Must be Naples. They have only released 40 out of 120 on their lot and more on the way At this rate. it will take me another months to get delivery of my car. My sales guy did tell me that they are sending all cars to a local shop for paint correction before releasing them. You also have the choice of adding PPF or ceramic from that shop.
Same pretty much. My dealer has confirmation that their entire FE1 allocation has been built (since January) and has provided VINs, but they have zero communication from Lotus as to when the cars will be shipped.
I thought they were only making 1,200 V6 manual FE cars for the US. 500 V1 initial batch, and 700 V2.0?
Yup same dealership, same order time (give or take a day), and same situation. I know I'm screaming into the void, but this falls onto Lotus' shoulders. The total lack of proper communication, lack of ability or willingness to tell dealers/buyers where the car is in the process, lack of response when emailing their customer support (more than once). Its why I will never buy another Lotus. I hope I'll love the Emira, keep it for a long time and appreciate the special experience it promises to deliver given its the last of a certain 'kind' of car. But I'm one and done with the brand. The rest of their future catalog is one I can get from any number of other manufacturers that I don't have to be a masochist to interact with. Even though they present different experiences, if I'm honest, if the new Vantage came in a manual I might have bailed on the Emira already...
That new vantage is beautiful... and I agree, if it offered a manual... It is a bit more money for sure.
It is more money, but its also a lot more car (in terms of power, fit and finish, and dealership/brand support). The last Aston Vantage S I had was great, and dealing with Aston via the Dealer (and directly at events) was great.
all true, it is a better brand experience! No question it is a better car as well. It is hard to expect AM levels of service with Lotus. The cars are half the price of the AM. However, if they ever want to sell more than 10K cars per year (including EV's) they need to change something. The results even from UK/EU dealers and service have been terrible from what I have heard. Early adopters may be more forgiving... but if nothing has changed in the next 24 months, I think Lotus will de destined to stay a very small manufacturer, if they don't go bankrupt first.
For me, this will be confirmed when driving and almost never seeing another Emira outside of a meet-up. I can't count the Porsches I see in an hour.
Atlantic Sky arriving in Baltimore in next 12-24 hours…hopefully someone can pull the VINs…
Did we ever get the vins from the boat that came in on the 19th?
I was wondering the same thing... or is the above mentioned boat the one that was SUPPOSED to arrive on the 19th... and was delayed because Lotus was attached??
That’s the same one, Halifax on the 19th, then NY, now on its way to Baltimore. I only know how to track the boats, not sure how some are able to get the VINs. Sounds like it’s got EMIRAs coming off in Baltimore but unknown if there are Canadian cars if they got offloaded in Halifax or would be offloaded in Baltimore (the 1 and only Canadian shipment that arrived so far were offloaded in Baltimore).
This is what has has come to, the ship is in New Jersey right now
The website I checked has it already on the way
. Just hoping someone who can pull the VINs can let us know .
I don’t think we did, when I search I don’t see any Lotus cars having come through since that GT4 a few days back and the ones that arrived on 12 March. It’s possible there weren’t any cars on it? That would be a disaster…
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