Lotus Emira AMG First Edition

[mjheathcote]

Friend collected this morning, after a 3 year wait.
Lotus have come a long way, absolutely stunning.
Will see about the AMG 4 pot after he has run it in...
The touring suspension is spot on though, firm but not crashy.

 

[Andyk]

Fantastic looking car and for me in the best colour. One to keep for me being the last proper engine in a Lotus. How is the AMG unit as it was the one I would have gone for but not all the reviews have been favourable against that old V6 with the manual.

 

[allandwf]

Exactly like the one that drove past my house last year.

 

[urquattrogus]

Great looking car, I drove the V6 one at Hethel on a corporate day and not to sound glib but it never really felt like 400bhp to me, felt like it needed another 100bhp as the chassis is so composed and capable. It sounded good but the performance felt lacking to me.

Also, the gearshift was not bad but still a bit rubbery like a lot of those mid engined lotus cars.

As a result I could imagine that the AMG engine will feel stronger regardless of the figures....plus a bit lighter?

Interested to know whether they will put the full 420bhp one in from the A45 which sounds like a bit of an animal for a 2.0 Turbo, or whether this one could be mapped etc.

 

[Andyk]

Great looking car, I drove the V6 one at Hethel on a corporate day and not to sound glib but it never really felt like 400bhp to me, felt like it needed another 100bhp as the chassis is so composed and capable. It sounded good but the performance felt lacking to me.

Also, the gearshift was not bad but still a bit rubbery like a lot of those mid engined lotus cars.

As a result I could imagine that the AMG engine will feel stronger regardless of the figures....plus a bit lighter?

Interested to know whether they will put the full 420bhp one in from the A45 which sounds like a bit of an animal for a 2.0 Turbo, or whether this one could be mapped etc.

Unfortunately it only puts out 360bhp. Shame as it sounds like it could take the 420.

 

[drellis]

Imagine can't be that hard to chip it

 

[Corranga]

I think the 4 pot isn’t much lighter due to the 8 speed double clutch gearbox. There will inevitably be higher performance versions, most probably of both engines, it’s the Lotus way after all. Absolutely stunning cars, and a great send off for ICE Lotus, and the right size too.

 

[Andyk]

And when you can get a used one for 65k it looks such a lovely car for the money. Lots have been in the classifieds for ages as well so sure before the end of then year they will be under 60K used.

 

[Ewan]

Lovely car.
But how can Lotus make a loss of nearly £600M last year, on a turnover of about £530M and a record number of car sales (nearly 7000)?
The boss claims they’ll sell 150,000 cars a year by 2028. So at least he has a sense of humour.

 

[Oneball]

Lovely car.
But how can Lotus make a loss of nearly £600M last year, on a turnover of about £530M and a record number of car sales (nearly 7000)?
The boss claims they’ll sell 150,000 cars a year by 2028. So at least he has a sense of humour.

Most of those cars were rebadged Chinese **** so the 150,000 might not be that optimistic, doesn’t take much effort to stick a yellow circle on a Geely

 

[Ewan]

Most of those cars were rebadged Chinese **** so the 150,000 might not be that optimistic, doesn’t take much effort to stick a yellow circle on a Geely

True. 149,000 will be EV SUV’s. Maybe 1000 will be sports cars. Which begs the question, when is a Lotus, not a Lotus?

 

[Erlingtheyounger]

True. 149,000 will be EV SUV’s. Maybe 1000 will be sports cars. Which begs the question, when is a Lotus, not a Lotus?

Nowadays, most of the time!

 

[drellis]

Lotus do have form, and the ev probably had more lotus input than this