A New Era Ahead Lotus CEO Danny Bahar unveils new cars and plans for the company at the Paris auto show... Read More
Lotus Evora The latest vehicle from Lotus has arrived on the scene. How well does the all new Evora stand out... More
The survival plan for Lotus Cars LLC is nothing if not ambitious, and includes cars not normally associated with this venerable sports-car brand, including a potential city car. More shocking, however, is this Eterne, a front-engined “four-door super saloon” in Lotus-speak. It’s one of a half-dozen new cars hastily shaped under the baton of Donato [...]
For as long as most folks at Lotus Cars in Hethel, England, can remember, most everyone has eaten lunch in the office, worked eight-and-a-half hours Monday through Thursday, and then taken off the rest of the day at noon on Friday. So a weekend at Lotus works out to two-and-a-half days. In the late ’80s, [...]
With all Lotus cars, heart-pounding thrills come by way of lightness. The S 260 goes the full monty, shedding weight by using carbon fiber wherever feasible. The total weight savings add up to 60 pounds less than an Exige S, or 2000 at the curb. The supercharged, 1.8-liter Toyota four-cylinder makes 17 more horsepower than [...]
Maximum fun, minimum collateral Anyone harbouring under the misapprehension that Lotus might be moving away from performance through lightweight only needs to take a quick ride in the new 1.6 Lotus Elise Club Racer to know that’s definitely not the case. The bright engineers at Lotus put even the lightest of Lotus’ modern cars on [...]
Here is a 5 minute video and review on the new supercharged Lotus Evora S.
Presenting the Lotus Evora on TopGear:
There are few greater automotive thrills than hurling a Lotus Elise down a bendy back road—or around a racetrack. But it’s almost not fair to compare the intense and delightful responses of the Elise or the related Exige with other street cars because, with curb weights that hover around 2000 pounds, there aren’t really any [...]