Don’t stop and think for a moment that the Lotus City Car Concept and the Lotus Elite revealed before this are the only two cars that Lotus have in store for the public at Paris 2010 – in fact Lotus has unleashed a massive onslaught of new cars, all styled with the new Lotus design language.
Here are all the five cars in brief while we upload the rest of the stories for you. Our man on the ground Danny will be back soon with live photos from the motorshow floor as well.
Lotus Esprit – 2 seater, mid engined, rear wheel drive, powered by force inducted 5.0 litre V8 making 620 PS and 720Nm, redline at 8,500rpm, 0 to 100km/h in 3.4 seconds, 7-speed twin clutch transmission. Hybrid KERS system optional. Spring 2013 debut.
Lotus Elan – 2+2 seater, mid engined, rear wheel drive, force inducted 4.0 litre V6 making 450 PS and 465Nm of torque, 7 speed DCT. Debut in Summer 2013.
Lotus Elite – 2+2 seater, front-mid engined, rear wheel drive. Similar engine as the Lotus Esprit, but with front-mid engine layout. Uses a hybrid gearbox with integrated electric motors and KERS. Scheduled for Spring 2014 debut.
Lotus Elise – the bread and butter of the Lotus marque so far has been the Elise. It’s interesting to see if Lotus has done much to the original Elise’s ‘less is more’ principal. This new Elise is quoted at being 1,095kg so it’s still pretty light. The original Series 1 Elise was 725kg and the latest is about 901kg. This new baby is 200kg lighter. Power is via a 2.0 litre force inducted to make 320 PS and 330Nm of torque, taking it from 0 to 100km/h in 4.3 seconds, paired to a 6-speed manual with optional twin clutch. This Elise will debut in 2015 for about 35,000 pounds.
Lotus Eterne – this is a big bad four door super saloon from Lotus, also using a 5.0 litre V8 force inducted to make 620 PS and 720Nm with a 8,500rpm redline. It’s front-mid engined and rear wheel drive with optional all-wheel drive, and is expected to be priced at about 120,000 pounds with an intended early 2015 debut. You’ve got four doors and four seats.
Are you liking the new face of Lotus? More details coming soon! Other than these 5 cars and the Lotus City Car Concept, the Lotus stand also features the new Evora S and the automatic Evora IPS.
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very nice.
all look alike….however they look cool…happy to see the elan back
the side mirrors are so tiny…camera integrated maybe? are these just prototypes or the final version paul?
They’re probably concepts that are intended to go into production as all of them have release dates. But the technical details have probably not been finalised. I doubt any of these are running prototypes, just pure design concepts and a product plan.
ahhh…thanks for the reply….need to lower the expectations abit then…but so far the line-up is superb!
futuristic design =)
Mazda!!!
ooh.. me likey~
This is indeed interesting and ambitious. It reminded me of Aston Martin’s DB9 project where almost all of their model lineup looked more or less smiliar despite different body sizes and engines.
It is also risky as well. Provided the price is bad and sales flopped, this will spell disaster to Proton. Anyhow let put fate with Dany Bahar, afterall Proton hired him. This cant go wrong i hope!
Five sports cars in one motor show? WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW!
Now Proton, please re-badge one of those and rename it PUTRA CPS. You can dump in the upcoming 1.6 liter turbocharged campro to make it work! it won’t reach the 4.3 sec mark but it sure gives a taste of what Malaysians could have….
agree..
PUTRA replacement please…
good idea!! where is proton putra replacement??
so please proton, dont leave putra a side.
i am sure a lot of putra fans out there.
so proton dont make us disappointed.
simply omfg
lotus eterne….make tht a base design language for the new perdana
All the manufacture in the world are incorporating with world design language so let it be the new face of proton line-up.
5 cars in a row is a bit too much. i just hope the funds that Lotus going to get to build up these babies won’t come from our G’s money.
at least figuratively, i am proud that these cars are products from Proton.
who else is do you think is going to pass the kitty to lotus…
love the fresh looks ^^ and espirit engine detail looks like it is able to challenge the new lambo huhu
Maserati and Lamborghini combined!
Fantastic opportunity for P1 to offload a portion of its equity
in Lotus when its on the high. !!
Awesome ! Just curious where the engines and transmissions sourced from ? Doesn’t look like from Toyota anymore
The V8’s could be from the from Lexus ISF…
Cosworth. They hv signed aggrement
guess who is going to pay for the project financing???? hampers to anyone for an accurate guess…
that’s exactly Malaysian mentality…
when a son/daughter of a teacher scored 8As in PMR, everybody said: “biasalah, anak cikgu, mestilah cikgu tu ajar anak dia lebih daripada anak orang lain”
but when a son/daughter of a rubber tapper scored 8As after he/she study hard, and burning the midnight oil… guess how many of us would praise and take him/her as example to follow?
it doesn’t matter how much help a person get, he/she won’t success if he/she doesn’t have the desire to be successful.
well said..
u got some points there..
but still some azzhole thumb u down..
5 model look the same….only minor different….buy 1 of those 5 should enough since all face look alike…i thought lotus would surprise us will all 5 different styling look…
almost all porsche cars look a like..
so what???
British auto car maker all unmatchable to German marques…that why all british brand owned by other country auto maker….
Lotus >> proton
Jaguar>> tata
mini>> bmw
Land Rover>> tata
Conclusion German auto maker like VW, BMW, Mercedes is the world top ranking in Europe & world….that why malaysian all love to drive Mercedes & Bmw….now VW is start vr popular in M’sia now…especially the Golf GTI…really impress many m’sian eye…
theres 5 beautiful cars and i still cant believe there’s haters out there.
go stuff yourselves in your toyotas dickheads.
they just want a supercars that look like DUGONG..
bah… was expecting more from the looks of the cars…
Why do they all look nearly the same… ?
why the latest mazda cars look a like???
something to do with their design language lar..
nice design but there some copycat to lambo & aston martin too
I think I just had an orgasm.
on a mazda?
Looks very Japanese-like!
Does Proton designers/engineers involve also in the project?
The front might be the same but the back is really different for all 5 cars, it ill make the looks of Lambo concept rear to shame.
seen the real pix on autoblog.. what i can just say….superrbbbbb…
all of all, i smell that something is missing. where’s the vented hood?
The Elise is more beautiful than ever, but too bad its starting price will be around 40k pounds (RM400,000 plus taxes) which is what the current evora is going for…
and Elise is the entry level lotus…
when i look at the picture of this new elite.. suddenly i i’m thinking about Pininfarina Ferrari..
sorry, not the elite, but the Elise.. Typo..
Oklah, Lotus makes money. And when Lotus makes money, Proton makes money. When Proton makes money, we make money.
Dem hot… Superb… Look like they have a strong line of cars… This is just like what happen with Kawasaki.. After super low-profile in 90s, they give a big surprise to the world.. Remember when they introduce Z100 and Zx6 in early 2000s.. That moment is the superb comeback for ‘the green mean machnie’.. They are a king of the road in 70s and 80s, absent for a decade and comeback strong after that.. this is just the same with Lotus situation…
i can feel they need larger cooling ducts.
Yeah, the esprit make a comeback! =)
Next: Develop your very own engine from magnesium,Lotus.
Esprit, Elan n Eterne, very nice. Definitely eye catching. One look n u know they are fast cars.
Launching so many models at the same time for low vol. producer may lead to QC lapses.
which one of this is “Putra” replacement ;)
i wanna see how Lotus Eterne compete with handsome rapide,tough masculine Qporte and ugly panamera…
Now is good time to sell Lotus and make money.
Why Lotus can design So stylish car, But proton still cannot? Look at our cuerent model, gen2, waja, persona, satria,…ready alamak! no creative at all, Where is all proton designer graduate? from University Kampung…. So sad.
remind you that those Proton models you mentioned are old models from 3-6 years ago. so sad.
just wait for the next Persona replacement, or EMAS. you’ll shit bricks.
strongly agree with u jedimaster.
My personal view, Lotus currently has the best designs and they have beaten other big boys from this aspect.. Bravo guys!
I like the Eterne…4-door & full 4 seats practicality withouth sacrificing sportiness
wowww look sweet .. the elite front look like lambo
It is holy…when can own of these babies…
a bit like honda crz front end design don’t ya’ll think
To bad for most of us can’t afford it. Just can admire from tepi jalan with mouth wide open.