Future of Lotus

[Akajak]

They seem to have the knack of making the simplest things frustrating; take the way you order any merchandise from their corporate web presence; you go to a category eg mens and the price appears in dollars ! You then have to choose a Lotus dealer to process the order and get a quote for delivery costs; a silly example but nothing joined up. 

[Bibs]

https://shop.thelotusforums.com/ for the win

[C8RKH]

And with TLF membership you get a nice little discount too. Never had any issues with TLF shop...

[Akajak]

exactly; nice and easy

[exeterjeep]

On 05/09/2023 at 10:55, exeterjeep said:

August registrations 39  (McLaren 1)  (no Lotus were registered in August last year.)

September - Lotus registrations 281 (McLaren 8 )

So that's more is one month than some recent totals for a whole year..

[Frickin_idiot]

Great stuff

[SZ]

Geely is identified, we are loosing ICE, very applicable.  https://youtu.be/VKvLM6MS6WI?si=HZcgk4S_OAEi0hUB

[auRouge]

Appreciate they won’t but wouldn’t it be cool if Geely kept the performance cars niche with some form of Hybrid system like Ferrari and Lamborghini instead of going fully electric.. 

Buy a last gen proper one whilst you can! 😉

[webfoot]

Lotus spac update

 

https://www.ft.com/content/d4614bb0-08fc-4e78-8f35-b3cc9c8b3056

Edited October 20, 2023 by webfoot

[Rambo]

13 hours ago, webfoot said:

Lotus spac update

 

https://www.ft.com/content/d4614bb0-08fc-4e78-8f35-b3cc9c8b3056

Can't open that link. It appears to be subscription only?

 

[webfoot]

Yes it is now locked. Sorry, it was openly available when I posted the link.

[Rambo]

Same for me. I attached a link below yours, posted it, then tried it.

Locked. But it wasn't before I posted it !! So I deleted it from my message. 

Very strange. Anyway, an interesting article showing how much Geely have lost in the various worldwide markets.

[ChrisJ]

If you search  FT "Lotus EV unit warns of China risks ahead of Spac listing", the link should open OK (did for me) - the FT is strange like that direct link fails, search for the headline, OK

[Bravo73]

On 21/10/2023 at 09:21, Rambo said:

Can't open that link. It appears to be subscription only?

 

Try this:

https://archive.ph/dqTNf

[USAndretti42]

So they are planning to float Lotus Technology (the China-based part making the electric vehicles released so far) but not the Hethel-based company just yet?

[Bibs]

Lotus have just published this... I thought the 136 was the Elise EV successor but it looks more like a bike!  

[exeterjeep]

Thought 135 was to be the 'small' ev sports car, suppose this 136 will be the most expensive E bike

Find out 1/11.

[Bibs]

You're right, 135 is the EV Sports Car. 

[Bibs]

https://www.thelotusforums.com/latest-news/lotus-cars-news/lotus-launches-type-136-a-track-inspired-performance-road-bike-electrified/

 

[Bravo73]

That looks lovely. 

But £20k! 🤣

[Bravo73]

Still, I imagine that will seem like a total bargain compared to this:

https://astonmartin.jlaverack.co.uk
 

😳

[exeterjeep]

On 05/10/2023 at 19:43, exeterjeep said:

September - Lotus registrations 281 (McLaren 8 )

October Lotus registrations UK 163 - must include quite a few of the first batch of Eletre to get registered for real customers. So that's now 1251 so far this year.

[Bibs]

Couple of snippets from yesterday's Emeya event - Lotus sold more cars this Sept than they did in the whole of 2022. They also sold 48% more cars in October than they did in September!

2 new retail locations due in North and West London for next year and another 10 between London and Manchester. 

[exeterjeep]

1 hour ago, Bibs said:

another 10 between London and Manchester

sounds like stations along HS2.

[Frickin_idiot]

5 hours ago, Bibs said:

Couple of snippets from yesterday's Emeya event - Lotus sold more cars this Sept than they did in the whole of 2022. They also sold 48% more cars in October than they did in September!

2 new retail locations due in North and West London for next year and another 10 between London and Manchester. 

That’s great progress. The dealership network is crying out to be upgraded.