Re: New Elan in Paris
Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 12:48 pm
richardcox_lotus wrote:I also think they look great, but bear in mind that Lotus owners have gone through all this before....noticeably:
1) Launch of the (Type 14) Elite - That's not a lotus...too comfortable...too expensive....and fibreglass ??
2) Launch of the +2 - That's not a lotus...too many seats...too expensive
3) Launch of the (Type 74) Elite - That's not a lotus...too big...too expensive....
4) Launch of the (Type 100) Elan - That's not a lotus...FWD
5) Launch of the Elise - That's not a lotus...too spartan
6) Launch of anything else - That's not a lotus...not midengined....too big...too heavy...too expensive
My only concerns / sadness:
1) They are moving the products to a price point I will never be able to reach. Lotus's have ALWAYS been expensive - but this is just a huge huge jump
2) They are disenfranchising existing dealers & support networks. In the '80s they set up the scheme of "Classic Lotus Dealers" as a known contact point for classic parts via Factory support. No hint of that happening now.
3) If it does go very wrong (and it might), I can't see how the company can recover.
Just my two-pennath
Regards
Richard
+1,
At the Paris Mondial , the Elise announced price is ?35 000.00 ...
Not to far from the actual range , but...
The new standing of that car show that ,to my opinion , it will ended a bit higher.
In front of the most defined cars ,Elise , Elan , Esprit and Elite ,nobody can contest that the new range make the actual really old now , Evora included. Let's hope our favorite make ll succeed.
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Christian.