[Der_Wolf]

Originally Posted by baege

I had a similar debate, especially since I've had 2 prior 981S so wonder how different will the gts 4.0 be?

but in the end the unknowns about the reliability of the lotus kept me away...for now...

is this a second car for you or is it one you need to rely on to get you somewhere when you need to get there?

It will be a second car for me, and third for the house (counting wife's). Now if it breaks down when I am driving in Mexico...

Originally Posted by CDN-AWD

Lotus has an ownership status (Geely) that is an issue for me. Lotus reliability issues vs Porsche is night and day.

I have thought about that as well, but Geely owns 51-49 and seems to be mainly there as a cash injection. Also, I haven't heard terrible things about the Evora, and that was before they built their new state of the art plant. From what I understand, everything is hand built and also scanned with machines that check for tolerances. A couple of guys on the Emira forums that have visited Hethel claim that it blew them away. Screens developed in Germany. Toyota makes the engine and transmission and so on. I don't think Geely is making anything except the innards of the key fob (but the design and cover are developed in house at Hethel). With that said, maybe I have a little bit of wishful thinking...