Lotus Emira Gifts Arrived for Patiently Awaiting our CARB Approval (now expected by Mid March 2024)!

[kitkat]

I don't believe for one second that Carb let Lotus in on any information concerning a date in which it will be certified.
It's just something that no bureaucratic government agency would do.
That is just another lie from Lotus. (imho)

Yeah, this was a range telephoned from Lotus NA to dealers to some customers. Zero evidence this date range came from CARB.

 

[Aero]

If/when Lotus delays delivery for CARB past March 13 they better come up with alot better gifts. $5,000 off voucher for every week beyond that will be acceptable to me.

 

[Bear Dalton]

Hello, Fellow enthusiasts!
Word as of today for Fully Submitted orders -
Emira V6 Manual - have gifts still pending shipping, in batches.
Emira V6 Auto - Gifts will start to ship once Manual is complete.
Emira AMG Powered I4 Turbo - Will ship once Auto is complete.

 

[LuckysDad]

If no carb cert by 3/13, I'm out.
At some point you have to call it.
Can't wait indefinitely for this thing.

 

[Davebeats]

If no carb cert by 3/13, I'm out.
At some point you have to call it.
Can't wait indefinitely for this thing.

When was your deposit / order placed? I'm giving them until May

 

[VL3X]

If no carb cert by 3/13, I'm out.
At some point you have to call it.
Can't wait indefinitely for this thing.

This was me last year.

 

[LuckysDad]

When was your deposit / order placed? I'm giving them until May

Deposit in April.
Order placed in August.

 

[Porter]

If no carb cert by 3/13, I'm out.
At some point you have to call it.
Can't wait indefinitely for this thing.

Same here!! I'm drawing a line.

I'm giving them until June 1st of 2037 and NOT ONE DAY MORE.

 

[Climber]

Same here!! I'm drawing a line.

I'm giving them until June 1st of 2037 and NOT ONE DAY MORE.

Completely with you!!!

 

[Blackthought_]

Haha I can’t wait for these cars to be delivered but also part of me is worried about the reliability of these FE’s! I’m sure many of us (myself included) will be driving longs distances back home after pickup and hoping I won’t need to call Lotus roadside assistance. I’m fine with little niggles but if the car fails to start bc of some software issues I’m gonna be upset

 

[Climber]

Haha I can’t wait for these cars to be delivered but also part of me is worried about the reliability of these FE’s! I’m sure many of us (myself included) will be driving longs distances back home after pickup and hoping I won’t need to call Lotus roadside assistance. I’m fine with little niggles but if the car fails to start bc of some software issues I’m gonna be upset

Shit…. We have waited 2 1/2 years for our cars…There is no way that production issues and build quality has not improved. The Emira is an evolution of the Evora… More information to improve the car… The parts bins they are getting parts from also improved. There is no way this car isn’t better than the last…

I believe the wait has worked in our favor…

 

[Zardoz]

Checking in to see if anyone received their gift in the last couple of days. Is this another broken promise? Possibly arriving "soon"?

 

[evoxide]

If no carb cert by 3/13, I'm out.
At some point you have to call it.
Can't wait indefinitely for this thing.

I’m in the car business, although not a Lotus dealer. But I have a deposit on an Emira on the ground.

It looks to me as if at least half of these built first editions in North America are on the ground on dealer lots. At a certain point you have to look at it from the math standpoint…

If the average vehicle is $100,000 and they have invoiced these vehicles to the dealers, if there are 250 vehicles on dealer lots, that is $25 million in inventory that dealers are paying floor plan interest on. If the monthly floor plan interest is 8%, that’s a total of $2 million in interest that the dealer network is paying PER MONTH to sit on these cars. Even if you don’t like those numbers, cut the numbers in half - it’s still a lot of money.

That’s a lot of pressure to get the certifications they need and quickly.

Just my opinion. So I’m rather confident that it’ll get done soon.

 

[LuckysDad]

Checking in to see if anyone received their gift in the last couple of days. Is this another broken promise? Possibly arriving "soon"?

Nope

 

[VL3X]

Nope

This is so strange to me. Who and in what order did Lotus of US decide to send these gifts to? Shouldn't it be everyone with orders in?

I know people with early 2021 deposits who haven't gotten the gift package. I also know people with later deposits who have. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to this. Is it based on location? Are dealers getting them in bulk and then responsible for sending them out to their individual customers? Maybe some dealers are holding onto them for delivery gifts...

 

[Nova]

I’m in the car business, although not a Lotus dealer. But I have a deposit on an Emira on the ground.

It looks to me as if at least half of these built first editions in North America are on the ground on dealer lots. At a certain point you have to look at it from the math standpoint…

If the average vehicle is $100,000 and they have invoiced these vehicles to the dealers, if there are 250 vehicles on dealer lots, that is $25 million in inventory that dealers are paying floor plan interest on. If the monthly floor plan interest is 8%, that’s a total of $2 million in interest that the dealer network is paying PER MONTH to sit on these cars. Even if you don’t like those numbers, cut the numbers in half - it’s still a lot of money.

That’s a lot of pressure to get the certifications they need and quickly.

Just my opinion. So I’m rather confident that it’ll get done soon.

Sorry, that math can't be right. You are saying the floor plan interest is 8% per month, annualized to 96% annual interest rate?!?!?!

 

[Nova]

This is so strange to me. Who and in what order did Lotus of US decide to send these gifts to? Shouldn't it be everyone with orders in?

I know people with early 2021 deposits who haven't gotten the gift package. I also know people with later deposits who have. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to this. Is it based on location? Are dealers getting them in bulk and then responsible for sending them out to their individual customers? Maybe some dealers are holding onto them for delivery gifts...

It's a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.

 

[Aero]

This is so strange to me. Who and in what order did Lotus of US decide to send these gifts to? Shouldn't it be everyone with orders in?

I know people with early 2021 deposits who haven't gotten the gift package. I also know people with later deposits who have. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to this. Is it based on location? Are dealers getting them in bulk and then responsible for sending them out to their individual customers? Maybe some dealers are holding onto them for delivery gifts...

I asked my dealer just to hold my gift with car. He stated it was coming directly from LotusUSA in Detroit. What the shipping label came from too.
I'm willing to sell my complete gift to a late depositor (who not getting one obviously). I might use the keychain only but not that crazy about that either so would be included.

 

[VL3X]

So Lotus of US just picked names out of a hat (no pun intended) to send these to? Hey @24EmiraUS, we ordered at the same time from the same dealer.. Did you get your gifts yet?

 

[Porter]

The dealer had to send updated / confirmed shipping addresses for each of their customers to Lotus USA. And then Lotus USA shipped out the care packages directly. But they only do so after your dealer submits the verified info.

Here's mine... came directly from Lotus USA one week after my dealer requested verification of my current address: