USA/Canada Delivery Thread

[Jinba ittai]

Does anyone have an accurate count of how many Emiras have been imported into the US to date? Would also specifically like to know how many V6 manuals

Nova. Just scroll up a bit. Currently 1956 manuals in the US.

 

[VL3X]

Currently 1956 manuals in the US.

Wow, that's wild! Only 759 Evora GTs were ever made and just 535 were manual. The fact that nearly 4x as many manual Emiras are in the US blows my mind!

 

[Wiz33]

Wow, that's wild! Only 759 Evora GTs were ever made and just 535 were manual. The fact that nearly 4x as many manual Emiras are in the US blows my mind!

You can blame Geely for many things but they invested enough money at Hethel to transform Lotus from a Kit car shop to an actual modern day production plant.

 

[T6061]

And while the Evora and the Emira share much in common, given the stunning exterior design and civilized interior accomodations of the Emira, I would suggest it’s not a surprise.

 

[Nova]

Woohoo! More cars showed up on 3/30, including both US and Canadian cars. Vins in the tracking sheet:

 

[Econ]

Sweet, my car is on that 3/30 arrival!

Thanks for these updates Nova

 

[EspritGuy]

Sweet, my car is on that 3/30 arrival!

Thanks for these updates Nova

Happy for recipients. It's still somewhat of an exclusive club.
Looks like tariff with UK will be 10 percent, so it's your move Lotus.
Wondering how quickly dealer lots will clear?

 

[Lotustoronto]

Happy for recipients. It's still somewhat of an exclusive club.
Looks like tariff with UK will be 10 percent, so it's your move Lotus.
Wondering how quickly dealer lots will clear?

All foreign cars are 25% tariff. Including Lotus. All other UK imports is 10%... my scotch cabinet just went up...

 

[DerTheDer]

How much of an increase does that put on the consumer?

 

[MattG]

All foreign cars are 25% tariff. Including Lotus. All other UK imports is 10%... my scotch cabinet just went up...

Pretty sure the new tariffs announced today are ALL supplemental tariffs...so the car tariff would be 35% if that's the case. And the scotch tariff...I think Trump's previous 25% tariff on scotch, from 2019, is still in effect?

 

[VL3X]

How much of an increase does that put on the consumer?

25%

 

[DerTheDer]

25%

OUCH.

 

[Lotustoronto]

How much of an increase does that put on the consumer?

The tariff of 25% is what they charge Lotus USA / dealers for the car. So it’s going to be less than advertised pricing. True invoice pricing. My guess is 10k increase.

 

[Jinba ittai]

The tariff of 25% is what they charge Lotus USA / dealers for the car. So it’s going to be less than advertised pricing. True invoice pricing. My guess is 10k increase.

That would mean the dealer is paying 40K for the car. It’s going to be a lot worse than that.

 

[Lotustoronto]

That would mean the dealer is paying 40K for the car. It’s going to be a lot worse than that.

I assumed that Lotus will cover some of the tariff costs. 15K at most I would think. I am also assuming USD pricing of 99K.

 

[Jinba ittai]

I assumed that Lotus will cover some of the tariff costs. 15K at most I would think. I am also assuming USD pricing of 99K.

Got ya. That would be great, but I’m not sure they are in a position to do so.

 

[ShootingSight]

For one, tariff is charged at the dock, so it is on the price Lotus USA pays to Lotus UK, before their profit, and before dealer markup. So less than the MSRP.

Further, any components sourced from the USA don't count. Dunno where they get their Corolla engines, but Toyota has a plant in Huntsville, Alabama. If you get GoodYear tires, those are also USA.

 

[Wiz33]

For one, tariff is charged at the dock, so it is on the price Lotus USA pays to Lotus UK, before their profit, and before dealer markup. So less than the MSRP.

Further, any components sourced from the USA don't count. Dunno where they get their Corolla engines, but Toyota has a plant in Huntsville, Alabama. If you get GoodYear tires, those are also USA.

The 2GR-FE are made in Japan as no one uses it except Lotus and some Australian car company that make like 10-20 cars a year. I think practically most parts used in the Emira are not produced in the UK and US.. Hethel pretty much only provide the painting and assembly labour.

 

[VL3X]

any components sourced from the USA don't count.

Got a source for this claim? I really doubt this is the case. No company is going to take the time to calculate which parts came from which country and then have a cost breakdown for each part and each vehicle.

 

[VL3X]

Hethel pretty much only provide the painting and assembly labour.

And chassis! The leather comes from UK too (Scotland). I'm sure many other parts as well.