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Hello all enthusiats out there. As you have all probably heard by now, we at Fox Valley Motorcars, just recieved 9 more cars yesterday. Yellow, Graphite Grey, Chrome Orange, Artic Silver, Ardent Red.
Let me preface the next set of comments by introducing myself. This is my first posting to the forum. I have been an employee of Fox Valley Motorcars for over three years now. I was in service for two plus years and have been in sales for a little over a year now. My father, Bill Nuccio Sr started the concept for this store almost ten years ago, starting in St. Charles. We have been both a Lamborghini and Lotus dealer now for about as long. We moved to West Chicago about six years ago. We have been happily moving along the last several years, including being Lotus' top selling dealer for a better part of the last five years.
That leads to me and where we are moving. The Elise is creating a whole different feel for our company. This is the first volume vehicle we have ever sold, by our standards. We will no doubt continue to grow as a company and we look forward to each and every new customer to make a relationship with. No one is perfect and we can't always please everyone, but it is in our heart's to try.
My father started in the business 28 years ago and the reason he is still in it is Passion. Passion of the experience is his greatest philosophy. By that I mean that he believes every experience should be much more than buying a car, and with a passionate staff that is possible.
With out getting into a further tangent, I want to welcome you all to respond to an idea we have been investigating.
THE ELISE EXPERIENCE
On a different note, I am in the process of putting together a program that would occur at a race track (to be named). The idea would be to give training exercises and track time available to all Elise customers as well as interested participants. The morning session would be skid pad instruction including braking, slalom, apexes..etc. Then the afternoon session would be spent on the track with an individual instructor in each car. You would rotate in roughly three groups, with four people in each group, so you will get very individual treatment and instruction.
The big question is always: How Much?
The answer right now is about $995 per person for a day session
Where?
To be anounced, but looks like Gingerman or Autobahn CC
Who will be involved?
I have teamed up with Richard Parramint from England and Alastair McQueen (former Lotus Driver) on the concept for this event. They would help me to provide the instruction and format for the Experience. They currently do a similar event in England, as many of you have probably seen or been apart of. They know this car and would be able to give you the proper experience that you should have. They would cost more to bring over than US Lotus employees, but may be worth it.
In all, the responses I have seen from their event has been wonderful. They bring a great assett to the table.
The biggest piece of news however is that Lotus Cars USA is interested in being involved and would help me in terms of providing information and product.
THAT MEANS, YOU DON'T NEED YOUR OWN CAR TO PARTICIPATE!!
This opens the range of possibilty for this event up to anyone who is interested, not just Elise owners, which is very few currently.
This has been a long message to read I'm sure, but if you made it this far, that means that you have interest. I am open to hear all comments and thoughts openly on the forum or privately to [email protected]
I am very excited about this car and the whole experience. There is alot of work that still needs to be done before this event can happen, but I need a positive response out of at least 60-100 people before I can truly start making obligations.
My intial thought is for 10, 1 day sessions with 12 people per day.
I have the general dates of April 11-22 in mind for the first set of sessions. It would only run during week days to keep costs down. Please let me know how serious any of you may be. Ideally I would take a $100 refundable deposit for anyone who is truly interested. Again, I am still working out most of the details so I am open to any and all thoughts.
Thank you for your time,
Bill Nuccio Jr
630-231-3400
Let me preface the next set of comments by introducing myself. This is my first posting to the forum. I have been an employee of Fox Valley Motorcars for over three years now. I was in service for two plus years and have been in sales for a little over a year now. My father, Bill Nuccio Sr started the concept for this store almost ten years ago, starting in St. Charles. We have been both a Lamborghini and Lotus dealer now for about as long. We moved to West Chicago about six years ago. We have been happily moving along the last several years, including being Lotus' top selling dealer for a better part of the last five years.
That leads to me and where we are moving. The Elise is creating a whole different feel for our company. This is the first volume vehicle we have ever sold, by our standards. We will no doubt continue to grow as a company and we look forward to each and every new customer to make a relationship with. No one is perfect and we can't always please everyone, but it is in our heart's to try.
My father started in the business 28 years ago and the reason he is still in it is Passion. Passion of the experience is his greatest philosophy. By that I mean that he believes every experience should be much more than buying a car, and with a passionate staff that is possible.
With out getting into a further tangent, I want to welcome you all to respond to an idea we have been investigating.
THE ELISE EXPERIENCE
On a different note, I am in the process of putting together a program that would occur at a race track (to be named). The idea would be to give training exercises and track time available to all Elise customers as well as interested participants. The morning session would be skid pad instruction including braking, slalom, apexes..etc. Then the afternoon session would be spent on the track with an individual instructor in each car. You would rotate in roughly three groups, with four people in each group, so you will get very individual treatment and instruction.
The big question is always: How Much?
The answer right now is about $995 per person for a day session
Where?
To be anounced, but looks like Gingerman or Autobahn CC
Who will be involved?
I have teamed up with Richard Parramint from England and Alastair McQueen (former Lotus Driver) on the concept for this event. They would help me to provide the instruction and format for the Experience. They currently do a similar event in England, as many of you have probably seen or been apart of. They know this car and would be able to give you the proper experience that you should have. They would cost more to bring over than US Lotus employees, but may be worth it.
In all, the responses I have seen from their event has been wonderful. They bring a great assett to the table.
The biggest piece of news however is that Lotus Cars USA is interested in being involved and would help me in terms of providing information and product.
THAT MEANS, YOU DON'T NEED YOUR OWN CAR TO PARTICIPATE!!
This opens the range of possibilty for this event up to anyone who is interested, not just Elise owners, which is very few currently.
This has been a long message to read I'm sure, but if you made it this far, that means that you have interest. I am open to hear all comments and thoughts openly on the forum or privately to [email protected]
I am very excited about this car and the whole experience. There is alot of work that still needs to be done before this event can happen, but I need a positive response out of at least 60-100 people before I can truly start making obligations.
My intial thought is for 10, 1 day sessions with 12 people per day.
I have the general dates of April 11-22 in mind for the first set of sessions. It would only run during week days to keep costs down. Please let me know how serious any of you may be. Ideally I would take a $100 refundable deposit for anyone who is truly interested. Again, I am still working out most of the details so I am open to any and all thoughts.
Thank you for your time,
Bill Nuccio Jr
630-231-3400
