Europa S

[bobo]

Still no news??????????

[TonyHetherington]

must say, after all the hype, I've not seen one or any info in the press/dealers etc.!?

[bobo]

for a car thats supposed to be out in a couple of months and has been shown at geneva you might expect a little more action ...

be interesting to see when EVO gets hold of one... Dec 2007?

[rfoster]

For what I know - production expected to start in July, first cars will be at dealers around September I imagine.

[bher]

Would some of us believe they could cancel the project?
I did not follow the M250 story. But IIRC, some people had given deposit, so I assume the project was quite far. Is there argument to believe the same will happen here?

[speedyellow]

I've seen the finished press car and the first batch that have been down the production line, all the tooling etc is in place, no chance they are not going to build it,

September sounds like the right time for the first customer cars.

[Tuna]

bher said:

Would some of us believe they could cancel the project? I did not follow the M250 story. But IIRC, some people had given deposit, so I assume the project was quite far. Is there argument to believe the same will happen here?

No, it's not likely. The M250 was a completely new car, new engine, new chassis, everything. It would have needed to sell thousands to bring in profits. With Lotus suffering various financial problems and Proton getting nervous, they pulled the project some time before it was complete.

The Europa is an 'evolution' of the Elise/VX220 platform, and as such it costs Lotus much less to bring to market. They need to sell a few hundred to justify producing it. Before they get it out on forecourts there's nothing much to say about it, which I suspect is the reason for Lotus' silence.

[gooby]

The BoLOC's have seen the completed Europa, we did the factory tour. The Press car was at the end of the line and behind that there must have been at least 20 other cars. It is gorgeous, a really beautiful. It makes up in elegance what the elise gives up for an aggressive stance. I shouldnt think it will be long before it is in the dealers.

[rfoster]

Don't suppose you took any sneaky pics did you gooby?

[piooly]

rfoster said:

Don't suppose you took any sneaky pics did you gooby?

Gooby is right, the Europa looks fantastic. The pictures really dont do it any justice at all !!!! I want one !

[bobo]

i will post my geneva ones here if someone can tell me how?!?!

[gooby]

rfoster said:

Don't suppose you took any sneaky pics did you gooby?

Fat chance! Getting a camera on site would take a miracle - they even confiscated our phones!

[S Works]

Am waiting until I see one in the flesh until I hunt back for the thread and then say....

"I told you so!"

[kevin ritson]

S Works said:

Am waiting until I see one in the flesh until I hunt back for the thread and then say.... "I told you so!"

Wouldn't worry Tim, by then they'd have seen some pictures of the Esprit to have a go at

[gooby]

kevin ritson said:

Wouldn't worry Tim, by then they'd have seen some pictures of the Esprit to have a go at

Ding! Savage them S Works grrrr!

Ps May I be the first to say "told you so!"

[bobo]

check on seloc.org for new images... managed to post some there...

[rfoster]

The dark colour look MUCH better. Now I wonder if you can get scandal green on it?

[boggy]

Hi all

I'd buy one in fact I might buy one, Providing I get a response from Lotus regarding my last Issue

Boggy

[seetim]

boggy said:

Hi all I'd buy one in fact I might buy one, Providing I get a response from Lotus regarding my last Issue Boggy

Does this mean that you are thinking along the Europa S lines more than Cayman S?

Having the same thoughts about next purchase...

[boggy]

seetim said:

boggy said: Hi all I'd buy one in fact I might buy one, Providing I get a response from Lotus regarding my last Issue Boggy Does this mean that you are thinking along the Europa S lines more than Cayman S? Having the same thoughts about next purchase...

I'm test driving the Cayman on Saturday but I'm not sure about the Price 46k for a car that's basically a Boxter with the roof on is expensive, I wouldn't pay 40k for a Boxter I feel that it's worth more like 32k I'd then say a Cayman's worth along the lines of 36 - 40k but I'll wait and see.

I've got Someone keeping there eye out for a 240 Cup as I want to drive one of those first, I doubt very much if I'll buy a Porsche but I want to try one. I don't want another Elise no matter how fast it goes I've had two and I want to try something else so I'm very interested in the Europa I don't believe for one minute that it wont top 150 mph it's got a 2 litre turbo charged engine and it's lighter than a Astra basically it's the same engine, so that lead's me to another question why have Lotus quoted 145 mph ? it sound's slow when Vxr's and ST's are breaking 155 mph I know that's not what Lotus are about (Top end speed) but it has to be able to beat a bloody Focus

Boggy

>> Edited by boggy on Wednesday 10th May 16:17