Lotus has built a one-off Evora Sport 410 which pays homage to the Esprit S1 from the James Bond film Live and Let Die to promote Lotus Exclusive. Lotus hasn’t had an easy time of late, but it finally looks to be back on track and on the way to profitability, helped by sane management […]
New Lotus Exige Sport 380 is the Exige Sport 350 with more power and less weight
The new Lotus Exige 380 has been revealed as an Exige 350 with an extra 30bhp, 25kg less weight and a price tag starting at £67,900. It would be nice to see Lotus turn up with something properly new, but at least there is a roll out of improved models, like this, the new Lotus […]
Lotus Elise 250 Special Edition – the MOST expensive Elise at £47,900
[nggallery id=2387 template=customlinks] The Lotus Elise 250 Special Edition launches as a celebration of Lotus’s 50th anniversary at Hethel in Norfolk. Just 50 units at £47,900. Lotus are starting to discover that a ‘special edition’ car can attract a premium price and, with a limited run, encourage buyers to plunge in to a purchase now rather […]
Lotus Evora 400 Hethel Edition celebrates 50 Years since Lotus decamped to RAF Hethel
The Lotus Evora 400 Hethel Edition has been revealed as a cosmetic makeover of the regular Evora 400 celebrating 50 years of Lotus Hethel. Fifty years ago this year, Colin Chapman decided Lotus had outgrown its factory in Cheshunt, and what was needed was a lovely rural location in Norfolk, preferably with the start of a test […]
Lotus Evora Sport 410 – a lighter, more powerful Evora. Costs £79,900
[nggallery id=2279 template=customlinks] The Lotus Evora Sport 410 has been revealed ahead of a debut at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show as an Evora with a bit more power and a chunk less weight. The Lotus Evora Sport 410 is heading to the Geneva Motor Show next week as a more focussed take on the Evora. The Evora 410 […]
Lotus Exige Sport 350 – the Exige gets a bit more hardcore
[nggallery id=2232 template=customlinks] The Lotus Exige Sport 350 has been revealed as a lighter and faster Exige, with the reduction in weight leading to improved performance. Costs £55,900. Just as they did with the Elise recently, Lotus has taken Colin Chapman’s ethos of ‘What matters is weight’ and applied it to the Exige to come up […]
Lotus Elise Sport & Sport 220 arrive to replace the Elise & Elise S
[nggallery id=2214 template=customlinks] Lotus are replacing the Elise and Elise S with new models – the Sport and Sport 220 – from December 2015, which cost less and weigh less too. The Lotus Elise Sport (and its more powerful sibling, the Elise Sport 220) have been revealed as Lotus brings the Sport name back in […]
1966 Lotus Elan S2 – first owned by Peter Sellers – up for sale
A very original 1966 Lotus Elan S2 – first owned by actor and Goon Peter Sellers – will go under the hammer with Silverstone Auctions on 14 November. If anyone is associated with the Lotus Elan in the minds of the public, it’s Diana Rigg’s Emma Peel in the Avengers. But this particular Elan S2 is […]
Lotus Evora 400 Roadster CONFIRMED for 2016
[nggallery id=2051 template=customlinks] The new Lotus Evora 400 – the fastest production Lotus ever built – will spawn a roadster version in 2016, aimed very much at garnering U.S. sales for Lotus. Lotus is starting to recover from years of poor sales (and mis-management) under the direction of new boss Jean-Marc Gales, and the new Lotus Evora […]
New Lotus 3-Eleven gets 450bhp and costs from £82,000: Goodwood Festival of Speed
[nggallery id=2131 template=customlinks] The new Lotus 3-Eleven has been revealed today at the Goodwood Festival of Speed with 450bhp and costs from £82,000 for the road-going version. The new Lotus 3-Eleven is the quickest production car ever built by Lotus, with 450bhp from its 3.5 litre V6 engine – a massive 500bhp per ton – and will […]