Gap in Evoras for sale

Gap in Evoras for sale

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telecat

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8,528 posts

241 months

Sunday 25th September 2016
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Looking at the Evora as an option for my next car and would be looking at 20142015 cars. But it has brought to my attention a "gap" in Evoras for sale. Between 2011 and 2014 there don't seem to be any second hand cars available. Is this due to a Production gap or just Evora owners are not ready to change??

BravoV8V

1,858 posts

174 months

Sunday 25th September 2016
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Both.

Not many were made and lots of owners who have one (like me) have got no intention of selling.

mik_ok

1,568 posts

241 months

Sunday 25th September 2016
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I decided I wanted a 13/14 Sports Racer and it took me 5months before a "mik spec" car turned up. Only realised after purchase that there were only 53 Manual Spirts Racers sold. And of course I wasn't interested in some of the colour combos.

If you have something in mind - something will appear if you are patient. Well worth the wait IMHO - epic vehicles. cool

jayemm89

4,025 posts

130 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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People on forums generally highlight that the 2012MY onwards is a more desirable car, hence they do not hang around for long.

CocoPops

463 posts

231 months

Saturday 1st October 2016
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What the guys said is true, production really dropped off due to lack of sales 11-14.
So the second hand market is smaller for that period.

Also for 2020-2011, there are lots of cars that were built and registered as company cars, often with AU10/AU60/AU11 plates as that was a good way to get the cars out on the road.

Hungrymc

6,649 posts

137 months

Saturday 1st October 2016
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Build numbers do look to have been very low

Skimming through 'how many left' it looks like only around 1200 cars in total (NA and S) from 2010 to 2013. There really aren't many about.

Explains why it was so hard to find one !

jayemm89

4,025 posts

130 months

Saturday 1st October 2016
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I don't know if definitive numbers are public but I've heard figures like "around two thousand" for ALL Evora S1 production

Hungrymc

6,649 posts

137 months

Saturday 1st October 2016
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jayemm89 said:
I don't know if definitive numbers are public but I've heard figures like "around two thousand" for ALL Evora S1 production
I had misunderstood the data in my post. It looks like a total of 1669 Evoras of any description have been registered in the UK. I guess there haven't been many exports.

There really are less around than I had realised.

BravoV8V

1,858 posts

174 months

Saturday 1st October 2016
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Hungrymc said:
I had misunderstood the data in my post. It looks like a total of 1669 Evoras of any description have been registered in the UK. I guess there haven't been many exports.
Your numbers are way off. 1669 is closer to the total number of Evoras ever built.

On the 'how many left' site, search for Lotus Evora. (This will obviously give you the numbers for all variants of Evora. Bizarrely, there are some vaguely strange classifications i.e. V2). Ignore the 400 numbers and then sum the remaining stats for 2016. This will give you a figure of 533 Evoras registered in the UK.

Incidentally, 84 400s have been registered so far. Plenty of those will still be dealer stock though.

Hungrymc

6,649 posts

137 months

Saturday 1st October 2016
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BravoV8V said:
Your numbers are way off. 1669 is closer to the total number of Evoras ever built.

On the 'how many left' site, search for Lotus Evora. (This will obviously give you the numbers for all variants of Evora. Bizarrely, there are some vaguely strange classifications i.e. V2). Ignore the 400 numbers and then sum the remaining stats for 2016. This will give you a figure of 533 Evoras registered in the UK.

Incidentally, 84 400s have been registered so far. Plenty of those will still be dealer stock though.
Yep, I was summing values that were already totals.... I guess that answers your original question though. The all models filter totals up up to 869 which isn't many cars at all. Is no wonder I struggled to find one.

stuno1

1,318 posts

195 months

Sunday 9th October 2016
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Took me a while to find a manual white 2013 SR and it's going nowhere so a matter of both. You have to spend a LOT more money to get a car that improves on the Evora.

telecat

Original Poster:

8,528 posts

241 months

Sunday 9th October 2016
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When were the NA V6's dropped?

BravoV8V

1,858 posts

174 months

Sunday 9th October 2016
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Only when the 400 arrived in 2015.

There are currently a number of NA SRs available at the moment.