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Mikie711
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by Mikie711 » Fri Nov 18, 2011 10:08 pm
Having now seen the EP and the VP cars in the flesh I can safely say that none of the photo's out there do the car justice. Looks properly grown up and the fit and finish is much better than previous Exige's. That and damn is it wide

. Looks proper mean

. If it goes half as well as it looks it'll be some machine

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Thanks to G for the wee extra tour

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pete
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by pete » Fri Nov 18, 2011 10:52 pm
1. Dom
2. Robin (but only for SC elise, V6 exige out of my price range, but will still come for a night out with the turnips).
3. Scotty
4. Andy G (work permitting)
5. Neil
6. Keith
7. Me too Saj
8. Campbell (depends on timing and also only if SC Elise involved...V6 Exige would need sale of both kids and even then they'd not fetch enough )
9. Ali (spent this years budget already but consoled that 2-11 trade in might be a wee bit more than Scottys)
10. mark_h - been 'humming and hawing' about having a V6 in my life!
11. Gary - don't like the look of the V6 but I'm up for a Norfrolic.
12. Frank - anytime except December
13. Kelvin - on jury duty from the 7/11 but will throw a sickie if it's a long drawn out case as apparently very few cases last longer than 200 days (it says here in the notes) FFS
14. Malcolm (f**k the extension)
15. Mr Momo - to get on the new track with the SC Elise and do a recce for the Elan 50th Anniversary next year
16. Kenny
17. Ed
18. BoynerT72
19. DDtB
20. Ceejam
21. RDH
22.Gasgas
23. Sanjoy (been 8 yrs since my last visit)
24. Benny
25. Paul G
26. Ali (work allowing)
27. Fluoxetine (Will definitely be in something Lotus shaped in 2013, so might as well have a looksee)
28. Colin (cjm) A mate form uni also works for Lotus and keeps asking when I'm coming to visit!
29. Peter76 (the missus said 'you can do what you like' - nice one!)
30. pete (I missed this thread entirely until tonight. Turnips you say?)
Seems I've missed a few pages of this thread! Are the test drives limited to 70/80 people then? Graeme also still owes me a factory tour as I recall!
Glad to see there's been a very positive reaction to the New Exige and rightly so! Can't wait to drive one. Any ideas as to how many Lotus are building or are they just built to order?
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Mikie711
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by Mikie711 » Sat Nov 19, 2011 6:41 am
All production slots are sold out until March/April already which is indeed a good sign.
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Justin
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by Justin » Sat Nov 19, 2011 10:57 am
The V6 was always going to sell well when you look at the performance.
When will the likes of EVO etc be getting to review it?
There are quite a few new pics of it over on SELOC

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by Mikie711 » Sat Nov 19, 2011 11:18 am
Might be a while yet Justin, the evaluation prototypes and the validation prototypes are the only ones on the go at the moment. The EP cars have to be destroyed once development is finished and production isn't due to start till March IIRC.
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by footsoldier » Sat Nov 19, 2011 11:25 am
Last I heard, production of press cars was beginning in November, followed by dealer orders. I have a production slot for delivery Feb/March, with exact date to be confirmed when they know how long it has taken to build first few. The first orders are now all spec'd as far as I know.
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by Mr Momo » Sat Nov 19, 2011 1:00 pm
Is Mikie writing anything in these posts - I can only see the avatar and nothing else

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by Scotty C » Sat Nov 19, 2011 1:20 pm
Mr Momo wrote:Is Mikie writing anything in these posts - I can only see the avatar and nothing else

"Here for a good time not a long time"
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by OlberJ » Mon Nov 21, 2011 8:01 pm
Mr Momo wrote:Is Mikie writing anything in these posts - I can only see the avatar and nothing else

You do realise that's a guy in his avatar?
Nope, i don't give a damn either

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by rossybee » Mon Nov 21, 2011 8:05 pm
Well waxed then

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by The_Rossatron » Mon Nov 21, 2011 8:57 pm
1. Dom
2. Robin (but only for SC elise, V6 exige out of my price range, but will still come for a night out with the turnips).
3. Scotty
4. Andy G (work permitting)
5. Neil
6. Keith
7. Me too Saj
8. Campbell (depends on timing and also only if SC Elise involved...V6 Exige would need sale of both kids and even then they'd not fetch enough )
9. Ali (spent this years budget already but consoled that 2-11 trade in might be a wee bit more than Scottys)
10. mark_h - been 'humming and hawing' about having a V6 in my life!
11. Gary - don't like the look of the V6 but I'm up for a Norfrolic.
12. Frank - anytime except December
13. Kelvin - on jury duty from the 7/11 but will throw a sickie if it's a long drawn out case as apparently very few cases last longer than 200 days (it says here in the notes) FFS
14. Malcolm (f**k the extension)
15. Mr Momo - to get on the new track with the SC Elise and do a recce for the Elan 50th Anniversary next year
16. Kenny
17. Ed
18. BoynerT72
19. DDtB
20. Ceejam
21. RDH
22.Gasgas
23. Sanjoy (been 8 yrs since my last visit)
24. Benny
25. Paul G
26. Ali (work allowing)
27. Fluoxetine (Will definitely be in something Lotus shaped in 2013, so might as well have a looksee)
28. Colin (cjm) A mate form uni also works for Lotus and keeps asking when I'm coming to visit!
29. Peter76 (the missus said 'you can do what you like' - nice one!)
30. pete (I missed this thread entirely until tonight. Turnips you say?)
31. the_Rossatron
32. Tophatron
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by SAJ » Tue Nov 22, 2011 9:23 am
1. Dom
2. Robin (but only for SC elise, V6 exige out of my price range, but will still come for a night out with the turnips).
3. Scotty
4. Andy G (work permitting)
5. Neil
6. Keith
7. Saj
8. Campbell (depends on timing and also only if SC Elise involved...V6 Exige would need sale of both kids and even then they'd not fetch enough )
9. Ali (spent this years budget already but consoled that 2-11 trade in might be a wee bit more than Scottys)
10. mark_h - been 'humming and hawing' about having a V6 in my life!
11. Gary - don't like the look of the V6 but I'm up for a Norfrolic.
12. Frank - anytime except December
13. Kelvin - on jury duty from the 7/11 but will throw a sickie if it's a long drawn out case as apparently very few cases last longer than 200 days (it says here in the notes) FFS
14. Malcolm (f**k the extension)
15. Mr Momo - to get on the new track with the SC Elise and do a recce for the Elan 50th Anniversary next year
16. Kenny
17. Ed
18. BoynerT72
19. DDtB
20. Ceejam
21. RDH
22.Gasgas
23. Sanjoy (been 8 yrs since my last visit)
24. Benny
25. Paul G
26. Ali (work allowing)
27. Fluoxetine (Will definitely be in something Lotus shaped in 2013, so might as well have a looksee)
28. Colin (cjm) A mate form uni also works for Lotus and keeps asking when I'm coming to visit!
29. Peter76 (the missus said 'you can do what you like' - nice one!)
30. pete (I missed this thread entirely until tonight. Turnips you say?)
31. the_Rossatron
32. Tophatron
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Justin
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by Justin » Wed Feb 15, 2012 7:42 pm
Just read on PH that 383 Exige V6's have been ordered, and 200 Evora GTE's.. Impressive!
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by boynerT72 » Wed Feb 15, 2012 7:58 pm
So 383 ordered and 80 being built in the first batch with the second batch not being delivered for roughly September time. that means a LONG wait for quite a lot of people who have an order in for one I would have thought.
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by Stewart » Wed Feb 15, 2012 8:40 pm
My understanding is that there are 80 being built in the first batch for the UK. As it is such a small market for Lotus I would imagine that there are considerably more being built for the export market. Various dealers are also advertising the V6 for sale on PH so I wonder if these are ones that they have ordered for stock?
Stewart