How is the V6 Manual doing on the used US market these days?

[SONOFEMERY]

I have a prestine FE V6 manual and I'm thinking about getting rid of it. Not sure yet, as I'm still kind of in love with it. But a GT3 is calling me, so I'm considering things. I've been trying to assess cars and bids and some other sales online, but it's hard to tell. Prices seem to be decent but around the 90k mark in general. Does anyone have additional insight into the current market for the low milage v6 manual Emiras?

 

[centerpunch]

There’s one on BaT now, ends today.

2024 Lotus Emira First Edition V6 6-Speed

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Here are a few previous sales.

Lotus Emira Market - CLASSIC.COM

There are 42 Lotus Emira for sale right now - Follow the Market and get notified with new listings and sale prices.

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[SONOFEMERY]

That a great resource, thanks @centerpunch! That nimbus on BaT is very properly photographed.

 

[CHEESE]

There’s one on BaT now, ends today.

2024 Lotus Emira First Edition V6 6-Speed

Bid for the chance to own a 2024 Lotus Emira First Edition V6 6-Speed at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #180,099.

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Colors-wise, this has go to be the most undesirable spec I've ever seen on an Emira. That is definitely hurting its value.

 

[centerpunch]

The real bids often happen in the final ten minutes, we'll see what the market says.

I only do black interiors, but obviously some folks do like red.

 

[RoryBellows]

Colors-wise, this has go to be the most undesirable spec I've ever seen on an Emira. That is definitely hurting its value.

Nimbus over red is great. I personally think it would be better without the black roof and with the diamond wheels but I wouldnt call it the most undesirable. There are way worse color combos available.

 

[CHEESE]

Nimbus over red is great. I personally think it would be better without the black roof and with the diamond wheels but I wouldnt call it the most undesirable. There are way worse color combos available.

It's the silver wheels with Nimbus that kill it

 

[chirowolf]

It's the silver wheels with Nimbus that kill it

I agree I thought it was an absolute perfect spec except for the wheels. I always thought the Emira looked great in nimbus gray. Would have definitely bid if I didn't just buy a Dark Verdant green for $10k more just 2 months ago.
No such thing as timing the market.

 

[allenyao09]

Not a fan of the nimbus over red spec either

 

[Nick in Sydney]

Colors-wise, this has go to be the most undesirable spec I've ever seen on an Emira. That is definitely hurting its value.

Color is incredibly subjective. You may hate it, but other people will love it.

 

[chirowolf]

Color is incredibly subjective. You may hate it, but other people will love it.

Nimbus has one of the most "chameleon" colors on the Emira. From champagne to deep silver. The lighter colors also show the lines of the car well.
I like a car that appearance can change with the sun. I guess that is why I ended up with dark verdant green. black to green to jade.

 

[Blackthought_]

Damn, 85k for that car is cheap. Kinda tough to see the Emira values going down so quickly

 

[dpgfunk]

Damn, 85k for that car is cheap. Kinda tough to see the Emira values going down so quickly

Yea, I guess good news for those waiting to get into a used Emira

 

[David s]

Damn, 85k for that car is cheap. Kinda tough to see the Emira values going down so quickly

Come on ladies and gent. All lux cars are taking a hit at the moment.

The Emira is dropping in value because of the economic realities, and not because it`s a shitebox. All of us here know how good our cars are. The price drop only reflects that state of disposable income the public can endure. That changed when money supply improves.

Its is a bit tough watching the value of your beloved asset drops, but does not reflect on the emiras brilliance. And that`s what we should be talking about.

 

[Beachbum]

Its general uncertainty in the world economy, driven by uncertainty in how the US is going to use Sanctions, amongst other things.
Once thats settled down, things will revert to type

 

[Bimmernate]

Colors-wise, this has go to be the most undesirable spec I've ever seen on an Emira. That is definitely hurting its value.

The vast majority would disagree. Nimbus is one of the most desirable colors. The color has nothing to do with that sale price. It’s a used car with an msrp of 98k that went for ~90k after bat fees. I expect the prices to basically stabilize around that price point… at least until the emira is discontinued

 

[harleyujoe]

But do not forget buyers fee of 4250 on that Emira on Bring A Trailer and if it needs
to be shipped another fee + taxes...
A little cheaper but now a used car going through other peoples handling the Emira
with chance of something getting damaged...
Glad I purchased a new one..

 

[CHEESE]

The vast majority would disagree. Nimbus is one of the most desirable colors. The color has nothing to do with that sale price. It’s a used car with an msrp of 98k that went for ~90k after bat fees. I expect the prices to basically stabilize around that price point… at least until the emira is discontinued

Nimbus seems to be among the lesser-desirable colors from what I've seen (example in quoted post below), but regardless, if you go back and read my post, you'll understand that I referred to the spec as being undersirable, not Nimbus itself. IMO, the silver wheels clash with both Nimbus and blackpack,and I absolutely believe that this spec is hurting the car's value.

I was bored this morning so I conducted a little experiment:

The poll at the top of this thread seems to suggest that Emira FE colour choice is remarkably evenly-split among buyers, with every colour except for Shadow Grey being consistently selected by about 18–20% of respondents.

But whenever I visit autogespot, the colours breakdown always seems much more skewed towards darker colours. So out of curiosity, I tallied up the number of cars posted in each colour over the past year (loosely filtering out any duplicates), and the results paint a much different picture!

Looks like almost a third of Emira FE owners have picked Dark Verdant for their car, which is surprising to me given how much complaining there was on here about how dark the colour was. I guess that serves as another good reminder of how this forum isn't always a perfectly representative sample set of Emira owners worldwide!

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[harleyujoe]

Nimbus seems to be among the lesser-desirable colors from what I've seen (example in quoted post below), but regardless, if you go back and read my post, you'll understand that I referred to the spec as being undersirable, not Nimbus itself. IMO, the silver wheels clash with both Nimbus and blackpack,and I absolutely believe that this spec is hurting the car's value.

It is a personal choice of what we like..I have a Nimbus and with light wheels and luv it..my only mistake
was getting yellow calipers ..But I never saw a clean Emira when I went for test drive and when I went to
see mine at dealers it was so dirty...And when mine was ready for pickup it was the first Clean Emira
I had seen and was so happy with my pick...My test drive was green but just to dark and I order yellow and
for few weeks a yellow corvette would go by and that changed my mind to Nimbus...The other would have been the
very dark blue but did not see one and so stuck with Nimbus...
And with any color the type light of day it changes each one....Decisions decisions ??

 

[VR1]

I’ve been trying to buy a blue on tan or blue on white manual V6 car since December. High 80s-90k is about what I’ve seen on the market.