future Roadster resale value?

[vfx]

The production line at the Lotus factory is currently dominated by Tesla Roadsters. Once the backlog clears out, the Lotus factory may have to scale down on their staff. The Lotus Elise is not selling much either lately.

And now they have 2000 Evoras to build.

 

[Palpatine]

And now they have 2000 Evoras to build.

I was not aware of that. Are those on the same production line as the Elise and Tesla Roadster?

Or has the Evora been on hold at Lotus? I have not been paying attention to that.

 

[TEG]

June 2: First Lotus Evora leaves the factory | Lotus Enthusiast

...The car left the Lotus factory in Hethel...

An insider's view: how Lotus makes its new Evora - Yahoo! Cars

...Yahoo! Cars visited the Lotus factory in Norfolk and watched the Evora being made...

http://www.lotusevora.com/pdf/Group%20Lotus%20Business%20Release%2019%20May%202009.pdf

...Increasing Production
The current global economic situation is well known to everyone and UK manufacturing is suffering especially. But partly through prudent long term strategic planning and partly through the efforts of its global team, Lotus is currently increasing production output to cope with demand for the Evora, the new 2+2 mid-engined sportscar, as well as the Elise and Exige small-platform cars. Lotus is recruiting a considerable number of new production and engineering staff to cover increased requirements both in vehicle production and its international high technology engineering consultancy business.
Production in the 2009/10 financial year is planned with confidence to increase by 50% over the previous year and the number of direct production staff will increase by 30% during the same period...

 

[vfx]

Good stuff TEG.

Wait! The white one is not supposed to have the Toyota motor but box with 8461 cells in it!


That would be so sweet. I hope Tesla/Elon is getting a few to play around with.

 

[TEG]

...Are those on the same production line as the Elise and Tesla Roadster?

Lotus Evora road test, specification - Verdict On Cars

...Fewer than 5% of components (mostly nuts and bolts) are shared between the Evora and Elise. The rest is fresh from the ground up, reflected by the fact that a new production line has been introduced at Lotus's Hethel factory to build it. And the Evora is just the start: more new models (including a supercar) will spin off its longer and wider platform...

Evora: she's coming down the line!

...This time, however, things have been different, with the pre-production cars being built-up in the main factory, allowing the production personnel to both learn about the new car and even have their input into the process. Now, the production line itself has been installed and cars are being built...