If you sold your EMIRA what’s next?

[hellasf1]

Just for fun. If you sold your EMIRA and bought another vehicle what would it be? (Around the same price or less than the EMIRA)

 

[CHEESE]

2025 Lotus Emira

 

[Jinba ittai]

I’m never selling the emira but I might add a type 135 spyder if they hit the mark.

 

[Wolfram]

I never got my Emira - canceled my order as soon as I saw the (horrible, to me) digital interior. I now have a manual 2017 Aston Martin V8 Vantage S and it's all the superb, tactile, analog sports car I could ever want, and it sounds sublime. I have an Elise SC and a Ferrari 488 too, but I love my Aston, and drive it daily.

 

[seriously]

I never got my Emira - canceled my order as soon as I saw the (horrible, to me) digital interior. I now have a manual 2017 Aston Martin V8 Vantage S and it's all the superb, tactile, analog sports car I could ever want, and it sounds sublime. I have an Elise SC and a Ferrari 488 too, but I love my Aston, and drive it daily.

I too was initially disappointed in the digit display. The one thing they didn’t get right! But honest opinion, I have come to really like it over time and feels it kind of suits the car. Now I’m disappointed they didn’t include a HUD!

 

[Sandalwood]

I think a Noble M400. I have always been curious about them, and they range from about 50-80k at the moment. Or, for somewhat investment and definitely nostalgia reasons, a C4 ZR1.

 

[Carig5A]

I think a Noble M400. I have always been curious about them, and they range from about 50-80k at the moment. Or, for somewhat investment and definitely nostalgia reasons, a C4 ZR1.

Love the vettes! Interestingly, Lotus assisted GM on the design of LT5 and its unique air management system for what would be the awesome C4 ZR1

 

[Sandalwood]

Love the vettes! Interestingly, Lotus assisted GM on the design of LT5 and its unique air management system for what would be the awesome C4 ZR1

Yep! GM conceived, Lotus assisted, Mercury Marine-built. What's not to love?

 

[Steve24]

So, the Emira edges out the Ferrari in handling and balance?

I think so (as you’d expect with a 30 year old design vs a new one).

I tracked the 355 several times which was great fun and the handling was good even by current standards.
The limitations were the brakes on the road version which I had (the Challenge has the same brakes as the F40 and are far superior), the rather indirect and vague steering and the relative softness of the suspension (which is however very good for road use).

By comparison even though I haven’t tracked the Emira yet the brakes are in a different league and the steering much more direct and with more feel.
On top of that the whole thing feels much stiffer (I have the sport chassis).

 

[seriously]

I think so (as you’d expect with a 30 year old design vs a new one).

I tracked the 355 several times which was great fun and the handling was good even by current standards.
The limitations were the brakes on the road version which I had (the Challenge has the same brakes as the F40 and are far superior), the rather indirect and vague steering and the relative softness of the suspension (which is however very good for road use).

By comparison even though I haven’t tracked the Emira yet the brakes are in a different league and the steering much more direct and with more feel.
On top of that the whole thing feels much stiffer (I have the sport chassis).

I’m surprised at how good the emira brakes are. Not just stopping power but modulation and feel.