USA/Canada Delivery Thread

[kitkat]

Hopefully if true, it will be as easy as removing a solid replacement filler plate and leave it fully exposed.

Based on the service manual it’s a few hours of work to get there. It involves removing the lower dash trim, hvac controls, glovebox, both seats, taking apart a good bit of the upper center console to get at the lower center console.

Let’s instead hope that dealer doesn’t know what they’re talking about

 

[FlyNavy01]

From My Dealer "Just need to pass the Carb Certification as the letter mentions. We are a Carb dealer, so we will not receive the vehicles until completed. Other dealers that are in EPA states, they will receive their vehicles, but they cannot sell it until completed. "

Also, mentioned my V6 manual FE 2.0 is still on target for the April 2024 timeframe.

CARB states include California, Connecticut, Colorado, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington.

Are they saying that some cars will be staying at the port for 2 months while others will be shipped off depending on which state they're being sold in? Seems like unnecessarily confusing logistics when no cars can be sold until CARB passes anyways...

 

[Emiro]

I'm in Miami and received an email from the dealer (local) about my car being on a ship, and expect delivery mid/late Jan once CARB. Anyone else in Miami??

 

[Nova]

Are they saying that some cars will be staying at the port for 2 months while others will be shipped off depending on which state they're being sold in? Seems like unnecessarily confusing logistics when no cars can be sold until CARB passes anyways...

It makes sense to deliver the non-carb cars earlier because it reduces storage costs for Lotus and the delay for delivering cars once CARB is approved.

 

[B r I a n]

Are they saying that some cars will be staying at the port for 2 months while others will be shipped off depending on which state they're being sold in? Seems like unnecessarily confusing logistics when no cars can be sold until CARB passes anyways...

That is how I understand it.

 

[EspritGuy]

My money is on the sales rep having seen only the automatic.

For what it's worth:
The FE original configurator which many ordered from
clearly listed Open Manual gear change mechanism
With mesh grill.
See image.

 

[4MIR3]

For what it's worth:
The FE original configurator which many ordered from
clearly listed Open Manual gear change mechanism
With mesh grill.
See image.
View attachment 33961

It's all in the tiny type:
"The manufacturer reserves the right to change the vehicle specification according to the region."

 

[MIGZ]

Honestly , not sure how much access one would get in there , I would rather it be covered rather than become a dust trap that you cant clean behind the mesh.

 

[eriegz]

Honestly , not sure how much access one would get in there , I would rather it be covered rather than become a dust trap that you cant clean behind the mesh.

 

[trackday14]

Are they saying that some cars will be staying at the port for 2 months while others will be shipped off depending on which state they're being sold in? Seems like unnecessarily confusing logistics when no cars can be sold until CARB passes anyways...

I wonder who foots the bill for port storage…If Lotus, then I understand having the dealers take the cars (especially where the dealer is not in a CARB state).

 

[Eagle7]

If you use the 3D configurator from the interior view, this is what the center console looks like under the shifter:

View attachment 33959

It's there, you can see the edge of the mesh screen when you zoom in. That area is just in shadow.

 

[Cachaco131]

They probably assume American drivers are so gluttonous that they can't help but eat food that will inevitably drop from our thick sausage like fingers - passing through the mesh and getting lodged in the gear change mechanism creating uncalculated liability/warranty issues.

That's my guess anyway.

Hey, not like the UK doesn't have an obesity problem!

 

[Porter]

For what it's worth:
The FE original configurator which many ordered from
clearly listed Open Manual gear change mechanism
With mesh grill.
See image.
View attachment 33961

If it turns out that they've begun playing games with the spec sheet for the US market, then everything on that list needs to be checked. A prime risk item on the bill of materials would be the Alcantara headliner and A pillar trim.

 

[tvs_1320]

Do we know if this first round of cars to land in the US includes dealer demos?

Sorry if I missed it in the pervious 273 pages...

 

[kitkat]

Do we know if this first round of cars to land in the US includes dealer demos?

Sorry if I missed it in the pervious 273 pages...

In the past that is what has been communicated to dealers for the last 2 years but we don’t know if that’s honestly the case anymore.

 

[DerTheDer]

THIS IS JUST WHAT WE NEED THROWN IN THE MIX...

Britsh Owned Cargo Ships Attacked

 

[DF_Toronto]

THIS IS JUST WHAT WE NEED THROWN IN THE MIX...

Britsh Owned Cargo Ships Attacked

Fortunately our boats should be direct from UK to the US, I assume the same boats go back and forth on the same route over and over.

 

[Pixelated]

Fortunately our boats should be direct from UK to the US, I assume the same boats go back and forth on the same route over and over.

We should be more worried about this happening.

 

[SPoivre]

We should be more worried about this happening.

View attachment 33997

I thought that’s what has already happened and that is why Lotus has been so tight lipped about the multi-year delay. My sources told me Lotus has been ordered to keep quiet about the cars’ status and whereabouts.

 

[Barcino2012]

Do we know if this first round of cars to land in the US includes dealer demos?

Sorry if I missed it in the pervious 273 pages...

Per my dealer here in the Carolinas, yes, their first batch of cars is in transit to arrive here mid December, including his dealer demo with 8 lucky FE 1.0 customer, I have to wait for the second batch of FE 1.0 by Jan/Feb……hopefully in time for the CARB certification…..