I think Evora prices are skewed by Lotus heavily discounting remaining stock of MY'10 and '11 cars prior to the '12 cars coming out. At one point Stratstones had 35 of the things all with big discounts. This has created a feast or famine situation where there were loads of cars competing in the same limited market place and inevitably used price to a heavy drop to compete against the discounted new cars.
Mow, however, there are very few new cars appearing and if you place an order for a new Evora who knows when it will get built. CAP gets it prices by examining market demand and current used prices amongst other things so they would reflect this current trend in any long term projection. As an example of a more stable price have a look at Elise 111r prices in CAP then try and find one for that.
Gooldie, MY10 and MY11 did have a lot of the niggles from the launch spec cars ironed out but worth bearing in mind that if all the recalls have been done on a launch car then there will not be a world of difference between them other than most launch spec cars will either be out of an=or nearing the end of the warranty.
Remember your buying a Lotus and as such we tend to forgive them some things and brand the odd rattle and squeak as a characteristic rather than a fault. Point in case is the whine, for want of a better word, from the transmission. If the fire trap has been removed from the airbox it actually makes it sound worse for some reason but you learn to ignore it, least I have
. Bear in mind where they sourced the gearbox from !!!.
Love the pistonheads advert, twice it mentions carpet sets
, all S's have the sports pack and CR box, that car has premium pack and tech pack so represents a fully loaded car (although doesn't have the 20" diamond cut wheels) but it won't be alone at that price point. One bargaining point is the sag in the dash leather, a lot of Evora's exhibit this "characteristic" where on a hot day the leather loosens and sags, once it cools down again the sagging disappears. Dealers can try to warm the sagging and try to remove it but from what I have heard it is rarely successful and takes quite a bit of time.
Non of the above should dissuade you in any way from buying one, the ride quality and handling alone are enough, never mind the exclusivity and cheap running costs (relatively).
Not going to comment on the price of that car as since buying mine I have stopped watching the Evora market, I do the same with every car I buy until I come to sell it because they always seem to drop the day after I pick mine up
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I guess it depends whether you buy a car for you to enjoy or whether your just looking after it for the next owner.
