Live from the Bell & Colvill launch

[TomE]

Some more photos of the interior in addition to my seat pictures:

That First Edition badge. It's OK, but I'd have preferred it being positioned lower on the dash.

The speaker grille looks great against the leather. Door handle has a nice, unusual shape and feel to it, plus has a feature light inside it that projects down onto the armrest and mirror/window controls.

Yes the exposed shifter is there.

Luggage retention net now fitted on the production cars - missing on the show cars.

 

[TomE]

Finalised finishing of the boot space:

And the detail on the black tailpipe finishers:

 

[TomE]

Number plate plinth and UK plate mount:

 

[Lotustoronto]

The leather quality, at least from pictures, looks to be high. Smooth finish, I think they did a great job on the styling, inside and out.

 

[JXJ]

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I presume it a "pre-production" car as it still has the misaligned panel on the boot. The later model seem to resolve this issue (or the boot wasn't shut properly). Look great though.

The boot wasn’t fully closed, we open a closed properly problem solved

 

[Tonyshepp]

Number plate plinth and UK plate mount:

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That colour is just so right for this car…

 

[andyss]

Boot wasn’t fully shut for that photo… we checked it shut and it was fine

Likewise, I closed the boot and it was perfectly aligned on both sides

 

[emiraspain]

The leather quality, at least from pictures, looks to be high. Smooth finish, I think they did a great job on the styling, inside and out.

you're not going to get jumped up the list by being nice!... hah

 

[Magicman]

I think they've made a decent job with the ratio of coloured vs black leather in these cars

 

[Lotustoronto]

you're not going to get jumped up the list by being nice!... hah

Don't worry, I'm pretty sure the economy and other factors are helping me up the list...

 

[Eagle7]

By any chance, does anybody know if the mesh grilles in the front and back are metal or plastic?

 

[Sid]

Number plate plinth and UK plate mount:

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Thanks for the photos Tom, that's my exct spec including wheels and brake pads.

 

[TomE]

Some more pics of the Emira added in the Nimbus thread here:

https://www.emiraforum.com/threads/nimbus-grey-emira-photo-thread.36/post-54176

And of the Eletre here:

https://www.emiraforum.com/threads/eletre-pictures-from-b-c-launch-day.1972/post-54133

 

[Toomanyloti]

I tried pretty much every car when needing boot space for my dads wheelchair, ended up buying a Dacia Duster . Wheelchair fitted easily and at £15k new on the road it was a steal. Very few SUV have any boot space unless you go really large ( and expensive)

yes mate i think they are an absolute bargain. She wont have a Rangey (thank feck) im working on the duster idea

 

[Matthaus]

Not liking the first edition badge in the middle of the dashboard. Looks a bit 'lost' would be better in the corner maybe and on the lower section

 

[Jimblob]

Not liking the first edition badge in the middle of the dashboard. Looks a bit 'lost' would be better in the corner maybe and on the lower section

In person I think it looks good.

 

[Mike]

That was my exact take on it at Goodwood. How can you make an SUV which is so long (more than 5meters) buy with such a small boot. The interior for me also looked like the kids would demolition it within seconds. I'm starting to think it's not for me and waiting for the Polestar 3 and maybe EQS or EQE suv

I have a deposit on an Eletre but like you am looking seriously at the Polestar 3. I really don't think I have the emotional capacity to take on another Lotus buying process.
Having said that, I am really looking forward to finally driving my Emira.
It's not so hard nowadays to have great customer service. Automated systems, chat bots, scheduled update emails etc are the norm in most industries so how have Lotus got this so wrong?

 

[VTECMatt]

I have a deposit on an Eletre but like you am looking seriously at the Polestar 3. I really don't think I have the emotional capacity to take on another Lotus buying process.
Having said that, I am really looking forward to finally driving my Emira.
It's not so hard nowadays to have great customer service. Automated systems, chat bots, scheduled update emails etc are the norm in most industries so how have Lotus got this so wrong?

Its not just Lotus, don’t get it with Porsche, nothing from Honda (new Type R) either. As frustrating as it is, seemingly a motor industry thing. Oh and Tesla no better.

 

[BeHappy]

Its not just Lotus, don’t get it with Porsche, nothing from Honda (new Type R) either. As frustrating as it is, seemingly a motor industry thing. Oh and Tesla no better.

Eeee your bringing back fond memories I had both the Type R back in the day from new directly after each other and they were both Red but I deffo preferred the first version that had the gear stick high up it made you feel you were in a little rally car. Sorry if I’ve said before my memory is like a nats these days lol

 

[JohnHoward]

Did anyone see the car with the ignition on - was the speedo in MPH?