Factory Tour Thread

[NicolasB]

Guessing they didn't care about pics judging by how many we got today and by how you can see cell phones out taking pics in a few of the shots.

 

[Eagle7]

Guessing they didn't care about pics judging by how many we got today and by how you can see cell phones out taking pics in a few of the shots.

It's about time. They shouldn't have been so worried. This is nothing but good vibes.

 

[Bilbao-Emira]

I don’t think I saw this one posted yet right? View attachment 4922

I posted it last night in Dark Verdant and Fe colors together with 7 more pics, all from the dealers sneak peak outside.
Steeling my picture!

 

[TomE]

Lotus have been trawling online and going through all the dealers' personal and company social media accounts. Most of the pictures taken this week have now been removed from the original sites.

They're still on the forums where they were copied and re-posted. I don't know if the forums have been approached by Lotus yet. Some have stronger ties with Hethel than others.

It gives some fresh insight on how Lotus now wants to handle comms with it's dealers and customers. Make of this what you will

 

[BeHappy]

View attachment 4910View attachment 4911

Blue looks hood here

 

[kitkat]

Lotus have been trawling online and going through all the dealers' personal and company social media accounts. Most of the pictures taken this week have now been removed from the original sites.

They're still on the forums where they were copied and re-posted. I don't know if the forums have been approached by Lotus yet. Some have stronger ties with Hethel than others.

It gives some fresh insight on how Lotus now wants to handle comms with it's dealers and customers. Make of this what you will

Absolutely ridiculous. What's next? Cancelling pre-orders for people who repost images?

 

[BeHappy]

Lotus have been trawling online and going through all the dealers' personal and company social media accounts. Most of the pictures taken this week have now been removed from the original sites.

They're still on the forums where they were copied and re-posted. I don't know if the forums have been approached by Lotus yet. Some have stronger ties with Hethel than others.

It gives some fresh insight on how Lotus now wants to handle comms with it's dealers and customers. Make of this what you will

Keep everyone completely in the dark like mushrooms

 

[TomE]

Absolutely ridiculous. What's next? Cancelling pre-orders for people who repost images?

For the dealers/agents Lotus have the direct approach. If you take unauthorised photos on site at Hethel and publish them you have technically broken a commitment you signed on entering the site. But they can't stop you re-posting something that's in the public domain.

I was looking at pictures on one dealer page this afternoon as they were being taken down.

 

[ADC]

Baffling... clearly they didn't care enough to enforce a "no photos" policy on the day(s)

 

[Cachaco131]

Baffling... clearly they didn't care enough to enforce a "no photos" policy on the day(s)

One would think cell phones are stored away and other measures taken.

 

[Kentviking]

Dark Verdant!

yeah...as dark as feared, seriously pondering conversion to nimbus now

 

[SlavaUkraini]

Baffling... clearly they didn't care enough to enforce a "no photos" policy on the day(s)

I took my cell phone out to check playoff basketball scores at a strip club one time and the bouncer was on my ass so fast you would have thought I just fucked his mother. Lotus should hire that guy.

 

[TomE]

One would think cell phones are stored away and other measures taken.

Joe and Jo Public visitors are usually escorted by their host while on site and stopped from using cameras/phones.

Dealers/agents are partners and expected to abide by their agreements with Lotus. For example most dealers have a copy of the Emira Product Specification, but if they posted it online or let a customer take pictures of it they'd be breaching their confidentiality terms.

 

[xen]

Lotus have been trawling online and going through all the dealers' personal and company social media accounts. Most of the pictures taken this week have now been removed from the original sites.

They're still on the forums where they were copied and re-posted. I don't know if the forums have been approached by Lotus yet. Some have stronger ties with Hethel than others.

It gives some fresh insight on how Lotus now wants to handle comms with it's dealers and customers. Make of this what you will

I almost thought this was joke. Could someone please help explain why Lotus would actively prevent customers from seeing pictures of cars they've ordered and been waiting on for months (and have now delayed)?

 

[NickR]

Joe and Jo Public visitors are usually escorted by their host while on site and stopped from using cameras/phones.

Dealers/agents are partners and expected to abide by their agreements with Lotus. For example most dealers have a copy of the Emira Product Specification, but if they posted it online or let a customer take pictures of it they'd be breaching their confidentiality terms.

I'm surprised dealers thought this was ok

 

[eriegz]

I'm surprised dealers thought this was ok

I'm glad they thought it was ok.

 

[Wizardwings]

I almost thought this was joke. Could someone please help explain why Lotus would actively prevent customers from seeing pictures of cars they've ordered and been waiting on for months (and have now delayed)?

I'm certain they're planning to curate professional photographs under perfect lighting conditions once all the cars are in complete production form and then release them alongside a blitz of marketing fury to generate as much buzz as possible. I myself am thankful to the dealers who posted these photos to alay our ongoing frustrations with having to rely on the configurator (with its dubious rendering of color).

Check out the differences in appareance between these two photos and the rendering of color based on light, composition and clarity.

Can't wait to see the other colors (particularly Magma, Dark Verdant and Nimbus Grey) under full sun!

 

[kitkat]

I'm glad they thought it was ok.

Yup, glad here too, I was getting ready to cancel my order due to a wine red description of magma red.

 

[KusaKusa]

Maybe Lotus has just been waiting for a sunny day in Hethel and they just haven't had one in the last few months.

 

[DerTheDer]

Can we get a pic dump of all the ones taken today? Or can someone point me in the direction of that thread?