Lotus has officially announced that it will reveal the Evora Cup race car at the Autosport International racing car show in Birmingham, UK later today. The race car is developed based on the FIA GT4 specifications and it can be used to compete in various national and international series, with options for endurance racing and sprint racing. It has a Toyota-sourced 4.0 litre V6 that is able to crank out over 400 PS and features a dry sump system.
The mid-mounted unit is paired with a motorsport-ready 6-speed sequential paddle shift dog gearbox. Other upgrades that are evident in this Cup car include a Dallara-developed aero dynamics package, adjustable motor sport dampers, 6-piston front brake callipers with two piece aluminium belled brake discs and so on. The Evora Cup race car weighs slightly lower than 1,200 kilograms which is about 200 kilograms less than the weight figure of the production version.
“The Evora Cup racing car is the first step along the route for Lotus Motorsport to realise its racing ambitions. I am looking forward to seeing the Evora racing this year in the Lotus Evora Cup competition and I am excited by the plans for 2011, where Lotus intends to introduce a pan European one make race series for the Evora Cup,” said Claudio Berro, Director of Motorsport at Group Lotus.
The above mentioned European one-make series will have a €100,000 prize fund and Lotus also revealed that the Lotus Cup race car will cost £120,000 (excluding taxes) and that the final design and specifications will be presented at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show happening in March.
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Evora sounds like Exora.
Nice!! Take that Porsche 911 GT3 RS! Build it LOTUS!!
nice looking
looking nice
im always a fan of lotus..
the car is really nice..
FUGLY
i wonder whats its gonna be if this car is to be put the 6.0L V12 engine
evora sounds like exora..
one gr8 track car, using toyota engine with proven reliability, why didn't proton use those engines? i guess their pride is hard to swallow…
Why green? because aston martin racing car is green? must all british racing car green in colour?
resembles tesla roadster
ya haaaaaaa…….
Please, any race team… Run this car in GT300 SuperGT for a full season…
Tesla roadster was based on a Lotus car if I am not mistaken
This is built to FIA 'GT4' spec. Running it in SuperGT will make the car look like it's going in reverse! Lets not get unnecessarily over excited without knowing what it really is.
I think this would probably fit in class A1 in MME at Sepang. Hopefully someone will run it.
Bruce Ban said,
January 14, 2010 @ 11:08 pm
Why green? because aston martin racing car is green? must all british racing car green in colour?
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The colour is actually called British Racing Green. All British branded marque has the same colour as option.
you have to be a real idiot to buy this car.
Bruce Ban said,
January 14, 2010 @ 11:08 pm
Why green? because aston martin racing car is green? must all british racing car green in colour?
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I think its more because its a legacy…. kinda like Honda's infamous championship white for their type-Rs………but instead of a brand-specific feature, its more of a nation-specific feature……. I believe that yellow racing stripe is also very british isn't it?
to bruce, because originally, the national color for Britain based cars is GREEN. They even dubbed it 'British Racing Green' or BRG. more info can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_racing_green
racing greesn la guyz..its their heritage so their choice…its definately gona rule d gt4 class even d gt3 if they decide to persue it…posches,bmw
s,corvette's hv been dominating the clas for far too long..it wud be a BLAST to c a LOTUS pushing them hard for wins coz nt sure they will last d race tats y;)..
SEXY CAR!!!!!!..no mre m3 no mre gt3 porche gt3!!!!i want a LOTUS..hehhehehe
I WANT 1!!!!!!!!!
Tesla roadster was based on Lotus Elise Chassis but slightly longer than Elise.
yeah let us see the action in GT300 or GT500 hahahaha
Ferruccio said,
January 15, 2010 @ 10:47 am
This is built to FIA ‘GT4? spec. Running it in SuperGT will make the car look like it’s going in reverse! Lets not get unnecessarily over excited without knowing what it really is.
I think this would probably fit in class A1 in MME at Sepang. Hopefully someone will run it.
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Actually ferruccio, even the standard engine of Evora GT4 spec needed to be detuned for GT300. Of course if the car is to be entered in GT300, it would be modified (gearbox, suspension, aerodynamics) to make full use of the more relaxed SuperGT GT300 regulations, compared to the strict GT4 rules. I believe that the Evora Cup racer would be competitive, at least on par with the modded Porsche GT3Cup's running in the GT300.