UK dealer demo cars - specifications

[Mickle]

Great to see demo's arriving - I wonder if people will be kept waiting until Lotus HQ are ready to schedule the test drives though?

 

[CHEESE]

Looks like those yellow calipers definitely clash with Hethel Yellow on that demo car

 

[Scruff111S]

Indeed!

Here's the first production spec dealer demo about to be delivered (missing some bits that are stuck in the supply chain). But I'm told these have airbags so are safe to drive!

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That looks fine to me. I will take it, besides it is in the colour I specified.

 

[Scruff111S]

Great to see demo's arriving - I wonder if people will be kept waiting until Lotus HQ are ready to schedule the test drives though?

Which dealer are you collecting your Emira from?

 

[Mickle]

Which dealer are you collecting your Emira from?

Likely Solihull I think, them having a demo car the same spec as mine and McLarens downstairs for me to gawp at is swaying me!

 

[VL3X]

If anyone visits the Euro/UK dealers, please verify if this is a numbered FE plaque... and ask why the exposed shift linkage is blocked.

 

[Scruff111S]

Likely Solihull I think, them having a demo car the same spec as mine and McLarens downstairs for me to gawp at is swaying me!

I am going to Silverstone, there demo is the same spec as mine apart from it has cup2's and the demo has the F1's.

 

[Scruff111S]

Likely Solihull I think, them having a demo car the same spec as mine and McLarens downstairs for me to gawp at is swaying me!

Yes, I looked at the McLarens there last Saturday. Amazing looking cars.

 

[TomE]

Now I can’t find the post on FB?

Links here:

Dealer Demo cars in Europe and UK

I'm just going off social media here but it appears Europe had got its dealer demos but not the UK? Seems a bit odd?

www.emiraforum.com

 

[TomE]

New thread started to collate info on the demo cars arriving in Europe:

Europe dealer demo cars - specifications

Starting a new thread to collate the info on demo cars arriving at dealers in Europe. I'll update the table in this first post as we get more details. In some cases it's not 100% clear yet if the cars are dealer demos or first customer cars. Discussion about the demo cars is in this thread...

www.emiraforum.com

 

[ADC]

Indeed!

Here's the first production spec dealer demo about to be delivered (missing some bits that are stuck in the supply chain). But I'm told these have airbags so are safe to drive!

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Everyone who moaned about the weight, behold... the Colin Chapman Pack!

You can't say they don't listen to feedback...

 

[talli]

Badge is not numbered
linkage is blocked because of government regulations

 

[TomE]

But we’ve seen production cars being delivered with both mesh and solid covers. So are those government regulations country-specific?

 

[talli]

That’s what dealer told me
can be country related indeed

 

[TomE]

JCT600 Bradford details added

 

[Forlorn]

JCT600 Bradford details added

Well that is interesting Tom, many thanks for this information. Still don’t understand why most sports suspension demonstrators are fitted with the Goodyear F1 rather than Michelin Cup2! But, it does appear I will be able to feel how stiff the sports suspension will be. Looking forward to it now.

 

[Twin Cam]

Well that is interesting Tom, many thanks for this information. Still don’t understand why most sports suspension demonstrators are fitted with the Goodyear F1 rather than Michelin Cup2! But, it does appear I will be able to feel how stiff the sports suspension will be. Looking forward to it now.

Harder wearing… possibly?

 

[TomE]

Well that is interesting Tom, many thanks for this information. Still don’t understand why most sports suspension demonstrators are fitted with the Goodyear F1 rather than Michelin Cup2! But, it does appear I will be able to feel how stiff the sports suspension will be. Looking forward to it now.

It’s the wrong time of year to be running Cup2s on a demo car with it often being cold and wet. They’re really a summer track tyre, not an all seasons road tyre.

 

[Evotion]

Still don’t understand why most sports suspension demonstrators are fitted with the Goodyear F1 rather than Michelin Cup2

The majority of buyers went for Goodyears. They were 'designed' with the input of Lotus and will be relatively 'fine'. The cups are a specialist tyre and not really that suitable for the average UK weather.

I went Sports/Goodyear and thought that was a sensible compromise.

Hey, but who really knows... I'd say get a set of each

 

[For the drivers]

The majority of buyers went for Goodyears. They were 'designed' with the input of Lotus and will be relatively 'fine'. The cups are a specialist tyre and not really that suitable for the average UK weather.

I went Sports/Goodyear and thought that was a sensible compromise.

Hey, but who really knows... I'd say get a set of each

Cups not suitable for Uk weather who said that