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

 

[MCS]

Speaking of Lotus comms... just got this email. Which, to be fair... I don't know how else I'd expect Lotus to handle the early feedback... but the spin they are spinning is the reviews are in... and they are GREAT! I mean, all the quotes are from the reviews. There HAVE been positive things said. But it certainly passively suggests that whatever negatives have been mentioned are not likely things that Lotus are taking as feedback to be addressed. Honestly the only one I'm concerned with is shifter feel. Coming from a 991.2 911 GTS 7-speed manual, I've heard a lot about what a bad gear box it was, but had no real issues with it. Felt it worked better than the 6 speed in my Aston Vantage S. My intent is not to be tracking the car at 9/10's for most of its life, but if its getting bogged down in normal shifting situations at 5000 RPM, that would be a problem

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Evo “so frustrating… ahhh… so frustrating “

 

[Evotion]

Speaking of Lotus comms... just got this email. Which, to be fair... I don't know how else I'd expect Lotus to handle the early feedback... but the spin they are spinning is the reviews are in... and they are GREAT! I mean, all the quotes are from the reviews. There HAVE been positive things said. But it certainly passively suggests that whatever negatives have been mentioned are not likely things that Lotus are taking as feedback to be addressed. Honestly the only one I'm concerned with is shifter feel. Coming from a 991.2 911 GTS 7-speed manual, I've heard a lot about what a bad gear box it was, but had no real issues with it. Felt it worked better than the 6 speed in my Aston Vantage S. My intent is not to be tracking the car at 9/10's for most of its life, but if its getting bogged down in normal shifting situations at 5000 RPM, that would be a problem

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OMG.

I feel embarrassed.

 

[99Problems]

OMG.

I feel embarrassed.

Yeeeaaaahhhh.... I'm hoping people inside the company are not simply shrugging and putting on a happy face about some of the feedback.

 

[Tonyshepp]

Lol love it, edit the bits from the reviews that suit the narrative from Lotus that this car is exceptional.

Yeeeaaaahhhh.... I'm hoping people inside the company are not simply shrugging and putting on a happy face about some of the feedback.

 

[NickR]

Lol love it, edit the bits from the reviews that suit the narrative from Lotus that this car is exceptional.

I get the feeling lotus is living in an Echo Chamber

Ref: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo_chamber_(media)

 

[CDM1855]

Was the difference just in sound, or did it improve the performance too?

I have ran this past my potential insurer, they have asked if removing the cat improves power/performance

I presume it doesn't change anything expect the exhaust sound is a bit louder. right ?

 

[kitkat]

That email from Lotus... 2 of those 4 reviews compared it to the GTS, and both picked the GTS over the Emira.

 

[CarGuy07]

That email from Lotus... 2 of those 4 reviews compared it to the GTS, and both picked the GTS over the Emira.

Would love to hear the excuses as to why they did this from those that keep on defending Lotus. Feels like everything they do is just so…wrong…so frustrating.

 

[99Problems]

That email from Lotus... 2 of those 4 reviews compared it to the GTS, and both picked the GTS over the Emira.

Would love to hear the excuses as to why they did this from those that keep on defending Lotus. Feels like everything they do is just so…wrong…so frustrating.

If you mean why they chose those 4 reviews to highlight?... Unfortunately my guess would be its because they contained the 4 most positive statements they could find... full review not withstanding. I will say, I can imagine Lotus were in a bind with needing/wanting reviews out before customer deliveries but also not having fully finished cars to provide due to the much publicized lack of parts, etc coming from the China covid shut down situation.... I think they were too reliant on auto press goodwill and understanding that the cars they were testing were not 100% finished in some aspects. Although no reviewers mentioned being told that anything about the cars dynamically were a work in progress, so we have to assume those things were as designed, customer car production ready for things like shifter, suspension, handling, etc.

 

[Tonyshepp]

I get the feeling lotus is living in an Echo Chamber

Ref: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo_chamber_(media)

Plus one lucky winner gets a test drive...

 

[vision]

Plus one lucky winner gets a test drive...

Well chaps, I really don't care anymore, I cannot wait for the call asking me to finally pay/set up finance etc. To have this on my drive kept in a single garage? (UK reference only!) will be jaw dropping. If you love Lotus then you are excited, if new then its probably a sensible way into the lotus, not so hardcore and will appeal to clients that want something a little bit different and not so corporate

 

[Evotion]

The email doesn't look good from a forum member's point of view as we have all seen the full reviews BUT (and here is a Lotus Defender) , to be fair, this is a standard marketing practice; use the best quotes of your own products and the worst quotes about your rivals.

Remember, on here, we are just a small minority of those actually with a deposit or interested in Emira updates. For them - this email is amazing!

 

[DJS]

Behind The Glass - FFWD to 43:00 for Emira content... #forthecontroversy

Tony is so good he already knows that the Emira is for specific kind of driver, he has always knocked the Emira and thinks they are going to lose value ha ha ha and he's a car salesman wow, Tony best get off this pod cast quick before his ego ruins his business.

And don't get me started on the Balenciaga flat cap he wears lol

 

[boozyjay]

Not sure if this has already been posted, but I've just read the latest issue of Car magazine and the review of the Emira (it was pitched against the Alpine A110S and Cayman GTS 4.0) was really good. It narrowly missed out on top spot by the Cayman, but they thought the Emira the most exciting drive. And this a pre-production car too.

I just don't get all this negativity, which seems to stem mainly from the EVO video.

 

[Evotion]

they thought the Emira the most exciting drive

THAT is the key for most people I reckon. On top of the looks that is the winning combo.

However, very few other reviewers have said anything close to that.

 

[frazzer]

this just in

 

[Cutting42]

To the comments about Lotus's selective quotes in that email. What did you expect them to say?

"Press declares our new Emira as a bit Meh and not quite as good as a Porsche!"?

 

[boozyjay]

THAT is the key for most people I reckon. On top of the looks that is the winning combo.

However, very few other reviewers have said anything close to that.

I've got all the car magazines here in front of me, and the reviews are most favourable, including Catchpole's in EVO. Top Gear, Car, Autocar, plus online with Autocar, Rory, Harry and others. The only negative one is Jethro online with EVO along with Sutcliffe, and it can be argued on both occasions it was the wrong set up, plus in Frankel's Intercooler podcast he had one or two issues, but would reserve judgment. In fact his online written review wasn't bad at all. And These are all pre-production cars.

 

[frazzer]

To the comments about Lotus's selective quotes in that email. What did you expect them to say?

"Press declares our new Emira as a bit Meh and not quite as good as a Porsche!"?

its marketing and what you'd expect any product company to do

More interesting would be how they are processing the feedback internally - that we'll never know I suppose, that is until the Windle Memoirs decades from now

 

[99Problems]

its marketing and what you'd expect any product company to do

More interesting would be how they are processing the feedback internally - that we'll never know I suppose, that is until the Windle Memoirs decades from now

That was my point... I didn't expect Lotus Marketing to have any other take than to highlight the best bits, that's their job. Like you, interested if there is any processing of the less flattering feedback internally in a way that would impact the product in the near term.