USA/Canada Delivery Thread

[EspritGuy]

This is what I was told by dealer in Bay Area today. Is it accurate? Who he fuck knows. Probably the 3rd time I have been told this with different dates swapped in. To be fair my dealer has been pretty open and sharing info whenever they have it available. And are just as frustrated as I am at this point.

"The US spec vehicles start production 1/2/2024. First vehicles arrive March 2024. Will receive 2-5 per month after March till year end. When the order banks open up your #2 on ordering, meaning you’ll order in Feb 2024 and receive vehicle May-June 2024."

Can you clarify which units were discussed?
FE 1.0 were supposed to be made beginning July for 4Q delivery.
FE 2.0 were supposedly priority manufacturing in 4Q for 1Q delivery.
I4 FE were supposedly being produced in 1Q 2024 onward.
Base Edition configuration anticipated live 1Q.
What can we believe?
Anyone?

 

[kitkat]

LOL, if production starts Jan of 2024 for FE 1.0 V6 Emiras -- US is gonna lose it.

 

[Davebeats]

LOL, if production starts Jan of 2024 for FE 1.0 V6 Emiras -- US is gonna lose it.

I agree, and not like it matters much to Lotus or anyone here, but if we go into 2024 with nothing delivered I'll be pulling my deposit

 

[benjh1028]

I agree, and not like it matters much to Lotus or anyone here, but if we go into 2024 with nothing delivered I'll be pulling my deposit

I think I'm with you.

 

[kitkat]

I agree, and not like it matters much to Lotus or anyone here, but if we go into 2024 with nothing delivered I'll be pulling my deposit

Hell that statement from before wasn't even delivered it was production not even starting until 2024, add a few months to that for delivery.

 

[Lotustoronto]

This is what I was told by dealer in Bay Area today. Is it accurate? Who he fuck knows. Probably the 3rd time I have been told this with different dates swapped in. To be fair my dealer has been pretty open and sharing info whenever they have it available. And are just as frustrated as I am at this point.

"The US spec vehicles start production 1/2/2024. First vehicles arrive March 2024. Will receive 2-5 per month after March till year end. When the order banks open up your #2 on ordering, meaning you’ll order in Feb 2024 and receive vehicle May-June 2024."

This makes complete sense to me. The idea they would build them and store them for months just did not make sense. Also 1,300 Emira's or so for N/A is about 3 months of production. All V6 F/E's will be delivered by mid summer 2024, just in time for the base configurator to come online. I would imagine i4 F/E to start arriving soon after. In fact I think US market will receive the very last of the V6 F/E's. Base configurator will be up for UK Q1 2024 my estimate. At this point I would prefer it this way.

 

[MPD]

@GatorMotorsport Do you have any info to validate or counter this statement: ""The US spec vehicles start production 1/2/2024. First vehicles arrive March 2024. Will receive 2-5 per month after March till year end. When the order banks open up your #2 on ordering, meaning you’ll order in Feb 2024 and receive vehicle May-June 2024."

Only ask because you are the only real source of information that has been accurate that we can depend on.

 

[Nova]

If they start production on 1/2/2024, an oddly specific date, will they be MY2025 cars?

 

[2BIG2FAIL]

2024 first US delivery is absolute jokes. Even if it is the case, I am still in it for now, pretty much until I get frustrated enough with Lotus and a Cayman allocation comes up with no markup.

 

[Hell4Leather]

Maybe we can get a group discount. Just tore my left one a few weeks ago. Don’t want to be Debbie Downer but the recovery is wretched (did my right one a few years back).

I think I'm with you.

i hope the folks at my dealership feel the exact same way. After the FE confirmed folks I’m still 100 down the queue. Let’s hope they add a mandatory additional deposit “to confirm your order is genuine”; that’ll move me up

I deposited in 2022 with a very real expectation of taking delivery by Q2 2025.

 

[Hell4Leather]

2024 first US delivery is absolute jokes. Even if it is the case, I am still in it for now, pretty much until I get frustrated enough with Lotus and a Cayman allocation comes up with no markup.

I do hear ya there however. Hey @ Tom E - how have you found that 12C? With an extended warranty I could be swayed.

 

[SmallerBaller]

I agree, and not like it matters much to Lotus or anyone here, but if we go into 2024 with nothing delivered I'll be pulling my deposit

It would be one thing if they were super reliable so far or the performance numbers really wowed me, but waiting through my 26th, 27th, and approaching my 28th birthday would be it. Lost way too much time on this already, and I could have had any car given to me and sat in the shop awaiting repairs by now lol. One more delay and I am most likely buying an NSX.

P.S. The resale values arent exactly blowing me away currently, maybe if I regretted my decision I could just swoop up one second hand down the road for less.

 

[haaaake]

I don’t see how my order wouldn’t be a FE V6 1.0. Deposit placed in July 2021, order put into lotus officially May 2022. Not that any of that shit even matters anymore none of those original dates ever meant anything anyway.

 

[haaaake]

@GatorMotorsport Do you have any info to validate or counter this statement: ""The US spec vehicles start production 1/2/2024. First vehicles arrive March 2024. Will receive 2-5 per month after March till year end. When the order banks open up your #2 on ordering, meaning you’ll order in Feb 2024 and receive vehicle May-June 2024."

Only ask because you are the only real source of information that has been accurate that we can depend on.

Yes agreed. Would like to see what they know also. My dealer has been open sharing any info they get from Lotus but hard to believe anything now since they have continued to just tell us lies.

None of the numbers or anything mean anything to me anymore. If production really is delayed until 2024 they are going to lose so many orders. And if they don’t give us any real information that will include my own.

On the other hand I would imagine any QC issues will probably be pretty well sorted so I guess at least the US will probably get the nicest cars if we ever get any at all.

 

[haaaake]

2024 first US delivery is absolute jokes. Even if it is the case, I am still in it for now, pretty much until I get frustrated enough with Lotus and a Cayman allocation comes up with no markup.

This has sort of been my position as well. Want to hang onto my deposit now just to call their bluff haha. These cars might end up being rare here because they don’t really seem to want to make them for what will probably be their largest market.

What blows my mind is just the absolute lack of respect to a large group of people and especially to their dealers.

 

[morphious]

I don’t see how my order wouldn’t be a FE V6 1.0. Deposit placed in July 2021, order put into lotus officially May 2022. Not that any of that shit even matters anymore none of those original dates ever meant anything anyway.

Do you have an email from LotusCarsUSA titled something like this: Lotus Emira Order Entry: Approved Entry for ID######? My order was submitted 5/14/2022 and confirmed on 5/16/2022. If you were actually able to place an order with Lotus than you should have a locked 1.0 build as no other orders have been placed as far as I am aware.

 

[haaaake]

Do you have an email from LotusCarsUSA titled something like this: Lotus Emira Order Entry: Approved Entry for ID######? My order was submitted 5/14/2022 and confirmed on 5/16/2022. If you were actually able to place an order with Lotus than you should have a locked 1.0 build as no other orders have been placed as far as I am aware.

Yep my order was confirmed 5/20/2022.

 

[morphious]

Yep my order was confirmed 5/20/2022.

I guess I don't understand your post about being #2 when order banks open up, you already have a 1.0.

 

[haaaake]

I guess I don't understand your post about being #2 when order banks open up, you already have a 1.0.

Referring to #2 in line at that particular dealer for V6 FE 1.0 I think. You guys really should just stop with all this 1.0, 2.0 shit it's confusing the hell out of everyone.

 

[haaaake]

I am going to follow up and see if they were confused or something just to make sure. Saying order would be put in February 2024 makes no sense so hopefully dealer was just mistaken.