I4 Delivery Date USA/Canada Updates

[gcmak]

Picked mine up today! Was joined by a few other existing Emira owners - car pickups are more fun with friends!

They parked my car next to a nearly $900K spec Lambo haha.

 

[Rayjoedef]

...and she's holding her own!!

 

[Milk242]

Gator Motorsport informed me that lotus is not opening up i4 orders until 2026 in the USA. Just trying to confirm with anyone else.

 

[Nova]

I wonder why that is. What are they building/selling in the mean time?

 

[Rayjoedef]

Gator Motorsport informed me that lotus is not opening up i4 orders until 2026 in the USA. Just trying to confirm with anyone else.

Yes, my dealer confirmed same....helps remediate a bit of frustration with our 24s entering this year.

 

[Nova]

So... no 2025 MY I4 cars at all? Did they forget to file the emissions paperwork again?

 

[Milk242]

I’m just curious if we will still have first editions for order in 2026. I was told by another dealer that they still have build slots for v6s so maybe 2025 is the year of the v6s?

 

[christophermalex]

I go back to my conversation with Galpin Lotus where they had heard rumors that the i4 could somehow turn into a ONE-YEAR run of this car. Given the ever-changing messages from Lotus I could definitely see this happening if they're not taking any orders for i4 in 2025. Just gives them enough time to completely shutdown the i4 altogether. See below from my post in the Delivery Thread in September:

The Emira i4 may turn out to be a ONE YEAR RUN meaning that the i4 FE 2024MY may be the only version we ever see. That's right, this one didn't make much sense to me, but I have no clue what could spark this kind of decision... maybe cost of the AMG engines/transmissions vs the Camry? maybe the fact that those costs turned the i4 FE's into a major loser for them financially since they couldn't justify further price increases? Either way this is huge if true for those of us that are waiting on what could now be a much more limited production car than expected. This also would make sense as to why Lotus opened the NA i4's to 400bhp as there would not be the mythical "Emira S" coming down the line opening the AMG engine up to its full potential.

 

[Milk242]

Lotus management never makes sense…

I go back to my conversation with Galpin Lotus where they had heard rumors that the i4 could somehow turn into a ONE-YEAR run of this car. Given the ever-changing messages from Lotus I could definitely see this happening if they're not taking any orders for i4 in 2025. Just gives them enough time to completely shutdown the i4 altogether. See below from my post in the Delivery Thread in September:

The Emira i4 may turn out to be a ONE YEAR RUN meaning that the i4 FE 2024MY may be the only version we ever see. That's right, this one didn't make much sense to me, but I have no clue what could spark this kind of decision... maybe cost of the AMG engines/transmissions vs the Camry? maybe the fact that those costs turned the i4 FE's into a major loser for them financially since they couldn't justify further price increases? Either way this is huge if true for those of us that are waiting on what could now be a much more limited production car than expected. This also would make sense as to why Lotus opened the NA i4's to 400bhp as there would not be the mythical "Emira S" coming down the line opening the AMG engine up to its full potential.

that would be sad if true, I guess lotus doesn’t really want more customers and with the tariffs on their electric vehicles and Toyota not making the v6 anymore, the brand will be dead in the US

 

[Ethnic6]

I go back to my conversation with Galpin Lotus where they had heard rumors that the i4 could somehow turn into a ONE-YEAR run of this car. Given the ever-changing messages from Lotus I could definitely see this happening if they're not taking any orders for i4 in 2025. Just gives them enough time to completely shutdown the i4 altogether. See below from my post in the Delivery Thread in September:

The Emira i4 may turn out to be a ONE YEAR RUN meaning that the i4 FE 2024MY may be the only version we ever see. That's right, this one didn't make much sense to me, but I have no clue what could spark this kind of decision... maybe cost of the AMG engines/transmissions vs the Camry? maybe the fact that those costs turned the i4 FE's into a major loser for them financially since they couldn't justify further price increases? Either way this is huge if true for those of us that are waiting on what could now be a much more limited production car than expected. This also would make sense as to why Lotus opened the NA i4's to 400bhp as there would not be the mythical "Emira S" coming down the line opening the AMG engine up to its full potential.

I'm glad my i4 is at Galpin and ready for pick up once I fly back stateside on Saturday. If true this would make the i4 more valuable than the V6 considering it's rarity. I was already on board with this variant because it was lighter and apparently more agile than the V6 from reviews on youtube (when it was ran on track vs road). Will be interesting to see if this will be true.