Our Emira journey starts with a bit of a warning for those of you considering selling a beloved vehicle...
With the goal of rallying cash to complete a home improvement project, we had sold our 84 Carrera wide body and almost instantly had pangs of regret. It was a truly special car to us and we enjoyed touring, showing and sharing it…
Almost immediately we began the search to find a suitable replacement. The shoes this car needed to fill were pretty big…iconic looks, great driving, unique presence, all atop the long list. If anything could be added, it would be a bit more performance and some modern safety features.
Lotus had always intrigued us, but we always felt they were a bit small for us to tour in. Meanwhile, the launch of the Emira had not gone unnoticed. The configurator images looked phenomenal, so on a whim we started a dialogue with Gator Motorsports in Indianapolis.
A bit late to the party, but in the dead of the 2023 winter we plunked down the $2,500 to get in the queue.
There were no firm dates of course, but we were hearing rumblings of Q1 2025 and thus had no expectation of hearing any news for quite some time. We were super surprised to hear from Gator a few months later that Spring saying that they would have some demo cars and that we were welcome to stop in and test drive a car!
(That’s our Cayman in the background…I suspect more than a few Emira people have owned one as well.)
We were blown away by the presence of the car, and the test drive was amazing with the exception of me missing the first gear change coming out of the parking lot due to my big feet not being able to navigate the tiny pedal box…lol.
Beyond the looks, we loved everything about it...the size, the interior, the storage, the uniqueness...etc.
We were definitely sold on the car now, and it started to seem like it might actually happen…
With the goal of rallying cash to complete a home improvement project, we had sold our 84 Carrera wide body and almost instantly had pangs of regret. It was a truly special car to us and we enjoyed touring, showing and sharing it…
Almost immediately we began the search to find a suitable replacement. The shoes this car needed to fill were pretty big…iconic looks, great driving, unique presence, all atop the long list. If anything could be added, it would be a bit more performance and some modern safety features.
Lotus had always intrigued us, but we always felt they were a bit small for us to tour in. Meanwhile, the launch of the Emira had not gone unnoticed. The configurator images looked phenomenal, so on a whim we started a dialogue with Gator Motorsports in Indianapolis.
A bit late to the party, but in the dead of the 2023 winter we plunked down the $2,500 to get in the queue.
There were no firm dates of course, but we were hearing rumblings of Q1 2025 and thus had no expectation of hearing any news for quite some time. We were super surprised to hear from Gator a few months later that Spring saying that they would have some demo cars and that we were welcome to stop in and test drive a car!
(That’s our Cayman in the background…I suspect more than a few Emira people have owned one as well.)
We were blown away by the presence of the car, and the test drive was amazing with the exception of me missing the first gear change coming out of the parking lot due to my big feet not being able to navigate the tiny pedal box…lol.
Beyond the looks, we loved everything about it...the size, the interior, the storage, the uniqueness...etc.
We were definitely sold on the car now, and it started to seem like it might actually happen…
