[Later Apex]

With deference to Hoopy Frood's thread on what color demo cars dealerships are getting, I am wondering what the current spot in line is at various dealerships. If you know what line number your local dealership is up to, please post it here and I'll accumulate them in the first message in this thread. Thanks in advance!

Hope this helps us spot who has low line numbers (well compartively low) as compared to other dealers.

Arizona
Scottsdale Lotus

California
Boardwalk Lotus
Lotus of Los Gatos, LLC
Lotus of Newport Beach
Silver Star Lotus
Smith Lotus
Symbolic of La Jolla
Symbolic of Beverly Hills
Desert European
SVAG

Connecticut
Valenti Motors
Huntiing Ridge Motorsports, Inc

Colorado
Stewart's Ferrari of Denver

Florida
The Collection 40
Dimmitt Cadillac 120
Matheny Imports, Inc. 58
Palm Beach Motors Cars LTD 72
Prestige Imports Not taking deposits

Georgia
Lotus of Atlanta 125+

Hawaii
JN Lotus

Illinois
Fox Valley Motorcars, Inc. 165 (200+?)

Massachusetts
Lotus Motorsports, Inc.

Maryland
Criswell Lotus (200+?)

Michigan
Auto Europe

Minnesota
Downtown Pontiac, Jaguar, and Lotus

Missouri
Behlmann Mid Rivers Lotus 73

North Carolina
Carolina Motor Cars, Inc.

New Jersey
Maplecrest Lotus of Summit
Princeton Sports and Specialist Cars, Inc.

New York
Classic Automobiles, Inc.
Manhattan Motorcars, Inc.
Midwestern Auto Group

Ohio
Midwestern Auto Group

Pennsylvania
Ascot Imported Cars
Rothrock Specialty Motor Cars, Inc.


Texas
Autostrada
Lotus San Antonio
Overseas Motors
Star Motor Cars
Gonzaba


Utah
Steve Harris Imports, Ltd


Washington
Park Place LTD

 

[darkSol]

#165 FVMC - I have seen #205 somewhere...
#73 Behlmann

 

[Later Apex]

darksol,

Thanks for the response I added it to the list above. I'm hoping when people call their dealer to check on arrivals they will also ask what line # they are up to and help populate this list.

Thanks!

 

[NtflBlueLiz]

Florida from a month ago:

The Collection - 40 deposits
Dimmitt - 120 deposits
Matheni - 58 deposits
Palm Beach Motors - 72 deposits
Prestige, not taking deposits - will sell for whatever market will bear

 

[Later Apex]

Florida from a month ago:

The Collection - 40 deposits
Dimmitt - 120 deposits
Matheni - 58 deposits
Palm Beach Motors - 72 deposits
Prestige, not taking deposits - will sell for whatever market will bear

Thanks, I updated the list. Since Prestige is not taking deposits, do you have any idea what cars in what configuration they have coming in first batch? For example, possibly an argent red/biscuit with sport/touring and hardtop?

 

[MikeAR303]

Last I heard, FVMC's list was >200.

 

[Paul MD]

Criswell are over 200 I believe.

 

[LarryB]

SVAG and Lotus of Los Gatos are one and the same. As of a few weeks ago roughly around 140 deposits down.

It's been several months since I'd talked to Boardwalk. At the time they were putting a cap, around 25-35 deposits.

 

[NtflBlueLiz]

When I talked to the sales manager at Prestige a month ago he said he was ordering his cars with touring + sport packs, some with and some without hard tops. He said he had taken 2 or 3 deposits early on and than people started to call him immediatelly wanting to know when their cars would be in so he got fed up and returned the deposits. I really believe that they see a great opportunity to make a good buck over MSRP and that is the real motivator, so I'm keeping his number and will call him in a month or two to see if he has anything that hasnt moved but I seriously doubt it. I bet those cars will be on ebay as soon as they hit the showroom and they'll sell for a lot more than MSRP but its their right so I can't really complain.

 

[Derek]

When I talked to the sales manager at Prestige a month ago he said he was ordering his cars with touring + sport packs, some with and some without hard tops. He said he had taken 2 or 3 deposits early on and than people started to call him immediatelly wanting to know when their cars would be in so he got fed up and returned the deposits. I really believe that they see a great opportunity to make a good buck over MSRP and that is the real motivator, so I'm keeping his number and will call him in a month or two to see if he has anything that hasnt moved but I seriously doubt it. I bet those cars will be on ebay as soon as they hit the showroom and they'll sell for a lot more than MSRP but its their right so I can't really complain.

This thread has been done
http://www.elisetalk.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=999&highlight=ascot

 

[zvezdah1]

LOtus Atlanta was over 125 a couple weeks ago.
Chris

 

[Later Apex]

I didn't know this had been done before, I'll try to update this list later today with the previous numbers and any updates received.

 

[Evl]

NJ PSSC: 56+
CT Valenti: 35+

 

[spindoc]

Carolina Motor Cars is not a dealer (though they're listed that way on the Lotus website). They're just an authorized service center, and have no intention of selling the car.

 

[GMorel1916]

MAG last I heard cut their's off at 40.

 

[jsfarmer]

Star Motors in Houston is in the 100-110 range.

 

[roadrunner]

Trying to recall...

Scottsdale were at 120 at one point, but I have a feeling I may have heard 150 more recently.

 

[993]

53 at San Antonio.

 

[Rich]

I am #64 a Stewart's Ferrari in Denver. I put down my deposit ~ 1 month ago.

Rich

 

[Donovan]

Park Place in Bellevue is in the 130's.