FORENN

Great post and is consistent with everything I've learned. As to your questions, I understand from both a dealer and a long-time enthusiast from LotusTalk that you can spec the Sport 410 without the decals and with other individual preferences through Lotus Exclusive. I also understand the Sport 410 ride is harsher than the 400, which I suppose is to be expected since it's really the race/track version of the 400. The comments about the Camry engine don't overly concern me as I imagine only an extremely small number of participants have ever even driven an Evora 400/410, never mind owned one ... so my sense is they're mostly recycled internet chatter. It's the the absence of a dealership in a 5-hour radius that is stopping me, for the time being at least, from writing a check. Thanks for your input in this thread.

Archimedes

I spent a little time watching some of the video reviews of the car and I think the 400 would suit me more than the 410. I'm going to take a closer look once I have some closure on the GT3 allocation thing. I have leg/hip issues that make owning a manual problematic for me though, and I'd want that car in the 6 speed. Would be a bit of a risk for me, but a lot less coin invested in that than in some of the other cars out there offering similar performance.

vantage

If you PM your location to me, I might be able to help you find an independent Lotus shop for the basic maintenance (if that is of interest to you). You can also ping Shinoo @ InoKinetic for some thoughts.

Warranty work will of course be a hassle with no dealer within 5 hours.

FORENN

Thank you, vantage. If I decide to pull the trigger, I'll definitely take you up on that. At the moment, I'm focused on my GT3 allocation/order but I do love the Sport 410.