Production line pictures

[TomE]

Dozens of pictures of the Emira production line have just been posted on The Lotus Forums, from the press day at Hethel for the launch of the Evija Fittipaldi Edition:

Emira Production Line Photos

Am I really allowed to take my camera in there? Sure! Surprised as I was, as a member of the media gang on yesterday's launch of the Evija Fittipaldi the hugely knowledgeable @Guy Munday gave us a very comprehensive tour of the production line. The biggest takeaway, having been visiting the facto...

www.thelotusforums.com

Loads of cars in build and some insights on the production process.

 

[Hapkin]

Kind of annoys me because @Next Decade and I spent 6 hours on a tour, and I did an additional next day 1.5 and we weren't allowed to take pics.

 

[VTECMatt]

Mostly lhd.

good to see.

 

[donskibeat]

Kind of annoys me because @Next Decade and I spent 6 hours on a tour, and I did an additional next day 1.5 and we weren't allowed to take pics.

I am confused - here you say "we weren't allowed to take pics" but in the post linked below from 21 Sept @Next Decade clearly said "Oh, and btw, they lifted the embargo on photos...when we walked into the door!!!"

Factory Tour Thread

Since I cannot keep up with so many colors, my question is, are they going to offer Hethel yellow in the first run of cars? meaning, the first run of the V6 and I4

www.emiraforum.com

 

[Mistral]

Dozens of pictures of the Emira production line have just been posted on The Lotus Forums, from the press day at Hethel for the launch of the Evija Fittipaldi Edition:

Emira Production Line Photos

Am I really allowed to take my camera in there? Sure! Surprised as I was, as a member of the media gang on yesterday's launch of the Evija Fittipaldi the hugely knowledgeable @Guy Munday gave us a very comprehensive tour of the production line. The biggest takeaway, having been visiting the facto...

www.thelotusforums.com

Loads of cars in build and some insights on the production process.

Thanks Tom and Bibs for posting. Easily the most positive post for a long time.

 

[TomE]

Mostly lhd.

good to see.

A lot have Lotus NYO badges or "China" tags - guess which cars are getting priority?

 

[TomE]

Notice that most of the cars are missing nose badges and side First Edition badges.

It's happening to everyone:

Ford Had to Delay Some Cars Because It Ran Out of Ford Badges

Supply chain issues come in many shapes and sizes.

www.roadandtrack.com

 

[Mistral]

A lot have Lotus NYO badges or "China" tags - guess which cars are getting priority?

I had suggested before that LHD cars were being prioritised for markets where the Eletre was hoped to be a big seller, including Europe. I haven't changed my thoughts on that.

 

[DJS]

Dozens of pictures of the Emira production line have just been posted on The Lotus Forums, from the press day at Hethel for the launch of the Evija Fittipaldi Edition:

Emira Production Line Photos

Am I really allowed to take my camera in there? Sure! Surprised as I was, as a member of the media gang on yesterday's launch of the Evija Fittipaldi the hugely knowledgeable @Guy Munday gave us a very comprehensive tour of the production line. The biggest takeaway, having been visiting the facto...

www.thelotusforums.com

Loads of cars in build and some insights on the production process.

Thanks for the pictures Tom that is the best I've seen yet although I did notice a lot of LHD cars.

 

[freefall_junkie]

From the photos it looks like the cars are being built in sizeable batches of the same colour. In one shot it looks like about 12 DV cars in line. Perhaps this might account for some of the resequencing where pre-reveal depositors didn't quite make it into the small 'September' batch?

 

[TomE]

Possibly, but I think the colours are driven by the mix in the early part of the order book. Lots of DV, then Hethel Yellow, then Seneca and Nimbus, with very few Magma or Shadow. The DV cars are mostly NYO/China cars and it's a popular colour there.

 

[Billyidoliser]

Kind of annoys me because @Next Decade and I spent 6 hours on a tour, and I did an additional next day 1.5 and we weren't allowed to take pics.

Aren't we still waiting for the revelations from your visit?

 

[Citizen]

I am confused - here you say "we weren't allowed to take pics" but in the post linked below from 21 Sept @Next Decade clearly said "Oh, and btw, they lifted the embargo on photos...when we walked into the door!!!"

Factory Tour Thread

Since I cannot keep up with so many colors, my question is, are they going to offer Hethel yellow in the first run of cars? meaning, the first run of the V6 and I4

www.emiraforum.com

I was thinking the same

 

[CHEESE]

Seems a bit old-fashioned for a brand new production facility

 

[Mistral]

Seems a bit old-fashioned for a brand new production facility

You'd also think it's jacked well inboard of the jacking point.

 

[Leonard]

A lot have Lotus NYO badges or "China" tags - guess which cars are getting priority?

Quel Surprise
As per my post on other thread I'd love to know what is priority now WHEN EVERYTHING is now urgent

 

[TomE]

Seems a bit old-fashioned for a brand new production facility

That's likely to be in rectification. The in-build cars are on the AGVs until panels are fitted.

 

[Magma]

I have to say...DV looks amazing in those shots!

 

[Mistral]

I'd mentioned what could be LHD priority, for the Chinese and European markets. It will be interesting to see if this also applies to the US market given that they already have a demonstrater doing a tour and I believe that more cars have now arrived there for that purpose. Meanwhile, the UK doesn't yet have one demonstrater, and, despite talk of them being delivered soon, the dealers are hoping rather than knowing for sure. Same applies to UK customer cars. The Friday email may demonstrate that Geoff Dowding has at long last mastered the keyboard but it doesn't in any way tell us that RHD UK cars are imminent. We will see.

 

[VTECMatt]

10000 Eletre sold so far.