2012 Lotus Elise Club Racer Review, Pictures Gallery

New 2012 Lotus Elise Club Racer for the first time comes complete with a Sport setting for the DPM (Dynamic Performance Management) allowing even the less experienced sports car drivers to feel at the top of their game, while the ability to switch it off completely will please the more established track orientated drivers. DPM combined with improved agility courtesy of Lotus finely tuned sport suspension and an adjustable anti-roll bar will make the Lotus Elise Club Racer equally versatile for both road and race track fun.

The 2012 Lotus Elise Club Racer pleases the eye as well as the soul with a choice of six striking colours (Sky Blue, Saffron Yellow, Ardent Red, Aspen White, Matt Black and Carbon Grey) and bespoke design elements that emphasise the character of the car.

It’s pocket pleasing too, at £27,500 / €34,450 / CHF48,900, the 2012 Lotus Elise Club Racer marks the new entry level sports car from Lotus. And with the Elise standard of just 149g CO2/km plus the weight reduction, the new Club Racer provides maximum fun without so much of the green-guilt usually associated with high performance driving.

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Lotus Evora by Mansory

With a whole raft of new models in the pipeline, Lotus has some very big plans for the future. But what does that mean for its existing lineup – most notably the Evora, the newest among them? Earlier reports indicated that Lotus was working on a substantial facelift for the mid-engined 2+2 to bring it in line with its more aggressive new design language. And it very well might be still. But that’s not what Lotus has in store for the upcoming Geneva Motor Show.
Instead, Lotus is asking the public, “Is it always wise to customize?” Well from our point of view, it’s certainly not always prudent, but it can be sometimes. From our perspective, precious few of those times, unfortunately, are realized when Mansory is involved, as the tuner dubiously improves on production vehicles as it typically does with outlandish paint jobs and garish interiors. But every once in a while, Mansory gives an existing car a re-skin – usually in carbon fiber – that makes us stop and take another look. Like the Aston Martin DB9 Cyrus and the Bugatti Veyron Vincero. And so it appears to have done with the Lotus Evora.

Commissioned by the factory, Mansory’s take on the Evora is meant to demonstrate what’s possible in the aftermarket. It looks kitted-out with enough carbon to make an F1 car jealous, but we’ll reserve final judgment for when we see it in person at the fast-approaching show. In the meantime, you’re invited (lucky you) to follow the jump for the official statement and check out the pair of images released in the gallery below.

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2014 Lotus Esprit Sport Cars Review and Images Gallery

New Lotus CEO Dany Bahar, who was previously senior vice president of brand management at Ferrari, has a beautiful grand plan for the small manufacturer of sports cars in Britain, it upscale the Elise, Exige, and Evora a series outright to Porsche. Among the new Elan, Elise, Elite, and Eterne lead predators to the mid-engine supercar Spirit, which revives the name used on the Giugiaro-designed hold two seats went on sale in 1976. The new car is expected in 2013 as the model 2014.

As the last Spirit, which comes with a twin-turbo 3.5-liter V-8 engine from 1996 to 2004 new cars a bent-eight mounted amidships. But while the old engine was developed in house, the car uses a 5.0-liter V-8 from the Lexus IS F and turbocharged engines. Lotus should have done a little more than a slap on the turbo, the engine running at 8500 rpm (the SI unit of red lines F in 6800). The company says that the output of 612 hp and 531 pounds-feet high torque.

Car to go to the rear wheels via a seven-speed dual-clutch. Interestingly, Lotus says the car is available in a hybrid environment, the Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS), familiar to Formula 1 in 2009 and qualified again in 2011.

The Spirit is 179.1 inches long, 76.8 cm wide and 49.2 inches, almost to the side of Italia Ferrari 458. Lotus says it will have a weight of 3,197 pounds, a little lighter than the Ferrari will sprint from 0 to 62 km / h in 3.4 seconds and go to a top speed of 205 mph. The price is estimated in the region of $ 110,000, far less than the 458 or Italy Aston Martin V-12. This price loyal Lotus leaves with a very difficult decision to make: 612 horsepower, front-engine Elite for about $ 115 000, or mid-engine Spirit of 612 hp for the same price.

The last time the head of the luxury Lotus was when Colin Chapman, founder of the company was in charge. Had Lotus Elan roadster and coupe fabulous in the 1960, but Chapman decided I needed to make more money from their cars, and introduced the Elite 2 +2 coupe in 1974. Continued with the brightness and the Spirit of origin. Lotus lurch if the next two decades and have begun to sell vehicles in all reasonable volumes with the launch of the Elise in 1996.

Although Lotus has always been able to produce a ship large items, such as fit and finish (and reliability) has always been lacking, especially compared with Porsche’s efforts. This was the case in 1970 and today is the same when comparing the Evora car that the Porsche 911 and Cayman S. If you really moving upscale Bahar Lotus, not terribly historical names and horses, that its success, but the build quality of their products. Well, we guess 612 hp, 8500 rpm V-8 can not hurt.

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2014 Lotus Elite At Paris Motor Show

New Lotus Elite model will make its debut at the Paris Motor Show. Although the name of Elite shares 80 percent of his letters to the fundamental product of Lotus, the Elise, this car is 100 percent different from the roadster stripped of what is now the company known. The elite is presented as a grand tourer, and packs a big V-8 up front. It seems less radical than the Elise and Evora, with a style suggestive of the Toyota FT-86 concept.

5.0-liter V-8 Elite is based on the turbine of the Lexus IS F, but it has been reworked and force-fed, even if it means turbocharged or supercharged is still uncertain, with the result bluster of the environment: 542 hp at 8000 rpm for standard car from 612 to 8000 in the R-Spec trim. Both come only with a seven-speed transmission with double clutch, which deposits of recent patents suggest has been developed internally. A hybrid model will be sitting on top of the series. Lotus has not released details of gas / electric system, but the layout slide sound technology 414E hybrid concept shown at the last auto show in Geneva. A flywheel “push to pass” button to give motorists a brief pulse to power, as the F1 KERS systems introduced in the 2009 season. Lotus believes that the elite will take place at 62 km / h in just 3.5 seconds, and the high-po version should reach a top speed of 196 mph.

Measuring 10 inches longer than Evora, Elite has a better chance than her sister mid-engine is made to keep the promise of a “2 +2 comfortable.” To complicate things, however, is the announcement that the Lotus Elite is available with a retractable steel roof option of power. We surprised Lotus even considering such a system as a hardtop inevitably much heavier than the weight of the fabric and the light is the keystone of Lotus car-building business. It will be awhile before we confirm packaging requirements and performance, because Lotus says the Elite will not begin production until 2014. Withdrawal date not less than the time savings of up to 115,000 pounds (U.S. prices should be the same in dollars) that will ask the Lotus version.

CEO of Lotus, has said he wants the company more than triple sales in 2015, a goal that puts us nervous small businesses in the search for the greatness of having an easy time of overextending themselves. Fortunately, with a high price, the elite can be expected that the burden alone. Lotus is also going to use the platform to support a stylish four-door Panamera sedan, which leads to rumors of his debut in Paris as well.

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2011 Lotus Evora GT2 Overview and Photos

The last appearance of the car Sarthe Hethel House is dated 1997, two Lotus Elise GT1 determined crew Giroix / Deletraz and Hezemans / Grau / Lammers, when I first start since 1955 and Lotus 9 (class 750 to 1.1100 cc) has led the race by Ron Flockhart and the same Colin Chapman. sports management was entrusted to the Austrian team Jetalliance Racing, the reality of experience in endurance racing, bringing together two teams of professional riders and gentleman drivers. Two of the Lotus Evora GTE also compete in GT2 6 hours of Spa-Francorchamps, Imola 6 hours, 6 hours of Silverstone, the Petit Le Mans, and 6 hours Zhuai and the Intercontinental Cup in 2011 in Le Mans.

Participation in endurance racing world’s most important commitments is only one ‘active sports Lotus launched after the arrival of former Ferrari driver has to drive brand Dany Bahar. In addition, the Formula 1 is present in the British Parliament formally IndyCar, GP2 and GP3. Evora GT racing version of the GT3, GT4 also be produced in addition to the GT2, while the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2012 and the introduction of Lotus LMP2 closed body structure, whose development as an engineer Paolo Catone.

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2011 Lotus Evora V6 Engine 280ps / 206 kW / 276 hp

Powered by a Lotus-listen 3.5-liter V6 Engine 280ps / 206 kW / 276 hp @ 6400 rpm and a weight of only 1382 kg, the Lotus Evora offers a thrilling experience faithful to the features of Lotus DNA characteristics.



With zero to 60 mph sprint takes only 4.9 seconds (100 km / h in just 5.1 seconds) top speed of 162 mph (261 kph) and an official European combined fuel economy cycle just 33 , 2 mpg (8.5 liters per 100 km) and emissions of just 199 g / km of CO2 Evora stays true to the philosophy of performance through light weight. The rest of the economy figures are equally impressive with an official European urban cycle of 23.4 mpg (12.1 liters per 100 km) and 44.8 mpg (6.3 liters / 100 km) for the combined cycle with all officials exceptional ride and handling.

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2014 Lotus Elite Paris Motor Show Overview

New Lotus Elite model will make its debut at the Paris Motor Show. Although the name of Elite shares 80 percent of his letters to the fundamental product of Lotus, the Elise, this car is 100 percent different from the roadster stripped of what is now the company known. The elite is presented as a grand tourer, and packs a big V-8 up front. It seems less radical than the Elise and Evora, with a style suggestive of the Toyota FT-86 concept.

5.0-liter V-8 Elite is based on the turbine of the Lexus IS F, but it has been reworked and force-fed, even if it means turbocharged or supercharged is still uncertain, with the result bluster of the environment: 542 hp at 8000 rpm for standard car from 612 to 8000 in the R-Spec trim. Both come only with a seven-speed transmission with double clutch, which deposits of recent patents suggest has been developed internally. A hybrid model will be sitting on top of the series. Lotus has not released details of gas / electric system, but the layout slide sound technology 414E hybrid concept shown at the last auto show in Geneva. A flywheel “push to pass” button to give motorists a brief pulse to power, as the F1 KERS systems introduced in the 2009 season. Lotus believes that the elite will take place at 62 km / h in just 3.5 seconds, and the high-po version should reach a top speed of 196 mph.

Measuring 10 inches longer than Evora, Elite has a better chance than her sister mid-engine is made to keep the promise of a “2 +2 comfortable.” To complicate things, however, is the announcement that the Lotus Elite is available with a retractable steel roof option of power. We surprised Lotus even considering such a system as a hardtop inevitably much heavier than the weight of the fabric and the light is the keystone of Lotus car-building business. It will be awhile before we confirm packaging requirements and performance, because Lotus says the Elite will not begin production until 2014. Withdrawal date not less than the time savings of up to 115,000 pounds (U.S. prices should be the same in dollars) that will ask the Lotus version.

CEO of Lotus, has said he wants the company more than triple sales in 2015, a goal that puts us nervous small businesses in the search for the greatness of having an easy time of overextending themselves. Fortunately, with a high price, the elite can be expected that the burden alone. Lotus is also going to use the platform to support a stylish four-door Panamera sedan, which leads to rumors of his debut in Paris as well.

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Future 2015 Lotus Elise Car Overview

It would be easy to forget the superb Lotus Elise dam sublime new products and if something is good, why futz with it? But the company network of new faces (including Eterne Esprit, Elan and Elite) at the Paris show has a great beauty to the most famous Lotus has essentially its first major renovation since the two squares hit the streets in the mid 90s.

Set to arrive in dealerships in early 2015 with a target price of £ 35,000 depending on the number must be substantially the same in U.S. dollars, the next-generation Elise will keep its main engine, the last unit of the wheel back, but the chassis is claimed to be new (an adaptation of Evora media platform) and the skin in a way is called Lotus CEO Dany Bahar called “young, strong, confident, bordering on the ruthless”.

“Unforgiven” is a rare term for a large dictionary of descriptors car, and we wonder if it’s a good thing. But “brave” is true, and what a superlative dry has a new frame is clearly different from the original. Lotus pre-show claimed that this attack against a car “to give you a subtle hint of the old Elise, so it still seems a touch of familiarity”. Squint as we do, we find it hard to see something that resembles the current car, what we see is a fish. Toyota plans to offer flu, rather than something to be steak and kidney pie.

Speaking of Toyota, there really is something familiar about the new Elise and its 2.0-liter DOHC 16-valve four-cylinder engine mounted behind the cab. Like all current Lotus cars, the engine supply Toyota. A six-speed manual transmission is standard, while the box is a manual optional seven-speed dual clutch automated apparently developed by Lotus itself. But Lotus is not its own engine management programming, and forced feeding, Lotus is not clear whether it is the expectation here is turbo or supercharger for 316 horsepower and 243 lb.-ft. of torque. Weighs only 2414 pounds listed, Lotus provides a 0-time-62-km / h in 4.3 seconds and top speed is estimated at just under 170 km / h. It is not yet a naturally aspirated engine.

Lotus describes the new engine as a “mild hybrid” because of an engine start / stop baking in the software. When the car is waiting at a red light, for example, then on again off buzzwords when the driver touches the throttle non-hybrid, and in particular, though, right? It was perhaps more interesting, however, find the word “practice” used in press materials for the Elise. It is difficult to combine practice with a two-seat sports car, but Lotus quoted substantially improved input and output, two activities that support the car door wide to make things extra level contortionist. Hopefully the new Elise thresholds are much, much thinner.

Lest you fear will lose some of Elise’s character of a purist sports car in this updated production, Lotus is seeking to reassure everyone, because it is clear that “2015 Elise has lost none of his cheeky charm “and he” behaves like a Dream, a dream, but very aggressive and exciting. “Tension filled? Is it so convincingly that “on the edge of the harsh”? We’ll just wait and see.

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2011 Lotus Renault GP F1 Car Released Details

Lotus has released new R31 2011 Lotus Renault GP F1 car which hopes to get on the top spots this year in the Formula 1 manufacturer’s charts. Watch the Lotus Renault 2011 F1 car live unveiling in the video lower down this page. Commenting on the announcement Bruno Senna said: ‘It’s a really exciting opportunity from both Group Lotus and Lotus Renault GP. To be able to develop my Formula One career within a World Championship winning organisation and to do so in conjunction with some hugely interesting work for such an iconic sports car company as Lotus is a once in a lifetime opportunity.



Lotus Director of Motorsport Claudio Berro said: “We’re delighted to have Bruno on board. In his young motorsport career he’s built up a great armoury of skills and experience. He’s a fast learner and this talent combined with his ability to shift between different types of race car will make him a great asset to Lotus. Normally people like to talk about the ‘technology transfer’ between F1 and road cars but in Bruno’s case we’re opening this up to an intellectual transfer – we’re certainly going to keep him busy!”.

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