Lotus Emira

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The successor to the Elise & Exige. Their final combustion car./

Lotus Emira: Firm's final combustion car to arrive on 6 July

Successor to Elise and Exige will offer a choice of four- and six-cylinder engines

Lotus’s first all-new series-production car in 12 years is a final “celebration of the glories of combustion” before the storied British firm enters its electrified future.

Taking the name Emira, which means ‘commander’ in several ancient languages, it will be revealed on 6 July. Along with the Evija electric hypercar, the new Emira, developed under the Type 131 codename and designed to revive the spirit of the Esprit, will kick-start a major product offensive from Hethel under its ongoing Vision 80 revival plan.

Future models from the Geely-owned firm will be based on one of four new platforms, including a premium one that will spawn its first SUV and one for electric sports cars. It had been rumoured that the Emira would be a hybrid but, as first reported by Autocar, the new Porsche 911 rival will be offered with a choice of two petrol engines: a turbocharged 2.0-litre four-cylinder unit sourced from an as yet unnamed new partner and the supercharged 3.5-litre Toyota V6 used in the Evora.

The Emira will be built on Lotus’s lightweight aluminium Sports Car platform (known internally as the Elemental), a heavily reworked version of the Evora’s base, and have styling influenced by the Evija. The Emira will be the final petrol-only Lotus, with all future models to be either hybrid or fully electric.

The move into EVs has been started by the Evija, which is based on Lotus’s new Hypercar architecture.

The third platform will be the Premium architecture (dubbed the Evolution), used for a range of “lifestyle vehicles” designed to sell in higher volumes, including that first SUV.

Although development of this platform has been led by the UK, the cars it spawns will largely be made at a new Lotus plant in Wuhan, China.

Lotus Emira: Firm's final combustion car to land later today | Autocar

Successor to Elise and Exige will offer a choice of four- and six-cylinder engines

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Lotus boss: Emira will be a fantastic sports car you can live with

New MD at Hethel outlines how upcoming sports car will have a broader appeal than predecessors

New Lotus boss Matt Windle has given clues as to how the brand's landmark new Emira sports car will be differentiated from its Elise and Exige predecessors.

Tipped for launch in the coming months, the Emira is Hethel's first all-new car since the Evora launched in 2009, and will be offered with a choice of two engines: a 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder, or the Evora's supercharged V6.

“We’ve tried to cover as many bases as possible,” Windle told Autocar. “Two powerplants will enable us to cover most of that market. It’s a Lotus that you can live with; we’ve given it broader appeal, but it’s still a fantastic sports car with a range of different models that will go from a base spec up to an R.”

Windle's comments come as Lotus lifts the lid on its plan for the Emira to be a “celebration of the glories of combustion” before the brand hits the ground running with its transition to electrification.

As such, the Emira will make substantial technological advances over its forebears, while remaining true to some of Lotus's long-held traditions. It will go without electrically assisted steering, for example, adopting the same electrohydraulic set-up as the Evija for improved steering feel.

Lotus boss: Emira will be a fantastic sports car you can live with | Autocar

New MD at Hethel outlines how upcoming sports car will have a broader appeal than predecessors

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The new Lotus sports car is called Emira

And it *won’t* be a hybrid. Plus: four new vehicle platforms part of Lotus’s new Big Plan

Lotus is building a brand new, old-fashioned sports car. It will be fully unveiled on 6 July, and it will take the name ‘Emira’. (Pronounced ‘e-meer-a’, FYI.)

Why old-fashioned? Because it won’t be an electric sports car, nor will it be a hybrid sports car. It will be the last combustion-engined sports car Lotus will ever build; the Elise, Exige and Evora are all being axed, don’t forget.

This Emira will have a lot riding on its Evora-sized shoulders, then. Lotus says the new Emira will get a choice of petrol engines including a “highly efficient” unit that’ll be “tuned to help deliver that distinctive Lotus experience”.

Lotus also says the new Emira will sit on an entirely new flexible lightweight aluminium platform internally referenced as ‘Elemental’, and feature a design inspired by its heavyweight sibling, the all-electric Evija hypercar. New boss Matt Windle wants the Emira to drastically increase production volume, from 1,500 cars a year to 5,000 and beyond.

The new Lotus sports car is called Emira

And it *won’t* be a hybrid. Plus: four new vehicle platforms part of Lotus’s new Big Plan

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WATCH | Finally, Lotus will reveal its Emira sports car in July

WATCH | Finally, Lotus will reveal its Emira sports car in July | Life

Formerly known as the Type 131, Lotus' new Emira sports car will make its official debut at this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed

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Lotus Emira handed public debut as Goodwood celebrates brand

British manufacturer will be honoured with an interactive marque and will reveal its new sports car

Lotus will be the subject of the central feature at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, with the Emira sports car set to make its public debut at the event.

The British manufacturer will be honoured through Goodwood’s traditional front lawn sculpture, which will for the first time include an interactive experience, accessible from both the festival itself and home.

Lotus was previously the subject of the central feature marque back in 2012, with a 3D infinity loop sculpture that celebrated its racing history.

“Everyone at Lotus is very excited by the opportunity to be the central feature at the Festival of Speed,” said Lotus marketing boss Simon Clare.

“This year is a hugely significant one for the transformation of Lotus, and to be giving a public dynamic debut to the Emira at a location so closely associated with Lotus’s success and spirit of innovation will be great for those who can attend, physically or virtually.”

Lotus will use the opportunity to give the Emira its official public debut. The Emira is set to be Lotus’s final petrol-only car, with future models to be either hybrid or fully electric. It will go into production later this year at a new facility at Hethel.

Lotus Emira handed public debut as Goodwood celebrates brand | Autocar

British manufacturer will be honoured with an interactive marque and will reveal its new sports car

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New Lotus Emira previewed ahead of July debut

Given how dated the British sports car maker’s current line-up is, an all-new model is big news for Lotus. And that news comes in the form of the all-new Emira, which has been teased ahead of its global debut on July 6.

Looking set to replace the Elise, Exige and Evora, the Emira is also said to be the last combustion-engined vehicle that Lotus will ever produce.

However, while its internals stick with ICE, the new Emira will take much of its design inspiration from its battery-powered Evija sibling, while the cabin will be a far more modern proposition than Lotus drivers are accustomed to, complete with digital instrumentation.

According to the UK’s Car Magazine, Emira buyers will be able to opt for an updated version of the Toyota V6 used in the Evora, and there will also likely be a smaller four-cylinder option. Lotus says the additional powertrain option will be “new to Lotus, highly efficient, use cutting edge technology and be tuned to help deliver that distinctive Lotus experience.”

Oh, and there won’t be any hybrid option as the extra weight added would go against its founder Colin Chapman’s strict policy of “adding lightness”.

New Lotus Emira previewed ahead of July debut - CAR Magazine

Looking set to replace the Elise, Exige and Evora, the Emira is also said to be the last combustion-engined vehicle that Lotus will ever produce.

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Lotus Emira: Firm's final combustion car to arrive tomorrow

Successor to Elise and Exige will offer a choice of four- and six-cylinder engines

Lotus’s first all-new series-production car in 12 years is a final “celebration of the glories of combustion” before the storied British firm enters its electrified future.

Taking the name Emira, which means ‘commander’ in several ancient languages, it will be revealed on 6 July ahead of a debut later in the week at Goodwood. Along with the Evija electric hypercar, the new Emira, developed under the Type 131 codename and designed to revive the spirit of the Esprit, will kick-start a major product offensive from Hethel under its ongoing Vision 80 revival plan.

Future models from the Geely-owned firm will be based on one of four new platforms, including a premium one that will spawn its first SUV and one for electric sports cars. It had been rumoured that the Emira would be a hybrid but, as first reported by Autocar, the new Porsche 911 rival will be offered with a choice of two petrol engines: a turbocharged 2.0-litre four-cylinder unit sourced from an as yet unnamed new partner and the supercharged 3.5-litre Toyota V6 used in the Evora.

Lotus Emira: Firm's final combustion car to land later today | Autocar

Successor to Elise and Exige will offer a choice of four- and six-cylinder engines

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Meet the new £60k, 400bhp Lotus Emira

It’s definitely still a Lotus, but the new Emira might upset the British sports car purists on its way to sales success

The new Lotus Emira is propelled entirely by little explosions. It isn’t even a hybrid. That’s not because Lotus is incapable of something electrified, or dragging its feet. Next year there will be a “lifestyle product” (aka crossover) that’s all-electric. In 2025 an electric sports car, a co-operation with Alpine. So the Emira, by having only a petrol engine, surely qualifies as an instant classic. Just as well it looks so good.

It’s a mid-engined two-seater. Lotus has done plenty of those. But it doesn’t quite replace any of them, even though the Elise, Exige and Evora have lately shuffled off this mortal coil. It’s meant to be usable every day. But not, we hope, an everyday thing. Still special.

Starting at under £60,000, it’ll be a rival to the Porsche 718, or in America to the lower rungs of Corvette, because it’s going on sale worldwide. That’s a bold ambition.

Emira deliveries don’t start until next year, beginning as a V6. A four-cylinder option is a few months later again. So right now Lotus is still being enigmatic about the outputs and stats. But here’s what we know. The V6 is the supercharged Toyota-based 3.5-litre V6 from the Exige and Evora. The four-cylinder will be a version of AMG’s superheated two-litre turbo.

There will be manual, auto and DCT auto transmissions, says Lotus, again declining to say much about what engine pairs with what transmission. Well you can bet neither engine will be offered with all three, and in the old cars the V6 had manual or auto. So we can safely assume the DCT is for the four-cylinder.

Lotus says the outputs are 360bhp and 400bhp, and that the quickest acceleration will beat 4.5 seconds for 0-62mph, with launch control. But Lotus tantalises by not saying which output is which. They both seem like they might not be trying that hard, because both those engines go beyond 420bhp in cars we know – the V6 in the Evora and the four in the Mercedes A45S. If asked to guess I’d say it’s the turbo four that gives the 400, and the V6 that’s constrained to 360.

Meet the new £60k, 400bhp Lotus Emira

It’s definitely still a Lotus, but the new Emira might upset the British sports car purists on its way to sales success

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What the new Emira means for Lotus

Why a 1,400kg sports car with electric seats *is* a natural step on from an Elise

Lotus really wants the new Emira to sell in far bigger numbers than the Elise, Exige and Evora. Lotus owner Geely is investing big. Sure, the Emira’s aluminium frame and glass fibre skin are the same materials Lotus has used for years. But they’ll be made in expensively scaled-up factories.

Lotus has built a new plant in Norwich for the aluminium bits, so the frames don’t have to be trucked far to the main factory in Hethel. There too we find a new production line, with robots painting and computer guided trolleys carrying the cars between stations. Some £100m has gone into all this, creating 200 new plant jobs.

Look at the Alpine A110. Not that many people are buying it, because they get in and think it’s a bit toy-like. That’s a criticism Lotus has obviously suffered with many of its past models and is determined to avoid this time. Get into the Emira and it’s a world away.

If the marketing team has any Porsche-like gumption, the Emira will doubtless later be offered with the option of hip-crushing race seats, but right now you’re forced to endure the luxury of four-way electric adjustment as standard, or the option of a premium seat with 12-way motors.

You don’t need to contort yourself to get in either – the door openings and sill heights have been carefully considered. The seat moves back to suit tall drivers who were simply barred from the Elise. You can see out pretty well, too.

While it might sound boring, the storage in an Emira matters. Big bags behind the seats, smaller ones in the rear boot, amounting to 359 litres – or the same as a VW Polo. Drinks bottles fit the door pockets and, er, cups in the cupholders and a phone in the phone tray. The instrument display and central touchscreen both use Lotus graphics, unless you’ve switched to phone mirroring, which you can. Lotus has worked with KEF on a 10-channel hi-fi.

What the new Emira means for Lotus

Why a 1,400kg sports car with electric seats *is* a natural step on from an Elise

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All-new Lotus Emira kickstarts firm's reinvention with AMG power

Porsche Cayman rival gets updated platform, transformed cabin and choice of V6 or turbo four power

Lotus’s first brand-new series-production model in more than a decade is a stunning mid-engined, two-seat sports coupé with supercar-aping looks, a high-quality interior and the option of four-cylinder turbo power supplied by Mercedes-AMG.

The Emira (pronounced ‘eh-meer-ah’), seen here officially for the first time ahead of its debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, will be priced from less than £60,000 and is pitched at what Lotus believes to be a gap in the market below higher-performance versions of the Porsche 718 Cayman.

It will go on sale in all key global markets next spring, initially powered by the Toyota-sourced supercharged 3.5-litre V6 from the outgoing Exige and Evora, before the 2.0-litre AMG unit follows in the summer.

The Emira will be Hethel’s final non-electrified car. It follows the limited-run Evija electric hypercar in this promising new era for Lotus under the majority ownership of Geely, which is funding not only new cars but also new facilities and manufacturing processes with the aim of products being built to a higher and more consistent quality.

Underpinning the Emira is Lotus’s new Sports Car Architecture, which was developed using the extruded and bonded aluminium chassis technology first used by Lotus on the Elise of 1996. The car is 4412mm long, 1985mm wide and 1225mm high, with a wheelbase of 2575mm, making it just a fraction larger than the Evora.

All-new Lotus Emira priced at £71,995 in First Edition trim | Autocar

Porsche 718 Cayman rival gets updated platform, transformed cabin and choice of V6 or turbo four power

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AutoTrader first look at the Emira

 

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Carfection first look at the Emira

 

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Top Gear first look at the Emira

 

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Lotus Emira

The Lotus Emira is an all-new mid-engined premium sports car that perfectly embodies the ongoing transformation of the Lotus business and brand. It features all the hallmarks that the automotive world has come to expect from a Lotus - striking design, thrilling dynamic performance delivering best-in-class ride and handling, outstanding aerodynamics and an unrivalled experience 'For The Drivers'.

Building on the legacy of the Elise, Exige and Evora, the Emira represents a quantum leap forward for Lotus. Those instantly recognisable brand signatures and core values have been combined with a paradigm shift in levels of practicality, comfort, functionality and technology.

Matt Windle, Managing Director, Lotus Cars commented: "The Emira is a game-changer for Lotus. It stands as a beacon of everything we have achieved to date in the transformation of the business, the embodiment of our progress. It is a highly significant milestone on our path to becoming a truly global performance car brand."

The Lotus Emira has been developed on a new lightweight bonded aluminium chassis, technology pioneered by Lotus and which remains an intrinsic part of the company's sports car DNA. That innovative vehicle architecture is wrapped with a bold and sculpted design using cues clearly developed from the Evija. Key dimensions of the Emira are length 4,412mm; width 1,895mm; height 1,225mm; and wheelbase 2,575mm.

First customer cars will start to be delivered around the world from next spring. Powering the Emira will be a choice of two petrol engines, both globally respected for their performance characteristics. At launch, the first cars will be available as limited-production 'First Edition' models powered by the much-loved and Lotus-honed 3.5-litre V6 which cut its sports car teeth powering the Exige and Evora.

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Mr JWW first look at the Emira

 

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Lotus Emira gets AMG and Toyota Power

Remember Lotus? The brand renowned for making the best chassis on the planet… Well, it’s back with a brand new sportscar, the Emira.

Famed for products such as the Elise, Exige and Evora. Let’s not forget the 7 either, or the limited run of Evija electric hypercars. Come to think of it, Lotus has made some seriously iconic sportscars over the years. The only real issue with them was ropey build quality and interiors that were uninspiring.

Under the new(ish) ownership of Geely, the brand is making a comeback, as an electric sportscar maker. But, that’s not what the Emira is, it’s an internal combustion engined car and in all likelihood, the last one the brand will make before switching over to batteries.

The Emira plans to compete with the Porsche 718 Cayman for mid-engined, rear-wheel-drive sportscar supremacy. The Lotus appears to use a development of the old Evora chassis with a bonded fibreglass body. It uses a similar wheelbase to the Evora but with wider tracks. 20-inch wheels sit snug within the wheel arches. The body looks free from wings and massive fins to enhance downforce but Lotus is convinced it will produce positive downforce equally at both ends of the car.

What powers the Lotus Emira?

The supercharged 3.5-litre V6 from the Evora will continue its duty in the Emira until emissions laws eventually force it out of existence. It produces 300 kW and 430 Nm of torque. Lotus has also announced it will use a 2-litre turbocharged 4-pot engine courtesy of AMG. Geely has a stakeholding in Daimler, so the partnership isn’t as unthinkable as it seems (British brands with AMG engines are a bit of a thing currently – Aston Martin uses them as well).

The AMG unit is said to deliver 270 kW and has been tuned by Lotus to suit the Emira’s characteristics. It also uses a bespoke air intake and exhaust so will likely sound different to the popping and banging of the A-Class AMGs.

No firm performance figures have been given yet, only that it will get to 100 kph in less than 4.5 seconds. Only the V6 is available with a manual gearbox while the AMG unit is going to be sold exclusively with an 8-speed dual-clutch ‘box.

Lotus Emira gets AMG and Toyota Power

Remember Lotus? The brand renowned for making the best chassis on the planet… Well, it’s back with a brand new sportscar, the Emira. Famed for products such as the Elise, Exige and Evora. Let’s not forget the 7 either, or the limited run of Evija electric hypercars. Come to think of it, Lotus...

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SA Bound Lotus Emira Sports Car Revealed

Say hello to the all-new Lotus Emira which replaces no fewer than three models and serves as their final car with a combustion engine.

The new sports car is taking aim at the likes of the Alpine A110 and Porsche 718 Cayman but it has a bigger footprint compared to them. Lotus shaved off as much weight as possible so it tips the scales at 1.405 kg which is nowhere nearly their lightest offering to date.

When it comes to power, you have the choice between engines. You can opt for the tried-and-tested supercharged 3.5-litre V6 of Toyota origins or you can try a 2.0-litre turbocharged engine from AMG.

If you opt for the M139 AMG unit, you will be forced to work with an eight-speed, dual-clutch transmission in the new Lotus. Go for the Toyota-sourced powertrain and you’ll get to pick between manual and automatic gearboxes.

The British-built Emira is scheduled to go on sale towards the middle of 2022 and it will be making its way to South Africa. Daytona will be responsible for the distribution of Lotus cars in South Africa and they are aiming for a price of around R2 million subject to exchange rate fluctuations.

SA Bound Lotus Emira Sports Car Revealed

It replaces no fewer than three models and serves as their final car with a combustion engine.

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