Scottish Elises

ok so MMC stockist PDF and used car section + PH had an Exige 240pp (2010 model new spolier, dash, £29,000 ish) displayed for around 1 hour before being removed from all three. Exiges selling fast then

UK dealer's main problem at this of year is getting enough 1.8 Lotus stock to keep up with demand....most will have a Spring waiting list for certain used cars, I always did

GraemeLotus wrote:UK dealer's main problem at this of year is getting enough 1.8 Lotus stock to keep up with demand....most will have a Spring waiting list for certain used cars, I always did

yip took me a while to understand how helpful chatting to Brandon and yourself can be in this market place.

Is the ethos at lotus to limit production runs by design in order to maintain used prices ? ... or is there no logic in that when an organisation simply wants to shift new vehicles ideally ? ... (completely understand if you cant reply to these points).

My ole Exige.

Gareth wrote:My ole Exige.

It was a beauty !

Altough saw your Aston post , cracking replacement sir.

scott_e wrote:

GraemeLotus wrote:UK dealer's main problem at this of year is getting enough 1.8 Lotus stock to keep up with demand....most will have a Spring waiting list for certain used cars, I always did

yip took me a while to understand how helpful chatting to Brandon and yourself can be in this market place.

Is the ethos at lotus to limit production runs by design in order to maintain used prices ? ... or is there no logic in that when an organisation simply wants to shift new vehicles ideally ? ... (completely understand if you cant reply to these points).

You really can't dictate what the market will seize onto as a great used car, other than making the new one as good as you can - as we always strive for - look at 340Rs & Mk1 Exige, they were VERY hard work for me in 2000-2002, then they went nuts, and are now worth 30% more than 6 years ago. 1.8 NA Exige still selling for £20k now - for cars that were £34k at list price in 2005....that's a residual of 59% over 7 years, not many doing that

Really, I seem to remember coming in to get a new set of tyres fitted to the Elise and leaving with an Exige

GraemeLotus wrote:
look at 340Rs & Mk1 Exige, they were VERY hard work for me in 2000-

Dave wrote:Really, I seem to remember coming in to get a new set of tyres fitted to the Elise and leaving with an Exige

GraemeLotus wrote:
look at 340Rs & Mk1 Exige, they were VERY hard work for me in 2000-

For every two tricky retail deals, there is one that's slightly more straightforward due to high levels of customer demand

I'm one of the few that never made it to Mr Robertson's desk so he could whip out the calculator

Not surprised Gareth's Exige shifted quickly, it was a minter .. notwitstanding getting the @rse ripped out of it at Zandvoort

Burger...was hoping to get me 111R sold before Gareth's old Exige was sold. Liked that car. What happened in Zandvoort or should I not ask

M

Nothing bad happened at Zandy...just that's where Greg first saw it.
Give Brandon a call, might not be gone.

Snooze you loose!

GregR wrote:I'm one of the few that never made it to Mr Robertson's desk so he could whip out the calculator

Not surprised Gareth's Exige shifted quickly, it was a minter .. notwitstanding getting the @rse ripped out of it at Zandvoort

And by a VX

Stu

I took the Exige owner out in my 211 as he was thinking about buying one. Some how I put him off, but maybe that was me throwing up after we came in

scott_e wrote:ok so MMC stockist PDF and used car section + PH had an Exige 240pp (2010 model new spolier, dash, £29,000 ish) displayed for around 1 hour before being removed from all three. Exiges selling fast then

We still have it. Advert should be up again before the weekend.

martins wrote:Burger...was hoping to get me 111R sold before Gareth's old Exige was sold. Liked that car. What happened in Zandvoort or should I not ask

M

You should trade yours in, simples