Yeah I had an email in June saying November 2022 build.
Now it says August 2023.
Lotus, while having outside issues as well as inside, have f'ed this right up.
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I'm out - the cancellations thread
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Yeah I had an email in June saying November 2022 build.
Now it says August 2023.
Lotus, while having outside issues as well as inside, have f'ed this right up.
Lotustoronto
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Correct ^
I have enjoyed this forum waaaaay more than any other I've been on for so many reasons. I will certainly hang around, but I am no longer watching every, single post like a binge-watch fest!
Put a deposit on this beauty today, looking forward to picking it up soon!
Put a deposit on this beauty today, looking forward to picking it up soon!
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Exactly. And Lotus was well aware of the supplier issues and current state of the mid-pandemic world. Sure, there have been some hiccups along the way, but the original advertised delivery date was Spring 2022 when I made my initial deposit. It's change so many times since then (officially and unofficially). Lotus comms is trash and there's little respect for paying customers who've been waiting and supporting the Emira. That's the biggest problem.
ONE OF THE BEST SPORTS CARS EVER MADE, GREAT CHOICE AND CONGRATS, JUST NEXT TIME PLASE DON'T USE THE WORD "SOON" AROUND HERE, WE JUST DON'T LIKE IT...
Captain.Kirk
Emira Fanatic
May they all RIP and hope for a better After life.
CONGRATULATIONS Nicholas she’s a beauty ooo Red Leather seats gorgeous the best colour combo. I don’t think the Emira can compete with the R8 totally different level of performance, let’s us know how you find her - you’ll have a Massive Grin
every ride !
emiraspain
Emira Addict
Understood, but also LCC have been telling us crap for 12 months re the V6.... thats the only reason I think we could have seen any info coming out of Lotus to us or to dealers as being dubious. Naturally its not the way it should be and it wouldn't be like this with many other car companies, but..... welcome to Lotus.
However, yes its unfortunate.
I think until there are i4 cars running around in reviewers hands for example, fully approved...., then nothing Lotus say has too much validity for i4's and worse as these cars will all have an ass and ADAS.
Good choice Nicolas. Love the combination.
- Sneaking the Emira out to very recent depositor customers in Europe first?
- RHD cars going to China and Australia before UK?
- Early (pre-reveal) depositors ignored and given build dates pulled out of a hat, when later depositors are getting their cars?
- Continual misinformation from Lotus on technical details as well as the ongoing charade on build / delivery dates?
- Some customers with locked in spec for ~ 2 years while certain 'VIPs' get to change theirs at will?
Yes, we should have seen all this coming...
Yeah.... sounds about right.
Hollow promises on delivery month after month.
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Not even just delivery, but almost everything. Remember a year ago we were told "factory pics of all FE colors would be released by the end of the month?" That was October 2021. We're still waiting on those improved comms and base spec option pricing too...
At least they’re not telling us it’s impossible to capture the FE paint colors on camera anymore. Remember that B.S. and certain forum members agreeing.
It's so silly. Hard to capture the color in a photo? Fine.. Hand your smart phone to any 6 year old and they can capture a 10 second video and upload it to tikbook or facetok for you.
You know they were still adjusting the colors right? Those sample discs we got on the roadshow last year were not 100% accurate. One even had the name of a different paint on the back.With so many apparent cancelled orders, has anyone recently been offered a cancellation slot?
One of the first UK customer cars was a lucky cancelled order car but I haven't heard anyone mention being bumped up the queue for a long time
I know a lot of cancellations will be from later orders but there must be some of the early batch cars with cancellations...
One of the first UK customer cars was a lucky cancelled order car but I haven't heard anyone mention being bumped up the queue for a long time
I know a lot of cancellations will be from later orders but there must be some of the early batch cars with cancellations...
Yeah what was that all about....
roundincircles
Emira Fanatic
I've just ordered a Porsche 718 GTS. Interestingly,
you can't get a number of options like Bose sound upgrade or led headlights due to supply chain shortages.....and VAG have massive clout.
you can't get a number of options like Bose sound upgrade or led headlights due to supply chain shortages.....and VAG have massive clout.
There is a lot of bad feeling on this thread, and I support that totally. I cancelled a month ago as had enough of the false hope and delays, on top of that a car that is no longer a Lotus. I had my letter of intent in for the Emira in January 2019 so consider myself one of the first orders and was always told that was the case. Imagine my disappointment. I’d hoped for a minimum of 430hp and may be a little more to better the outgoing pinnacle Lotus, the GT430, of which I have owned two. Instead it was castrated and 200kg added, in the back of my mind I always knew this was a retro-step but hung on to the hope of a little Lotus magic. The wait got too long and the reality is that Lotus were making what I am sure is a great car but one that I nor I believe Chapman would approve of. It was a difficult decision to cancel given I’d had Lotus cars for more than 40 years and in the last 10 Years or so bought Upwards of £500k worth of Lotus. I never expected or asked for special treatment, just what I had been promised. Upon cancelling, I thought, perhaps some customer retention would kick in but nothing, just, we‘ll refund the money to the account you paid from.
I’m keeping an eye on 2021 Ts, last year with those options. I image one at $70k sub 10k miles CPO then BAM I can leave all this behind
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