Lotus Emira Forum

I'm not expecting BMW or Porsche reliability. I absolutely love the car and understand there'll be some maintenance involved.

It feels like people report either absolutely no problems or repeated problems. After doing some research using some AI scraping, I made this checklist of inspections to help identify cars that may be prone to problems versus those that may ...

Really, really hate to do it, but its time to sell my EMIRA. Asking $96k (for now). PM me if you are interested.

Here's the spec:

2024 First Edition
4,300 miles
6 speed manual
Dark Verdant with Tan Nappa Leather
Black leather steering wheel
Touring suspension
Diamond Cut Wheels
Yellow Calipers
Full ...

After several Track days driven with automatic gears selection (Sport and Track Mode) in May and June, with no issues whatsoever, this week I experienced the following.
After a number of good normal laps (on the Dijon-Prenois circuit) suddenly, when I was full accelerating, the system did not upshift further and instead reduced throttle for a short while; then it allowed t...

Hi all,

I received my car a while back and I'll journal the things I do with this car here.

Asking 95k. Purchased new in April 2026, so plenty of warranty left based on that in-service date. Unmodified.

Miles will go up as I continue to drive it. Love the car, but I have a restoration project that is nearing completion and don’t have the garage space for both.