My Top Car of 2024: The Lotus Emira Review

The Lotus Emira First Edition: the modern car that drives like a classic, a car for the drivers that sure checks all my boxes. 

Playing on the legacy and drive train of the Lotus Evora, the Supercharged V6 Emira is the super Miata you've been looking for. In this video we'll do a detailed walkthrough and review of the most fun cars you can buy new (without a house mortgage). We'll cover the full list of pros and cons of this gorgeous machine and do some lightly spirited driving to see if this is the car you should be eyeing.

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0:00 - The Emira First Edition
2:55 - The Powertrain
5:12 - The Start Up
6:00 - The Drive
12:55 - The Order Process

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[PhilipBlank]

Hope you enjoyed the vid! If you didn't, tell me why.

Also a few extra facts:
1. The V6 is running a mechanical hydraulic assist power steering system, while the I4 is running an electro-hydraulic assist system off of the electrical system. This boost steering at idle speeds and fuel efficiency on the smaller engine.
2. Apple CarPlay is installed in the center cluster, will update if it’s wireless or wired.
3. They make a right-hand drive version for those markets.
4. If you are tall, test drive and figure out if the spine into the headrest is going to be a pain for you. It’s right on the brink of annoying for me and it’s not adjustable.

[stevelandau]

Great review and beautiful bespoke car! 💙

[scottlenahan]

Excellent spec!! Hope to see it someday soon!! And keep up the good work dude.

[akselfjerstad]

Being able to see that mechanical linkage of the shifter is so cool! That's definitely my favorite part.

[Rex_Racer]

It’s plenty fast for US roads, and extra hp won’t help in the corners. I love the feel of the hydraulic steering- only Lotus, McLaren and GMA offer this today.

[DanDoesGame]

Hey I was planning on grabbing one of these, but cant seem to find much on reliability. How long have you owned this and any issues that have come up on the mechanical side? IDC about the small stuff, I think anyone could come up with things like that for even the most reliable brands like Toyota.
Reason for asking is I am not a mechanic by any means, the closest Lotus dealer to me is about 4 hours away and dont want to be going there more than 1 time a year for a check up.

[andygtv]

It’s a nice car it just needs some Italian magic to tweak the exhaust sound.

[akselfjerstad]

That is a beautiful color! What is it called??

[Steve-ufpk]

Only come across one, which was blocking the road in North Norfolk with a broken clutch…..

[vetteseller]

I disagree about future value. This is their last gas car and first edition with the coveted 6 speed manual. Prices should keep going up for collectors. - Pappy

[Leaky-bunghole]

7:50 did you just call it a supra? The engine comes from a Camry.

[rowan]

You're completely wrong about Lotuses not historically holding their value. I can tell you aren't totally familiar with what you're talking about.

[reflekt]

Cool car, but you struggle to maintain lane for it being such a small car lmao

[さいちゃん-mr]

My friend in a foreign country. My emira and yours are similar. I customized it a little bit, so I recommend it.

[daratzz]

Came here to see a nice review of the cars performance:
*Test drives Lotus famed for handling then drives up and down straight roads tip-toeing around corners*
*Comments about Lotus not holding value as it's not a Porsche* - completely untrue, rarer cars hold value more.
*Grabs boot lid by the locking mechanism* 😂- please don't do that, close it from the top of the boot.
*says Lotus is about giving exotic feel* - no it's about pure driving performance
*Makes comment right-hand drive version available for certain countries* - er of course, you mean the country that makes the car?
*holds on for dear life when accelerating*
*wobbles gear knob to explain lack of desire for 6 speed*
*comments traction not good enough and wants more grip - gets nowhere near limits or even shows braking performance*

You sound like you have no idea what you're on about, such a waste. You may as well have done the review without even starting the car and just read out your googled information.

[Frakaphoto]

central screen is a crap choice. please Lotus provide us a later option to remove these.

[TD-nfkw]

Nice review, but 1995 called and wants its manual transmission back ... Your comment on the AMG I4 is misleading... That vehicle will come with a dual clutch transmission. Try asking the F1 guys to give up their sequential and other PDK style gearboxes ...

[franklinsantana]

well I think the car looks beautiful great video so in the mid- time I’ll will keep my six speed 9th gen civic si 500 HP turbo just for Nowww🤣🤣