The Lotus Emira: An Evora Owner's First Drive of Hethel's Most Important Car

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In today's video, at long last I get my hands on the "all-new" Lotus Emira!
Currently, the one and only car you can actually buy from Lotus with a chance of being delivered, the Emira replaces three much loved cars - the Elise, Exige and Evora. As an owner of the Evora, how does its direct successor compare - and is it a better car in all the right ways?
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@JayEmmOnCars Год назад

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@8359s Год назад

Thank you for this video, once the time comes I'll get used Cayman.

@LarsAgerbk Год назад

That fucking intro. ÅÅÅÅÅwesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Your best video yet. Your past ownership of the "previous" model. The background history of the development of the car. Things I didn't know. Wish the video had been twice as long.

@temwananinkana3419 Год назад

Whats the title with the song at the beginning?

@themav7232 Год назад

@@temwananinkana3419 Run with us,by GlitterWolf.

@Corranga Год назад

Love that stretch of road, driven it thousands of times, great to see it getting some praise, and so strange to see it used in a review. My want for an Emira continues to grow! Great video!

@Farney-gy1qo Год назад

I work for Lotus. I am in the Machine Shop where we re-work the gearbox casings with CNC machines. I am very proud in my work, and I go the extra mile to produce the parts of this car to a standard higher than expected. I am very Privileged to work for Lotus.

@Malar1898 Год назад

Can you get me one for MSRP and not 30k above it? ofc. V6 because the other version is a clowns car.

@richards6367 Год назад

Good for you mate.😊

@davidarter6271 Год назад

Good on you mate

@Docinaplane Год назад

I love my Lotus car!! If you worked on mine, thank you for that. I make sure she is everything she can be :-)

@Beer_Dad1975 Год назад

I watched Harry's Garage video tours of the factory - looks like a great place to work!

@pwolsey42 Год назад

Fair review and a great take on the Emira. Evora 3.0 works for me too - the Evora was and still is one of the greatest driver cars ever made. Ten years of Evora ownership and now 4,000 kms in my Emira FE and I'm still blown away every time I get in the car.

@sebastianconstantin5176 Год назад

nice, make a video with booth.

@george474747 16 дней назад

Not a fair review. Factually it's fair, but not in tone. He clearly starts out from a negative standpoint: every compliment is grudging and every criticism is pointed. You can't put out slanted videos like this and call yourself an unbiased journalist.

@george474747 16 дней назад

If he started with 'my mate used to work for Lotus and they hate the PR rep', fine. (Or 'the Lotus PR department are awful and here's why' is fine too - bad reviews are not bias.)

@NewtonInDaHouseYo Год назад

Who cares if it's an "all new car" or not? It has a custom aluminum chassis and a glorious supercharged V6 engine AND a manual. Sounds like a fantastic package to me!

@JayEmmOnCars Год назад

The reason I care is because it is an indicator of whether Lotus have learned to treat their customers with more respect, or are going to fall back to their old ways of "if it doesn't sound good enough just make it up"

@beatles4sale2007 Год назад

@@JayEmmOnCars based on what Geely have done with Polestar and Volvo brands then there is hope. It’s whether or not the usual “British” approach gets ironed out.

@Chaznal1 Год назад

Totally agree Florian, every company this side of the moon makes outlandish marketing claims, every iphone is "all new", "best thing since sliced bread" etc. Who cares, just drive and appreciate the thing.

@harald.370 Год назад

348 --> F355 360 --> F430 458 --> 488 --> F8 Murcielago --> Aventador I don't see the problem 🤷‍♂️

@nickb- Год назад

@@JayEmmOnCars Enjoyed the video! Every car manufacturer makes exaggerated "all-new" claims, even when they bring out minor mid-cycle refreshes. Is it possible that you're holding Lotus to a higher standard than is fair and reasonable because (as you freely admit) there are still some residual bruises from your history with them and the Lotus dealer network?

@zijadjasarspahic5275 Год назад

I love how critical you are of every car, even tho i dont always agree, i love it cuz you’re not just praising everything you test. Great work, keep it going. 👌👌

@davidemartorana4708 Год назад

I'm so in love with this car. Unfortunately Lotuses are rare in Italy. When I went in Milan and saw 2 Emira at a small dealer I was so delighted. Even got to sat in one. Great car

@Zonda5 Год назад

Anche io le ho viste solo lì, non ci sono entrato ma devo dire che dalla vetrina si capisce quanto dal vivo sia mille volte più bella che in foto

@davidemartorana4708 Год назад

@@Zonda5 se riesci entraci, ne vale la pena

@Docinaplane Год назад

I like "Loti." lol Sounds like something out of Star Wars.

@wagnertheitalianflipper9047 Год назад

I'm in Milan I have seen two on the road already they look amazing

@Yggdrasill8 Год назад

The Alpha Romeo 4c and Lotus Emira both are fun mini super cars

@Gorbyrev Год назад

Great to see it pedalling around greasy Scottish country roads. The fact you didn't mention potholes is testament to the quality of the chassis. Our roads are not well maintained. The best heeled petrolhead I know has one of these on order. He's driven so many different cars but is really excited about his First Edition in Verdant Green. Well done for holding the Lotus torch whilst being honest about their shortcomings. I am looking forward to a spin in it when his Emira arrives. Lovely filmaking too. Thank you James as ever.

@sythenalpha2037 Год назад

the roads he usually drives on i live near i can say that they are truly full of potholes

@Gorbyrev Год назад

@@sythenalpha2037 It's the same here in Midlothian. Honestly if a party was to stand on a ticket of road improvements they'd get elected in Holyrood. Scottish Infrastructure Party anyone?

@claudiomartins5595 Год назад

Absolutely loved the music intro Jay, nevermind the critics. Those who experiment are those who improve and evolve :)

@MrGazhay Год назад

'The Racoons' intro music I believe! 😄😄👌👌

@MrGazhay Год назад

Whoops... Just noticed it's labelled!! 🤦‍♂🤦‍♂

@steveedmond9362 Год назад

Sounds like an 80s Pat Benatar song

@richardwoollaston3650 Год назад

I hope Lotus offer him plenty of dosh for that introduction - what a fantastic promotional video it would make. It even sent tingles down my spine - I thought I’d got too old!

@robbiehutchin679 Год назад

I think it's pretty unlikely lotus want anything to do with him

@Pasthim Год назад

@@robbiehutchin679 100%. I don't think Richard watched the first 15 minutes of moaning. Would I want to use a reviewer that slated my new car for the first 50% of a video about it? No chance!

@richardharrold9736 Год назад

@@Pasthim except he didn't slate the car, he held the company to account for its own shortcomings.

@carseyeadmire Год назад

Reminded me of something from the early 90s, which I enjoyed.

@davelaneve2446 Год назад

I have an Esprit GT V8, an Elise S3, and an Evora GT. I'm selling the Elise, Evora, and a Cayman to get the Emira. I speced mine with the touring chassis, in Shadow Grey, black wheels, ice Grey leather interior, homelink system, vehicle tracker, privacy glass. Put a deposit down, have it on order. Can't wait to get my Emira!

@fransb8543 Год назад

Thanks for the Raccoons trip down memory lane! This Lotus is one of the very few modern sports cars that actually gives me a serious case of the wants.

@franka5987 Год назад

Was just about to write this as well! Me a grown man here flipping out lol!

@6770connor Год назад

The introduction to this video is epic! Great work JayEmm! 👍🏻

@242Evangelion Год назад

Best intro ever! Here in Sweden Lotus is a rarity. You can occasionally see an old Esprit on a classic car day driven by a 55+ old man. The closest thing here to the Evora/Emira has been the Porsche Cayman or Nissan 370Z. The new Nissan 400Z and 370Z has kinda the same story as the Emira/Evora. That they say it's new but share much of the parts. Well, hope it comes and will sell in Sweden. Hope for a future review with the new 4-cyl engine.

@Atombender Год назад

Fun fact. Volvo and Lotus are both owned (Lotus partly) by Chinese conglomerate Geely.

@philtucker1224 Год назад

I think as on-line purchasing becomes the norm then Sweden will not be disadvantaged in that way.

@philtucker1224 Год назад

Calling those nice young engineers “sexy robots” seems rather rude..

@jonasedfeldt1127 Год назад

Det gör Emira speciell i Sverige och i mitt tycke. Emiran känns mer exklusiv och intressant än konkurrenterna tex P Cayman tex. Den stora frågan är hur andrahandsvärdet kommer att se ut om några år och det är väldigt ovisst i dagens läge. Men den ser ut att kosta mer än vad den gör och kvaliteten är bättre än någonsin sedan Geely Auto klev in i bilden. Väntar på Lotus att öppna shop och möjlighet att beskåda den i verkligheten och en provkörning är ett måste.

@AntoniusTyas Год назад

I have watched reviews of Emira, and the majority of them came to a conclusion that this is a great car deserving a proper success. Now that you did the review, I think the judgement is right. Emira deserves a huge success. Also, coming out with a banger of a presentation again here, James. I enjoyed watching it.

@mihailhidler5400 Год назад

What an absolute banger laddie oy

@allareasindex7984 Год назад

The biggest challenge for Lotus in the USA is to overcome its horrible reputation for being unreliable, fragile, and the dismal lack of dealer network. If they want to evolve from the obscure boutique “car nut” niche here and sell really large quantities an improved car is just the beginning of a long process. Also, the American market will immediately compare it to the local mid-engine hero: the Corvette Stingray.

@WideAwakeHuman Год назад

Idk, I feel like the Vette and Lotus are two totally different things - neither are my favorite but I feel like people want one or the other, not so much a comparison due to the engine discrepancies

@jonhowell6380 11 месяцев назад

V6 is a Toyota engine tho yah?

@douglasshouganai2516 11 месяцев назад

Especially with the LT6 engine, fast plane crank v8 the latest C8 Corvette gets.

@jonathancollard3710 Год назад

I have one on order. Price just went up £2k with delivery scheduled for summer 2024. The hang over of Toyota V6 engine and Evora chassis is actually what attracted me…as they are bulletproof. Genuinely hope this car elevates Lotus back into premier league…..with a Ferrari and a McLaren in the garage I have high expectations 😁

@blagssss Год назад

keep us updated :)

@SteliosE92 Год назад

You must be a very modest man. Surely you must hate boasting.

@_ph4nt0mzz_47 Год назад

Holy crap, had an Evora, pre ordered an emira, has a Ferrari and McLaren, wtf do u do for work lmao. The only day to day problem I'm trying to have is deciding what car to drive 😭

@SteliosE92 Год назад

@@_ph4nt0mzz_47 next thing he will tell us is he has a rocketship and a time machine

@bmx687 Год назад

@@SteliosE92 jealous?

@superandy89 Год назад

Lack of 2+2 will hurt sales more than expected. The manual transmission will not offset the lack of 2+2. Prove me wrong please lotus.

@francescoboni2667 Год назад

First two minutes to the video are amazing well done to all the staff

@benday1218 Год назад

Possibly the best video I've seen on your channel. I like the balance and journalistic approach for those of us who will probably never get to sit in one, let alone own one. I guess I'd cut them a tiny bit more slack around supply chain issues that have hampered the launch of other variants.

@HadrianTAZ Год назад

What a great intro!!!! Fantastic, reminds me so much of my teenage years! Great memories and absolutely great times for me personally and for everyone else! Would love to see more of them!

@tomindenver1331 Год назад

Great review! I hope Lotus can convince a lot of current Porsche owners to make the switch, because my guess is too many current Lotus owners are so in love with their Evoras, Exiges and Elises that they just can't let them go. I've been driving my Elise for more than 17 years now, and it would take a crowbar to get me out of it (not literally...yet). The few quality issues I've had over the years made zero difference to my overall enjoyment. I always tell people if you have the chance to buy a Lotus, do it. You'll never regret it.

@captgutter Год назад

OMG! I really liked the look of the Elise and the Evora, but the Emira is gorgeous. The first Lotus to actually excite me for a long while. I love the sound of that V6 which is saying a lot as I've always been a V8 snob. Well done Lotus.

@rak6080 Год назад

Great review and you've summed it up perfectly..."Not sure it's a company that knows how to deal with people". They've proven that with delay after delay after delay and now a huge price hike for North American cars with virtually no communication with those who put a deposit on it a long, long time ago. Nothing wrong with the car, but how they are treating potential customers. Many, like me, have cancelled and got the deposit back. Nice car....but not a company that knows how to properly treat customers.

@Greg_Chase Год назад

Same thing happened to me with the 1st model year corvette mid-engined. Put several thousand dollar$ down and every time I asked the Chevy dealer "any news?" was told "No - Chevrolet doesn't tell us anything." On the 10th month, I called Chevrolet myself and gave them my purchase order #. The gal said "yes, your car is scheduled for production." "When?", I asked. "That's all the information I can give you" she said. I got my deposit back and cancelled the order at the dealership the next day. I bought a new Lotus Evora GT the same week. My history with buying Lotus cars since 1996 gave me confidence about how the customer experience would go. I wanted to yell at Chevrolet, "If YOU don't know when a car will be produced, WHO DOES?" They're the manufacturer. Of COURSE they know. I did not like the condescension of the company. It would have been the first Chevy I every owned, and I'll never give them another shot. .

@GazMoby Год назад

Pure nostalgia with the opening tune!

@JayEmmOnCars Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@Chrissy-H Год назад

I had a ride in one of these and was properly impressed by it! The interior and exterior design is lovely, its more than fast enough and actually puts its power to the ground, and it felt like it turned like a lotus too. And the best part of all - one day I could even afford one!

@frankk9996 Год назад

Dude, I am rather impressed by your camera work on this one.. so many angles and seemless transitions! bravo! keep it up mate, cheers!

@ollie7117 Год назад

Your personality with what makes your videos so interesting to watch, please keep up the excellent work!!

@jonathangillbanks3891 Год назад

Thanks James. Great and honest review as ever - particularly the warts and all. I’ve been very interested in getting one of these but had a nagging feeling about early edition build quality gremlins and glad you were open with that. Maybe I’ll give it another year for them to iron things out, but have to say it’s a fantastically tempting and well priced piece of kit

@andrewbox8984 Год назад

Absolutely love your honest and professional reviews Jay. Not watching any other reviews before making your own speaks volumes!!!! I've always been a lover of Lotus cars, having spent much time in my friends 1986 Esprit. So I've been looking to buy an Evora, but now contemplating an Emira.....do I flip a coin????

@AlmostSorted Год назад

Not commented for a while. James, your filming just gets better and better. This is brilliant. And you may have just tipped me into buying one of these!

@jwlazlowicz Год назад

Great to see you behind the wheel of an Emira! If you're interested, Harry Metcalfe reported on the exact numbers for sport and touring suspension setups in one of his vids.

@chriscaarnold Год назад

After a few seconds of the epic opening to this I had to go and blast Glitterwolf for an hour before coming back to finish watching. What a car, loving this channel.

@brendawg8002 Год назад

What a cracking review of a brilliant car! Great videography...and Run With Us went straight on my playlist.

@dsd174 Год назад

I think I saw every other major review of the Emira already (Harry's trip included), but I was anxious waiting for yours, because of your history with the Lotus Evora and, exactly because of that, we'd get the final review, from someone deeply familiar to what a Lotus car should be, of the Emira, a car that amazed me since the first time I saw it on the news. And, damn, you delivered! The final verdict gave me goose bumps. Hopefully I'll find a way to own one or at least an Evora someday. Cheers from Brasil!

@RearWheelZeal Год назад

So great to see Lotus' Porsche fighter finally approach it's potential, not just dynamically but also in all of those little details buyers have come to expect in this era. Will be very interesting to see if/how they'll evolve it over the next few years.

@dominiclarge3647 Год назад

Have been waiting for this from you. Loved that opening sequence, probably one of your very best.

@wimclaessens6246 Год назад

80’s Miami Vice music under a Lotus video…….pure genious😁👍🏻.

@6th.replicant577 Год назад

Great vid - fair, balanced and insightful. Dark green metallic, tan cabin and matt pale bronze wheels 😋

@matthewpotter8491 Год назад

I think this looks a fantastic car. If I was to spec myself, it would be this exact car. Love the yellow (always had a soft spot for yellow cars) and defo the silver wheels!

@comeberza Год назад

I haven't noticed how the widening clearly shows how much of an Evora is it! I haven't watched this until i Had the perfect time and the video was even better than I expected. The car is definitely very beautiful

@pautab1 Год назад

Fantastic and unbiased review from a “Lotus guy”. Seems like this is a happy medium between what lotus is known for and trying to appeal to the market. I have an Evora GT and have been considering switching to an Emira but I can’t seem to part ways with it quite yet!

@onemorelap Год назад

Awesome intro, brings back many Lotus Esprit memories! Great review as always

@mikedstringer Год назад

I have one and had two Esprits. It’s far more like the Esprit than the Elise/Exige.

@mnejmantowicz Год назад

Great intro! Fantastic filming!! Love it and this car deserves it! I can tell how much effort you put in it! Set you apart from the rest.

@joelpethick3406 Год назад

What a video from start to finish. Keep doing your thing James!

@theofficialstig Год назад

I've been eager for James to review this one It's great but my evora cost me less than half of the price of an Emira and I think it must be about 80-90% as good

@JayEmmOnCars Год назад

It is

@chriscooper3384 Год назад

My F430 cost less than half the price of the car that followed it and so the point is?

@TheHesK9 Год назад

Yes but this is miles cheaper than the outgoing Evoras were

@andrewhurstcars Год назад

But, it captures new buyers like Harry Metcalfe who said he wouldn’t buy an Evora.

@chriscooper3384 Год назад

@@andrewhurstcars exactly I test drove a late Evora - I loved the drive but my other half sat in it and said “it’s not special enough” she said exactly the same with the Audi R8

@daveclarke100 Год назад

You smashed the intro out of the park! 👌

@JayEmmOnCars Год назад

Thanks Dave!

@golders99 Год назад

I am just here for the 80's inspired music JayEmm finds. Glitterwolf is a new one for me. Nice car review too.

@Finkjam Год назад

For me, this is one of your best videos…..that intro especially was just splendid!!

@katzicael Год назад

DAMN that's gorgeous... I don't usually like Yellow cars, but on the Emira - Fabulous. However, I'd want it in metallic Nightshade Purple.

@nigel.w Год назад

I agree, but, even though I like the light grey seats, with yellow, I think I'd have gone with the tan. I like purple, but I haven't seen an Emira in that colour, so not sure. Out of the currently available colours, I think I'd go with the blue.

@eedesign878 Год назад

Gotta say I smirked at the KEF comment, you are better of without any compensation, you got what you asked for. And you can feel all fuzzy and warm inside for that. I once had compensation made available, yet choose not to take it. See, after two weeks of making drawings to Genelec development engineer, and after me asking how the promised compensation would be, his answer was: ”what size of t-shirt do you want?”

@philtucker1224 Год назад

( Have you mistakenly commented on the wrong channel here?) 🤔

@eedesign878 Год назад

@@philtucker1224 could you first publicly review and critic all the other comments under this video too? So that I know that I am evaluated without bias.

@philtucker1224 Год назад

@@eedesign878 I think I nearly have now! (What is “KEF” ?)

@mjm398 3 месяца назад

Hats off for the Racoons tribute at the start, clearly also an 80s child!

@JayEmmOnCars 3 месяца назад

Oh yes

@Ukgyt99 Год назад

"100 pound is still 100 pound" Car Looks Amazing and the Jacket.

@meenboli Год назад

Well - I had my mind set on a blue Emira with touring set-up. But went and drove the sports yesterday. Came away having ordered the sports suspension in Hethel yellow. Was expecting the sports to be too hard but it just wasn’t. Felt in-line with my Audi S5 (totally different car obviously but similarly ’hard’). But where the Audi lacks feedback the Emira certainly doesn’t! 😍

@rthomasbox Год назад

Brilliant bit of aerial footage, and 80s intro!! The days when I lusted after a Lotus

@frederickontour1478 Год назад

The intro was amazing!! Great video Jay!

@ronniet906 Год назад

Proud of you Jay introducing your Emira first drive with the corniest 80's music, athough you missed out on wearing a flowery sunflower shirt....I've one in the wardrobe for next time. Lotus driver for 25 years, will wait for the Emira lauch issues to be ironed out before making the plundge.

@Fc-cb3tn Год назад

You know this car is special when it has a 2-minute montage to it that is new on this channel

@JayEmmOnCars Год назад

Yep

@chriscuthbertson Год назад

Run With Us is such a great song... instant nostalgia for Saturday mornings.

@xaviv6840 10 месяцев назад

I gotta say this Jay. Your presenter's personality is of the absolute highest tier and on top of that it is unique. Thank you for that my friend.

@Toni62R Год назад

Great and intense video of the emira - a gorgeous little supercar - like the old Ferrari F355....

@JayEmmOnCars Год назад

Very much so

@JURASSICDIVERUK Год назад

If you are in the position of obtaining a new car, then simply there really is absolutely no excuse not to go with this. Stunning and great review.

@dlj1285 Год назад

Poor dealer network might be one. It’s why I took it off my list. Other than that, it is an impressive car.

@Malar1898 Год назад

Literally 0 Cars around and unable to order any. I know 3 chaps including me that would've jumped on the Emira, but we weren't able to Order a V6. The Dealer called us to ask if we want to put a deposit "reservation" for the I4. He hang up after we weren't able to catch a breath from laughing.

@mattparfitt5827 Год назад

Entertaining and honest as ever, and that intro was epic!

@jimded Год назад

Wonderful cinematic scenes and soundtrack in the beginning!

@MozOnBikes Год назад

2 mins in, compelled to comment. Hell yes, top 5 cartoon themes ever! Up there with Ulysses 31, Mask, Pole Position and Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors!

@johnybigarms Год назад

Great incite to a semi exotic sports car, must say it offers a lot for £78k, has the presence of a £100k plus car, and I like the “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” mentality, hell, Porsche evolve, they don’t ever start again, as nice as a Porsche is, it won’t have the wow factor of this Lotus, I do love your 80s taste in music

@sekys1234 Год назад

Good luck getting for £78k anymore. I cancelled mine because lotus kept fucking me about and I should have had the car 4 months ago. They recently raised the price and you are looking at £88k for a top spec Emira on the road.

@johnybigarms Год назад

@@sekys1234 Doesn’t surprise me, all cars are on long delays and prices are going crazy, I’m waiting for a Toyota GR86, it’s coming in a few weeks, have been waiting 10 months, Toyota have stuck to the listed price and communication has been sporadic, all though you get an app that shows each stage of the process as it happens, my car is in transit from Japan as I write this, but I imagine Lotus to lack the same morals and quality of production, I think those paying through the nose at the moment will lose money when availability outstrips demand, with tough times ahead, I can see that happening in the next year.

@sekys1234 Год назад

@@johnybigarms yeah it’s largely why I have turned it off now. After 2 years of waiting it’s become a joke and I think they will plummet in value over the coming year(s) so have opted for a 570s

@TheOrangeEliseCup250 Год назад

James it's the Emira test drive I was waiting for so long from a Lotus enthousiast🤩 And I am not disapointed, you thoughts are great & I hope that this year you could be lent one with a Touring chassis. I drove a Sport one with the michelin tyres & that was sublime, the seats are confortable enough to absorb everything (but I am coming from a Cup 250 Elise FE😄), not too rigid in my opinion. After having very tempted to order a First Edition I am waiting for a little Lotus to arrange their reliability launched problems & overall new paints colours & stitching customization. 70% Emira FE have been sold in Verdant Green. Alors of Hethel Yellow & Seneca Blue too. 400 bhp are enough for me on the road. This Evora 3.0 is magnificient to drive. Love it love it love it😍

@Docinaplane Год назад

Really enjoyed your drive and review! I drove almost the same Emira you did several months ago in the US but was confined to big city roads and a short stretch on a major highway. IMO if you want a true driver's car, the Evora GT is the best Lotus you can get in the US market.

@jonnyfartpants Год назад

Love the intro with the music. Do much more of this please.

@martingorringe6304 Год назад

I hated it so much I nearly switched off, never do that again!

@JayEmmOnCars Год назад

And here, in two comments - the dilemma that I face with every thing I say or do in every video that I make

@diopsidem5 Год назад

@@JayEmmOnCars 🤣🤣🤣

@chrissouthcott5290 Год назад

I loved it. Mainly because it gave me proper a proper nostalgia trip back to watching "The Racoons" as a kid 😅

@mnejmantowicz Год назад

I loved the campyness of the music. It breaks the monotony of the usual and is just fun. If it’s good enough for Tarantino, make it so #1.

@MrMairu555 Год назад

Even if it's crap (I don't think it is -- just saying for effect!), it looks gorgeous! Agree with the redline... it needs to be higher, but it does sound great. Sorry, but I'd go with boring black on the interior, but the yellow looks fantastic. Probably a bit too shouty at my age, and would take a nice deep metallic blue or "boring" silver, but I love it!

@azurblueS1 Год назад

Thanks Jay for a vibrant review. I had an Evora S for 8 and a half years and I was madly in love with it. I sold it to go for the Emira and I am waiting for the i4 because the V6 is too expensive because of horrendous environmental tax in The Netherlands (called BPM and it makes the car 50k+ more expensive than in Belgium or Germany). I will always say that the Evora was undervalued in the sportscar market, it should have gotten much more acclaim, like the Emira for its looks. I had a drive in the Emira V6 and I loved it, except for the loud whine of the SC. In my Evora S you could hardly hear it, in the Emira it became enoying. I can't wait for my i4 to order (can't order yet over here). So your review and love for the Evora really appeals to me. Thanks!

@global_nomad. Год назад

Great video! I think you're at your best when talkign about cars you have history with...laying out with honesty your past thoughts so we trust your current judgement and evolved position. Liking the chapter titles too...ha

@mikedstringer Год назад

I have the “Touring chassis” set up on Goodyear Eagles and it’s sublime on UK pock-marked roads, I wouldn’t want it stiffer which I believe the sport set up is by 10%.

@STERNWAERTS Год назад

I don't watch a lot of car content on YT but I'm always delighted to see how many great and capable British presenters there are. We don't really have that here in Germany, it's weird. Anyway. Really enjoyed that video. Have been following the owner _yellowemira_ for a while. This car is the only modern car I REALLY want to own. It's got such a pull, ever since I first saw it ... And while I've known about Lotuses since Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2 (the Elise was one of the slowest cars, but I always liked its rear end) when I was a mere 10 years old, to this day I've only seen about 5 of them on the road. They're so fucking rare. I wonder how many Emiras are going to Germany. Hopefully I'll see one later this year. If I won the lottery, I wouldn't change a lot about my life BUT place an Emira order straight away.

@barrybritcher Год назад

What about that Sophia calate chick?

@STERNWAERTS Год назад

@@barrybritcher Never heard of her, and it seems like she's _chick_ first. So no thanks.

@Challenger540i Год назад

Excellent vid. Full of facts and very watchable JayEmm!

@fentoc Год назад

On the verge of getting an Elise for the second time (SC, first was 111S) or going for an Evora S - and weirdly this Emira review gets me more excited for an Evora even after watching all of your Evora videos. Can't explain it. Anyway, this thing looks beautiful, and great review as always.

@Punisher9419 Год назад

If only I could afford one. Maybe in 20 years time I might be able to pick one up for cheap considering there will be a lot of these made by the look of things.

@djgoldthing7166 Год назад

Perfect stepping stone to a McLaren if I could afford either. I think the V6 is the one to have. Should be more reliable and less complicated than the automatic AMG variant.

@ggarrison1087 Год назад

cant fake passion for cars and driving. such a great channel jay 👍

@mikuelmellieha7943 Год назад

I was looking for lotus content on RU-vid years ago and here is where I found your channel when you had the evora

@ahemgee9542 Год назад

The biggest flaw on the V6 is the re-using of the old Toyota gearboxes, which mean the Torque output of the engine is quite limited - despite forced induction it makes barely any more torque than an NA 3.5, and much less than a Porsche 4.0 in the GTS. This is the why the latter , in manual form also, is significantly faster in rolling acceleration, despite same weight and max power .

@O8Zen Год назад

On a track or canyon road, you never use the first gear, and very rarely go below 60km/h. Lotus are designed for the track, not for 0-100 between two traffic lights. I guess that's why the actual end users do not really care about this small limitation.

@hyweltthomas Год назад

I have a suspicion that the new 2.0l turbo coming next year might be the more interesting car. It's lighter, nearly as fast and presumably about £10k cheaper. I have a feeling it'll be mor fun to drive too - more like an Alpine. We'll see.

@abdullakurdi6374 Год назад

Also its quicker to 60

@thomasferrarojr.9772 Год назад

@@abdullakurdi6374 Umm...it is?

@bman1668 6 месяцев назад

@@abdullakurdi6374surprised? Dct + similar hp

@DrunkJapanese Год назад

LOVE the nod to The Raccoons, Jay! I grew up in Canada in the 80s watching it.

@jamesfrecknall3875 Год назад

Been waiting gon this for an age and it doesn’t disappoint. Love the production quality and the song choice! Great spec on that car too though I’d leave out the privacy glass.

@andrewhurstcars Год назад

Great intro James 👏🏻. If Lotus can get the full power AMG 4 pot and not the detuned version, that might be the one to have. Good point about the suspension drop for photos.

@barrybritcher 10 месяцев назад

Yup I think they've been forced to detune it.

@Mac_F87 Год назад

Quite sure this is the Emira we passed the other day. Me and my son clocked it at the same time. I’m sure it was coming out of Dundee as we were driving in.

@zXPeterz14 Год назад

Ive seen a few around scotland, guess the roads in our country are the ideal home for a lotus

@Jesus_Iced Год назад

@@zXPeterz14 Scotland has fabulous roads when it's warm enough. Otherwise the salt will eat your car.

@Vinttro Год назад

Brilliant review, the best one yet on this car. Well done James 👍🏻

@benniekerkhof Год назад

Great speech when you compare the Evora with your favorite restaurant! I own an Evora S myself, it's indeed brilliant!

@Scisca1a2a Год назад

The Emira is so stunningly beautful! My absolute dream car. It is a shame that they haven't improved the manual gearbox and given it higher revs. The car deserves to be perfect, if we are to believe what Lotus is telling us about it being the last ICE Lotus. I hate the ban on petrol cars so much :( There's no reason why electric and petrol cars can't exist together!

@philtucker1224 Год назад

It’s to do with exhaust emissions.

@Scisca1a2a Год назад

@@philtucker1224 It's just politics. Stupid, very stupid politics

@philtucker1224 Год назад

@@Scisca1a2a I don’t disagree but it’s ironic that it’s only the “ rich western nations” that are actually paying any attention to it all.

@Scisca1a2a Год назад

@@philtucker1224 Not only that. It's the countries from the cold north that seem to be the most scared. Meanwhile countries closer to the equator (USA, China, India, Brazil, Nigeria to name a few) don't give a damn

@chris_4044 Год назад

I’ve watched over 20 Emira reviews and this has been so far the best one. Thanks for sharing all those details!

@philtucker1224 Год назад

Will you buy?

@chris_4044 Год назад

@@philtucker1224 i am considering the base edition once it is out. I still haven’t been able to have a proper test car. I already have a good 400ps daily car but still need a true sports car (which sounds like one)😎

@OddsAndSodsGarage Год назад

Fun fact for you and the rest of the audience...😊 That song played @ the beginning, "Run With Us", was a theme song for a Canadian animated program from the early 80s I grew up with called "The Raccoons". Yes, I'm old. 😂 But thanks for the jog down memory lane - I recognized the tune almost instantly - before even the first lyric was crooned. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DEkSzcGIfW0.html&si=EnSIkaIECMiOmarE

@davidblake1663 Год назад

Thanks! I wondered about the Raccoons reference in JayEmm's timeline.

@danholland8722 Год назад

yeah the Racoons was shown in the UK too remember it well was one of my favorites along with Muppet Babies lol used to watch it when I was a kid in the late 80s (showing my age I turned 40 last week)

@OddsAndSodsGarage Год назад

@@danholland8722 51 two weeks back.

@jtocher685 Год назад

Very enjoyable video and a great looking and driving car from the sound of it. I've had a long-lived affection for Lotus ever since I got my first drive in a Europa JP Special in about 1974 but I've never been able to get past the reliability issues and the paucity of dealers here in the US. I hope this car will change that but until it does, I'll stick with something that's always ready to go when I am...therefore I drive a...well, you know...

@jamesonslow Год назад

Beautiful intro. "Run With Us" was already on my playlist (as the theme to the 80s cartoon "The Raccoons").

@johnclucas1523 Год назад

Unfortunately Lotus are not holding price of the FE cars - even for existing deposit holders - after June this year. It means all I4s will be about 7k dearer - and a good proportion of the V6s will be too. This is despite the CEO personally assuring deposit holders that the price would be held. As you will see on the PH forum, this has been the final straw for some who have cancelled their deposits and much of the (understandable) euphoria at the cars release has dissipated. Sad

@paultune1696 Год назад

Indeed, this week wasn't a good week for those of us eagerly awaiting a car, lots of unhappy deposit holders.

@darren4747 Год назад

Unfortunate but not unusual or unexpected. There are similar comments on Porsche forums as they also have lengthy waiting lists and the cost of materials and labour continues to rise

@johnclucas1523 Год назад

@@darren4747 It certainly was unexpected to deposit holders since they had been promised that the price would be held. If that were the only issue then more buyers would have taken it on the chin. But it was on top of other issues of poor quality that Jayemm refers to, and extra delays of a year or more. The result is that some buyers have jumped ship to Porsche or Alpine - perhaps as an interim purchase - but which may turn out to be a long term loss of Lotus sales.

@apolloandratti7922 Год назад

So James, in summary what is it about the Lotus Emira that would make you have it over the superior engine, gearbox, practically, and build quality of the Cayman 981/718 4.0? The Styling and edge on character the driving experience? By the way, yours has been the most honest review of the Emira. Oh, on an unrelated note, the more I drive modern cars, the more appreciate the Honda s2000 you had on the channel.

@EvoraGT430 Год назад

The steering, the ride and then see 19:25

@clevelandaeromotive Год назад

Fantastic monologue and shots, as always.

@justingrainger6627 Год назад

What a great video! The soundtrack and b roll is epic 👌

@chrisogrady28 Год назад

IMO it's a downgrade from Evora, those small back seats make a big difference. The space is still there now it's just absolutely useless. It feels like removing them was just to help pretend it's a new car.