I think most us on this board believe that cars are being built to order by Lotus, that is to say that an individual customer's order is associated with a build number and subsequently a VIN i.e. there is one specific car that is "yours". There seems to be a general consensus emerging that some of this information is being withheld by some dealers for their own business purposes.Randy G said:
They are not however, necessarily built in the exact order as the waiting lists. There appears to be some batching, the LSS cars were held up and are now being expedited, etc., so that it may seem that the cars are arriving in random order.Randy Chase said:
100% agree. I have been told that this will not be the case soon. Cars will be built in the correct order. That remains to be seen.TimMullen said:
Going by your count, thats maybe 5. The conversation I refered to happened the same day I was informed about the MSRP increase, I guess that was monday? There are alot of people in Austin, is it possible that some of those cars are from other dealers outside of Austin?atyclb said:
Adam, if i remember right aren't you getting your car from Gonzaba in san antonio? If so have you heard anything in the last few days from george or anyone about when delivery will pick up? I spoke with him a few days ago and he knew nothing new. I'm # 38 and george and i guessed at a march delivery> What do you think?Adam P said:
I do have a deposite with George at Gonzaba Autoplex. From what I can tell most of the people on georges list ordered the lss package, I think tht is why his delivery numbers are low at thsi time. I personaly am hoping things will pickup when the lss production become a larger percent of the cars made.ulmpharmd said:
That is just silly. The first car was put up on their website with the new owner. They also recently got 3 cars in their last shipment. All three were in the dealership on display for a time. I know because I saw them. 2 of those cars are still there. Autostrada has delivered what they say they delivered. There is no reason to lie. Again, the dealership experience I have had there has been very impressive, and I am forced to defent their reputation.Adam P said:
It seem as though you heard this from another dealership who was not getting the same type of respect and positive feedback as Autostrada. Perhaps they were trying to downplay their good reputation?Not to be rude, but did you read my post? I quoted where my info came from, Gary Hagen, the Lotus EMPLOYEE who runs this region for the Texas area. I didnt come here to post my displeasures with any dealership, expecialy one I have never worked with.Mean TT said:That is just silly. The first car was put up on their website with the new owner. They also recently got 3 cars in their last shipment. All three were in the dealership on display for a time. I know because I saw them. 2 of those cars are still there. Autostrada has delivered what they say they delivered. There is no reason to lie. Again, the dealership experience I have had there has been very impressive, and I am forced to defent their reputation.
