Here's what I’ve discovered about my Lotus Emira after 2500 miles. Emira Euro Tour Part 5 

I am sorry for your loss. I hope you find peace and and I wish you the best.

The world seems very empty when a parent or family member passes away ,live and enjoy your life as she would have wanted ! Buy or hire an Emira ,I see Thruxton race track are running one !

sorry for your loss

🙏

Prayers for you and your family.

I think I'd take this over a 911. It's smaller, it's more interesting and it looks more special to me. It also seems to be less compromised as a sports car. I doubt I'd miss the extra 911 practicality, even the roof rack capability.

maybe its a more direct competitor to the Cayman.. how does it compare?

@@andreh.dupuis8475 that's probably a better comparison. And a harder choice!

@@howarddavies136 it's as wide as an suv

@@Jay-xr3sb you're right! It's actually wider than a 911! It somehow looks like it wears it better than a 911. I wonder how they feel on the road. Its 8 inches wider than my M3 and 4 inches wider than an evora. What a chonker!

awwwww, Harald has you in his palms, Mark : )

Harry + Roadtrip = ☺️

Yep! Always look forward to a Monday morning to see what he's come up with!

I’m sure you’d survive

@@michaelfraser5723 😆

That's right, the journalists are all top mates with the car manufacturers and shill out 5 star reviews for them whereas real people reviewing cars will tell you the truth. Journalists are just 3rd party marketing department. That's why they always give cars glowing reviews, then when they drive them a few years later as a used car or something they say how bad they are. Happens all the time.

Yup. This is top-tier car content. Experience speaks.

Yea but those ghasly wiper arms right in your line of sight - Sort of BL Allegro quality !

I love his work on RU-vid !

all I hear is exhaust

If a car can’t travel a distance of 2500 without any issues it’s not worth existing for any manufacturer

Toyota's are extremely reliable and tough!

@@GRACEORT New model, small scale production. Lotus were always about the best driving experience, not reliability or luxury. They were for true car enthusiasts which were low in number. Glad to see this model drives amazingly well. They have had some decent funding this time.

@@andrewnorris5415 we’re not in 1960 anymore. 60+ years later all cars should eat 2500 miles without a hint of bother

@@GRACEORT You seem to be missing the point being made. Yes 2500 miles for a trip is nothing for even the cheapest new car on sale, but this is a relatively early car from a small manufacturer, and it is the *first* 2500 miles that Andrew is talking about, not any regular 2500 miles.

He's the opposite of Doug DeMuro. Talks about the car for 45 mins, drives it for 15 seconds....."wow, the acceleration is incredible and the handling is phenomenal" I honestly have no idea why his videos are so popular.

Or Chris Harris who tests cars by drifting them around closed race courses. Seriously, what is the point of that?

So true. Honestly, as a petrol-head from day one, I find automotive journalism to be a lot like political journalism... absolute rubbish, spoken by people who don't really have any idea what they're talking about, promoting someone else's product, repeating the same annoying, often times meaningless points made by someone else because they're incapable of producing their own thoughts. Harry is so different though, he LIVES with the cars, and gives honest, and fair reviews. He doesn't review a Fiat 500 and complain about its 0-60, or review an Ariel Atom and complain about luggage space... can't say the same about most other 'journalists'. Luckily, I think most manufacturers fully see this, I mean who else gets a limited-edition Bugatti Chiron to reviews for 1,000 miles lol Harry's the tip-top of this food chain as far as I'm concerned, no one else really comes close.

@@oldanslo I wouldn't agree with you there. Watch Chris Harris's review of the Lexus GS F vs the BMW M5. All on open roads in the winter and he comes to the conclusion the Lexus is the better car which goes against all things a modern car reviewer would be expected to say. I find Chris excellent.

@@MD-uu5nt I agree, he irritates me.

Haha! Yes, I caught that too! Glad i'm not the only one that gets a ticking off when i'm pressing on.

@@anthonyknox1493 I'm not allowed to 'press on' with the missus in my car! Funny though that when she drives it, 'spirited' is perfectly acceptable.

@6:20 I think this is the first time we’ve ever actually heard Mrs. M. In this case she had to tell Harry to cool it as he veering into the opposite lane chasing after that Audi driver who obviously knew the road really well.

I thought it was Ferrari 488 size. Big (little) surprise.

They're not small. I think the camera/screen shrinks it. They really don't look small when you're face to face with them, or driving them. Have a look at dimensions. 488 GTB: 4,568mm x 1,952mm + mirrors. Emira: 4,412 x 1,895mm + mirrors.

I too was surprised compared to the Fiat 500 it's so tiny and low down.

@@Ash-gz1rr Thanks. 150 mm extra is still quite a bit of car but not as small as vid would have me think.

@@whatthe6532 It's surprisingly wide. And heavy.

I personally don’t like the design at all

Great looking car esp in that silver, would be my choice

@@-LK34- you Stevie Wonder?

@@mbal4052 the front end looks terrible, especially the bonnet, and the proportions of the car just look a little off

@@-LK34- it’s personal choice I love the front end. It has a contemporary balance and just good looking without being overtly flash. 400 bhp from a super reliable Toyota drive train is a seriously appealing package especially as it finally has an interior that looks and feels great. Definitely comparable to 911 base with slightly more power and after a few Porsche options like a steering wheel about £20k cheaper. Designed and built in UK.

That's another of the joy of Lotus driving; many of them get used a lot and it doesn't hammer the values in the way it does on other brands.

Brake dust on the wheels ......... Maybe Harry now knows why so many people order Black or Graphite wheels .....

@@EvoraGT430 Given how reliable the Toyota sourced engines are that's not surprising Be interesting to see if that remains true for the Mercedes sourced 4 cylinder variant.

Cars are meant to be driven

Yes, they even made it in his wife's voice ;)

Great idea

Harry's travels! Stays in some nice hotels and travels down some nice roads...

with respect Owen - it's not that difficult with the plethora of info on YT these days - but Yes, I understand that having Harry's experience could be an appeal. The only time I took my ol' Porsche around Europe I would get to a hotel of an evening - then search out wiggly roads around the area. This resulted in some epic memories, very hot brakes and ridiculously low MPG figures!! I used the same principle when I took out a Alfa Stelvio demo. Swindon to Brecon night one, then £40 fuel in the first three hours on the next morning (and that was at 2019 prices) . Don't give your power away to others

@@CosmicSeeker69 With respect Graham - first hand knowledge of these roads is valuable as some of the "wiggly roads" are littered with potholes, bad tarmac, and other hazards that won't be shown on a map. The guy was simply asking Harry to share some insight, no need to act like first hand knowledge of public roads is some sort of superpower that makes you superior to others.

Dear Santa, you think?

@@johnsmith1474 corny

@@johnsmith1474 not in this country, dear Father Christmas maybe.

Bravo Ukraine!!!

Great to hear Aleksandr, I'm in Australia & it's 7:51pm & I've just got home from work, frosty beverage in hand, Rj in Oz

@@kevmagill5163 Thank You!!!

@@rjnation5042 have a nice evening!!!!

Wife*

@@sh-hg4eg Thanks.

Mrs.M hates the Autobahn and I normally do the big speeds without here in the car but pushed my luck on this one. 150mph is about her limit although I have hit 180 with her in the car but you need to be in something really quick, so she doesn't realise how fast we're going as we got there so quickly!

funny you made this comment under this video. I think it's the first time I heard "Harry" at 6:23 regarding his driving ;)

Love it!

To me it would be the easiest choice you could ever make when looking at cars at this price point. It looks incredible to drive and is guaranteed to hold value in the future being what it is and the manual gear shift is rare these days!

@@Hello_there_obi I bet it's worth more than he paid for it, there maybe a long waiting list.

Porsche offers a manual on their 718 Cayman as well

Bravo!! 👏👏👏

How do you like the sport vs touring suspension? Is the sport too firm?

@@mementomori29231 I'm loving it, I've got a lowered M4 also, on KW HAS suspension, and the Emira isn't as 'crashy' as that, the shocks are excellent. It's not incredible over the cobbled streets of Edinburgh, but on the twisty B roads it's brilliant and not too uncomfortable. As a 'daily' I'd pick tour of course.

Isn't lotus half Chinese and half Malaysian novadays? And isn't the engine from Toyota? So it's more like a great car assembled in Britain?

@@supmikpaddleboarding5871 nope the manual is a 3.5 Toyota SC powered motor... The auto is a 2.0 AMG motor.. British build... But as with all imports badges have to be changed going into china AFAIK Either way British designed and built and I'd like to celebrate that sir!

@@Paulie_____ I was just curious,but the company is fully owned by Chinese /Malaysian investors right? So it's s Chinese/Malaysian car with eighter a Japanese or a German engine assembled in the UK..🤔

@@andrewb325, I don’t recall seeing Peter Oxley on this trip 🤷‍♂️.

@@johnnunn8688 oops wrong button

@@andrewb325 AGAIN! 😂🤣😭

This is old school, and I agree with it, no matter what the manual says.

Presumably that's the job of the oil filter!

​@@antonoat No harm and only potential benefit. After 2,500 miles, the engine should be well broken in and releasing minimal debris going forward. Time to empty the trash from the engine.

I wasn't the only one thinking this.

My VW has a 24month oil change schedule and it’s a diesel. Madness.

That's not the throttle linkage that's the blowoff valve

a lot of the sound is down to the latest EU drive by noise and emission regulations which are mandatory and nothing Lotus can do about.

And the Modena’s 4000k-ish bi-annual service cost

He was doing 130mph at times and the engine is probably not fully loosened up yet. 30mpg is easily attainable.

That would interest me so much indeed. The GT 410 Sport is more powerful & lighter. Doesn't it make any differences concerning handling & Lotus road touch ?🤔

A ghost and a monkey!

@@TheJipino missed the monkey!! (Took 3 reruns before spotting it!)

Same here on my Mazda 3. In the city, it's best to leave this feature off.

The car needs some SERIOUS steering rack/ratio speed adjustments. Wayyyy too much lock everywhere. Almost half a turn needs to come out of the rack.

@@greggb557 yeah, no progressive steer.

@@greggb557 You are obviously much more knowledgeable about steering than.......Lotus. Think not.

@@EvoraGT430 its clear is it not? That Im right