UK configurator has updated

Just noticed the configurator has updated and no longer has the ‘first edition’ car.

The First edition spec I got now prices at over £107k

Few differences I noticed:

New badge colours

New wheel options

New roof lining options

New black pack options

New pedal options

KEF audio now an option

Exposed gear linkage now an option

Heated seat an option

Premium floor mats an option

Convenience pack option (parking sensors/ memory seats / dimming mirrors)

Tracker price increased

 

[Yachtie]

Over £112 with first year road tax from April!!

 

[Nick Sticks]

Hmm, no matter what I do it still keeps trying to configure a first edition that results in an error.
Edit: got in using a different browser!

 

[freefall_junkie]

The First edition spec I got now prices at over £107k

£107k! Wow! Maybe that will start to help shore up V6 used values which Lotus have done such an excellent job of ruining with oversupply in the last couple of years.

 

[SuperchargedLotus]

Over £112 with first year road tax from April!!

Madness

 

[Beachbum]

At £117K on the road, I dont see them selling many. Thats a ludicrous price for a Lotus. No one in their right mind will pay that amount for a car, that then has the type of support, spares availability and customer service that Lotus currently provides.

 

[PhilCP]

Looks like you can’t have tour suspension if you want the drivers pack.

 

[SuperchargedLotus]

Looks like you can’t have tour suspension if you want the drivers pack.

Yes, bit of a strange option that should be split up

 

[geoffbland]

Lotus badges - Yellow and Black or Black and Silver. No option for Yellow and Green.

 

[Six Speed Stephen]

At £117K on the road, I dont see them selling many. Thats a ludicrous price for a Lotus. No one in their right mind will pay that amount for a car, that then has the type of support, spares availability and customer service that Lotus currently provides.

People rarely fully spec cars.

 

[RoryBellows]

Hmm. This is similar to the base configurator in the US but slightly different.

In the US the open gear box is the only choice for manuals and the closed is the only choice for autos. Heated seats are standard. Convenience package is standard. The rest seems in line.

For pricing comparison I ordered a nimbus over red with essentially the same equipment as the first edition albeit with the new "extended lower black pack" and the US MSRP is $109,550 This doesn't include destination charges of $2350 so all in before taxes I'm at $111,900. Also as a point in the US the Scorpion tracker is a $690 option.

The drivers pack is standard equipment and touring is still available as a no cost option. I have it on my build sheet. Funny enough for awhile our configurator didn't allow it but they corrected it at some point. They still dont show pricing on the configurator but the price list is readily available. I uploaded it to the forum last year.

EDIT: I made my twin on the UK site and it came to £106,455.00 which is roughly $135,349 right now. That includes taxes though. If you add my estimated taxes for me I'm at around $121,125. Both those numbers exclude registration costs I think.

 

[Nick Sticks]

Looks like you can’t have tour suspension if you want the drivers pack.

Bit of a pain if that means you can't have the nice exhaust sound in Sports Mode when you have Touring suspension.

 

[Beachbum]

People rarely fully spec cars.

I think the point was to get the Base car back to what was the FE spec. Granted not everyone wants all of it, but just a way to show the difference in price for what would have been an almost identical car at todays prices

 

[Lotustoronto]

Just did my spec on UK config and it comes out to $196,000 CAD - Our dollar certainly has taken a big hit against the pound. I think there will be a further price bump on the US and CAD configurators once they are updated.

 

[675430VME]

Lotus badges - Yellow and Black or Black and Silver. No option for Yellow and Green.

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From the last time I visited the factory, they told me Geely hates green and had to go

 

[KJD]

This seems to me to be a mistake.
The V6 First Edition was £84k list (iirc) before this update.
To go to £92k for a base edition without the FE options is madness.
£72k would make more sense.
But, it is Lotus so

All those low-mileage orphaned cars will suddenly be very attractive if that’s the correct new price.

And it makes the £76k I paid for mine two years ago look an absolute bargain!

 

[Teshoo Lama]

An I4 FE equivalent is now circa £95k on the road. Essentially £11k for a 40hp tune!

I'm fairly gobsmacked tbh. This is over £10k more than a similarly specced Cayman GTS. I didn't even want to run the comparison with a Porsche four-pot.