Hethel

[Akajak]

Is there a car showroom at Hethel ?

or can you only visit on a factory/heritage tour ?

[jep]

You can't just turn up at the factory, no. They don't have a showroom for passing trade......

Justin 

[Akajak]

Cheers for the info

[exeterjeep]

They ought to think about having an accessible showroom, after all the local Lotus agent lost the new car part of the business, so just doing second hand /parts /service.

They also have a collection of cars that ought to be on display. Someone was asking this question at the SWLC open day.

[jep]

I suspect they have other things on their minds at the moment 😁

[Akajak]

I thought that as you can collect from Hethel they would have some sort of showroom/handover area, as you say Stratton no longer in the new car game..

[Bibs]

They are now selling cars directly from Hethel. Contact Scott Walker and he'll be able to help 👍

@scott or swalker@lotuscars.com 

[exeterjeep]

9 minutes ago, Akajak said:

I thought that as you can collect from Hethel they would have some sort of showroom/handover area,

There have been pics of the area where some Emira's have been handed over and it often seems that Scott does the handovers. (like the Harrys garage one)

[C8RKH]

Thump. Thump. Whack Whack. Yikes..

The sound of nails being driven into the coffin lid of dealers, and the odd thumb being hit.

[Bibs]

4 minutes ago, C8RKH said:

The sound of nails being driven into the coffin lid of dealers, and the odd thumb being hit.

Not at all. It's just another location on the dealer map. People can currently opt to collect from there but they still have to nominate a local dealer who will take care of them going forward.

[jep]

16 minutes ago, Bibs said:

They are now selling cars directly from Hethel. Contact Scott Walker and he'll be able to help 👍

@scott or swalker@lotuscars.com 

Blimey. I assume you need an appointment? 

Do other manufacturers do this? I know Ford did for the 05 GT but can you buy direct from Ferrari, Porsche, Lamborghini etc ....? 

Justin 

 

 

 

[exeterjeep]

17 minutes ago, jep said:

Blimey. I assume you need an appointment? 

Don't think you can just turn up and then they let you off with the keys to an Evija or even an Emira for a quick blast around the local roads.

[Bibs]

26 minutes ago, jep said:

Blimey. I assume you need an appointment? 

They've got new partnerships with Pistonheads, Carwow & Autotrader. If you like the look of one of their stock cars, contact them and an appointment to view/drive etc can be arranged. 

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/dealer/983400

https://www.carwow.co.uk/lotus/deals

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/retailer/10038407?channel=cars

[jep]

A new world order.

 

[mdw]

5 hours ago, exeterjeep said:

They ought to think about having an accessible showroom.

Yep, I remember turning up at the gate barrier some 30 plus years ago on  my honeymoon expecting there to be some sort of a visitor attraction. Good thing that was the only disappointment of the honeymoon😁.

[Akajak]

7 minutes ago, mdw said:

Yep, I remember turning up at the gate barrier some 30 plus years ago on  my honeymoon expecting there to be some sort of a visitor attraction. Good thing that was the only disappointment of the honeymoon😁.

lol, not in the mkt for a new Lotus, just thought you might be able to visit off the cuff and look at the new stuff

[jep]

I think the Hethel honeymoon is over for Lotus 2.0 

[mdw]

24 minutes ago, Akajak said:

lol, not in the mkt for a new Lotus, just thought you might be able to visit off the cuff and look at the new stuff

Not really the new stuff more the historical stuff a bit like the Porsche or Mercedes museum in Stuttgart where yes you can turn up off the cuff!!!! Obviously not quite on the budget they've done in Germany 😁