Few disclaimers/driver excuses: 1) this was the first street car I drove after this weekend's 12h race. It took longer to adjust to lower grip levels opposite of full slicks. In addition, not gonna deny I was still uncomfortable after all the crashes/misfortunes (full video coming in a few days). 2) On top of point 1, as you can see, it was very tricky weather, black clouds, slight drizzle. Later that day the track got shut and ambulance went on because the drizzle became enough to make the track wet. 3) As explained in the video, first time filming with GoPro 12, settings were still a bit off. 4) Sick car. Love it. Would love to go again without all the excuses from above.

It’s very difficult to jump from cars to cars and push them to the limits: You have my respect and admiration. Godspeed brother!

You are truly amazing Misha. People don’t give enough credit for the ability to jump into so many different cars and be so fast. I’m quick at my home track in the same Porsche I’ve gotten used to driving for 3 years and know every single noise and habit, you are fast in a everything from bread van to a GT2RS….incredible!

Seems to be the perfect British a/b Rd sports/touring car to me. If you're not an amazing driver and don't want all out performance, just something comfortable, beautiful to look at and still very capable for the odd bit of fun then they've nailed it. If you want a track car, stick with the exige.

you go from a race car, to a sports car to a milk truck better than anyone. talented guy. wishing you the best from across the pond.

We only need Misha and Harry reviewing cars and we get an honest look at track use and road use.

There are two variants of suspension you can choose from with this car. The owner said is this is the "touring" (softer) version.

The owner did the right choice to choose the touring suspension for his use. Another youtuber has this car with the race suspension and also live in UK and he regret to not have chose the touring suspension.

Always wondered what's less pleasant. Touring suspension on the track or Sport suspension on the street. I guess that's the endless debate among Emira owners

Such a clear difference in the second hand of the lap when you clearly got more comfortable with the car..you had a nice flow in the end✌🏻

Proper h-pattern gear box. Rare for the current generation of high dollar sports cars. Always love seeing the pedal cam and your fancy foot work Misha.

It is an absolute pleasure to watch misha drive and it doesn't matter what car he is driving its just a joy to see him in action thank you for allowing us to view this every day

Sounded gorgeous :) Also that suspension.. here we have to avoid the bits of road in the potholes so a squishy set up is a must! XD

That car sounds great and goes well. Thanks for sharing Misha.

What a pretty car and a very smooth lap! Thanks Misha for the drive and the owner for letting us join in!

Nice one Johnny and Misha, so cool to see you fitted this in to the road trip 😎🙏

Great video and glad the opener shared with you and most important of all, 3 pedals! 💙💙💙

I have a friend that has an SW20 MR2 with one of these 3.5L engines and it sounds frickin' amazing. I have an R32 GTR and of course love my RB sound, but that Toyota 3.5 has a special place in my heart.

Aannd there we go again. The gift that keeps on giving. Not even fanboying here, the content on this channel is just constant greatness 😁Major thanks to the owners too for bringing so many interesting cars!

This iteration of the Toyota 2GR V6 in the Emira is probably my favourite iteration. Supercharged, flat-plane crank just sounds so wonderful. Definitely a bucket list car!

Misha's ability to effortlessly adapt to different driving situations and vehicles is a masterclass in automotive versatility. Whether it's a luxury tourer or a track-focused monster, he makes it seem like an extension of himself. It's like watching a chameleon switch colors but in the world of cars. Cheers to the owners for giving us a glimpse into these amazing machines through Misha's lens.

Great to see how your driving skills evolved. I really like when you’re kind of reviewing the car during driving by sharing your actual experience.

Properly fast, but I still like the Exige best.

My new favorite racing channel. So awesome for a professional driver to do this for people. And get the most honest live time review.

I love this channel. It is such a joy to watch the master driver in all these various cars. And the footwork on pedals is simply divine. ❤️‍🔥👍

I like driving this car in simulation games. It gives Proper lotus driving dynamics, and now has the power to back it up. watching this confirms it truly is a drivers' car...

Testament to your skill & knowledge Misha, a great sum up of the Lotus, bang on!

Patchy road conditions with unpredictable areas of low traction are seriously scary, even more so than a fully wet surface imo. Definitely wise of you to not push too hard. Car looks seriously fun for back roads, but definitely soft for track.

Love this car so much. They've really done a great job styling it. Hope to own one one day. To the owner: do consider yo take it to the track. Nürburgring is such a different beast. I did a brands hatch trackday for the first time to get to grips with my car and it felt super easy and enjoyable. Then i went to nurburgring a week later feeling a bit more confident and that place felt like such a death trap 😂 i did 3 laps and it was terrifying. Start off with an easier track with run-off, preferably one you might know the layout of from watching races or playing video games and i promise you'll love it in this car. ✌️

That V6 induction and whine was absolutely on point :-) The tyres were tortured the last 3rd of the lap and I loved the G meter! Camera set up is a nice change too, Loved the lap. I suspect the Owners reactions were more due to the speed displayed in KPH than Mph just quietly and the seats too wouldn't have helped so Kudos to him for share his car!

Dreamcar. Saw one in London last year and it looks SO awesome. +Lotus knows what they're doing!

love the idea of a "light" GT in general and this one comes in a nice package even, want!

Seems to be a very torque rich motor, looked like mischa could sit mid range in the rpm with ease. A nice beast

I have been waiting for this😛

I love that your way of finding out the brakes are good and suspension is a bit soft, is to enter the first corner at 210kph and find out in real time haha

What a car! Really enjoyed that Misha

Love the Emira, by far my favorite modern sports car

Anyone else watch the G force meter? Love seeing how great drivers move the red dot smoothly :)

I also just got my (very first) GoPro 12 :D I think it would be very interesting for many people if you could show us your settings for all the different angles. Maybe a video about all of your usual recording equipment?

I had to smile, looking at the moment he tries to shift 3-2 by pressing the steering wheel. After third try moves hand on stick. I always wonder how quick he adapts to huge variety of cars he drives. Keep on good work Misha 🤙

This is my absolute dream car. Amazing video

Amazing driving as always 👍🏻

Great film, great sound!

Compressor whine, manual and Misha like always mastering the Lotus. Thanks for your thoughts on the "new" machine from Hethel.

This is the exact type of channel I’ve been looking for for months now

This is an exige in a fancy outift! Even the brackets where the doors shut are on the Emira chassis and you can see where the body is bolted on!

That lap you had on that exige (kids first car I remember) looked faster and more fun.

Would love to see this again at some point with a KW V5 or similar suspension upgrade. Also, please don't push yourself too hard into going fast in something you are not comfortable with! Giving that kind of information to the viewers, and conveying it in the most detailed way possible has way more value than driving slightly faster, at least in my opinion.

Wow the footwork is incredible

Love your channel. Got to love a Lotus 💪🇬🇧🏁

Love that supercharger whine. Please don’t stop making this car, Lotus

"How about no silly wing on the back" "Yeah, it needs a silly wing! " 🤣

7:16 - I wish I could downshift like that... so smooth

Love the humour "like a big silly wing ?" yep its a road car !

You know it's going to handle amazing if it's a lotus but the looks are my favourite thing about it

"the car needs bucket seats"....1 second later the owner is glued to the door 😅

(It needs a silly wing) that would be the emira gt4. Can’t wait for THAT video 😊

Always overtaking, Barely overtaken ❤️

Love it. Must be the best MR car you could buy in 2024.

They've really managed to make that V6 sound fantastic. I'll take two thanks.

I like it when they keep on looking the speedometer, like I haven't done that yet...😂

Wow, never seen this channel before. I have no idea who these guys are but man that was some great driving!!

Footwork is insane

Superb video. Just missing a heart rate monitor…😂 Almost perfect is perfectly good enough for me. And touring suspension. If you lived in Britain you’d want it too. Good work - roll on April 24 when mine comes… … and driving skills out of this world 😎

Seneca blue and white is 👌

Beautiful design.

Nice! Mischa, how do you keep yourself planted in normal seat while leftfoot braking? I can do left braking but stopped using it as body was moving around too much.

Good to see it can left foot brake. My exige 430 cuts all power if you left foot brake, sometimes if you heel and toe too!

I bought the Emira with the Touring suspension set up and Goodyear Eagle Tires as well. It would be interesting to see how you feel about the Sport suspension set up, with the Cup 2 tires that come with it. And of course on a dry day! ;)

I really love the rear view mirror.

I love how this looks and sounds like a goddamn spaceship 😂❤

Hope you drive sports suspension and michelin tires soon to let us know the diference it makes on th track

Yes! Love Hate Relationship With Lotus But Sounds Amazing!

Nice that you got Joerg Sprave on the channel!

I mean, it’s pretty predictable that the suspension will be much too soft for the track considering this is the Touring. Add to that the fact that the last car you drove on track was a dedicated track car and the difference will be glaring. Would be interesting to see what you think of the Sport suspension on track. Overall, excellent video. The multiple cameras are awesome and the driving skill is immense.

Lovely sound

If I had the money this would be one of the cars on my list for sure!!!

Mooie auto, Harry's Garage heeft er een reis reportage over gemaakt van zijn Emira V6. Hopelijk kun je die van Shmee een keer rijden, die heeft het track pack en vult dan de tekort komingen op die je gemerkt hebt.

Great video. I’m getting one of these, tell Lotus they owe you a commission.

For someone who doesn’t go to a track, what do you do if you bang into someone? Swap insurance info or is it up to the owner to pay for damages?

Thank you. Because of you I have to buy the car now! 😀

Wow, new camera! Awesome, you can't really tell.

Hi! Great video Misha! Maybe you could try to set you GoPro on "low" sharpness setting. It makes a more natural cinematic image, and the video suffer less of the KZfaq re-encoding (which lower the bitrate drastically). It would also match more the image of the camera you use for intro/presentations. Give it a try one day :)

Jajaja i love how the owner looked at the😂speedometer

@Misha when are you gonna equip the cars with a 360cam on top or on the dash?

Lotus are always beautifuls cars and this one seems nice to me because I'm 1,90m i simply can´t enter on a Elise but i love all others smalls/compact cars because we have that's kart feeling and can do a lot without a lot of power due your lightweight (for beginners drivers is perfect)

One of my favorite Chinese cars today!

Great video as usual but if i may put my 2cents in, new camera was a bit dark and i personally would rather see the front cam bigger and the speedo/rev window smaller. Easy to criticise i know, saying this with all due respect for your work man. Take care.

do a 2023 10 auto v6 camaro rs if u can find it with the nPP exhaust from the factory just to improve the sound a bit

How was this compared to the recent MX-5 Miata? Thank you in advance!

Congrats on the red E34 in the end that looks like an Alfa Romeo at first glance! ;D

i wish have one, lovely so much, also his sound so nice for 6cyl

it's kind of funny, because when throttle house reviewed this they had the sports suspension on the car and said it was too stiff for the road, my best bet is that if misha had driven an Emira equipped with the sports suspension it would have done alot better here

can someone explain why he touches the gas pedal briefly when breaking and downshifting ?

Cant wait for the Civic build.

12:05 Hey, indicators!

Lotus did an amazing job with this machine👌 but it's quite expensive 😅

Fast to me. I wish Misha could drive my Toyota MRS 2zz-turbo 380 bhp frog on the ring. Love your content.

We are blessed to live in an era where realistic priced mid engine sports cars are aplenty!

re suspension: "Sports is available with the optional Lotus Drivers Pack and provides a slightly stiffer suspension set-up for enhanced dynamic capability and feel."