Chrome-clad Lotus Evora gets silver screen role

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There’s a chrome-clad Lotus Evora on display at The Pavilion, and it’ll be on show there until April 7. What’s special about this one then? Well, the car is part of a fleet of Evoras seen in the movie The Host, which kicks off in local cinemas today.

In the film, the Evoras – dressed in a chrome vinyl wrap and fitted with special-effect lighting – are driven by the ‘baddies’ of the piece. Lotus agreed in late 2011 to provide a number of Evoras to the project, directed by its screenwriter Andrew Niccol, who was looking for an extraordinary car for the role. The Evora was apparently chosen for its stunning and futuristic aesthetic.

The Evora’s appearance on the big screen continues in the footsteps of the Esprit, which was a bit of a celluloid star for the brand. The S1 started the ball rolling with its unforgettable submersible act in The Spy Who Loved Me, and the Esprit Turbo followed in For Your Eyes Only.

The fourth-gen Esprit then made a name for itself and the brand, “cornering like it’s on rails” with Julia Roberts at the wheel in Pretty Woman, and the Peter Stevens redesign was also seen in movies such as Basic Instinct and The Rookie. So, as far as outings go, Project Eagle may think things are shiny, but it has a fair bit of ground to cover before it catches up, movie count-wise.

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Anthony Lim believes that nothing is better than a good smoke and a car with character, with good handling aspects being top of the prize heap. Having spent more than a decade and a half with an English tabloid daily never being able to grasp the meaning of brevity or being succinct, he wags his tail furiously at the idea of waffling - in greater detail - about cars and all their intrinsic peculiarities here.

 

Comments

  • ouch…my eye…so painful from the chrome colour

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    • Sam Loo on Apr 04, 2013 at 11:17 am

      This is why Lotus got no money and in the verge of bankkruptcy. This is typical BN style, excessive spending of rakyat’s tax payer money.

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    • Cheh ugly! better get the Porsche,premium brand yet good RV of coz better looking!

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  • VINOD on Apr 04, 2013 at 10:53 am

    ITS BESIDE MY SHOWROOM NOW

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  • Dru-Zod on Apr 04, 2013 at 11:11 am

    Well done DRB

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    • Kukumonki on Apr 04, 2013 at 12:04 pm

      This has nothing to do with DRB. If you could just read it would help. This was signed in 2011 under Dany Bahar and Syed Zainal. As far as I’m concerned, DRB has miserably failed! Where VW? Where’s they’re super plan? They’re still surfing on the wave created from the management before them: F1, Prevé, Prevé hatch, etc. DRB has done nothing.

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      • gOOsh on Apr 04, 2013 at 12:19 pm

        eerrrr… betul ke apa statement kau ni Kukumonki? teruk la PROTON macam tu…

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      • ququbert on Apr 04, 2013 at 2:49 pm

        Use a bit of common sense lah bro, you think its that easy to turnaround Proton? Such a big company riddled with inefficiencies and financial leakages. You also don’t know what they may be brewing under the sheets. Give them time lah, you also can use some time to go read up on the Ford, GM’s turnaround story. Educate yourself a bit.

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      • Yala. Where’s the plan? thought they said wanted to announce in march.

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      • Dru-Zod on Apr 04, 2013 at 9:36 pm

        Relaks cuckoo bro. DRB is now running Lotus. Eventhough it was signed by Taner Bahar, this Chrome Project was carried out during DRB’s time. They could have pulled out like they did on the F1, Indycar, GP2, the new Esprit, new Elise, new Elan, new Elite, new Eterne, new Lotus City car, etc etc, but they did not. They stood firm and saw this through.

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    • Alson P on May 13, 2013 at 7:20 pm

      Shame on DRB

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  • azrai on Apr 04, 2013 at 11:16 am

    May I know paint shop/vinyl wrap shop doing this chrome thing. I like the chrome concept for my car.

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    • blackbox on Apr 04, 2013 at 12:22 pm

      It’s done by Motosports Playground. Cost around RM20k is what I last heard.

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  • darker marker on Apr 04, 2013 at 12:24 pm

    this is only ok for “wow” factor in movie world.

    In reality, this car is too shiny, reflective to be driven on actual road, esp in Malaysia.

    Imagine the glare (from the sun at noon) from incoming car windscreen is already blinding other drivers, and this chrome thingy???

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    • Kalun on Apr 04, 2013 at 2:48 pm

      It’s good to have a chrome car, to get back all cars with the glaring white light. Hate those cars.

      Have a taste of their own medicine.

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  • rajahGlobal on Apr 04, 2013 at 2:38 pm

    sport rims not shiny enough…

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  • lauyiachia on Apr 04, 2013 at 4:31 pm

    There is one on display at Tropicana Mall in Petaling Jaya. But the movie is a waste of time.

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  • “cornering like it’s on rails” – typical feeling on proton cars though it’s not good as sport cars

    Thought it’d car for automan :
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automan

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  • Alson P on May 13, 2013 at 7:25 pm

    Lotus Evora has been tested by Jeremy Clarkson from TopGear England.. It seems he very satisfied with the handling… Lotus Handling is the best…

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