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 1,056 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

 

[Bilbao-Emira]

two carry on cases fit easily on the back shelf of the Emira with a little room for a squidgy bag in between (someone posted a photo or two of this on another thread)...and that's before you use the trunk

Here it is:

Storage space

First Emira just arrived in Canada, the Lotus rep had just arrived across the boarder and I wanted to answer the important question before I drove the car and forgot :). Will it fit? I didn't think so when I popped the boot but in fact - they made it with golf bag in mind :). Also, the space...

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[GetawayDriving]

Today we feast!

 

[Concept24]

two carry on cases fit easily on the back shelf of the Emira with a little room for a squidgy bag in between (someone posted a photo or two of this on another thread)...and that's before you use the trunk

Ah, but I was referring to check-in sized suitcases.

 

[Porter]

I've been waiting for this one and watching now. Seems very positive so far, but Matt was wrong about the springs being the same for both Tour and Sport options. We know they are different rate Eibachs, same Bilsteins.

Not the same Bilsteins. Different valving for each variant, which is where most of the difference in feel is coming from.

 

[Bilbao-Emira]

Ah, but I was referring to check-in sized suitcases.

That's another story,
I am not sure any sports car this size will fit check-in size apart from behind the seats. in the Emira, If you are traveling alone, one full size luggage will fit behind the passenger seat

 

[VL3X]

Not the same Bilsteins. Different valving for each variant, which is where most of the difference in feel is coming from.

You sure? I thought it was just the springs. Remember when Harry toured the assembly line and there were boxes of springs separated by Tour and Sport?

 

[VL3X]

You sure? I thought it was just the springs. Remember when Harry toured the assembly line and there were boxes of springs separated by Tour and Sport?

Maybe you're right.. Harry says the shocks are labeled sport and tour, but it's still unclear to me if they're actually different or if that's applied once the springs are on.

It's around the 6m26s mark:

 

[kitkat]

Maybe you're right.. Harry says the shocks are labeled sport and tour, but it's still unclear to me if they're actually different or if that's applied once the springs are on.

It's around the 6m26s mark:

It’s not completely confirmed but they should be different. The difference would be in the valving. That can involve different internal parts.

I would expect that the sport dampers have a more digressive compression valving than the touring which means that at low piston speeds the damping ramps up rapidly. This makes things like turn in sharper but has a bit makes the ride a bit more jarring.

They do that by changing the physical piston in the damper to one of a physically design. Likely also requires a different shim stack and valve preload.

We won’t know till someone puts both dampers on a dyno or takes them apart

 

[Porter]

You sure? I thought it was just the springs. Remember when Harry toured the assembly line and there were boxes of springs separated by Tour and Sport?

I'm 100% sure. There's literally no way to get the ride and handling difference between these two variants with just a change of spring. The vast majority of the difference in feel is the damper valving.

 

[4MIR3]

It’s not completely confirmed but they should be different. The difference would be in the valving. That can involve different internal parts.

I would expect that the sport dampers have a more digressive compression valving than the touring which means that at low piston speeds the damping ramps up rapidly. This makes things like turn in sharper but has a bit makes the ride a bit more jarring.

They do that by changing the physical piston in the damper to one of a physically design. Likely also requires a different shim stack and valve preload.

We won’t know till someone puts both dampers on a dyno or takes them apart

Or simply look at part numbers for the shocks.

 

[kitkat]

Or simply look at part numbers for the shocks.

It’s not quite that simple. You could for example increase damping by changing the shim stack preload by torquing it down more. No part difference could be present but they might put a different part number to differentiate the setup.

The point of confusion was if there was a hardware difference between the two setups. Part numbers don’t tell you anything about the actual difference. Like I said, we really can’t know without opening them up and/or testing them on a shock dyno.

 

[VL3X]

I'm 100% sure. There's literally no way to get the ride and handling difference between these two variants with just a change of spring. The vast majority of the difference in feel is the damper valving.

Well we still aren't sure if the swaybars/endlinks/bushings are the same between both. It could be many things. It would make sense for the dampers to be unique though...

It'd be nice if these things could be confirmed by Lotus. I suppose someone could call a dealer and check part numbers....

 

[freefall_junkie]

On the Sport set up it is worth listening again to Henry Catchpole's review from 3.30 Unlike the Smoking Tire duo, he'd actually bothered to do his homework before holding forth on YouTube The springs on Sport are less than 10% stiffer front and rear, but the dampers have more compression and low to mid rebound damping. I believe the bushes and ARBs are different too, although that isn't mentioned by Henry

My experience of 1100 miles in my Emira with Sport suspension is that it feels much firmer than the the relatively small increase in spring rate over Touring would suggest, so I guess most of that is down to the damping.

 

[kitkat]

On the Sport set up it is worth listening again to Henry Catchpole's review from 3.30 Unlike the Smoking Tire duo, he'd actually bothered to do his homework before holding forth on YouTube The springs on Sport are less than 10% stiffer front and rear, but the dampers have more compression and low to mid rebound damping. I believe the bushes and ARBs are different too, although that isn't mentioned by Henry

My experience of 1100 miles in my Emira with Sport suspension is that it feels much firmer than the the relatively small increase in spring rate over Touring would suggest, so I guess most of that is down to the damping.

TST posted an update saying that a dealer gave them bad information. Unsurprising, they should have known better -- US dealer information is laughable.

 

[VL3X]

US dealer information is laughable.

It really is and I'm not sure what the issue is here. It's either Lotus HQ just not caring to communicate with US dealers for some reason or maybe it's Lotus of US failing us? I don't know exactly what Lotus of US actually does besides the roadshow tours and I suppose they'll be handling future warranty claims? They certainly don't communicate with dealers or customers at all... My dealer has expressed many times how frustrated he is with their lack of updates and transparency. Makes me dread potential (inevitable) warranty work.

 

[KJD]

Or simply look at part numbers for the shocks.

Dampers have identifying stickers as per previous Lotus practice.

This is my sport front damper.

V6SF deciphers as V6 Sport Front.
Tour equivalent will be V6TF.
Rears are side-specific. V6SRL and V6SRR.

 

[Porter]

Well we still aren't sure if the swaybars/endlinks/bushings are the same between both. It could be many things. It would make sense for the dampers to be unique though...

It'd be nice if these things could be confirmed by Lotus. I suppose someone could call a dealer and check part numbers....

We are pretty darn sure, because Gavan Kershaw said explicitly that the dampers and springs were both unique to variant, and the other components were not. It's been in several interviews.

We also have pics of delivered cars in each variant, as above.

 

[TomE]

That's right the springs and dampers are different for Tour and Sport. ARBs and bushings are the same, as are the wishbones. Suspension geometry settings are different.

 

[digilotus]

That's right the springs and dampers are different for Tour and Sport. ARBs and bushings are the same, as are the wishbones. Suspension geometry settings are different.

I could be wrong, but I thought that the geo difference was linked to the tyre selection and not the chassis type?

So Cup2s get the more aggressive geo (that suits that tyre) and Goodyears get a different geo (on both sport and touring chassis).

 

[Porter]

I could be wrong, but I thought that the geo difference was linked to the tyre selection and not the chassis type?

So Cup2s get the more aggressive geo (that suits that tyre) and Goodyears get a different geo (on both sport and touring chassis).

It's likely 3 different geo setups, not 2.