Lotus China's New Year Gift Package

[Matt]

The Chinese New Year is coming. Last year's gift box contained mahjong sets, while this year's features perfumes. There are surprises every year.
Wish you all a happy Chinese New Year!

 

[Nova]

These are given to all current owners or just those who bought a car in a given year?

 

[Matt]

These are given to all current owners or just those who bought a car in a given year?

These are to all customers who have purchased cars since Lotus returned to China in 2019.

 

[Nova]

Amazing. Very envious.

 

[cyanmauve]

Geely must really be counting on China for Lotus’ future.

 

[Nick in Sydney]

Geely must really be counting on China for Lotus’ future.

Their 2025 target is 28% - 30% of volume from China

 

[patrickramdial]

Wow... I want one.

 

[Lotus64]

 

[B r I a n]

Nice!
All I received was a marketing email to test drive a new Lotus Emira (even though I took delivery on mine in April 2024).
Still waiting on the gift in the mail...

 

[Tomwa]

Legit... someone let me know if I can pay to get one of these sets. Just give me a $ figure

 

[patrickramdial]

Legit... someone let me know if I can pay to get one of these sets. Just give me a $ figure

Same for me.

 

[Skydance]

Is this just to people who lotus in China?

 

[cyanmauve]

Geely must really be counting on China for Lotus’ future.

Can’t tell if the lightbulb and thumbs up are sarcastic or not, aka Captain Obvious. I’ll take the accolades, regardless.

 

[Matt]

Is this just to people who lotus in China?

Indeed, I believe this is a tactic employed by Lotus China to maintain a certain level of stickiness between the brand and its customers. It appears to have become a common strategy among all high-end brands in the domestic Chinese market. Whether it's Mercedes, Porsche or Ferrari, they all send gifts to their car owners during annual holidays.

 

[Matt]

No sarcastic. I believe you are right. Since Geely took a stake in Lotus, there has been an expectation for Lotus Cars to start turing a profit. However, Lotus's eletric vehicles are now facing the issue of increased tarrifs in North America. The region that is not only friendly towards eletric vehicles but also capable of significantly boosting sales is likely China alone. Therefore, I believe your opinion is entirely accurate.

Can’t tell if the lightbulb and thumbs up are sarcastic or not, aka Captain Obvious. I’ll take the accolades, regardless.

 

[Tomwa]

Yeah but... Do you know any lotus owners or dealers willing to part with the set??

 

[Matt]

Yeah but... Do you know any lotus owners or dealers willing to part with the set??

There is an APP in China named 闲鱼（meaning :idle fish) it is a 2nd-hand item trading app, and indeed, there are some owners who list the gifts for sale on this platform. However , I'm not sure if they can ship items abroad.