Ok, here is my report:
POSITIVES:
- bonnet gap is not bad at all in real life. I’d say nobody would notice an unusual large gap if it’s like that. The overall gap is smaller (compared to some pre prod pics) and the rubber stripe sits lower
- floor mats are Emira branded and overall quality looked good
- apple car play worked without cable and the functionality and look/display quality of apple car play is really 1:1 comparable to e.g. BMWs latest version (Which is good!)
- Center display and cockpit display with high resolution, very sharp lines and good contrasts (car was inside though)
- infotainment functionality and logic is good with some really cool highlights: g force indicator, drive mode display - really cool features (you can see how the bars for powertrain, exhaust, stability go up and down depending on which mode is on…feels very Motorsport like)
- overall appearance and looks of the car are even better than pictures can show. Perfect proportions, shape etc
- KEF Audio First of all looks great and very big quality and also sound quality is good if you ask me (I’m not a specialist here, but I can compare it to H+K or Bose in BMWs or Porsche and I feel that the KEF is actually a bit better when it comes to surround sound - overall power output also good). The Emira is still a relatively small two seater and so the richness of sound is naturally limited.
- seat position definitely lower compared to prototype and seat quality and fit is good. The overall design of the seats is actually really spectacular with the lotus lettering and its overall shape
NEUTRAL:
- I didn’t drive, but I could start the engine. If started in normal mode, the car is not loud and that does not change even if you rev it (again, standing and in neutral) - exhaust sound changes significantly if you change it to sport (other exhaust setting -> 50% louder) and if u go to track mode revs are going up by 200 or so. Basically that’s a nice feature! But…I fear (preliminary opinion) that the ones coming from Exiges, Evoras (and loved it!) would say that this is just not loud/aggressive enough (changing that might not be a big issue and maybe it’s getting better/louder after a couple of thousand miles)
- Quality of Switches and buttons: the Interior quality just looks fine and so much better compared to what lotus built before (I’d say close to latest KIA quality). However, the buttons on the steering wheel are not really single buttons, but one continuous surface - that doesn’t feel/look good and I am also not sure about long term functionality
??? OR NEGATIVE:
- car needs to sit 5-8mm lower (FYI, sport suspension with cup2). That would just make the car look smoother and sportier. I have to add, fuel tank was empty, no one was sitting inside the car and it’s brand new, so that might change a bit, but it’s just a little bit too high to be perfect (Besides that, it really is from outside)
- car had not completed PDI, but some body parts (black painted exterior parts in the front e.g.) just felt a bit loose and you could really move them around a little bit. In addition to that, it seems that there are just some smaller inaccuracies (sometimes left part of xyz is higher than the identical part on the right etc.). Nothing too bad, but if compared to some other manufacturers…regarding the black body parts in the front and the back I am not sure how those will look and sit after 1-2 years. If you touch certain parts and look at some things in detail, overall quality impression is questionable here and there (but maybe that’s just me and it’s just the way how modern cars are built)
Any more specific questions? Let me know!
POSITIVES:
- bonnet gap is not bad at all in real life. I’d say nobody would notice an unusual large gap if it’s like that. The overall gap is smaller (compared to some pre prod pics) and the rubber stripe sits lower
- floor mats are Emira branded and overall quality looked good
- apple car play worked without cable and the functionality and look/display quality of apple car play is really 1:1 comparable to e.g. BMWs latest version (Which is good!)
- Center display and cockpit display with high resolution, very sharp lines and good contrasts (car was inside though)
- infotainment functionality and logic is good with some really cool highlights: g force indicator, drive mode display - really cool features (you can see how the bars for powertrain, exhaust, stability go up and down depending on which mode is on…feels very Motorsport like)
- overall appearance and looks of the car are even better than pictures can show. Perfect proportions, shape etc
- KEF Audio First of all looks great and very big quality and also sound quality is good if you ask me (I’m not a specialist here, but I can compare it to H+K or Bose in BMWs or Porsche and I feel that the KEF is actually a bit better when it comes to surround sound - overall power output also good). The Emira is still a relatively small two seater and so the richness of sound is naturally limited.
- seat position definitely lower compared to prototype and seat quality and fit is good. The overall design of the seats is actually really spectacular with the lotus lettering and its overall shape
NEUTRAL:
- I didn’t drive, but I could start the engine. If started in normal mode, the car is not loud and that does not change even if you rev it (again, standing and in neutral) - exhaust sound changes significantly if you change it to sport (other exhaust setting -> 50% louder) and if u go to track mode revs are going up by 200 or so. Basically that’s a nice feature! But…I fear (preliminary opinion) that the ones coming from Exiges, Evoras (and loved it!) would say that this is just not loud/aggressive enough (changing that might not be a big issue and maybe it’s getting better/louder after a couple of thousand miles)
- Quality of Switches and buttons: the Interior quality just looks fine and so much better compared to what lotus built before (I’d say close to latest KIA quality). However, the buttons on the steering wheel are not really single buttons, but one continuous surface - that doesn’t feel/look good and I am also not sure about long term functionality
??? OR NEGATIVE:
- car needs to sit 5-8mm lower (FYI, sport suspension with cup2). That would just make the car look smoother and sportier. I have to add, fuel tank was empty, no one was sitting inside the car and it’s brand new, so that might change a bit, but it’s just a little bit too high to be perfect (Besides that, it really is from outside)
- car had not completed PDI, but some body parts (black painted exterior parts in the front e.g.) just felt a bit loose and you could really move them around a little bit. In addition to that, it seems that there are just some smaller inaccuracies (sometimes left part of xyz is higher than the identical part on the right etc.). Nothing too bad, but if compared to some other manufacturers…regarding the black body parts in the front and the back I am not sure how those will look and sit after 1-2 years. If you touch certain parts and look at some things in detail, overall quality impression is questionable here and there (but maybe that’s just me and it’s just the way how modern cars are built)
Any more specific questions? Let me know!
