freefall_junkie
Emira Fiend
Great to read a review from a current 410 owner. Stunning car in yellow BTW . Your comments on the seat height vs the 410 are interesting. I came very close to buying a lovely new Daytona Blue 410 Sport from Central Lotus back in 2018, and the main thing which deterred me from going ahead in the end was the slightly perched driving position, especially coming from an Exige. On my test drive I thought the Emira's seat was still a bit high for my liking, although I didn't spend that long playing with tilt and backrest adjustment, so hopefully I'll like it more when mine arrives. Good to hear you liked the Emira's sound compared to the 410 too. I reckon with a 3rd cat delete the Emira will sound pretty epicCentral Lotus test drive today just after Tony and before Leonard who I had a brief chat with before leaving. My impressions on the car where a lot better than I thought they where going to be, my current car is a Evora GT 410 sport having owned numerous Lotus cars in the past.
Thinking the driving experience was going to be like the Evora, well it’s totally different and in a very good way for me sports settings was always going to be the way to go having been more than happy with setup on the Evora the Emira is definitely better sprung car and really surprised me how it coped with broken bad road surfaces. Build quality is in a different league, seating position was spot on for me far better than the Evora which you sit to high and feels a more special place to be sat in. Gear change better and less transmission noise than the Evora, performance hard to judge with the weather conditions but felt very similar to the Evora the biggest thing that surprised was the sound obvious not as loud as the 410 but a a far better sounding exhaust note with the valve closed and open. So my deposit definitely stopping where it is and looking forward to collection.View attachment 19688View attachment 19689View attachment 19690