When the cars get to the eastern ports, DOT will inspect the cars. All new production cars go through this, as a final inspection of the final production cars. This may take a few days, or if there is an issue it may take quite a bit of time. At this point, any specific announcements are premature.
When the Mazda RX8 arrived it sat in port for well over a month before a fix was created for some issues. I am not saying this will happen to the elise, but at this point it buys Lotus nothing to promise a specific date. They could turn around and say "They are in for inspection today." But think about it, if they do say the cars are in for inspection, that would pretty much obligate them to say if the cars failed and require some type of fix. Who wants to be the one driving around with a quick last minute fix tacked onto their car? While it might not be someone on this list, I bet more than a few people who are getting the elise as an icon more than a vehicle would refuse delivery and request another car.
It wouldn't kill Lotus, but it wouldn't be good either.
The cars will be here when they get here.
Scot
(Yes, it helps that I have no plans on getting mine for almost a year
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When the Mazda RX8 arrived it sat in port for well over a month before a fix was created for some issues. I am not saying this will happen to the elise, but at this point it buys Lotus nothing to promise a specific date. They could turn around and say "They are in for inspection today." But think about it, if they do say the cars are in for inspection, that would pretty much obligate them to say if the cars failed and require some type of fix. Who wants to be the one driving around with a quick last minute fix tacked onto their car? While it might not be someone on this list, I bet more than a few people who are getting the elise as an icon more than a vehicle would refuse delivery and request another car.
It wouldn't kill Lotus, but it wouldn't be good either.
The cars will be here when they get here.
Scot
(Yes, it helps that I have no plans on getting mine for almost a year