After Lotus’ recent e-mail malfunction, they have now officially unveiled details of both models. These are the Lotus Evora S and the Evora Intelligent Precision Shift (IPS), which will officially make its debut at the Paris Motor Show.
As you would have guessed it, the Evora S sees an increase in power from the Toyota sourced 3.5-litre V6, now producing 345hp and 400Nm of torque. It makes more power now thanks to a supercharger and I suspect the engine is the same one found in the Toyota Aurion TRD for the Australian market. In any case, this gives the car a 0 to 100 figure in just 4.8 seconds and a top speed of 276km/h.
The Evora S also comes with a ‘sport’ pack as standard, featuring a ‘sport’ button allowing drivers better control of the throttle responses and activates the exhaust by-pass valve. Pressing the button also raises the instantaneous rev limit and changes the dynamic stability control. Cross-drilled brakes and a fine tuned suspension will add to the whole experience.
The IPS option is an automatic 6-speed gearbox coupled with the 3.5-litre V6 engine that generates 276hp. This also includes manual paddle shifts, allowing the driving to switch between that and the automatic mode. Again, by selecting ‘sport’ mode, the experience is enhanced with the driver being in complete control of the transmission. It’s basically a Toyota transmission but with Lotus very own shift logic.
“The Evora IPS is set to broaden the appeal of the Evora and reach out to a slightly different market. We hope it will be popular with established automatic locations such as Asia, the Middle East and the US. It’s been a long time since Lotus created an automatic and we’ve spent a great deal of time refining this one to make sure that it perfectly complements the Evora drive experience,” said CEO Dany Bahar on the development.
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drooled, nice car…..
1st!!
drooled, nice car…..
1st!!
Fantastiic / Marvelous / Wonderbar !!
But what’s in store for Proton? Nothing !!
Don’t forget Lotus is asking for another 500 mil advancement from Proton.
Proton is just a cash cow which Dany Bahar will milk it dry.
the centre console really amazed me…
nice.. like the minimalist..
Where is the dual-clutch box that lotus engineers are working on…?
Neway , the car looks brutal with those diffusers…
now evora comes with the power to match the looks , altho a bit more wouldn’t hurt
Finally….a proper civilized option from Lotus other than hardcore track day oriented machine……good job and I hope it increase customer acceptance and sales
well if lotus make campro engine for proton then why they have to buy toyota engine for they sport car, Unless the campro dont sound like one pro…………if i am not mistaken its one old engine re name re packadge sold to malaysian old junk engine. Same as mitshubishi wira 1970 engine and we get it in 1990 and now cam pro…………. old junks
all this while, where are you? Same old issues… Why dont you go and learn something about the product development… Even you have technical know how, but not enough volume to produce it, its not possible. you want to make more money, not burning your money… whats good its there, if you invest so much of your money, but the return would be years later down the road.. you want to create more money as much as possible in shortest time? Dont you want that too? more money in short period of time?
Because the numbers are too small. It doesn’t pay off to develop an own engine. Why do you think i.e. the BMW 318 and 320 have the same 2.0 liter engine block with different power level only?
And if you sell a Lotus with a Toyota engine somewhere in the world, it’s more likely that the customer will find a Toyota workshop with Toyota spareparts than a Lotus workshop… ;)
Unbelievable… You guys makes lots of “sense”… Really, it can be clearly seen now why Toyota over campro… And not due to emission requirement… It’s in wiki bro, just search it up…
as far as i know proton has no 3.5 litre campro engine…so u wanna put 1.6 cps in there?
Since they claim that the 1.6 CPS is so good that Exora can move, i think why not? They still have 1.6 Campro turbo r&d at England right?
By the way, Lotus does help tune a lot of engine for other manufacturer but never use P1 engine officially in their fleet.. Even Elise now also got 1.6 engine, but not campro… Why? Just think about it… If about emission, u r wrong, as p1 got until Euro4 standart for Campro in Europe.. Its about the engine overall… If about cost, i can guarantee that Campro is far more cheaper to Toyota..
But in the end, think of marketing wise… If u want to buy a lotus and open up the engine boot is P1 campro, u will think twice before buying it…
wow little fire.. you are still stuck on Euro4 standard? wonder why Honda scrapped the Type R in Europe?? oh wait.. its on Euro5 standard now… bro.. better read up some fact about the usage of the Toyota engine over gen2’s campro before you start the argument that campro should be use.. this is quoted off wiki.. ELISE uses toyota engine to comply with strict US emission laws.. by the way… the move to use 1.6 is very recent and again, do factor in the new emission compliance..
by the way, how can you guarantee that the cost is cheaper? you supply the parts for the engine?
to add to what Mohd said, even BMW needed to share their technology with Peugeot/Citroen to bring the price of their Mini engines down. simply put, the better the econimies of scale, the better the chance for brands to save cost.
the purchase of the toyota engine is probably due to a few reasons. 1) it is a proven engine worldwide. 2) brand name. i don’t think people would be very impressed to find a campro in the evora. maybe those here will be but not everyone else in the world. remember the car must be sold worldwide and usa too. nobody knows what on earth a campro is… worldwide of course. 3) it would take too much in r&d to develop an engine in-house to match the best in the world. better to buy an established and re-tune. cost savings. everyone buys something from someone else to keep costs low.
if lotus decided to do their own engine in-house, it will probably be priced even more.
if only this car have a twin clutch…
button gear?
reminded me of lancia stratos
No gear lever for auto? Will become issue…
how about accidentally press the transmission ‘button’
only those who shouldn’t have bought this car will accidently press the wrong buttons.
NICE..but only in my dreams..^^
How much for towering Malaysian car buyer??
Have to buy more toto first ?
Nice car….but would it help lotus to earn more money to pay back proton (since bought by proton 14 years ago but never record any profit) or it is just a platform / playground for lotus engineer to play with their design only?
sport cars divisions are unlikely to make profit. take a look at Bugatti Veyron, despite the Veyron’s enormous million-dollar price tag, each car was sold at a loss and its predecessor will be no different. The purpose of motorsports division is to do R&D, and to make a showcase car to tell the world that they are capable of doing it. the R&D would be useful for future product development.
i’m sorry to let you down, but your statistics are rather ‘half true’ only. ferrari and lamborghini are those that are earning lots. buggati is under volkswagen, and they’re there to sell the veyron just to prove to the world that they can.
for your info, Porsche is the most profitable car manufacturer in the world, despite low sales when compared to those like world leader toyota or ford.
its our proton’s management that failed badly. and we all know why.
You see why i got bad feedback. People don’t like criticism. I just curious WHY proton bought lotus at the first place? It seems that lotus is not earning money but seems to be an expensive hobby place for the engineer to show off their design.
So a business which is not making money, why proton keep lotus? Anybody can explain or enlighten? Thanks for your info, don^don
proton bought lotus bcoz the technology they have… is it really lotus still at loss?
Where is the news?
Perodua.. clearly there was an idea to turn Lotus around when they bought it (since it was already making loses back then).. don’t forget, lotus has a huge following in US of A and if proton and lotus can re-do the same model.. think of the size of the market… also, lotus was never meant to to be mass market car like your name sake… you can put a family of 4 in it do you? or you can put in a baby sit in do you?
Of course lotus is not meant for family market. Pls don’t forget that a business already not making profit for the past 14 years. If you are the owner of the business, would you still putting money in this business? The business already lost in the time factor. Now still have to folk out some for money for the development of the new car (50 billion). If you don’t have support for the ‘government’, would you still continue it?
don^don,
i would agree with you on Ferrari and Porsche profitability. if you refer to Paultan’s post several month back, Lotus and Proton did mentioned that they’re changing their business plan. Lotus is no longer producing ‘track cars’ only, but they would produce something like Porsche and Ferrari.
This is just a plan only. Lotus & Proton did ‘mention’ only. But would they put it into real business plan? Would the business plan work later? Or still losing money? Even they start earning money, would it cover the loss in 14 years? Bring for example the sime darly, PKFZ and others, all lost big money but who will responsible for the lost. Or the culprit just pay a few million bucks and jail for a few years compare to billion of RM that is lost. Or the CEO jusr resign and change a new one then everything is settled? The fact is money is lost and the one who is responsible for the lost should pay back the losses with their property.
So a person corrupt 1 billion but only pay a few million fine is not fair. Who will play for the lost? Government? Don’t forget money from government is still from all of us.
WHOAH!!! from lotus to Sime Darby.. we are really skewing out of topic… dude.. what is your gripe over here? you rather make a beauty, art, technology dissappear over pure profit? dude! I am sure Proton made all the necessary business call to check out Lotus (and maybe underestimated it) before going into it…
by the way, Lotus purchase by Proton is a whole different matter over sime darby and etc.. get your head right bro…
and what proof is there that the purchase of Lotus involves corrupt parties? stop implying unnecessarily.. jeez…. if your gripe is about corrupted government, please send it elsewhere.. we don’t need it here in a auto website…
and the losses incurred by Lotus could just be the necessary investment thrown in since Proton take over to improve the offering… and unlike mass production car manufacturer (read toyota and honda)… the returns will take some time… just look at the bigger picture… why would people purchase a MINI COOPER over GOLF GTI (since the price is roughly the same?).. why would a person buy a freakishly expensive motorbike over a much safer mode of transport? This is the very same reason why some people would love to have a lotus over other car…
I am guessing, base on your namesake, your car is to take you to point A to point B in the most affordable, comfortable (read got aircond, seats and visor) manner… sorry, some people just enjoy the sheer driving pleasure offerred…
Also, did you do a check on Lotus profitability before the purchase? What are the chances the previous owner would want to sell Lotus if it was making money.. I am guessing, off the top of my head, the losses incurred by Proton is due to all the debts inherited from the previous owner and the current losses mentioned is all the financing of the debts and the investment for a better profitability and a larger market… jeez, stop insuinating like we malaysian is only allowed to drive re-badge cars (like your namesake) or that we just don’t enjoy sheer driving pleasure…
I don’t mind that what you said in your commend. But it seems to me that you are just a normal car lover and not thinking from the holistic pictures indeed. Any mistake that the higher management made will compromise the financial status of a company. I’m sad that you just look into the matter from the point lay man who just see from the very superficial point of the issue. This is not skewed off the topic.
Lotus purchase by Proton is a VERY SIMILAR matter over sime darby. Proton bought lotus so that they can make use of their R&D facility and engineer to give them good product and to further boost up their company profit. A Sime Darby initiated a project is to plan that they can bring more profit to the company.
You are not able to see an issue in holistic pictures but just an ordinary superficial commenter. You just commended the word I typed but not process the idea that I want to convey?
It is very EASY for SOMEBODY just blamed the previous owner of the lotus for the lost. What I want to point out is the previous lost is already lost but do lotus/proton have a plan to overcome the lost? Or after every year, just blamed previous owner. See Mr Idris that took over the MAS (big lost company) and turned it into profitable company, but after change CEO, MAS become lost company as well. So, as the current CEO said, it all due to the high cost in petroleum…. SO….IT IS SO EASY TO BLAME OTHER.
So now it is about the bigger picture? Dude.. Get your argument right (but base on your namesake, I assume you are as confuse as perodua themselves.. Self claimed national car manufacturer, but all only rebadge).. It is very clear lotus losses incurred by proton is years of losses suffered by the previous owner… No argument… Additional cost incurred to churn out new model… Else lotus will come out with cars designed and tech from 80’s nought nought… You wanna talk about MAS?? Do you understand the working of the oil futures? ‘nough said.. Now you want tell a business should be run?? Sorry to tell you… Yes, I love cars.. I love the drive… I love the sensation to drive a legend… Like how jereme clarkson would say; I love speed!!
Sometime, the reason for a certain thing are as it is.. Simple as that… I don’t work in proton.. Maybe you work in perodua… But for 1 thing for sure we will never know why incur so much cost… We may have gripe bout it… But the way I look at it… As long as proton in general is making money… Lotus losses can be considered as r&d cost… But of course not… In your case you want to insuniate the darker side of things… And worse of all, in a auto portal… Wrong channel, wrong idea…
i want this !!!!
such a nice looking car.
reminds me of the spyker aero
wait…. wait for the bashing…..
hoho….
i not really like Automatic… i have no control on the car….
cute.
nice gear transmission.. just pressing a button
its a rebadge TOYOTA after all…..ha ha…
fact? or GTFO!
show us the proof! or don’t say anything!
stupid comment….
Toyota never have a car that look more beautiful than this evora…
Though it is obvious why lotus is not manufactured in Malaysia, why can’t it be Ckd?? Maybe can be significantly cheaper
yes.. but even in UK the price is around RM300,000. i wonder how cheap could it be if CKD here. and even though CKD for sport cars is possible here, it’s very rare, does Ferrari or Lambo doing CKD anywhere?
Bro.. It is just a thought of the mind… Though it doesn’t seem much, I guess it can shave a couple of ten’s of thousand off the retail, and save on the freaky heavy taxation… Cool it bro… You don’t have to go around busting other people’s balls.. Ideas and improvement comes around when things are constructively questioned… Not by staying status quo..
sorry, i didn’t mean to offend you fren. it’s just my opinion too. maybe the question mark did make my statement sounds too serious. chill, and have a nice day :)
its ok bro… at least we can have a valid conversation here.. unlike some others…
i like…
wow…what a machine… Gorgeous! Surely i’ll feel like i’m in Star Wars worlds if i’m driving this! Huhhh
The diffuser stands out like a sore thumb. i x see it fits the sleek and contoured body…
its still a gorgeous car though… can proton rebadge lotus and sell half price here?
can larrrr…. pleeeeease!~~~~~~
yup the diffuser reminds me of neo cps diffuser
get real, study hard or work hard and then buy it. the economics of the world will not slow down for anyone. the only way is to catch up and buy what you want.
waiting road test against well established benchmark machine alike Nissan 370Z, BMW Z4…
Sad to say, doesn’t really break any new grounds and no DSG……maybe can do a smaller version for Malaysia and this in itself will lower the price.
Anything that hits o-100km/hr in 7 seconds or so is quick enough.
2.5 turbo maybe.
This car will probably cost more than RM 500k here.
the rear difuser and middle exhaust remind me of… neo cps..
gosh, can’t you think of anything else?
they looked VERY. FREAKIN. SIMILAR.