New interior detail photos

[Nova]

I should probably have kept quiet, but yes, it left me completely cold. I was quite upset - I had an early deposit down and really wanted to love this car.

Maybe it's just me, but a McLaren interior looks and feels so much more 'designed' and driver-focused:

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I don't want to be over-negative or anything - and I realise that I'm in the minority in finding a whopping great iPad stuck on the car a turn-off - so I'll chip out at this point!

More designed doesn't mean better designed. Frankly, I find the McLaren interior posted here to be overwrought like they are trying too hard with scallops, cutouts, bevels, tiers, that go every different direction with no coherent lines or purpose. Look at the two speaker grills on door. Despite them being expensive compound-shaped metal panels, they look incoherent and lack any sense of beauty or elegance.

If your main complaint with the Emira is the display location, keep in mind that the Emira still offers a manual so the shifter location eliminates the ability to add a large mid-console-located screen as you see in this McLaren. The manual shifter will block the screen in this location. Their only option is to mount the screen higher up, which demands a landscape orientation. The screen has to be brought closer to be within reach, and given the dash slopes away as it goes up...

Form is important, but form often has to follow function, and functional form is usually preferable to form that is there for the sake of form only, and this is especially true for automotive design.

 

[ADC]

More designed doesn't mean better designed. Frankly, I find the McLaren interior posted here to be overwrought like they are trying too hard with scallops, cutouts, bevels, tiers, that go every different direction with no coherent lines or purpose. Look at the two speaker grills on door. Despite them being expensive compound-shaped metal panels, they look incoherent and lack any sense of beauty or elegance.

If your main complaint with the Emira is the display location, keep in mind that the Emira still offers a manual so the shifter location eliminates the ability to add a large mid-console-located screen as you see in this McLaren. The manual shifter will block the screen in this location. Their only option is to mount the screen higher up, which demands a landscape orientation. The screen has to be brought closer to be within reach, and given the dash slopes away as it goes up...

Form is important, but form often has to follow function, and functional form is usually preferable to form that is there for the sake of form only, and this is especially true for automotive design.

... Not to mention that putting up high in landscape means it is easier to look at without looking away from the road.

I'm with you on the whole too-much-going-on thing on the McLaren, but to each his own. One less person in front of me in the build queue at least

 

[Leonard]

I should probably have kept quiet, but yes, it left me completely cold. I was quite upset - I had an early deposit down and really wanted to love this car.

Maybe it's just me, but a McLaren interior looks and feels so much more 'designed' and driver-focused:

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I don't want to be over-negative or anything - and I realise that I'm in the minority in finding a whopping great iPad stuck on the car a turn-off - so I'll chip out at this point!

I dont see much in it to be honest
Big thing for me is the seats. I think they could be better, I hope they will be better and I'd love a less comfort more sporty option, but that isn't going to happen. Seats are so important in a sports car tho...

 

[Tonyshepp]

I dont see much in it to be honest
Big thing for me is the seats. I think they could be better, I hope they will be better and I'd love a less comfort more sporty option, but that isn't going to happen. Seats are so important in a sports car tho...

I’d say seats are important in any car. I’ve had a new landrover that I sold on as the seat squab wasn’t suitable for me.

 

[Leonard]

I’d say seats are important in any car. I’ve had a new landrover that I sold on as the seat squab wasn’t suitable for me.

A decent less padded sports option would have been an easy add as well you would have thought

 

[New to Lotus]

Anybody think the new radford interior should be In the emira?

 

[New to Lotus]

Nice!!!

 

[Bilbao-Emira]

Nice!!!View attachment 1279

Beautiful, wouldn't mind

 

[Pegasi]

Less is more IMO especially with interiors. That McLaren interior is over kill.

 

[GarrethN]

Anybody think the new radford interior should be In the emira?

It’s a thing of beauty, but that design only works on a retro car, not a modern style. Now if only I could raise a few more (or rather a lot more) pennies for one, I’d happily give Jenson the order

 

[EspritGuy]

Here are some new detailed photos of a China market Emira. I figured some of you would appreciate these shots as I haven't seen many good interior photos in natural light.

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Wouldn't you think these images should've been on a dealer or Lotus.com site.?

 

[Lankan]

Nice!!!View attachment 1279

Love it! Simple yet functional...not a fan of digital, spaceship-like instrument clusters/binnacles, but when executed properly, they do not look out of place.

 

[Richardofengland]

Interesting how others compare interiors when Mclarensl cars often cost twice as much and the Emira FE comes with many extras already included.

 

[AbsLatte]

I was really disappointed in the Emira interior when I saw it at B&C - such a let down to have such a boring interior on a good-looking car. But that screen was the deal-breaker for me. It's just stuck on! - my wife assumed it was just a removable iPad. Clearly I'm in the minority, but I think it looks absolutely horrendous and has no place in a sports car, let alone one which supposedly has 'supercar' pretentions. Cancelled my order the next day.

That car system is from LYNK&CO, as we know lotus and LYNK & CO both belong to Geely now. Using system from another platform may save lots of time and money. This also makes emira more affordable and less hard-core to sell more.
I'll attach the pictures of LYNK & CO 05 for comparison.

 

[CanadianEmira]

That car system is from LYNK&CO, as we know lotus and LYNK & CO both belong to Geely now. Using system from another platform may save lots of time and money. This also makes emira more affordable and less hard-core to sell more.
I'll attach the pictures of LYNK & CO 05 for comparison.

I actually think the Lynk & Co interiors and components that we see in the Emira are quite nice. Keep in mind we see the same pieces in the Polestar 1, which starts at $150k USD. I’m not mad at all about it.

 

[Pops68]

Fair enough... if everyone liked the same thing, the world would be a boring place. I'd say this particular stuck on screen is much better executed than many I have seen.

Without defending it too much, I'd say one person's "boring" is another person's "focussed and unfussy"... I found it to have a good balance of premium vs practical vs cmon-lets-ditch-work-and-hit-the-track *shrug*

You get used to it...of course this is more of a notebook than an ipad but still...

 

[Magma]

You get used to it...of course this is more of a notebook than an ipad but still...

I'm not sure I'll ever get used to that type of screen. Had it in my M2 and it just seemed cheap. I have managed to avoid any other interior with that type of set up. Unfortunately I don't see it going away either.

 

[Mike-engel]

I'm not sure I'll ever get used to that type of screen. Had it in my M2 and it just seemed cheap. I have managed to avoid any other interior with that type of set up. Unfortunately I don't see it going away either.

I suspect future version will have their screens better integrated into the dash but for now people are stuck with these slapped on approaches. My wife’s Audi has one and I hate the look…just seems like an unimaginative afterthought. But I love the functionality.

 

[Hapkin]

Man that Blue seems to change color every time I see it. Can't decide if I love it or not?

Looks amazing in all lights in real life.

 

[Hapkin]

Hmm those seats. Configurator has "LOTUS" on the seats. This has "EMIRA". I like LOTUS better.. anyone know what is final?

I think Emira for China due to naming right laws there. Lotus everywhere else but don't quote me in that