New Emira SE announced

In the news here yesterday: the 2025 i4 Turbo SE.

https://www.drive.com.au/news/2025-lotus-emira-update-revealed/

 

[Eagle7]

Everything has changed in the last 12 months with regards to ICE vs EV, with pretty much all the manufacturers changing their plans and going back to ICE production. The rumors of the presumed death of the Toyota V6 may be greatly exaggerated.

 

[CarGuy44]

The V6 manual will be the engine to have in the distant future. It will be the engine of choice for the enthusiast. I am biased though!

 

[Ethnic6]

The V6 manual will be the engine to have in the distant future. It will be the engine of choice for the enthusiast. I am biased though!

Oh yeah, if it was a weekend car I would have gotten the V6 manual as well hands down. But I'm using my Emira as a daily and constant shifting in LA traffic is just not ideal for my knees at my age lol. So I'm excited to see what my I4 will have to offer, considering it is lighter and now faster than the V6 since it's Hp has been boosted to 400 (according to lotus webpage) I kind of want to see a drag race between the two engines at some point

 

[Jinba ittai]

Oh yeah, if it was a weekend car I would have gotten the V6 manual as well hands down. But I'm using my Emira as a daily and constant shifting in LA traffic is just not ideal for my knees at my age lol. So I'm excited to see what my I4 will have to offer, considering it is lighter and now faster than the V6 since it's Hp has been boosted to 400 (according to lotus webpage) I kind of want to see a drag race between the two engines at some point

Lotus is claiming 4.3s 0-62 for the v6 and 4.0s 0-62 for the i4, so I think you’ve got the drag race by a fair margin. I’m a sucker for a manual but thems the facts.

 

[Emira Fan]

I kind of want to see a drag race between the two engines at some point

From Lotus Spec's page on the US portal.

Will be interesting to see Car & Drivers testing results, as they typically manage to produce result better than manufactures claims. Suspect the evaluation will be much better than the AMG Demo car from 2023, with the DTC revisions and power output increase.
Based on a couple images from the Chinese cars the AMG engines max output may actually be 411 HP.