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Have this worry I'm gonna miss another season of driving because the car will arrive in October 23 or something. Manual G82 M3 looking better with each delay...
Captain.Kirk
Emira Fanatic
Yep, website was updated on Sep 9/22 for all regions. N/A is as you stated. It’s the never ending journey, without an Emira.
You know it's gonna be later than March for our first deliveries... and they do too.
Maybe, just maybe,, it will be the Rides of March..
Please, not April 1st.
did you just mention Lotus NFT`S' 
Agreed. It's been rough.
You spelled Sh!t Sh0w wrong…
#ForTheDisaster*
*but absolutely hanging around to see the entire thing and be a part of it
I’m starting to think the folks who pulled their deposits and dropped out were the smart ones. I’ve been locked in since April and now I’ll be lucky if my car arrives in time for summer 2023, 2 full years since my initial deposit. WTF are all the people in the factory DOING all day? Another week passes and the number of delivered cars can be counted on one hand. Meanwhile the stock market is melting down and $100k toys are sure not seeming like the great idea they were last year. Rant over.
Lotustoronto
Emira Addict
Lotus' last two new vehicle launches unfortunately were during economic hard times. 2009 for Evora and now Eletre and Emira during one of the worst manufacturing supply chain issues and the first war in Europe since WW2. Tough job. It has been a slow moving process that is for sure, I'm not sure how much they could have avoided. Emira was being developed pre-pandemic and now it is launching post-pandemic. A different world 2/3 years later.
Factory workers cannot be blamed IMO. I just pulled my Emira deposit and decided to stick with my 981 GT4 until Lotus comes out with a more "hardcore" Emira, which admittedly could be never or at least many years down the line.
My reasons:
1) Despite putting my deposit down at my dealer on July 1, 2021 (before it was even revealed), my California dealer said that it was not early enough for a FE. Promised me the first base car at MSRP.
2) Having the FE is actually not important to me at all, so initially I was okay with this, thinking the base car would arrive in early 2023 per the dealer's promise. Now I am skeptical of getting a base car in 2023 at all. Looking at over 2 years from reveal to getting a car, even though I must have been relatively early amongst all the deposits in the world. Not Lotus's fault per se, but it is what it is. Combination of Lotus delay and dealer skipping me.
3) Selling GT4 and buying Emira is probably a net $20k transaction by the time sales tax, etc. are paid. Not looking for an every day car, so seems like a lateral move at best in that sense. Emira does have better chassis fundamentals, gear ratios, and of course, looks.
4) The daily livability of the Evora is not important to me and prefer Porsche engines to the Emira V6. So to compensate for that, would like to see an Emira with more focused seats, suspension, etc. which I think will come with time.
I feel bad for Lotus, they had so much momentum after the Emira launch. But I think once cars land, a lot will be forgiven, they just have to keep customers happy with the after-sales support.
It's not like other marques like Porsche have been totally unaffected by the supply chain, but there are a lot of used Porsches available for those that cannot wait, but that is not true of the Emira.
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Lotustoronto
Emira Addict
The dealer situation over here is pretty bad. It is one of the biggest down sides to Lotus, especially in N/A.
To clarify, of course I don’t blame the factory workers. I blame the management for not proactively solving bottlenecks that have been obvious for over a year. If you’re continuously getting blindsided, maybe you’re not keeping your head up enough and planning.
MickOpalak
Emira Fan
Waiting for parts to arrive from China.
MickOpalak
Emira Fan
At LOG41 Matt Windle said that the first US deliveries will start in late Q1 of 2023.
Reading scintillating Emira Forum posts.
Good news
I'll believe it when I see it.Matt's said a lot.
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