Emira Review Index [V6 FE]

For those looking for the latest Emira V6 FE reviews scheduled to be released today, I've self-volunteered to maintain a quick reference index here.
Please let me know of any missing articles and I'll update accordingly.

Reviewer	Type	Direct Link
Edmunds	Article	New Lotus Emira Is Worth the Wait | Edmunds The 2022 Lotus Emira, powered by a supercharged 3.5-liter V6, is both the end and the beginning of an era as the automaker transitions to a world of fully electrified supercars and crossovers. www.edmunds.com
Harry's Garage (Harry Metcalfe)	Video Review	Harry drives the Sports and Tour suspension back to back on the same road and shares his thoughts.
Schmee150 (Tim Burton)	Video Review	Published 21st June Bought the Right Car?! LOTUS EMIRA V6 FIRST DRIVE The countdown is on! The folks at Lotus have delivered an Emira V6 First Edition to @TheShmuseum in a near-identical spec to my inbound car, to take for a fi... www.youtube.com
Carwow (Mat Watson)	Video Review	Lotus Emira review - and my BANNED test! Looking to sell your car? Then you've come to the right place. carwow is the free, easy way to change your car online. Check it out here: https://bit.ly/Buy-... www.youtube.com
TopGear	Articles and Video	Published 3rd July Chris Harris talks about the Lotus Emira Chris Harris On… The All-New Lotus Emira | Top Gear Series 32 “I’d feel a bit scared if I were a McLaren or an Aston Martin at the moment” Chris Harris chats to Top Gear Magazine’s Jack Rix about the all-new Lotus Emira... youtu.be Published 20th June Lotus Emira Review 2023 | Top Gear The last ever petrol-powered Lotus looks fantastic and drives with precision, but not quite as much emotion as we might’ve hoped www.topgear.com The big sportscar test: Lotus Emira vs Porsche Cayman vs Alpine A110 www.topgear.com
AutoTrader (Rory Reid)	Video Review	NEW Lotus Emira: The Last REAL Lotus? | 4K Rory reviews the new Lotus Emira, Lotus' last ever petrol sports car. Soon the company will transition to electric cars, but for this last hurrah the Emira p... www.youtube.com
Evo	Article and Video Review	2023 Lotus Emira review – strong showing for Porsche Cayman GTS rival | Evo The first new Lotus for a generation, and the last to be petrol powered, shows great promise but needs some polish www.evo.co.uk
CAR	Article and Video Review	Published 22nd July Lotus Emira vs Porsche Cayman GTS vs Alpine A110 group test review CAR magazine UK compares the Lotus Emira sports car with the Porsche 718 Cayman GTS 4.0 and Alpine A110 S www.carmagazine.co.uk Lotus Emira (2023) review: new 2.0-litre engine driven The brand new Lotus Emira, tested on road and track by CAR magazine. www.carmagazine.co.uk Lotus Emira vs Cayman 718 GTS vs Alpine 110s
Autocar	Article and Video Review	Lotus Emira V6 First Edition 2022 UK first drive | Autocar Most important Lotus in decades heralds a new era and sees out an old one, being the firm's last petrol sports car www.autocar.co.uk
Pistonheads	Article	2022 Lotus Emira | PH Review The Emira is one step closer to production-ready. And the good news (mostly) keeps coming www.pistonheads.com
KHTV	Video Review
The Drive	Article	2023 Lotus Emira First Drive Review: Lotus Grows Up, and Just in Time The Lotus Emira is the last of its kind, the final gas-powered car from the legendary company. And what a thrilling sendoff it is. www.thedrive.com
AutoExpress	Article	New Lotus Emira V6 First Edition review | Auto Express We hit road and track in the new Lotus Emira - the model that redefines the brand as a sports car maker www.autoexpress.co.uk Pictures: New Lotus Emira 2022 review - pictures | Auto Express Pictures of the new Lotus Emira www.autoexpress.co.uk
WhichCar	Article	2022 Lotus Emira review: V6 First Edition, international launch Lotus wants to compete with daily-driver premium sportscars like the Cayman and its new Emira V6 First Edition is a big step in the right direction www.whichcar.com.au
CarBuyer	Article	Lotus Emira coupe review | Carbuyer “The Emira marks a big step on in terms of design and quality for Lotus, and it’s great to drive” www.carbuyer.co.uk
Hagerty	Article	Lotus Emira first drive review: Will the fab four become the famous five? | Hagerty UK Is the Emira good enough to turn the fab four – Elite, Elan, Esprit, Elise – into the famous five? Read Andrew Frankel's review to find out. www.hagerty.co.uk
Road and Track	Article	Published 1st September Lotus Emira Road and Track Drive The Lotus Emira Is One of the Greats Lotus's final combustion-engined sports car starts a new era for the English automaker, and a prime example of what a well-funded Lotus can build. www.roadandtrack.com The 2023 Emira Is an All-Time High For Lotus The Emira comes from a bygone era. www.roadandtrack.com
Goodwood	Article	First Drive: Lotus Emira 2022 Review | GRR The Emira is the final combustion-engined Lotus, and it might finally be a match for the Porsche Cayman... www.goodwood.com
The Intercooler	Podcast	Reasonably good post-embargo Emira discussion on The Intercooler. Apple Podcasts Web Embed embed.podcasts.apple.com
Motortrend	Article	2023 Lotus Emira First Drive Review: The Porsche Substitute Don’t want a Porsche Cayman? Try this. www.motortrend.com
Drive	Article	2022 Lotus Emira review: International first drive With a reborn and reinvigorated Lotus looking to a new and very different future, is the Emira the first excuse-free Lotus? www.drive.com.au
AFR	Article	Lotus takes on Porsche with its $185,000 Emira This is a street car for buyers who appreciate luxury and great looks – although with a claimed top speed of 290km/h, it’s no slouch on the racetrack. www.afr.com
Parkers	Article	Lotus Emira Review (2024) Lotus Emira (2024) in-depth review. Read our experts' views on the engine, practicality, running costs, overall performance and more. www.parkers.co.uk
CarExpert	Article	2023 Lotus Emira review: First drive We drive the last Lotus without electrification around Mount Panorama to see if it's a worthy contender to the Porsche 718 Cayman. www.carexpert.com.au
Caffeine & Machine	Article	Caffeine & Machine Hitting the Alps in the summer, chasing the #cultofmachine in the brand spanking new Lotus Emira. Soul food at its best, delivered in spades across the myriad of special alpine roads littering the... www.facebook.com Photos on Instagram: Caffeine&Machine on Instagram: "Hitting the Alps in the summer, chasing the #cultofmachine in the brand spanking new Lotus Emira. Soul food at its best, delivered in spades across the myriad of special alpine roads littering the region. It would be 1,055 likes, 8 comments - caffeineandmachine on June 13, 2022: "Hitting the Alps in the summer, chasing the #cultofmachine in the brand spanking new Lotus Emira. Soul food at its best, delivered in spades across the myriad of special alpine roads littering the region. It would be so easy to... www.instagram.com
The Sunday Times Driving	Article	Lotus Emira V6 2022 on-track review: Lotus's last petrol car is more than significant ... it's good This isn't going to be one of our usual reviews, because our test drive of the new Lotus Emira wasn't usual, either, having experienced just three and a half laps behind the wheel around Goodwood Motor Circuit,. www.driving.co.uk
Car and Driver	Article	2023 Emira Is a Grown-Up Lotus The last gas-powered Lotus also may be the first you don't have to make excuses for. www.caranddriver.com
The Sun	Article	I've driven the Lotus Emira - you can use it every day and it's saving BRITAIN THERE’S only one type of person who wouldn’t fall in love with the Lotus Emira. Those Twitter-dwelling keyboard warriors who think they know more about cars than everyone else. I’ve seen a few comm… www.thesun.co.uk
AutoCar UK	Article	Published 2nd July Lotus Emira vs Porsche 718 Cayman | Autocar Lotus’s new sports car is a great car in its own right - but can it hold its own against the class leader? www.autocar.co.uk

 

[roundincircles]

Schmee really tries hard to describe what he is experienceing without any agenda in the background. He is prepared to change his view which he did on the sport suspension, firstly saying the touring was probably the way to go but then concluding sport was the right choice but he qualified why. He helps you understand why he has views on the features......offset wheel and peddle but you forget the oddity.......steering wheel too thick because he likes traditional......blah blah

That is a good helpful review.

 

[switchlanez]

Agreed. Shmee's was candid, informal, and highly observant/detail-rich. Not your typical corporate review going down a checklist for publication or video production.

 

[frazzer]

I had originally had considered far more powerful cars, but I know on road the joy of driving is not proportional to power or outright speed, rather the sense of control and being able to exploit the power on offer. So the Emira came into focus as potentially the ideal balance.

Schmee has got quite a stable and has driven plenty of cars costing x5 an Emira or more. So very encouraging that despite this the Emira is an exciting drive. Like Mr Harris, he sees it's the right amount of power and feel that can be exploited on the road.

Convinced the Emira will be in the sweet spot, look forward to test driving it soon!

 

[VL3X]

So we're now just waiting on the Catchpole Carfection review, right? Funny because I expected them to be first. I guess the extremely high production value takes time... Hoping for another positive one.

 

[Krisjc21]

For those who have seen the car in person is how is the stance width of the car is it wide like an AMG GT R ? I've seen the AMG GT it's so wide it looks so menacing on the road always liked the wide looking car taking the whole space of the road haha

 

[EM33RA]

For those who have seen the car in person is how is the stance width of the car is it wide like an AMG GT R ? I've seen the AMG GT it's so wide it looks so menacing on the road always liked the wide looking car taking the whole space of the road haha

No mate it doesn’t look wide at all. It’s a compact car the same size as an Evora. It’s not big and bulbous per say. But it’s quite striking and will turn heads. It’s very similar to the Evora 400

 

[FederGigant]

No mate it doesn’t look wide at all. It’s a compact car the same size as an Evora. It’s not big and bulbous per say. But it’s quite striking and will turn heads. It’s very similar to the Evora 400

It's more than 10cm wider than the Evora... I don't think that a picture of the wrong car answers the question.

 

[switchlanez]

For those who have seen the car in person is how is the stance width of the car is it wide like an AMG GT R ? I've seen the AMG GT it's so wide it looks so menacing on the road always liked the wide looking car taking the whole space of the road haha

Its width is identical to the LFA which are both 1,895mm wide. But width isn't all that matters because many trucks are wider than those AMGs but lack proportions for a hunkered down presence. Height also matters as well as concentration of mass appearing hunkered down (bottom heavy, occupying less space as your eyes move up). Those AMG's are wider but also taller and, thus, bigger with different bottom-to-top proportions.

Here's perspective on Emira's proportions vs other modern sports cars (dimensionally accurate racing sim):

And real life perspective on a public road among other cars:

 

[EM33RA]

It's more than 10cm wider than the Evora... I don't think that a picture of the wrong car answers the question.

Mate I said similar not the same. And it’s basically the same proportions as an Evora. I guess you like arguing or proving a point for the sake of it.

 

[FederGigant]

Mate I said similar not the same. And it’s basically the same proportions as an Evora. I guess you like arguing or proving a point for the sake of it.

I don't want to argue, I was just wondering why you post a pic from the wrong car. A car that is way less wide and has a completely different presence on the road. That seemed a bit odd to me, because it obviously was no help at all.

 

[Leonard]

Hey I think it looks really wide especially from the rear. No matter the actual width the rear arches and small canopy make it look properly low and wide

 

[eclat2emira]

Hey I think it looks really wide especially from the rear. No matter the actual width the rear arches and small canopy make it look properly low and wide

Spot on Leonard, on what is already a wide car in terms of proportions (e.g. relative to its height and length), the tapering canopy serves to accentuate that - and it looks bloody amazing!!!

 

[Eagle7]

This is one somebody took at Goodwood yesterday, but I think it gives a good feel for the proportions you'd see standing behind the car looking down.

 

[Evotion]

This is one somebody took at Goodwood yesterday, but I think it gives a good feel for the proportions you'd see standing behind the car looking down.

 

[Cachaco131]

Its width is identical to the LFA which are both 1,895mm wide. But width isn't all that matters because many trucks are wider than those AMGs but lack proportions for a hunkered down presence. Height also matters as well as concentration of mass appearing hunkered down (bottom heavy, occupying less space as your eyes move up). Those AMG's are wider but also taller and, thus, bigger with different bottom-to-top proportions.

Here's perspective on Emira's proportions vs other modern sports cars (dimensionally accurate racing sim):

And real life perspective on a public road among other cars:

Nice overtaking after the corkscrew

 

[emiraspain]

In terms of comparison reviews.... GTS, GT4, etc...


go for it

 

[Jonhklee]

Lotus Emira (2022 - present) | Expert Rating | The Car Expert

Reviewers agree that the Emira coupé is a big leap forward for Lotus, with impressive driving dynamics and a high-quality interior.

www.thecarexpert.co.uk

Summary of reviews by UK car expert

 

[digilotus]

Lotus Emira (2022 - present) | Expert Rating | The Car Expert

Reviewers agree that the Emira coupé is a big leap forward for Lotus, with impressive driving dynamics and a high-quality interior.

www.thecarexpert.co.uk

Summary of reviews by UK car expert

Thanks for sharing @Jonhklee ! I think I did OK in comparison as a freelance volunteer!

 

[Speedluvver]

Weird that the carfection video has still not dropped despite Henry mentioning it on a few podcasts/posts

 

[ADC]

In terms of comparison reviews.... GTS, GT4, etc...


go for it

Thanks for that... like I needed help disappearing on yet another a TED binge