wind noise, and then had the bonnet slightly redesigned to eliminate that issue? You HAVE to know they saw the thread(s) on that gap issue on the forums. For testing and development they probably had a small run of the original bonnets in house and just used them while working out the update.

The gap wouldn't have been a big issue for Dark Verdant or Shadow Gray, but for the lighter colors it did certainly stand out. This will be a very pleasant update if in fact that gap is now no bigger than the other body gaps.

There’s recently a videoreview on YouTube and talks about that at 02:00min aproximately

 

[eriegz]

There’s recently a videoreview on YouTube and talks about that at 02:00min aproximately

I do appreciate the video link, but it doesn't really add much to the discussion, does it? Basically, all he said was "A lot of people don't like it, and there's talk that maybe it'll be improved on the final production car". But we already know that we all hate it, and the idea of it being improved for the final production version is, from what I can tell, probably nothing more than wishful thinking on our parts. 😕

 

[eriegz]

I did one more Photoshop edit to get everyone excited for what the final production version will look like:

 

[Leonard]

I did one more Photoshop edit to get everyone excited for what the final production version will look like:

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Brutal 😥

 

[Jonhklee]

I did one more Photoshop edit to get everyone excited for what the final production version will look like:

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Imagine the horror on pick up day!

 

[eriegz]

Imagine the horror on pick up day!

That's what I'm trying to help prepare you for! 😆

 

[eriegz]

Somebody help me please...

 

[kitkat]

I did one more Photoshop edit to get everyone excited for what the final production version will look like:

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Front end seems too low on your photoshop, please photoshop a lift kit in.

 

[Leonard]

Somebody help me please...

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FIT

 

[~el~jefe~]

The title is misleading. Particularly for a CNC reviewing group of people, as they seem to be or something.

The people in the video, as far as I have determined, have stated:
A) the tri-laser system is as precise-consistent as doing so by hand in previous Lotuses.
B) it is being done to make it automated and more during the process which sounds great vs done more at the end.
C) it is not "accurate" but Precise. Precise means consistent in both any direction. Someone can precisely create a device that incinerates every owner perfectly in a small collision. For example.
D) every time they say "reliable" they quickly note that it is internally reliable, the products in themselves, relative to ONE ANOTHER. Not to other examples of vehicles.

 

[DJS]

FIT

Yeah someone got lucky lol

 

[DJS]

Isn’t it ironic how it’s the most accurate car ever built with the most inaccurate build times . 😳