USA/Canada Delivery Thread

[Twin Cam]

Much appreciated @GatorMotorsport . I can't say I'm thrilled with the idea of cars sitting at the port for months before delivery.

Sea air does you the world of good, your car? I’m not so sure

 

[Hell4Leather]

I just received a notice from Lotus Cars USA, saying that "configuring and completing my order will be in the Fall". I had sent my reservation deposit in December of 2022 and had expected to configure in Q4 of 2024.
I wonder if this means my Base V6 would be an FE version at the much higher price.

That was a form letter we all got. Depends really on your spot in line.

 

[Hell4Leather]

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That’s str8 pimp

 

[Ryder]

I have never seen a new edition car launch so screwed up. Lotus is quickly losing all credibility.

 

[Lotustoronto]

In all honestly, some of the last edition Evora were running around 110k those didn’t sell great.

They also didn’t look like the emira , the emira will still have demand just not as much at the previous price point.

With regards to base edition cars those will likely also be at or near the new price point. Inflation has hit everything.

Original FE price point was made public almost two years ago.

If a person can afford 105k they can afford 120k 911T starts to look really interesting.

A base 911 T (which pretty much comes with all the options I would want anyway) is less $$ than the Emira 2.0 F/E up here in the great white north.

992 911 T = 132K CAD
Emira 2.0 F/E = 145K CAD

Which would you choose? (sorry to keep banging on about this, but it's a tough pill to swallow at the moment)

 

[kitkat]

A base 911 T (which pretty much comes with all the options I would want anyway) is less $$ than the Emira 2.0 F/E up here in the great white north.

992 911 T = 132K CAD
Emira 2.0 F/E = 145K CAD

Which would you choose? (sorry to keep banging on about this, but it's a tough pill to swallow at the moment)

I mean this in genuine honesty and not mocking anyone, just get a 911.

We’re all at a point in life where we can afford such things which means likely most of us have 30 years of life on average left if we’re lucky. Spending 3 years of your life waiting for a car is 10% of your life left.

Enjoy whatever you can get now.

 

[Jayk47]

I mean this in genuine honesty and not mocking anyone, just get a 911.

We’re all at a point in life where we can afford such things which means likely most of us have 30 years of life on average left if we’re lucky. Spending 3 years of your life waiting for a car is 10% of your life left.

Enjoy whatever you can get now.

Ha! Excellent advice. I’m keeping the emira on the back burner and am enjoying a manual R8 1st Gen for the time being. Not sure I can let this go so I’ll wait and see what happens with the emira.

 

[Nova]

Huh, thought there were 700 NA FE 1.0's but based on the email of adding 600 NA FE 2.0's totaling 1500 FE's means there were originally 900 NA FE 1.0's. 700 FE 1.0's US and 200 FE 1.0's Canada?

Lol, great point on the math. I missed that. I am ashamed as an Asian.

 

[Porter]

A base 911 T (which pretty much comes with all the options I would want anyway) is less $$ than the Emira 2.0 F/E up here in the great white north.

992 911 T = 132K CAD
Emira 2.0 F/E = 145K CAD

Which would you choose? (sorry to keep banging on about this, but it's a tough pill to swallow at the moment)

Wait a minute, you've been on this forum for a long time, surely you had a deposit in? I thought you had an FE on order from early on. And I thought it was 120k Canadian for the whole batch of original FE orders?

 

[Lotustoronto]

Wait a minute, you've been on this forum for a long time, surely you had a deposit in? I thought you had an FE on order from early on. And I thought it was 120k Canadian for the whole batch of original FE orders?

September 2021 deposit... dealers in Canada received only 10-15 F/E allocations. (70 total for 5 dealerships, tiny amount but yes they are 120K CAD for 1.0 F/E) I did not make the cut. So yes I have been deposited for a long time and depending how many / if any 2.0 F/E's come to Canada, I surmise I would be fairly close to the top of the list of a 2.0. However, Canadian pricing has not be announced, there is no change to our configurator. I am beginning to believe that we won't be receiving any additional 2.0 F/E's. Our pricing vs the competition just seems way off comparative to everywhere else in the world.

Legit question, is an Emira more expensive than a 911 T anywhere else besides Canada?

 

[Captain.Kirk]

“FE V6 production will begin in May & vehicles will start to arrive stateside at the end of July; however, they will not be released to dealers until all certifications are completed. This has been quoted between weeks 42-50 of this year (mid-October thru December). After that point, cars will be released from port proportionate”

what a terrible idea! The battery will be went out! corrosion! Tires! Paint! Just do not build at all before getting the certifications.

It seems Lotus is a new house in ‘Game of Thrones’ that has declared war against their customers. Why I don’t know, but they have reared their ugly heads and seem determined to do everything they can to create turmoil in the realm. The battles seem to be never ending.

 

[morphious]

Lol, great point on the math. I missed that. I am ashamed as an Asian.

No worries, from one Asian to another, I got your back.

 

[eriegz]

Were it not for the comments here, I would've never thought about the dangers of cars sitting at port. Is this truly what Lotus plans to do, and are the dangers real? If so, I need to know what Lotus' plan is for how they'll protect the cars during this period, otherwise I'm just going to convert my FE deposit into a bespoke edition instead.

 

[action_turtle]

I mean this in genuine honesty and not mocking anyone, just get a 911.

We’re all at a point in life where we can afford such things which means likely most of us have 30 years of life on average left if we’re lucky. Spending 3 years of your life waiting for a car is 10% of your life left.

Enjoy whatever you can get now.

Bleek... I've just turned 37, but i guess you are correct. As getting into this style of car at 67 will be hard work!!!

 

[DerTheDer]

Lol way to make this so confusing. I don't want my car sitting in port for months getting shit on by birds.

 

[action_turtle]

Lol way to make this so confusing. I don't want my car sitting in port for months getting shit on by birds.

I cannot see the origin of this in the long thread. Why are they leaving cars to sit in a port??

 

[Porter]

I cannot see the origin of this in the long thread. Why are they leaving cars to sit in a port??

Apparently they want to build the US cars on the original schedule in April, May, and June, then bring them to the US and park them in port until regulatory release in October / November.

I guess the idea is that the cars will be ready just in case the regulatory stuff gets fixed sooner?

I personally think the strategy is fine as long as they do the actual work to protect the cars from port conditions, the way that other auto manufacturers do. And not high-end marques either, I'm talking inexpensive Japanese and Korean cars get better fundamental shipping protection than Lotus has shown so far. They sure as hell didn't do the right work when they parked UK cars on an airfield for months and let the brakes seize. So how can we trust them to do the right thing with delivery and storage in foreign ports? They've already proven themselves logistically incompetent, and I think they should disclose their protection strategy to their US dealers before bringing inventory into the country and potentially damaging it. It will be the US dealers that have to deal with the fallout.


I'm going to inquire about this through my dealer, and also will likely call the head of Lotus sales for North America. If they aren't thinking it through already, maybe by kicking the hornet's nest a little I can get somebody to have a conversation somewhere.

 

[Dabjbr]

I feel like the US got the biggest shaft. Other markets got less of an increase but in the US, with the strong dollar, we got the biggest increase?! Yes, it was a money grab.

If I were in Canada and the Emira was more than a GT4, Spyder or 911T, I wouldn’t think twice before switching.

I gotta see how US Porsche prices compare now.

 

[John777]

That was a form letter we all got. Depends really on your spot in line.

I sent a response to that email. I asked her why there was no reference #??



Hi Clayton—



Apologies as we had a system error – here is your reference ID: 758750



Thank you for being part of the Lotus family.

 

[Davebeats]

I cannot see the origin of this in the long thread. Why are they leaving cars to sit in a port??

This was taken from an email provided by Gator, posted on LotusTalk

To those who've already placed your order for a First Edition V6 Emira
I'll rip off the bad news band-aid first.. There is a further delay to your delivery date. This is not because of production issues but a delay caused by emissions/safety certifications for U.S. market cars. As previously communicated, FE V6 production will begin in May & vehicles will start to arrive stateside at the end of July; however, they will not be released to dealers until all certifications are completed. This has been quoted between weeks 42-50 of this year (mid-October thru December). After that point, cars will be released from port proportionate to the previously mentioned timelines.