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As I said, I'll be the first to admit the route isn't particularly good. I'm not trying to defend it, I'm simply providing a different perspective and an answer on why certain decisions have been made. As for your other point about the moors, simply put - mileage. A route was thrown around...

Don't ask me how I know this... 👀 The simple location of the dealership unfortunately massively limits the routes that can be used, as there are very few 'good' roads around Bradford that are accessible within the mileage and time constraints put down by Lotus themselves. They told dealerships...

No Exige sadly but ;)

Definitely not a permanent media staff member there... definitely not :censored: I've heard they do private shoots at a discount for Emira owners too ;)

I'm like a little kid waiting for everyone to wake up on Christmas! I'm so excited for the car(s) to arrive - I'm hoping that I'll be able to get it out for some photos, but if these trackers are that strict than that might not be an option :cry:

Lotus themselves haven't chosen the route - we (dealers) were just told to propose a suitable test route for them to approve - I suspect it's something to do with the trackers, but that's just my thoughts, no idea how true that is. Sadly my particular dealership has no exciting roads within a...

No comment :censored: I will say though that the time constraints are most likely down to the sheer volume of test drives expected - we're expecting to be inundated with constant test drives almost non-stop following our demo's arrival, so there's only so much time we can offer to ensure...

No problem! I totally get that, though for our dealership specifically it really is a challenge to find good roads to drive any Lotus within a reasonable distance - if they could stretch to an hour's test drive then I could easily put together a really fun route with some incredible roads...

It would seem that way, yes. I'm not part of the sales team but have been asked to help cover test drives if need be (no complaints here!) We do get a lot of our customers come from hours away who aren't familiar with the area at all (we're in a pretty urban location, it takes a good half hour...

Let me rephrase that slightly - that's our proposed route ;) it has to be sent off and approved by Lotus first! We haven't got a huge amount of proper Lotus roads within a short test drive distance so we're hoping to get a bit further out!

I'll post the details of ours when they arrive.. the sales team are fed up of me pestering them I think! We've still got no clue on specs for ours, we've got our test route sorted out though, should be about a 45 min loop :) Still no idea if I'm actually allowed to say which dealership I'm...

It's interesting - I work at a Lotus dealer, and the sales team received a bulletin with copies of the emails that went out to customers - there was no mention of September dates in that email, only October, November (maybe Dec too I can't remember) & 2023

I must say I'm surprised at the September emails - we received a bulletin email at work including the variations of emails being sent to customers (I.e. October, November & 2023). Was no mention of September ones at all 🤔 And sadly for me, no mention of any demonstrator arrivals either...

Just heard from sales that emails have been sent out - still nothing to us regarding demo arrivals however.

Part of me is hoping our demo will end up being DV with a tan interior I must admit!