I am going to weigh in on this topic. While a lot of members here are correct that North American production / allocation numbers when first announced was not very much at 700 +/- FE's. But that was back in 2021 / early 2022. World is a difference place heading into 2024.
With interest rates, inflation and cost of living increases we are now back to normality in the car market, meaning they depreciate again. The one point that sticks out to me is the number of cars available in the UK and the increase of FE's (2.0) for the NA market. Lotus last year stated it had 10,000 Emira orders on the books. We know that they produced around 2,200 cars in the first half of 2023 and about 500 in 2022. Meaning they would have around 7,400 orders still to produce. This is where I do not necessarily see this amount of demand anymore. With a good amount of Emira's for sale in Europe and UK not moving and quickly dropping in price, I can only assume that Lotus' order book has thinned right down, just like many of forum members which have dropped out. Re-sale for N/A might be decent for 2024, but I think
@TomE assessment is bang on.
I imagine come mid 2024 allocations will be plentiful and anyone wanting an Emira will probably be a 6 month wait, if they don't buy a pre-owned one first. It will be interesting to see what the base Emira pricing will be and the fact that this has not been launched is a telling sign that it will have a more aggressive price point than many of us believe. I still think the F/E will be good value, but let's be honest, if they want to continue selling decent volume they can not continue to increase pricing when F/E's are sitting at dealers dropping their prices each month. The situation in the UK/EU in a way will have to dictate base Emira pricing. Also I am of the opinion that North America F/E V2's are just cancelled UK F/E spots. They announced an additional "600" allocations... I call BS it's probably double or triple that amount IMO. Yes, I wouldn't be surprised if 3,000 F/E Emira's arrive in North America in 2024.
My 2 cents.