FlyNavy01
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I hope you guys get as many allocations as you're hoping for. The area clearly has the market for it, so hopefully Hethel gets its act together ASAP to fulfill most or all reservations in the major metro areas in North America before it's too late. My guess is as good as anyone's at this point.Not to worry. I'm definitely frustrated with the lack of solid info too. I think we can say reliably that the info we're getting from Lotus Vancouver in terms of numbers is bogus.
The best info I've found is that nearly 1 out of every 4 supercars in Canada , and 1 out of every 3 classic cars (pre-1980 insured by Hagerty) are located in Vancouver. Metro Vancouver's population of about 2.6 million means that that roughly 1 out of every 14 Canadians live there. That's 3-4x more luxury vehicles than you would expect for its population, meaning it has about the same number of them as an average city of 7.5-10 million residents. Its per capita rate notwithstanding, that's a very significant volume. Certainly not "barely a fraction" of Toronto, which, incidentally, has a metro population right around the low end of that figure (6.3 million).
I chalk it up to a mixture of the weather and the city's high desirability amongst wealthy foreigners.
Glad you enjoyed the drive up today though. What did you think of Nimbus in person?
I loved Nimbus. Wasn't a fan of the bright red leather of the demo car personally. I'll likely go with Harry Metcalfe's spec of Nimbus + Tan, yellow calipers, no black pack and silver wheels. Super classy yet sporty and timeless. There were loads of Porsche folks there asking the Lotus rep questions about the car and looked impressed.