Lotus halt all delivery to the US.

[docron]

EU President just stated a couple hours ago they are ready for talks with the US and even offered zero for zero tariffs on industrial goods as a starting point.

 

[ross7alex]

I was originally going to put in a custom order a few weeks ago, but got cold feet from the impending tariffs and ended up looking around the dealers and finding one locally that was an exact match to my ideal spec which I bought instead. When I talked to the dealer (Victory Lotus in central NJ) they said the V6's are moving but the i4's are sitting, which makes sense given the extensive searching that I did prior to finding my car, all the dealers I looked into had around a 5:1 split of i4 to V6 on the lots. He also said he remembered putting in the order for that specific car, and said they came up with the spec based on what they figured people would want (which is almost identical to the Seneca blue model used in the press photos).

 

[DeltaTL6]

According to Car and Driver, they confirmed with a Lotus rep that shipment is indeed paused. Makes sense until we can settle on what tariff will stay.

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a64406719/lotus-emira-imports-paused-tariffs/

 

[RobR]

Truly unbelievable.

 

[exigest]

And now we’ve got word from Mercedes that that’ll be eating the tariffs for all MY25 cars. Honestly not even sure which news is more surprising.

 

[Biggles of Norwich]

EU President just stated a couple hours ago they are ready for talks with the US and even offered zero for zero tariffs on industrial goods as a starting point.

Guardian headline this morning:
"Donald Trump rejects EU’s proposals for ‘zero for zero’ tariffs deal on cars and industrial goods.
US president tells reporters offer ‘is not good enough’, putting further dent in European hopes for negotiated solution instead of trade war".
Oh well.......
Hope something gets sorted soon for you guys in the USA, both for your sakes and for Lotus here in the UK.

 

[Quasimoto]

Also VW, Audi and Jag/Rover…

 

[freeheelbille]

Terrible for those waiting forever to get their car

Good for those that received their car

Value should hold up and long term is even better

Probably price goes up

It will be interesting to see what the used market does...if the tariffs stick, long term.

 

[docron]

Guardian headline this morning:
"Donald Trump rejects EU’s proposals for ‘zero for zero’ tariffs deal on cars and industrial goods.
US president tells reporters offer ‘is not good enough’, putting further dent in European hopes for negotiated solution instead of trade war".
Oh well.......
Hope something gets sorted soon for you guys in the USA, both for your sakes and for Lotus here in the UK.

Yeah, i knew that wouldnt be good enough for US…at least its a starting point.

 

[Quasimoto]

Personally, I’d rather see more Emiras here than a small bump in my residual… :/

 

[freeheelbille]

Personally, I’d rather see more Emiras here than a small bump in my residual… :/

Yeah, I feel for those who have been waiting...and waiting. But I selfishly don't mind that it adds to the rarity and uniqueness on the road.

 

[jp129]

Yeah, I feel for those who have been waiting...and waiting. But I selfishly don't mind that it adds to the rarity and uniqueness on the road.

Perhaps it may add rarity, but that doesn't bode well for Lotus support/service. Atleast for those that actually want to drive their cars and not just have it sit as a collector piece. If dealers don't have incentive to sell the brand they're going to pull out.

I don't see this being a positive thing for current Emira owners either.

Let's be real, Lotus support prior to this situation was already inadequate in my opinion.

 

[Jinba ittai]

Personally, I’d rather see more Emiras here than a small bump in my residual… :/

Yeah I’m never selling so I don’t care about residual. I’d rather see this work out for lotus and their customers so this type of car continues to be built. Maybe financial success is off the table at this point though…