Was about to post this.
Most stunning looking Lotus in decades imo, not a typical lotus look, but much prefer it to the rounder prior cars with circular front bonnet vents that don't look so greatl
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Most stunning looking Lotus in decades imo, not a typical lotus look, but much prefer it to the rounder prior cars with circular front bonnet vents that don't look so greatl
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Lotus pulls the plug on Elise, Exige and Evora sportscars trio as it readies Emira for battle
Lotus also plans to launch its Evija, "the living one"; its first all-electric hypercar at the end of 2022, and it plans on showing off a new sports utility vehicle concept to the world in the middle of next year. The Elise, Exige and Evora represent almost half of the total production of Lotus vehicles in its 73-year history. In addition, Lotus built 9715 sports cars for third-party clients, including GM (the Opel/Vauxhall Speedster) and Tesla (the original Roadster).
The swansong examples of the Elise, Exige and Evora models are reserved for Lotus' growing heritage collection. Joining the pool will be the last Elise (a Sport 240 Final Edition finished in Yellow and the last of 35 124 cars), the last Exige (a Cup 430 Final Edition in Heritage Racing Green – number 10 497), and the last Evora (a GT430 Sport finished in Dark Metallic Grey and the final unit of a production run of 6117 vehicles).
The Elise and Exige sports cars are built around the Lotus small car platform. On the same platform, and also manufactured by Lotus at Hethel, were the Opel Speedster/Vauxhall VX220 (7200 cars built between 2000 and 2005) and the Tesla Roadster (2515 units built between 2007 and 2012).
If you include the Lotus 340R, Lotus Europa, Lotus 2-Eleven and the Lotus 3-Eleven vehicles, the total 'Lotus small car platform' production volumes come to 56 618 vehicles for global consumption.
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- Elise, Exige and Evora will most certainly go down in history as some of the greatest sportscars ever made.
- Carmakers General Motors and Tesla favoured the Lotus small car platform to produce niche vehicles.
- The last Elise, Exige and Evora models to roll off the line in Hethel will join the Lotus Heritage Collection.
Lotus also plans to launch its Evija, "the living one"; its first all-electric hypercar at the end of 2022, and it plans on showing off a new sports utility vehicle concept to the world in the middle of next year. The Elise, Exige and Evora represent almost half of the total production of Lotus vehicles in its 73-year history. In addition, Lotus built 9715 sports cars for third-party clients, including GM (the Opel/Vauxhall Speedster) and Tesla (the original Roadster).
The swansong examples of the Elise, Exige and Evora models are reserved for Lotus' growing heritage collection. Joining the pool will be the last Elise (a Sport 240 Final Edition finished in Yellow and the last of 35 124 cars), the last Exige (a Cup 430 Final Edition in Heritage Racing Green – number 10 497), and the last Evora (a GT430 Sport finished in Dark Metallic Grey and the final unit of a production run of 6117 vehicles).
The Elise and Exige sports cars are built around the Lotus small car platform. On the same platform, and also manufactured by Lotus at Hethel, were the Opel Speedster/Vauxhall VX220 (7200 cars built between 2000 and 2005) and the Tesla Roadster (2515 units built between 2007 and 2012).
If you include the Lotus 340R, Lotus Europa, Lotus 2-Eleven and the Lotus 3-Eleven vehicles, the total 'Lotus small car platform' production volumes come to 56 618 vehicles for global consumption.
Lotus pulls the plug on Elise, Exige and Evora sportscars trio as it readies Emira for battle | Life
The last of the Lotus small car platform vehicles have rolled out of Hethel to make way for the all-new Emira, and Evija hyper EV and an all-electric SUV.
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Evija & Emira gets the number 1 spot:
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01 Lotus Emira (& Evija)
The final petrol-powered Lotus launches this year – but it promises to send pistons out with, well, a bang. The Emira is a supercar lookalike for sports car money, and is off to a flier by being so much prettier than Porsche’s ageing Cayman. Then there are the powertrain choices: first up a supercharged V6 manual, to be followed by an AMG-spec four-cylinder turbo.
Lotus is on course for a massive 2022, with the new Emira being bolstered by the delivery of the Evija electric hypercar and progress being made on the company’s first foray into crossover SUVs. If it can turn the family Lotus into a cash-printer like Lamborghini did with the Urus, the future of one of the all-time great British car marques could be secure at last.
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01 Lotus Emira (& Evija)
The final petrol-powered Lotus launches this year – but it promises to send pistons out with, well, a bang. The Emira is a supercar lookalike for sports car money, and is off to a flier by being so much prettier than Porsche’s ageing Cayman. Then there are the powertrain choices: first up a supercharged V6 manual, to be followed by an AMG-spec four-cylinder turbo.
Lotus is on course for a massive 2022, with the new Emira being bolstered by the delivery of the Evija electric hypercar and progress being made on the company’s first foray into crossover SUVs. If it can turn the family Lotus into a cash-printer like Lamborghini did with the Urus, the future of one of the all-time great British car marques could be secure at last.
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Worth the weight? Lotus Emira first ride
The Emira is claimed to be a sports car for the masses as well as for the purists, despite pushing one and a half tonnes. We see for ourselves
“We’ll do a few laps in the electrical car,” says Gavan Kershaw, standing beside a Lotus Emira prototype outside Lotus’s impressive new Hethel HQ.
It’s an odd-looking machine – familiar in shape and basically white, but covered in random colour flashes as if it recently lost a high-speed argument with a random salvo of paintballs.
This word ‘electrical’ is unexpected. Every shred of Emira publicity has so far made it clear that while Lotus is indeed readying an all-new pure-electric sports car for launch in the mid-2020s, this Emira is very much Hethel’s last tilt at “celebrating the glories of combustion”. It isn’t even a hybrid.
The electrical explanation turns out to be undramatic. Lotus currently has around 35 Emira prototypes engaged in final testing in locations all over the world, before production cars start flowing in time for launch. This one belongs to the team in charge of electrical architecture, but Kershaw, the company’s pre-eminent driver and guardian of ‘Lotusness’ (official title: director of vehicle attributes and product integrity) has commandeered it for an hour to show us how it goes on the Hethel test track. There’s no question of a test drive just yet, but I know riding with Kershaw will in some ways be even more instructive.
www.autocar.co.uk
The Emira is claimed to be a sports car for the masses as well as for the purists, despite pushing one and a half tonnes. We see for ourselves
“We’ll do a few laps in the electrical car,” says Gavan Kershaw, standing beside a Lotus Emira prototype outside Lotus’s impressive new Hethel HQ.
It’s an odd-looking machine – familiar in shape and basically white, but covered in random colour flashes as if it recently lost a high-speed argument with a random salvo of paintballs.
This word ‘electrical’ is unexpected. Every shred of Emira publicity has so far made it clear that while Lotus is indeed readying an all-new pure-electric sports car for launch in the mid-2020s, this Emira is very much Hethel’s last tilt at “celebrating the glories of combustion”. It isn’t even a hybrid.
The electrical explanation turns out to be undramatic. Lotus currently has around 35 Emira prototypes engaged in final testing in locations all over the world, before production cars start flowing in time for launch. This one belongs to the team in charge of electrical architecture, but Kershaw, the company’s pre-eminent driver and guardian of ‘Lotusness’ (official title: director of vehicle attributes and product integrity) has commandeered it for an hour to show us how it goes on the Hethel test track. There’s no question of a test drive just yet, but I know riding with Kershaw will in some ways be even more instructive.
Worth the weight? Lotus Emira first ride | Autocar
The Emira is claimed to be a sports car for the masses as well as for the purists, despite pushing one and a half tonnes. We see for ourselves
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Carfection first drive of the Emira Prototype
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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.
www.topgear.com
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.
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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Lotus Emira review: exclusive road test of first prototype
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Lotus Emira review: exclusive road test of first prototype Reviews 2023 | Top Gear
What’s with the stickers? Ah, you’ve spotted them. Yes, this white VP2 007 (is somebody trying to subconsciously fill us with warm, fuzzy Bond’s Esprit vibes?) test car is a validation prototype; we’ll drive the final production car next month, making this sort of a sign-off drive. At least in...
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Lotus Emira review: what’s it like on track?
Has it got you excited for the production version?
More than a little. I don’t doubt some tuning is required, but the Emira already feels like a Lotus capable of carrying the traits we love forwards, while convincing us it has what it takes to rival Porsche and give the whole firm a brighter future.
It's pushing at an open door of course. We know cars like this have an expiry date. The pity is that what replaces them won’t be able to replace the sensations the Emira delivers. Get one while you can.
www.topgear.com
Has it got you excited for the production version?
More than a little. I don’t doubt some tuning is required, but the Emira already feels like a Lotus capable of carrying the traits we love forwards, while convincing us it has what it takes to rival Porsche and give the whole firm a brighter future.
It's pushing at an open door of course. We know cars like this have an expiry date. The pity is that what replaces them won’t be able to replace the sensations the Emira delivers. Get one while you can.
Lotus Emira review: what’s it like on track? Reviews 2023 | Top Gear
How track-focussed is the Emira? Well, if ever there was an Emira that shouldn’t perform on track, here it is.
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First drive: 2022 Lotus Emira prototype review
Truly crucial coupé: Hethel’s final combustion-engined car, its first creation under Geely ownership and the replacement for three models
Lotus’s last new petrol-engined car must also be its most successful. The Emira is charged with replacing the entire outgoing Lotus range – the Elise, Evora and Exige – but will need to reach greater heights than those cars ever did collectively.
Big money has been spent on fitting a new high-tech production line at Hethel – one that features autonomous sleds to move cars between work stations and which we’re told has been scaled to build up to 4500 cars per year. That’s a production figure Lotus hasn’t got close to since it was assembling the Vauxhall VX220/Opel Speedster alongside the still-fresh Elise S2 in the early noughties. With the need for revenue to help fund the forthcoming wave of pure-electric cars, the stakes couldn’t be higher.
Yet you will be pleased to hear that our first experience behind the wheel of the Emira is reassuringly familiar. Lotus has been inviting journalists to Hethel to drive new models on the factory’s test track since it first moved to Norfolk in the 1960s. It would feel wrong to be piloting a new Lotus anywhere else for the first time.
The car you see here isn’t a fully finalised version, but nor, as director of attributes Gavan Kershaw is keen to point out, is it a finished car pretending to be pre-production so that excuses can be made for anything I don’t like. Rather, it’s what is known internally as a VP2-level prototype – one that has been borrowed from the pool of cars being used to test the driver assistance systems. Visually and mechanically, it’s close to what the first buyers will be receiving later this year. Barring some ungrained surface panels, the interior is nearly finished and chassis settings are close to signed off. But there are quirks: the Track driving mode isn’t active yet and I’m told to expect some warning lights.
This prototype is using the Emira’s carried-over powerplant option: the 400bhp supercharged Toyota V6 familiar from the Lotus Evora. This is combined with the standard six-speed manual gearbox and a mechanical limited-slip differential.
It also sits on the softer Touring suspension and road-friendly Goodyear Eagle F1 tyres, rather than the track-biased Cup 2 rubber that will be an option. In wet and very windy conditions at Hethel, the gentler settings seemed a good idea.
www.autocar.co.uk
Truly crucial coupé: Hethel’s final combustion-engined car, its first creation under Geely ownership and the replacement for three models
Lotus’s last new petrol-engined car must also be its most successful. The Emira is charged with replacing the entire outgoing Lotus range – the Elise, Evora and Exige – but will need to reach greater heights than those cars ever did collectively.
Big money has been spent on fitting a new high-tech production line at Hethel – one that features autonomous sleds to move cars between work stations and which we’re told has been scaled to build up to 4500 cars per year. That’s a production figure Lotus hasn’t got close to since it was assembling the Vauxhall VX220/Opel Speedster alongside the still-fresh Elise S2 in the early noughties. With the need for revenue to help fund the forthcoming wave of pure-electric cars, the stakes couldn’t be higher.
Yet you will be pleased to hear that our first experience behind the wheel of the Emira is reassuringly familiar. Lotus has been inviting journalists to Hethel to drive new models on the factory’s test track since it first moved to Norfolk in the 1960s. It would feel wrong to be piloting a new Lotus anywhere else for the first time.
The car you see here isn’t a fully finalised version, but nor, as director of attributes Gavan Kershaw is keen to point out, is it a finished car pretending to be pre-production so that excuses can be made for anything I don’t like. Rather, it’s what is known internally as a VP2-level prototype – one that has been borrowed from the pool of cars being used to test the driver assistance systems. Visually and mechanically, it’s close to what the first buyers will be receiving later this year. Barring some ungrained surface panels, the interior is nearly finished and chassis settings are close to signed off. But there are quirks: the Track driving mode isn’t active yet and I’m told to expect some warning lights.
This prototype is using the Emira’s carried-over powerplant option: the 400bhp supercharged Toyota V6 familiar from the Lotus Evora. This is combined with the standard six-speed manual gearbox and a mechanical limited-slip differential.
It also sits on the softer Touring suspension and road-friendly Goodyear Eagle F1 tyres, rather than the track-biased Cup 2 rubber that will be an option. In wet and very windy conditions at Hethel, the gentler settings seemed a good idea.
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Lotus Emira Review: Exclusive Road + Track Test of 400bhp Baby Supercar | Top Gear
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You’ll need £71,995 to land a Lotus Emira First Edition
And this one’s fitted with what Lotus calls “the world’s most powerful” 2.0-litre 4cyl engine. Yikes
By now you’ll have read TG’s early verdict on the new Lotus Emira. You might also have caught our separate (but no less encouraging) track drive. And you’ve almost definitely spent an unwise amount of time on the Lotus configurator.
Unfortunately you’re going to have to start over, because the Lotus Emira First Edition is now available in 2.0-litre 4cyl form, with its own catalogue of options and colour choices. What rotten luck.
While the 400bhp V6 First Edition is priced from £75,995, its 360bhp 2.0-litre sibling (the most powerful of its kind ever homologated for road use, claims Lotus) is pitched at £71,995.
So what’s included with your £5k saving? You get 20in forged alloy wheels (ultra-lightweight, of course) with a two-tone finish, although you can have silver or black gloss if you prefer. The brake calipers come in a choice of four colours, while the body can be had in one of these six: Seneca Blue, Magma Red, Hethel Yellow, Dark Verdant, Shadow Grey and Nimbus Grey.
www.topgear.com
And this one’s fitted with what Lotus calls “the world’s most powerful” 2.0-litre 4cyl engine. Yikes
By now you’ll have read TG’s early verdict on the new Lotus Emira. You might also have caught our separate (but no less encouraging) track drive. And you’ve almost definitely spent an unwise amount of time on the Lotus configurator.
Unfortunately you’re going to have to start over, because the Lotus Emira First Edition is now available in 2.0-litre 4cyl form, with its own catalogue of options and colour choices. What rotten luck.
While the 400bhp V6 First Edition is priced from £75,995, its 360bhp 2.0-litre sibling (the most powerful of its kind ever homologated for road use, claims Lotus) is pitched at £71,995.
So what’s included with your £5k saving? You get 20in forged alloy wheels (ultra-lightweight, of course) with a two-tone finish, although you can have silver or black gloss if you prefer. The brake calipers come in a choice of four colours, while the body can be had in one of these six: Seneca Blue, Magma Red, Hethel Yellow, Dark Verdant, Shadow Grey and Nimbus Grey.
You’ll need £71,995 to land a Lotus Emira First Edition
And this one’s fitted with what Lotus calls “the world’s most powerful” 2.0-litre 4cyl engine. Yikes
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All-new Lotus Emira priced at £71,995 in First Edition trim
Porsche 718 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’) is priced £59,995 and is pitched at what Lotus believes to be a gap in the market below higher-performance versions of the Porsche 718 Cayman.
Initial models are powered by the Toyota-sourced supercharged 3.5-litre V6 from the outgoing Exige and Evora, before a 2.0-litre AMG unit follows in the autumn. The first version on sale will be the limited-run First Edition, which brings the V6 engine and a choice of manual or automatic gearboxes for £71,995.
Bespoke First Edition touches include a set of two-tone 20in alloy wheels, branded brake calipers, a tyre pressure monitoring system, black contrasting lower trim and 12-way adjustable heated seats. Buyers can choose from six exterior and seven interior colours, while the standard-fit Design Pack brings privacy glass, a black Alcantara headliner and sports pedals.
The First Edition is also equipped with the Drivers Pack which offers the choice of 'Tour' or 'Sport' suspension, and can be specified with either Goodyear Eagle F1 Supersport or Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tyres.
www.autocar.co.uk
Porsche 718 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’) is priced £59,995 and is pitched at what Lotus believes to be a gap in the market below higher-performance versions of the Porsche 718 Cayman.
Initial models are powered by the Toyota-sourced supercharged 3.5-litre V6 from the outgoing Exige and Evora, before a 2.0-litre AMG unit follows in the autumn. The first version on sale will be the limited-run First Edition, which brings the V6 engine and a choice of manual or automatic gearboxes for £71,995.
Bespoke First Edition touches include a set of two-tone 20in alloy wheels, branded brake calipers, a tyre pressure monitoring system, black contrasting lower trim and 12-way adjustable heated seats. Buyers can choose from six exterior and seven interior colours, while the standard-fit Design Pack brings privacy glass, a black Alcantara headliner and sports pedals.
The First Edition is also equipped with the Drivers Pack which offers the choice of 'Tour' or 'Sport' suspension, and can be specified with either Goodyear Eagle F1 Supersport or Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tyres.
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
www.autocar.co.uk
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Lotus Emira is on its way – we have more details
The Lotus Emira has been confirmed to be the final ICE the Hethel company produces before going all electric. From what we’ve see so far, it’ll be a spectacular final chapter for the Norfolk based company, writes Ryan de Villiers.
Colin Chapman’s race-bred company has been building their current crop of cars for a good while now, and as special as they may be, there’s no denying that they’re a little long in the tooth. We reported last year on the end of production of the Exige, Elise, and Evora which have all been put to rest as a result of the firm heading toward an all-electric future. The Emira will be the UK-based manufacturer’s last ICE vehicle with Evija and Type 132 SUV on the way, as well as a slew of new products. From what we have seen thus far, the Emira is shaping up to be quite the swansong.
Cars that cost anywhere from R2 million to R3 million (could be the price range of the Emira based on estimations) usually pack a punch when you decide to club foot the accelerator, doing so in the utmost comfort and style. The Emira will be no exception. At first glance, the Emira resembles a softer version of the firm’s upcoming electric hypercar, the Evija. The Emira’snterior is exactly what you’d expect from a car in this segment – a huge step up from Lotus products of yore. Leather here, Alcantara there, shiny buttons, and premium audio, Lotus have pulled out all of the stops here, and it shows.
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The Lotus Emira has been confirmed to be the final ICE the Hethel company produces before going all electric. From what we’ve see so far, it’ll be a spectacular final chapter for the Norfolk based company, writes Ryan de Villiers.
Colin Chapman’s race-bred company has been building their current crop of cars for a good while now, and as special as they may be, there’s no denying that they’re a little long in the tooth. We reported last year on the end of production of the Exige, Elise, and Evora which have all been put to rest as a result of the firm heading toward an all-electric future. The Emira will be the UK-based manufacturer’s last ICE vehicle with Evija and Type 132 SUV on the way, as well as a slew of new products. From what we have seen thus far, the Emira is shaping up to be quite the swansong.
Cars that cost anywhere from R2 million to R3 million (could be the price range of the Emira based on estimations) usually pack a punch when you decide to club foot the accelerator, doing so in the utmost comfort and style. The Emira will be no exception. At first glance, the Emira resembles a softer version of the firm’s upcoming electric hypercar, the Evija. The Emira’snterior is exactly what you’d expect from a car in this segment – a huge step up from Lotus products of yore. Leather here, Alcantara there, shiny buttons, and premium audio, Lotus have pulled out all of the stops here, and it shows.
Lotus Emira is on its way - we have more details
The Lotus Emira has been confirmed to be the final ICE the Hethel company produces before going all electric. From what we’ve see so far, it’ll be a spectacular final chapter for the Norfolk based company.
www.carmag.co.za
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Lotus Emira GT4
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Lotus Emira GT4
Lotus has unveiled the all-new Emira GT4 race car on the iconic Hethel test track, with a dynamic demonstration of its thrilling performance. At an exclusive event VIP guests were treated to passenger laps of the legendary 2.2-mile circuit with Gavan Kershaw, Director of Vehicle Attributes at Lotus and a former British GT Championship winner, at the wheel.
The culmination of more than 70 years of innovation on the road and track, the Emira GT4 marks the start of an exciting new era in performance GT racing for Lotus. It is the first new model from Lotus Advanced Performance, the bespoke vehicle and experiential division of the business launched earlier this year.
The return to world motorsport is a key pillar of the company's transformation from a UK sports car company to a global performance car business and brand.
Lotus has unveiled the all-new Emira GT4 race car on the iconic Hethel test track, with a dynamic demonstration of its thrilling performance. At an exclusive event VIP guests were treated to passenger laps of the legendary 2.2-mile circuit with Gavan Kershaw, Director of Vehicle Attributes at Lotus and a former British GT Championship winner, at the wheel.
The culmination of more than 70 years of innovation on the road and track, the Emira GT4 marks the start of an exciting new era in performance GT racing for Lotus. It is the first new model from Lotus Advanced Performance, the bespoke vehicle and experiential division of the business launched earlier this year.
The return to world motorsport is a key pillar of the company's transformation from a UK sports car company to a global performance car business and brand.
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Lotus Emira vs Porsche 718 Cayman GTS vs Alpine A110S | Which would you buy? - CAR Magazine (UK)
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New Lotus Emira vs Porsche Cayman GTS review | Autocar
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Harry’s garage review of the Emira V6