USA/Canada Delivery Thread

[Davebeats]

Friend of mine sent me a picture of an Emira on I4 in Orlando with what appears to be manufacture testing plates earlier today

 

[GIN]

View attachment 22235Friend of mine sent me a picture of an Emira on I4 in Orlando with what appears to be manufacture testing plates earlier today

I can’t clearly make out the entire plate number but the last few digits appear to be 035. This is the car I test drive in October in Indiana. Might be the same car.

 

[itsagoose]

I received an email from the Head of Lotus USA sales. I dont want to out myself by posting it here.

Basically it states they are aware their communication could be better, and they are drafting an email to send to the dealer networks and it will be releases "soon".

Did they say this week? Or are they delayed again?

 

[2Lotus]

Just got this email from my dealer!

Hello David,



I hope all has been well with you. This morning I was given some update on your order and a 12 week delay is expected. From the executives in the UK they are saying this is a firm time frame. As we get closer to the arrival of your Emira I will reach back out with the expected date. Thank you for your continued patience.

 

[VL3X]

Just got this email from my dealer!

Hello David,



I hope all has been well with you. This morning I was given some update on your order and a 12 week delay is expected. From the executives in the UK they are saying this is a firm time frame. As we get closer to the arrival of your Emira I will reach back out with the expected date. Thank you for your continued patience.

So, 3 month delay makes first deliveries now June-July... Sort of what I was expecting but I'm still not confident that target will be met either. Why would I be? I can already see the port certification and delivery delays now.

 

[Davebeats]

So, 3 month delay makes first deliveries now June-July... Sort of what I was expecting but I'm still not confident that target will be met either. Why would I be? I can already see the port certification and delivery delays now.

I’m hoping the unannounced Emira driving around Orlando is something to do with the certification process

 

[benjh1028]

Kudos to your dealer. May not be the news you wanted to hear but it beats the silence.

 

[kitkat]

I’m hoping the unannounced Emira driving around Orlando is something to do with the certification process

I posted but deleted this prior because it's unconfirmed but seems there's a bunch of Emiras in Florida right now 5 actually?

 

[kitkat]

So, 3 month delay makes first deliveries now June-July... Sort of what I was expecting but I'm still not confident that target will be met either. Why would I be? I can already see the port certification and delivery delays now.

Yeah I guess this works out for me timing wise, but I also don't believe it one bit. We've been delayed so many times.

 

[OneThreeOne]

Just got this email from my dealer!

Hello David,



I hope all has been well with you. This morning I was given some update on your order and a 12 week delay is expected. From the executives in the UK they are saying this is a firm time frame. As we get closer to the arrival of your Emira I will reach back out with the expected date. Thank you for your continued patience.

Matches what HQ told me a couple months ago. April production.

 

[Zardoz]

Just got this email from my dealer!

Hello David,



I hope all has been well with you. This morning I was given some update on your order and a 12 week delay is expected. From the executives in the UK they are saying this is a firm time frame. As we get closer to the arrival of your Emira I will reach back out with the expected date. Thank you for your continued patience.

So, Now I am thinking that my FE will show up in Sept/Oct. Will that now make it a 2024 model year? Belter question, when does lotus change model year on production vehicles?

 

[Cory]

So, Now I am thinking that my FE will show up in Sept/Oct. Will that now make it a 2024 model year? Belter question, when does lotus change model year on production vehicles?

They announced all FE emiras for NA would be MY2024

 

[itsagoose]

So, Now I am thinking that my FE will show up in Sept/Oct. Will that now make it a 2024 model year? Belter question, when does lotus change model year on production vehicles?

I was told by my dealer all the US FE models would be 2024

 

[VL3X]

I was told by my dealer all the US FE models would be 2024

This is correct. All 2023 delivered NA spec Emiras will be MY2024.

 

[trackday14]

This is the worst…it will miss my entire track season (Chicago area).

 

[Cory]

This is correct. All 2023 delivered NA spec Emiras will be MY2024.

Makes you wonder if they knew they couldn’t hit Q2 deliveries well before this latest delay announcement…

 

[trackday14]

Dealer just called me…the GM for the dealership got the call that said there was a delay, but didn’t give a full timeframe. The GM was told that FE customers should expect an email directly from Lotus by the end of the week, which should detail the new timeline.

 

[KAR120C]

Gator just contacted me. Not a lot of info, but this is the date change table:

Original Order Submission​	Previously Communicated Production Month​	Updated Production Month​	Expected Customer Delivery​
March '22​	January '23​	April '23​	July '23​
April '22​	February '23​	May '23​	August '23​
May '22​	March '23​	June '23​	September '23​
June '22​	April '23​	July '23​	October '23​

 

[2001f4s]

Just heard from Tony at Gator, also 12 week delay. Looking at July 2023.

 

[2001f4s]

Gator just contacted me. Not a lot of info, but this is the date change table:

Original Order Submission​	Previously Communicated Production Month​	Updated Production Month​	Expected Customer Delivery​
March '22​	January '23​	April '23​	July '23​
April '22​	February '23​	May '23​	August '23​
May '22​	March '23​	June '23​	September '23​
June '22​	April '23​	July '23​	October '23​

Isn't January 2023 to April 2023 a 16 week delay?