But the colours have only been seen on panels in artificial light and once you get the light reflecting you get a nice dark green metallic. So once outside on a sunny day with so much more light (natural) and greater breadth of light rather than those hung from a ceiling I think DVG will look absolutely stunning. I would like to see one in day light and then make my final choice on Nimbus v DVG.
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Factory Tour Thread
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eclat2emira
Emira Maniac
I saw Tan in the flesh yesterday inside a very nearly complete Dark Verdant Emira (I'll add more on that elsewhere...), the photo above is pretty representative, If i was using a term to describe it it might be caramel or toffee. It works well for me with DV, not sure it would work as well if DV was much lighter (In which case of course it would be V, not DV!
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eclat2emira
Emira Maniac
From 1 to 10 there were 4.From people that went already to the tour in Hethel, how does the silver forged wheels looks? From 1 to 10
eclat2emira
Emira Maniac
But seriously they looked good to me! Rather than a bright silver, they had more of an engineered silver look to me, albeit with a gloss lacquer.
eclat2emira
Emira Maniac
Yesterday I saw an almost complete Shadow grey Emira with full black pack. Under interior lighting I had to look twice to check it did indeed have black roof but it did and I liked the way it looked, which pleasantly surprised me!
As I've gone for DV I've ruled out the black pack but I love it every time I see it - it does visually lower the car and add that fighter jet cockpit look.
Yeah I should have done the renders in an inside environment which is where most people saw the gray car.
I've had to revise Nimbus a couple of times based on descriptions, hopefully this is pretty close.Red calipers and black leather - conservative look - but practical
Wizardwings
Emira Fan
Do you think it will be equal to or better than what Acura is doing with their Andaro paint??
eclat2emira
Emira Maniac
Hi, fresh from yesterday's viewing, I'd say Nimbus is slightly darker and slightly warmer.
Yep, I was there last week.
My spec was Nimbus, black pack, tan interior and silver forged wheels.
The Nimbus is just classy as hell. The website just doesn't do it justice. On this basis I made the decision to ditch the black pack and also change the wheels from silver to the diamond cut version. I felt the silver wheels on the Nimbus just lacked a bit of something. Just personal choice though.....
Ditching the black pack was easy decision when I saw a full Nimbus car close up. If I want black pack roof it'll be a few quid to get it wrapped......
eclat2emira
Emira Maniac
Can't fault any of that thought process!
Richer in which way, darker?
Yes, darker and richer. It looks fabulous and really shows off the cars lines beautifully
GetawayDriving
Emira Fiend
From people that went already to the tour in Hethel, how does the silver forged wheels looks? From 1 to 10
The only set of black wheels I saw looked really beat up, but I still loved them. Diamond cut 2nd. Silver looked good but the least special on this car, imo
GetawayDriving
Emira Fiend
Nimbus with silver was fine, but there is a mismatch between the two shades of grey. Was not my favorite wheel on Nimbus.
GetawayDriving
Emira Fiend
This is not dark enough.
GetawayDriving
Emira Fiend
Ok, just took the tour!
Saw every color, every interior, and every wheel option.
Magma is cherry! See the image attached. The full dynamic range of these cherries can be found on Magma. It’s cherry red.
There was also a vivid red car and frankly, it was stunning. My eye kept getting pulled to it. Bright bright red, very Ferrari.
Verdant. It’s always a black car, and sometimes a green car, if that makes sense. I called it a seaweed. At a distance, it’s black. The closer you get… maybe it’s green? Where light is hitting it directly, green breaks through the shadowy top coat. In direct light on one side it does become a bit of a muddy green. This was under factory lights, almost certainly pops more in sunlight.
I went in thinking Nimbus, tan interior, black pack, Diamond cut wheels, yellow calipers.
Very near the end of the tour we arrived at a car that literally wowed me. It was A nearly complete Nimbus, no black pack, black wheels, red calipers. It looked exotic and mean and had much more presence than the other cars. I think that’s my spec. With red interior.
I don’t usually like red interiors but this one is gorgeous. Also saw an ice interior on a Magma car and that combo is fantastic. Ice was my 2nd favorite. I didn’t care for tan. It’s pretty caramel, which is just ever-slightly too much “orange” for me.
Saw every color, every interior, and every wheel option.
Magma is cherry! See the image attached. The full dynamic range of these cherries can be found on Magma. It’s cherry red.
There was also a vivid red car and frankly, it was stunning. My eye kept getting pulled to it. Bright bright red, very Ferrari.
Verdant. It’s always a black car, and sometimes a green car, if that makes sense. I called it a seaweed. At a distance, it’s black. The closer you get… maybe it’s green? Where light is hitting it directly, green breaks through the shadowy top coat. In direct light on one side it does become a bit of a muddy green. This was under factory lights, almost certainly pops more in sunlight.
I went in thinking Nimbus, tan interior, black pack, Diamond cut wheels, yellow calipers.
Very near the end of the tour we arrived at a car that literally wowed me. It was A nearly complete Nimbus, no black pack, black wheels, red calipers. It looked exotic and mean and had much more presence than the other cars. I think that’s my spec. With red interior.
I don’t usually like red interiors but this one is gorgeous. Also saw an ice interior on a Magma car and that combo is fantastic. Ice was my 2nd favorite. I didn’t care for tan. It’s pretty caramel, which is just ever-slightly too much “orange” for me.
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Looks like it will be at least equal, and possibly better. The Andaro system is a 6 layer paint process, and even with some automation, there's a fair amount of human labor involved, which is why it's a $6,000 option.
There's no human labor involved in the system Lotus is using. It's a lot faster, does everything in one application, and the spray pattern can be adjusted on the fly for efficient usage of paint depending on the size of the area being painted. Without being able to see a finished car (Magma for example) in the same lighting as an Andaro painted NSX, it's going to be hard to judge which is more effective, but the planforms and the few factory photos we've seen look like the color depth and vibrance of the FE colors will at the very least rival the Andaro look.
I'm guessing the FE colors as an option will be somewhere between $2k-$3k, which will give you an Andaro or better level finish at half the price.
Hi Eagle you did a render for me ages ago with the black pack I ordered and the render made the car look very smart. Thanks for your time on this render which may help others.
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