"Must have specs" - "S" ???

[chapmancolin]

Hi all!

I've put last wednesday a deposit for an 2011 march delivery EVORA with open specs until 10/09/15.
The dealer said the satnav will be upgraded at this time, and the cr box is not so good because very loudy.
The "high power" S will be available soon and not so more expensive. (sportpack and cr inclusive).
Do I have to choose "class" or "sport" colour ? - 1) Persian Blue 2) Liquid Blue 3) Carbon Grey 4) Quartz...
Thanks to give me a poll
Gil

[Mr Purple]

I test drove yesterday and i was very impressed with the car . I decided to hold my deposit for the moment and see what is unveiled at the motorshow . Dealer told me delivery in march for the 's' shouldnt be a problem. (which suits my situation fine)

[douglasgdmw]

I have the CR box (and Lotus sports exhaust) and I would not say that it is loud at all. The beauty of the Evora is that you have a sports car that you can easily have a conversation held at when you at travelling at motorway(ish) speeds.

It good for new purchasers but dissapointed at Lotus if they are offering the Evora S at a small increase in price over the base Evora and so soon. So much for all the comments that it would be a number of years away and to keep the existing owners happy (i.e. the ones who purchased an Evora at the beginning and bought into the ethos of a new product).

Cheers
George

Edited by douglasgdmw on Sunday 1st August 19:36

[Norgles]

They did the same with the Europa S and SE. It will be interesting to see how the new Evora model is priced.

[justin220]

douglasgdmw said:

I have the CR box (and Lotus sports exhaust) and I would not say that it is loud at all. The beauty of the Evora is that you have a sports car that you can easily have a conversation held at when you at travelling at motorway(ish) speeds.

It good for new purchasers but dissapointed at Lotus if they are offering the Evora S at a small increase in price over the base Evora and so soon. So much for all the comments that it would be a number of years away and to keep the existing owners happy (i.e. the ones who purchased an Evora at the beginning and bought into the ethos of a new product).

Cheers
George

Edited by douglasgdmw on Sunday 1st August 19:36

Totally agree with the 'looking after customer thing'.

My CR box isn't noisy at all, and IMO it needs to be spec'd for resale.

CR box is a must, so is Sports Pack, Sports Exhaust, and Tech Pack.

Premium pack isn't needed IMO.

[Tuna]

douglasgdmw said:

It good for new purchasers but dissapointed at Lotus if they are offering the Evora S at a small increase in price over the base Evora and so soon. So much for all the comments that it would be a number of years away and to keep the existing owners happy (i.e. the ones who purchased an Evora at the beginning and bought into the ethos of a new product).

They announced the (approximate) dates for the Evora S when they launched the car two years ago - it's really not a surprise. If they stick to their schedule, the convertible should follow on from that in 2012 (launched at the Paris motorshow next year?).

[Raja]

so a decently specced base evora is about 55k. going off that i reckon the evora s will then come in about 60k lightly specced, whilst the evora s convertible will be about 65k.

i actually think they're all about 10k overpriced but at the same i feel that lotus can carve out a niche at this price bracket. looking forward to what the paris motorshow brings.