USA/Canada Delivery Thread

[Mfonseca]

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Nothing yet, it's only been 2 days. It was a generic info email link so I'm hoping it will get through to a human eventually. No clue if they even can provide the info to me, but I figured a VIN and a landing date would be enough. If the dealer and Lotus corporate seemingly can't tell where it is in the process then I don't know who else to contact than the importer.

Which dealer did you purchase from? Ridiculous that no one can tell you what's going on.

 

[Ryder]

I received an interesting email from the dealership: VIN's were issued to all 4 speed Lotus Emira's when in the midst of production. No VIN's have been received for the 3 automatics they were told are in the midst of production and that they expect to receive in September. Can someone verify if I m being told the truth?

 

[Wiz33]

I received an interesting email from the dealership: VIN's were issued to all 4 speed Lotus Emira's when in the midst of production. No VIN's have been received for the 3 automatics they were told are in the midst of production and that they expect to receive in September. Can someone verify if I m being told the truth?

What is a 4 speed Lotus Emira?

 

[Sandalwood]

What is a 4 speed Lotus Emira?

I think he means 4-cylinder.

 

[Rupes]

What is a 4 speed Lotus Emira?

When the shifter cables get loose, sometimes it’s hard to shift into 2 of the gears, so Lotus now just offers 4 of the 6 gears for reduced complexity.

 

[EspritGuy]

When the shifter cables get loose, sometimes it’s hard to shift into 2 of the gears, so Lotus now just offers 4 of the 6 gears for reduced complexity.

Simplify and add triteness

 

[Ryder]

What is a 4 speed Lotus Emira?

mistake, manual cars

 

[Hell4Leather]

I received an interesting email from the dealership: VIN's were issued to all 4 speed Lotus Emira's when in the midst of production. No VIN's have been received for the 3 automatics they were told are in the midst of production and that they expect to receive in September. Can someone verify if I m being told the truth?

Why would they lie about having a VIN? As far as we have seen there aren’t any V6 autos on the shipping manifest yet. I’m kind of excited to see when they do start shipping out.

 

[Wiz33]

VINs are probably already assigned to all Autos but there's no formal procedure to get those to the varies dealer.So it's all a bit random when the dealers will get those information except the formal notification once they're entered on a shipping manifest.

 

[themeatbaron]

VINs are probably already assigned to all Autos but there's no formal procedure to get those to the varies dealer.So it's all a bit random when the dealers will get those information except the formal notification once they're entered on a shipping manifest.

The eternal wait….

 

[Sandalwood]

It appears that 11 1st Edition Manual’s arrived into Baltimore yesterday

Any word yet on the most recent ship from Liverpool-Baltimore? The Atlantic Sea left the RORO port yesterday morning and is now at the container port, so hopefully they've updated some VINs.

 

[sharpie349]

Any word yet on the most recent ship from Liverpool-Baltimore? The Atlantic Sea left the RORO port yesterday morning and is now at the container port, so hopefully they've updated some VINs.

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The ship arrived late, not until 8pm last night so don’t expect any updates until at least tomorrow probably

 

[Carig5A]

12/1/21: Dealer experience and confirmed interest
12/29/21: Deposit paid
2/13/24: Order finalized (FE2)
7/12/24: VIN provided by the dealer and told it would be an August arrival
7/31/24: Dealer said the car has been produced, but no port arrival date yet
8/13/24: Dealer confirmed the car is "on the water" and expected in port by 8/20, ready late August/early Sept.

So, on the plus side, it's not been a full three years yet.

Gives me hope mine is getting close as I have almost same dates as yours

 

[brainf18]

After waiting almost 1000 days since deposit, pick up day finally arrived!! A Silver Emira tailgated me home for over 100 miles!

 

[Carig5A]

After waiting almost 1000 days since deposit, pick up day finally arrived!! A Silver Emira tailgated me home for over 100 miles!

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Congratulations!!! Enjoy and have lots of fun with your beauty!!!

 

[Mfonseca]

After waiting almost 1000 days since deposit, pick up day finally arrived!! A Silver Emira tailgated me home for over 100 miles!

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Congrats! Looks like you went through Gator. Do you happen to know which boat yours arrived on? Mine arrived on 7/8 and still has not made it to Gator.

 

[ToonFan]

After waiting almost 1000 days since deposit, pick up day finally arrived!! A Silver Emira tailgated me home for over 100 miles!

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Congrats! Nice choice on the shoes and color too!

 

[EspritGuy]

Congrats! Nice choice on the shoes and color too!

Alcantara shoes with Grey stitching.

 

[turbotaz]

I've compiled all of the VINs I could find for the US and Canadian Emira shipments. What's missing is that I could only find 99 of the 150 VINs for the first shipment dated 12/1/2023. So this list is incomplete. This list will be updated as new shipments arrive.

What a great resource! Thanks for putting this together. My first post here, as I just picked up a 1FE orphan with an October 23 build date, which was only listed at the dealership for 2 weeks. I was wondering where it was sitting the whole time, and this confirmed it really only just arrived in July. Bit strange it was a 5XX sequence, when all the other cars in the shipment were 3XXX. Wonder what held it back, but I guess it worked out in my favor. I had an order for a 2FE in with a 99% identical build that I had cancelled, so when I saw this up for sale, I jumped on it.

 

[sharpie349]

84 Emiras arrived at Baltimore yesterday, mostly manuals with a few of the first 1st Edition V6 Autos as well. Manifest attached.