What is coming 16.09.24??

[meenboli]

Well... I didn't see that coming.

Couldn't help myself - should have been this Friday but now being told 'probably' October.

All in good spirits - what's another few weeks?

 

[JClem]

What was the wing from ?

My question too. Certainly nothing from the current line up so its got to be something new surely?

 

[EspritGuy]

I can tell you what isn't f'kin coming! - and that's my Emira!

First you must attend the exhibit. Your item is waiting in the Gift Shop.

 

[seriously]

Well... I guess the mystery is over. It's not a car launch it's a sort of "museum exhibit" ?

Is that right? But the exhibit starts on 9/18. Is that an error or classic Lotus?

 

[JClem]

New video posted. Looks like another EV.

 

[Eagle7]

Doesn't look at all like an SUV. Add this imagery to the one with the electric rear spoiler, and this is starting to look like it may actually be the Type 135.

 

[Six Speed Stephen]

I'm gonna guess it's a limited run car or one-off like the Type 66

Winner

 

[Lotustoronto]

Still say Lemans Race car project. Type 135 won't be released until 2026. They haven't event released base pricing for Emira.

The reason I think Lemans is they are sitting at 9 wins in all there history. Would be cool to hit #10. Less capital intensive than getting into F1 or Formula E.

 

[idleuser]

Same energy.

 

[SlavaUkraini]

Lotus is a letdown. Full Chinese EV brand now that resembles nothing any of us enjoyed about them at one point. The Emira is the last resemblance of their past.

 

[JClem]

New video posted. Looks like another EV.

Having said that, are those paddles on the steering wheel?

 

[seriously]

Implied carbon fiber and a racing style steering wheel. Formula E makes the most sense. Lotus return to racing in the EV era. Type 135 would be surprising and risky given the current environment.

 

[GetawayDriving]

I was also thinking this was the bespoke program but now I’m wondering if it’s actually Type 135. They did say Type 135 would be unveiled this year.

 

[kitkat]

Same energy.

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Bruh. https://www.emiraforum.com/threads/what-is-coming-16-09-24.5149/post-149741

 

[Dragoon]

The latest teaser makes me think it's a new track car with 3D-printed bits. Maybe a 4-Eleven?

 

[meenboli]

Looking at it on that clip - I now understand where all the money's gone...

Exciting stuff!

 

[Eagle7]

I haven't followed Formula E at all. Does it allow for active movable rear wings?

 

[VL3X]

I haven't followed Formula E at all. Does it allow for active movable rear wings?

Probably soon since F1 now is.

 

[Nick in Sydney]

I was also thinking this was the bespoke program but now I’m wondering if it’s actually Type 135. They did say Type 135 would be unveiled this year.

Won't be TYP 135. Lotus just told investors that it would be delayed by at least a year. The 1H presentation now says TYP 135 (New Model 2) won't launch until 2026 with deliveries in 2027.

 

[jamesbxxx]

Date slipped a day?