USA/Canada Delivery Thread

[Maurice R]

My prediction soon after production starts

 

[Porter]

Let's go to the US public regulatory data, shall we?

There are no entries yet in the US NHTSA VPIC MID for the Lotus Emira, in fact there are no new entries for Lotus since the last new model was released (Evora GT) in 2019, as model year 2020.
Searchable here through the MID link: https://vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov/

The 2019 filing with the NHTSA was about 2 months prior to expected first-sale date for the Evora GT. The letter was dated May 13 and the on-sale date claimed was July 15. This is the process manufacturers use to declare the VIN pattern and other details formally to the USG. Document link: https://vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov/mid/home/displayfile/0074b1ad-31ef-478f-a441-ff4d9ad5097a


Now I don't know the lag time between conducting business with the NHTSA and the documents becoming available online, so this may not give us anything meaningful until the next public database sync or publication date. But if the data is anything remotely close to live, I suspect we're a ways off from US deliveries.

 

[Porter]

Update: No EPA data yet either. Last filing and Certificate of Conformity was in 2020 for the 2021 Evora GT.

Basic Search | Document Index System | US EPA

dis.epa.gov

 

[dgrace]

I’ll take Sep 21, 2023

Edit: unless Lotus goes bankrupt first.

 

[kitkat]

My prediction soon after production starts

How do you define soon?

 

[Nova]

I've been monitoring shipping manifests. A couple more "Emira First Editions" arrived in Baltimore Maryland on 1/9/2023. But these appear to be 2023 cars meant for test drives or some other event. I'll leave it up to others to pester Lotus Cars USA about it.

 

[VL3X]

I've been monitoring shipping manifests.

Um... how?!

 

[Lotustoronto]

I've been monitoring shipping manifests. A couple more "Emira First Editions" arrived in Baltimore Maryland on 1/9/2023. But these appear to be 2023 cars meant for test drives or some other event. I'll leave it up to others to pester Lotus Cars USA about it.

 

[Porter]

Um... how?!

CBP?

 

[VL3X]

A couple more "Emira First Editions" arrived in Baltimore Maryland on 1/9/2023. But these appear to be 2023 cars meant for test drives or some other event.

Those are probably just the backordered 1:18 scale models I ordered.

 

[Nova]

Oh, all vessel based shipping bill of lading is public information.

 

[DerTheDer]

As much as we are joking this is pitiful and I hope the dealers give us something, its more than halfway through the month and NOTHING. FAKE NEWS WHAT A JOKE!

I try to stay optimistic but damn they are giving me every reason to lose more hair on my head than has already fallen out.

Dealers are probably more upset than me with everyone jumping ship and watching their money go bye bye.

 

[VL3X]

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[Lotustoronto]

Oh, all vessel based shipping bill of lading is public information.

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My guess is dealer Demo's starting to arrive - I remember my dealer saying his was suppose to come in Dec.

 

[DerTheDer]

My guess is dealer Demo's starting to arrive - I remember my dealer saying his was suppose to come in Dec.

What was their demo scheudle? I remember they released it a while back, was it the demo cars before or after the customer cars? I thought customer cars first? Who knows anymore.

So these may not be US spec because what about all the NHST stuff I was seeing on here earlier that was not approved yet?

 

[VL3X]

Oh, all vessel based shipping bill of lading is public information.

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This is really cool! Thanks for sharing. Yet another site I need to constantly monitor now... If only Lotus gave us monthly updates...

 

[Lotustoronto]

What was their demo scheudle? I remember they released it a while back, was it the demo cars before or after the customer cars? I thought customer cars first? Who knows anymore.

So these may not be US spec because what about all the NHST stuff I was seeing on here earlier that was not approved yet?

for sure dealer demo's were first before CX cars.

 

[DerTheDer]

for sure dealer demo's were first before CX cars.

Its not much progresstwo whole vehicles for the USA.

Does it tell how long it took to get from port to port?!??!

 

[VL3X]

Does it tell how long it took to get from port to port?!??!

Maybe to paid subscribers. I only see arrival date and gross weight.

Lotus Cars Ltd | See Recent Shipments | ImportGenius

US Customs records available for Lotus Cars Ltd, a supplier based in United Kingdom. See exports to Lotus Cars Usa.

www.importgenius.com

 

[Pugwash]

I know some don’t like talking about VIN numbers but those two look relatively early in the production run.