More unconfirmed information has surfaced about Lotus’ line up for the Paris Motor Show, with sources reporting the Hethel based company presenting four new models, with two of them using some form of hybrids powertrain.
First up is a modern interpretation of the Lotus Seven. According to sources Lotus has made the car heavier and more comfort orientated with niceties like air conditioning. The original was more like the Caterham’s that you see today, which is in a way a descendant of the original Lotus Seven.
Even more surprising is the fact that there won’t be anything Lotus about the car, as the car is based on a “stillborn” Spanish sports car concept and most probably will be produced in Spain. This is expected to be priced around the $100,000 mark.
An Esprit is also said to make an appearance, which was previously put on hold by former CEO Mike Kimberly, to push forward the Evora, deemed more important at the time. The car is said to be mid-engined with a turbocharged V8. Moving away from its lightweight roots, the car will use minimal carbon fiber and more bonded aluminum materials.
Most exciting is the introduction of two front-engined Lotus hybrids. One will definitely be a premium Lotus-badged version of the Proton EMAS Concept. All this will be displayed alongside the Lotus Evora S and the Lotus IPS in Paris on the 30th of September 2010. We will keep you updated as soon as we hear anything.
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That is a mighty cool color. But gold or titanium rims will go better with it.
can’t wait for the Esprit.. sad to hear the Seven gonna be within $100k price bracket, I don’t know if any chaps would actually buy it at that price.
Proton may own it, but Lotus doesn’t bears its name or its quality I’ll drink to that, Amen!
yes but too bad none of the quality of lotus cars have rubbed off on proton cars,. lol.
EVORA…better put a T badge infront than L….
thumbs down littleboy.
Lotus buys Toyota engine/gearbox, tweak to increase the power. Make it fit in EVORA.
Toyota people don’t do anything else to the EVORA.
It should bears LOTUS name as the LOTUS engineer works on the car from chassis-up.
It is like your boss thanks MS.Word for the job you’ve work on for years.
ariff… why waste time with a person who aptly named himself littleboy?
Bring it on Lotus !!!
The new Esprit was speculated ever since the old one rolled off the production line for the last time in 2002 IIRC. Many car mags envisioned it to be launched in 2009 and built in Tg. Malim to reduce the cost. Well, it’s only a year late and it’s NOT produced in Tg. Malim….
it mean lotus is dropping the
‘less is more” philosophy?