Emira Update from Lotus

[MJON]

£70k  @jimichangaunfortunately is no longer a huge amount to pay for many manufacturer’s cars. If you ever walk into for example a BMW or Audi dealership with the rows of Sales staff sitting at open desks,  it’s a bit like shopping at Carpet Warehouse. LDA as @Bibs states is owned by Lotus and yes you can buy a day or half day there, you get to thrash both suspension setups around the track to the best of your ability. That’s something that no dealer will/can allow you to do. The nearest to this is Porsche, where you get a half day built into the car price but their track and what you are allowed to do with the car is nothing remotely like Hethel.   It’s worth every penny, may even go again before my car arrives, I can wait.

[philcool]

Did go on the porsche day when my mate bought a cayman and to be honest all the instructors were bought in and I had half the day my mate had the other half and it was at porsches own track at Silverstone.

Every car had ceramic brakes as the steel setup aparrantly cost to much in the long run and I got faster and faster and thought he will say something in a minute to the point I decided to limit myself then went on the polished stone skid pan and neither of us had the knowledge to defeat the traction controll completely and eventually went off backwards across the immaculate grass.

Anyway full marks for lotus as you say drivings what it's all about 

[KennyN]

Wonders will never cease, I thought they'd forgotten about me until this arrived in my inbox this morning...

We are very conscious that we have not communicated with you directly yet regarding a final delivery date for your new Lotus Emira. We are continuing to experience delays in material supplies, several of which have proved to be greater than previously expected and this has resulted in a further slow down in our production volume ramp up for 2022. The good news is that the first cars are now in the final check out before being delivered to our first customers in the U.K. Our production line is now finishing cars every day. 

In the next edition of Harry’s Garage, available online from 5pm this Sunday 16th October, Harry Metcalfe - also an Emira customer - takes a Hethel tour, and interviews with our MD Matt Windle for the latest production update. Please visit Harry's YouTube channel from Sunday 16th October from 5pm for the full episode from Harry which hopefully will be of interest. 

With the latest parts supply schedules now confirmed, and production up and running - albeit at a slower rate than we had hoped - we have rescheduled our manufacturing plan and will be contacting each of our customers directly again in the next few days to advise further. Please be assured this is not a change of sequence but just a slowdown in the pace of our production ramp up. 

However, with the first UK customers now going through the final checkout process and Agency demonstrators being shipped in the next few days, we will shortly be able to confirm delivery timescales for the forthcoming few weeks of customer deliveries. 

Thank you for you continued patience and once again we will be in direct contact in the coming days.

[simonb]

looked extremely generic, I am on i4 list and got the same

[DaveC72]

I cancelled last week and got the same...

[Bibs]

At the factory today, you lot with orders can start to get very excited, not long now at all! 👍

[Kevin Wheeler]

1 hour ago, DaveC72 said:

I cancelled last week and got the same...

Oh, Dave!

Ordered something else instead or sticking with the Evora?

[DaveC72]

Sticking with Lotus, don't panic

[MJON]

Also got the mail message, looking forward to Harry’s piece on Sunday. It’ll be good he’s a top man.

[LotusLeftLotusRight]

Let’s hope Harry doesn’t just tell Matt Windle to shove it and ask for his deposit back!

[Bibs]

It's a very good video, very detailed. Can't wait! 

[TomE]

4 hours ago, Bibs said:

At the factory today, you lot with orders can start to get very excited, not long now at all! 👍

You mean on top of the further month+ delay we got told about today?  I hope they're fitting them with winter tyres if they now deliver them in Dec/Jan ⛄

[Bibs]

No. I didn't say that. Some people will be getting their cars very soon, like, very soon. It's good news, take it as that. 👍

[Mctaff]

great news for 5 people...  bad news for the rest of us!!

that said, if my car is delayed til the new year I don't mind.

what I will mind is if I lose my place in the queue because I'm out of the country and unable to take delivery for a month after xmas.

🤨

Edited October 15, 2022 by Mctaff

[MJON]

Hey @MctaffI’m near Cheltenham, if you get the call I would be able to take delivery and run it in for you. Just happy to help 🤭

[Mctaff]

I can just imagine your shrieks of glee alongside the mechanical shrieks from my car being oh so gently run in!

😉

[Scrute]

Another Cheltopian here - when we get them we need to organise a mini-meet! 

[KennyN]

I got my Protect & Enhance email from Lotus today in attempt to sell me GAP, paint, wheel, tyre insurance etc.  The only thing of potential interest would be the 3 year service plan.

Unfortunately, they managed to spell my name incorrectly at the top of the email and one of the links to the products mentioned didn't work....the buying "experience" continues.

[KennyN]

Two emails in one day, it's hotting up...

As an important Emira customer I wanted to let you know that our dedicated team will be calling you in the coming days to discuss the status of your order. Please keep an eye out for a call from +441753 941775.

Thank you for being a valued Lotus customer and for your patience.

They even managed to spell my name correctly in this one!

[CocoPops]

No emails here today. (i4)

Although, in my last email (14th) I was told:

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Thank you for you continued patience and once again we will be in direct contact in the coming days.

Which should be... errrr... this week?

Nothing.

[exeterjeep]

Should have just said soon.

[Emiralust]

57 minutes ago, KennyN said:

Two emails in one day, it's hotting up...

As an important Emira customer I wanted to let you know that our dedicated team will be calling you in the coming days to discuss the status of your order. Please keep an eye out for a call from +441753 941775.

Thank you for being a valued Lotus customer and for your patience.

They even managed to spell my name correctly in this one!

I got both of these emails today too, 7th July deposit. Wondering if it means checkout soon or delay again

[KennyN]

@EmiralustI wondered the same, I guess we'll find out "soon".

[Emiralust]

I jumped onto customer care chat and the news is that my Oct build/Nov delivery is now December build/January delivery 😂 They're doing a good job of getting my hopes up for a delivery to then drop a 2 month delay

[EmiraSi]

I've just landed at Heathrow to 2 emails and a follow up voicemail from customer care. The number was an 0330 number though, not the number in the email.