Just posted by Todd Rosenthal from Lotus of Naples on one of the Facebook groups:
I was just at Goodwood Festival of Speed and was able to drive the Electre and the i4 Emira up/down the Goodwood hill as a passenger. I’m with Lotus of Naples and to answer questions about US deliveries and production:
Production for US cars is set to start September of this year (1 year late) for the V6 and the i4 will start January of 2024. Lotus does not have CARB approval yet so the cars will be built and shipped to the US but will stay at port until they can legally sell them. The projected date for release is in December. What that means is dealers will end up getting the cars built in September, October, and part of November all at once. We expect to deliver cars in December or worst case January. I4’s should be delivered in March. We will have about 50-60 of our cars delivered at once. (We were the largest dealer in 2020 & 2021 so we have a significant allocation). We have had a fair number of cancellations however we have had more new deposits Vs cancellations. We hope to have all our depositors cars built within 10 months of production. We are getting a less i4 allocations than we did 6 cal so I suspect the i4’s will take a little while for production to get going.
Everyone has speculation. We’ve only delivered information that we have received from Lotus. All the US dealers now have allocations from September through April. We hope to receive exact build dates so we can start letting our order bank know soon. My suggestion is contact your local dealer in a couple weeks for the latest update.
I hope that helps everyone with some clarity. The Electre was amazing! The electronics, fit and finish, and ride quality surpasses even a Lamborghini Urus in my opionion. The i4 has amazing sounds when shifting through the gears. Are we happy about the delay? No but it’s worth the wait!
I didn’t even make the cut for FE2
