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Group Lotus has revealed the Lotus Exige S Type 72, a mid-engined sportscar that pays tribute to the most successful Formula One car of all time, the Lotus Type 72 F1 car. Between 1970 and 1975 the legendary vehicle has topped the amazing 20 Grand Prix victories and was driven by such Lotus greats as Jochen Rindt, Emerson Fittipaldi, Ronnie Peterson and Jacky Ickx. The celebrated Lotus Type 72 possess three Formula One Constructors’ Championships (1970, 1972 and 1973) and two Drivers’ World Cham

The ‘dark side’ of Lotus Cars is revealed. The new and limited edition - Lotus Exige Scura is named after its striking matt black and carbon fibre theme mixtured with high gloss ‘Phantom Black’ triple stripes. The new Scura (Italian for dark) will debut at the Tokyo Motor show on 21st of October. Limited to only 35 cars worldwide, the special Exige will be available for order as 2010 Lotus Exige Stealth or 2010 Lotus Exige Scura depending on the your location. Thanks to its carbon fibre el

There were 30 cars at the competition for Performance Car of the Year 2009. Among the competitors were Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche and many other very well known marques. Darren Turner, who is champion from Le Mans Series put the car through test drive on different roads in Britain and objective testing at the Rockingham Motor Speedway, where the cars showed their maximum performance qualities. Lotus Evora is a mid-engined  2+2 seater sports coupe. It is powered by 3.5 litre V6 developin

The base of this race car is the Lotus Evora Type 124, which was introduced earlier this year. There are number of changes, which has been made the car specially for endurance races. The Lotus Racercar will compete in several races during 2010/2011 season. One of them is the famous ADAC Nürburgring 24 Hours at Nordschleife race track in Germany. Specifications: Body: Lightweight composite and carbon fibre panels Engine: V6 mid-mounted with 400ps Gearbox: Six-speed sequential paddl

This is a 1.2 litre 3-cylinder with 2 valves per cylinder belt-driven engine. It produces 47bhp at 3500 rpm via integrated electrical generator and 107N/m of torque. Like all other manufacturers, Lotus also are targeted to hybrid vehicles. The Lotus Range Extender engine offers the advantage of a cost effective design, high efficiency and low mass and in the same time extended range. The main project is called “Limo-green” and it is a collaboration between Lotus Engineering, Jaguar Car

Making its debut at the I.A.A. in Frankfurt 2009, the Special Edition Lotus Elise Club Racer introduces new and exclusive colour schemes, bespoke interior and lightweight components all in a world class, high performance and low emission sportscar. The CO2 is only 179 g/km and combined with the performance – 0-100km/h in just 6.1 seconds and fuel consumption as low as 7.6L/100km the small car becomes extraordinary good. Lotus has taken four of the classic colour schemes used by Lotus in th

The new sports coupe from Lotus is now available in UK. This astonishing car is called Evora. It has 3.5 litre V6 delivering 280ps and 350N/m. The acceleration is stunning 0-60 in just 4.9 second and top speed ot 261km/h. All this power is put on the road by 6 speed manual gear box. The total weight of the car is 1380kg. Besides the sporty nature of the car, engineers took care about the luxury inside the beast. Only high quality materials were used for building the car and the result is o

More power, better handling and less weight is the perfect formula for better race car. The Lotus Exige Cup 260 is one of the best track cars –  In most common discipline the 100 km/h come in 4.1s and top speed is 245km/h. The car weights only 890kg, which guarantees awesome handling. The supercharged and intercooled engine in the Exige Cup 260 has a maximum power output of 260 PS (257 hp) at 8000 rpm and a torque figure of 236 Nm (174 lbft) at 6000 rpm. The gear box is six speed manual. T

Hennessey Performance will unveil publicly their VENOM GT supercar at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. The VENOM GT will be powered by specially-tuned, supercharged and twin-turbocharged Corvette ZR1-LS9 engine. With over 1,000 bhp of power on tap, and a curb weight under 2,500 lbs, the mid-engine VENOM GT will boast an astounding power-to-weight ratio of less than 2.5 to 1. The VENOM GT is based on a radically modified Lotus Exige S chassis. The price including the base vehicle is $600,000 US Dol

Recently at the automarket, buyers are downsizing their vehicles and engines to save money and fuel, and the purchases of city cars are on the rise. The ”Automotive Engineer” magazine asked Russell Carr, head of Lotus Design – How they see the future and how could they improve on the Smart ForTwo and Toyota iQ? A month after that the first sketches of the future Lotus City Car are already here along with new innovative and radical ideas. The future city car is about to carry up to four peo

Lotus Cars Limited is delighted to announce that it has selected Pirelli as the principal supplier of tyres for the stunning new Lotus Evora. The Evora is the first all new Lotus to be released since the iconic Elise roadster in 1995. The recent launch at Loch Lomond in Scotland gave the press a perfect opportunity to drive the exhilarating Evora on the Pirelli P ZerosTM, experiencing first hand how well the partnership between the car and tyres really works. Since its introduction the Pir

For 2010 Model Year, the Elise and Exige have substantially reduced CO2 emissions and improved fuel consumption The latest Elise and Exige models are the product of continuous improvement to give up to a 9% reduction in CO2 emissions and similar increases in fuel economy. On the combined cycle, the Elise S shows the greatest improvement in fuel efficiency offering an increase of 3.2 mpg (a decrease of 0.7 l/100km), from 34.0 mpg (8.3 l/100 km) to 37.2 mpg (7.6 l/100km). These figures are a