All 6 Lotus Emira Colours Side-by-Side, with all the wheels and most interior options.

[Evotion]

Lotus very kindly placed all the cars in a row to help us all see the differences in the colours of the cars plus the different wheel, caliper, black pack and interior options, bar a couple of them. They said it was the first time ever that the cars were together like this!

Bottom line is that the car looks amazing in all of the colours but I was more surprised at the impact of the privacy glass, the calipers and the interior differences.

Hope you find this helpful.

 

 

[TomE]

Thanks Ade, glad you were able to do this. 

[LotusLeftLotusRight]

Was it possible to tell just by looking at the line-up which cars had Sport suspension and which cars had Touring suspension? I.e. is there any difference in ride height / wheel arch gap whatsoever?

[Evotion]

No. Not at all.

I , ha, well, we all know, I don't seat on the details. I could not even tell you what the wheel gap is. I really couldn't give a xxxx.

I just know the car works, very well.

[TomE]

There are reports from new customers that there's a difference in heights when they pick up from the dealer and compare Sports vs Touring - about 5-10mm.  But both the suspensions will settle over the first few hundred miles and I suspect they'll even up.

You can see in the Harry's Garage video the springs might be quite close in ratings (110 vs 115) but the size and profile is noticeably different.  Gav Kershaw has always stated the two setups are identical height.

[Evotion]

Might be some bedding in. The car I drove was 500+ miles.

[PJS]

Brilliant . And the Nimbus was Auto I see which must be encouraging for those that’s ordered one

[alfapork2]

Anyone else thinking that the tan leather looks very, very orange on the vids and also the pics? Described as butterscotch... I'm sure they've changed the colour on the configurator from what was published last year (when I locked in my spec!)

[Evotion]

It does look a little lighter. Leather is always glossy so the light might play a part.

I liked it.

It reminded me of the butterscotch Angel Delight I loved as a kid. 😊

[MJON]

It does look orange to me but here’s a photo of the original samples from an earlier post. Think there are a few more if you search back.

 

[alfapork2]

1 hour ago, Evotion said:

It does look a little lighter. Leather is always glossy so the light might play a part.

I liked it.

It reminded me of the butterscotch Angel Delight I loved as a kid. 😊

Thanks - please tell me it looks a bit more like the swatch MJON posted - that’s how I remember it! Would be a shame to switch my order to black….
 

Alternatively Verdant + red calipers + red leather might be a bit much!

Edited October 31, 2022 by alfapork2

[Evotion]

Yeah, close to the picture BUT shinier..  Might have been the daylight and the leather being brand new.

Either way, I liked it more than I expected too.

[Badger77]

Great vids Ade…. 1 of the most surprising takeaways from this 1 is the darkness of the rear tints! I thought it was meant to be max 30% but either way it does look quite dark especially on some colours.

[Evotion]

It looked over 50% to me.  Too dark for me. I appreciate some others will love them.

[Rambo]

I personally don't like that black "privacy" glass. After all, what's the point of spending £80k on a Lotus supercar then hiding the engine 🤔

[Evotion]

yep....

[RedS4]

On 02/11/2022 at 07:57, Rambo said:

I personally don't like that black "privacy" glass

I can see an argument for using it in Australia, where the interior of a car can get to horrendous temperatures very quickly.  As for seeing the engine, it is just the charge-cooler box - not like the early Evora S and its supercharger...

[Rambo]

But surely black glass will make it hotter? 

[Bibs]

It makes it darker, like sunglasses. Less light getting through, less heat.

I'm sure if they painted it white like a house in Santorini it would be even cooler but people just don't dig that on cars. 

[Rambo]

🤣

Might look OK on a white one? The Santorini privacy glass.