Discounted stock Emiras...
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Freakuk said:
A close friend of mine is mates with a Lotus employee and he gets to play in whatever cars he brings home. He did have an order in for an i4 but as far as I am aware they are still unavailable, so he cancelled some time ago.
However, from what I understand Lotus have a warehouse full of the things in pretty much any combination you can think of so in theory you could order one and get it immediately. Apparently this is a combination of things - cancelled orders, mainly due to Lotus pushing the price up post order, Lotus also building more than needed, and they've built a load which no longer conform with the updates emissions regulations from the point of order.
I think if you wanted one you could swing a huge deal on a new one given the above.
Would any dealer admit to this being the case and offer you a heavily discounted car, or would they all deny it and say list price only, or with a few percent off?However, from what I understand Lotus have a warehouse full of the things in pretty much any combination you can think of so in theory you could order one and get it immediately. Apparently this is a combination of things - cancelled orders, mainly due to Lotus pushing the price up post order, Lotus also building more than needed, and they've built a load which no longer conform with the updates emissions regulations from the point of order.
I think if you wanted one you could swing a huge deal on a new one given the above.
PRO 5T said:
Square Leg said:
Would any dealer admit to this being the case and offer you a heavily discounted car, or would they all deny it and say list price only, or with a few percent off?
Depends if they have plenty of customers willing to pay list I suppose.CorradoTDI said:
Further i4 delays maybe driving this...
What's a shame though is so many have sat for 6 months or so losing the factory warranty. I suspect the prices will tank once the warranty is out and might be hard to sell privately.
Yep, they'll be like McLarens (and I know all about that)... no-one wants to touch one without McWarranty, so you pay the £3500 a year, or it wipes £10k+ off the value. What's a shame though is so many have sat for 6 months or so losing the factory warranty. I suspect the prices will tank once the warranty is out and might be hard to sell privately.
CorradoTDI said:
Further i4 delays maybe driving this...
What's a shame though is so many have sat for 6 months or so losing the factory warranty. I suspect the prices will tank once the warranty is out and might be hard to sell privately.
I seriously doubt lack of warranty will effect Emiras. If you look at the issues they do have its all very typical Lotus QC issues. Once these issues are worked out they will be fine. At 2 years old you should have a pretty sorted car. They never actually brake they are just irritating faults on the main there would be absolutely no need to run an aftermarket warranty on this car at all it would be a total waste of money. What's a shame though is so many have sat for 6 months or so losing the factory warranty. I suspect the prices will tank once the warranty is out and might be hard to sell privately.
stanlow45 said:
Sukh13 said:
Sukh13 said:
stanlow45 said:
Honeywell said:
£65k now on Autotrader privately.
Poor colour choices aside.
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202311164...
Weird price history. Dealers must really hate the price tracker add on... Poor colour choices aside.
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202311164...
Most likely will be down to starting with a 5 from January...
AceRockatansky said:
There's always a floor to the price. For years you couldn't get a GR Yaris for under 30k despite how many were for sale.
I'm not saying we won't see them in the 50's at some point, but for now they are fairly concentrated at a price with sellers relying on buyers specific requirements rather than just price.
the difference being the yaris's were actually exchanging hands and selling, these are not and it was a different time. I'm not saying we won't see them in the 50's at some point, but for now they are fairly concentrated at a price with sellers relying on buyers specific requirements rather than just price.
Sukh13 said:
BertBert said:
Chamon_Lee said:
the difference being the yaris's were actually exchanging hands and selling, these are not and it was a different time.
butfridaypassion said:
Only 60 on AT so that are moving.
fridaypassion said:
I seriously doubt lack of warranty will effect Emiras. If you look at the issues they do have its all very typical Lotus QC issues. Once these issues are worked out they will be fine. At 2 years old you should have a pretty sorted car. They never actually brake they are just irritating faults on the main there would be absolutely no need to run an aftermarket warranty on this car at all it would be a total waste of money.
Sounds positively dangerousThe 'Sarah Cox cars' Hethel yellow example is celebrating its 1st birthday as a listing on AutoTrader today!
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202301303...
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202301303...
PorkInsider said:
The 'Sarah Cox cars' Hethel yellow example is celebrating its 1st birthday as a listing on AutoTrader today!
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202301303...
£12k drop and still £12k overpriced https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202301303...
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