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Re: Lotus Emira

Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2026 6:00 pm
by Matty
scotta wrote: Thu Feb 05, 2026 11:05 am
mik wrote: Wed Feb 04, 2026 10:20 pm Nice to see Tiff showing off his first race car (even if it clearly has a whiff of Trigger's Broom).

I'm still dumbfounded about how much they are to buy new.
£117k (as specced here) is insane, near £15k more than a base 911.

I've only just watched this, suprised it seems to be Tiff's own car.

Re: Lotus Emira

Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2026 6:28 pm
by mik
Matty wrote: Fri Feb 06, 2026 6:00 pm
I've only just watched this, suprised it seems to be Tiff's own car.
He gives that impression, but I don’t think it is - have seen the same car being used by others

Re: Lotus Emira

Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2026 6:38 pm
by Matty
mik wrote: Fri Feb 06, 2026 6:28 pm
Matty wrote: Fri Feb 06, 2026 6:00 pm
I've only just watched this, suprised it seems to be Tiff's own car.
He gives that impression, but I don’t think it is - have seen the same car being used by others
But he says at various points "I paid X for <option>" - some on SELOC reckon it's just some strange first-person presentation style, but seems odd if it is.

Re: Lotus Emira

Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2026 7:03 pm
by mik
Matty wrote: Fri Feb 06, 2026 6:38 pm But he says at various points "I paid X for <option>" - some on SELOC reckon it's just some strange first-person presentation style, but seems odd if it is.
Yeah I had the same response, but I think they are right. Unless he loaned it to this dude for a test too….?


Re: Lotus Emira

Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2026 7:50 pm
by Matty
Might have. No idea who that fella is, and he's the only one I can find who's driven it after a search on the plate...

Note his YT video also references him driving the car in the Summer, and he also posted about the perfect 2 car garage here in January.

https://x.com/tiff_tv/status/2012832267807105132

Re: Lotus Emira

Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2026 4:37 am
by RobYob
I still blows my mind that Geely didn't go through Lotus like a dose of proverbial and sort it tf out.

Economies of scale will stomp on you all day long unless you're at the very very boutiquest end of the market.

Re: Lotus Emira

Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2026 1:39 pm
by MikeHunt
I considered this car too expensive at circa £75k when the first edition came out, back when the quality issues were still unknown it looked poor value compared to a cayman. An inflation busting nigh on 50% rise is insane.