Lotus Evora

[Clark]

http://www.facelesspeople.com/

Looks nice, hopefully little more car than the Elise...

/C

 

[Southern-Nupe]

I love the car, especially the concept of a mid-engined 2+2 car (even though the rear seats would likely not fit much).

 

[Tarmac]

toyota engine again?

 

[speedster.8]

Originally Posted by Tarmac

toyota engine again?
could well be, but: v6 3.5l vvt

 

[jkennett]

beautiful car since it has everything i'd want. 4 seats, performance, and good gas mileage.

 

[CodeRed]

I love my Exige S, but this looks much more practical..better than a rip off P car.

 

[A Y]

Originally Posted by Tarmac

toyota engine again?

Yes, but as mentioned elsewhere, the pricetag is likely to be astronomical.

--Andre

 

[CodeRed]

Actually a Yahama engine rebaged as a toyota, but that is better.

 

[visionology]

There's something strange looking about the rear 1/3 of the car. It's like it has an exotic front end and the rear of a current celica, the way it is choppy. I'm not a huge fan of the way the rear window intersects either. It much more practical however than the Elise.

I actually wish we had the Lotus Europa here.

 

[A Y]

Looks like this car is going to enter production, and possibly enter the North American market as well:

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/20/l...to-the-states/

I'm hopeful that as more car companies become more environmentally conscious, designs like this will be more common: efficient, light cars that rethink the normal car packaging to get better use of space in a smaller car. Lighter cars, soup to nuts, have less environmental impact than heavier cars, too.

--Andre

 

[Roikins]

Originally Posted by A Y

Looks like this car is going to enter production, and possibly enter the North American market as well:

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/20/l...to-the-states/

I'm hopeful that as more car companies become more environmentally conscious, designs like this will be more common: efficient, light cars that rethink the normal car packaging to get better use of space in a smaller car. Lighter cars, soup to nuts, have less environmental impact than heavier cars, too.

--Andre

Yeah, it's definitely going into production. My friend was invited to a small, private reveal put on by Lotus down in Orange County a few days ago. I believe getting a better foothold in NA is part of Lotus' interest in getting into ALMS.

 

[A Y]

What did your friend think of the car?

--Andre

 

[Roikins]

Originally Posted by A Y

What did your friend think of the car?

--Andre

She thought it would definitely be a better daily than the Elise or Exige she's tested since it's far more refined, which is what they were going for.

 

[Sprezzatura2010]

Thanks, Lotus, for showing me my next car. Not immediately, but probably in the next 5-7 years.

 

[Artisan Fan]

I like this one a lot.