Besides the stripped out Elise Club Racer, Lotus also unveiled the Evora Enduro GT concept car in Geneva. The Evora Enduro is, as its name suggests, designed for endurance racing, and is based on the Evora GT4 Endurance race car. It was shown in black and gold with splashes of red, just like the Lotus-Renault F1 car, which was also present at the Lotus stand.
Developed by Lotus Motorsport under the watch of Lead Designer Nicola Scimeca, the Enduro will be the base point from which the GT2/GTE homologated cars for FIA and ACO endurance racing will be built. This year, Lotus Motorsport plans to compete in the Nürburgring ADAC 24 Hours (23-26 June), Spa 24 Hours (28-31 July) and the Silverstone 24 Hours in October. 24 hour races in Dubai and Daytona are on the list for 2012.
Lotus did not reveal any specs, but the Evora Cup GT4 car is powered by a Toyota 4.0-litre normally aspirated V6 with 360 PS and 445 Nm paired to a six-speed sequential gearbox driving the rear wheels. Unladen weight is 1,190 kg.
The Evora Enduro can be bought by private individuals and adapted for racing. Gallery after the jump.
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please release ‘smart guys get it’ version…
Slowly Lotus/Proton will rule the world
yea…and its about time we got an affordable lotus…even rebadge…
So beautiful. Proton and Lotus starting to hit the headlines for the right reasons these days.
Speaking of “smart guys get it”, I heard there’ll be no more EVO came 2013? If its true, that is just sad….
i dont mind more evo…just revamp the whole exterior design…respect the lancer buyer…drop the inspira…and give us EVOTRON…long live lord EVOTRON!!!…
Nice colour scheme! Perhaps if Lotus is more daring, this car should be campaigned in the FIA GT3.
Cantik gila…
Aston Martin Racing should sue them for imitating the front nose pattern
Dude, the big smile on the front bumper is is the signature of Lotus since 1956…
But the next generation won’t use the smiling front bumper anymore. They will use more aggressive looking front bumper as their identity.
Hu La Laa, Classico color, i want one
At first look I thought its an Aston Martin! Lol,, but wow! Nice!
Kinda remind me of the John Player Special (cigarette company) colour scheme for Lotus F1 car back in the seventies.
this car really amazing… the shape, colors…. everything… except the engine… it is a toyota engine 4.0 liter… so cannot go against Ferrari laa… but i am sure the handling is really good compare to others….
FYI—-in its curent spec it is ranked the 3rd fastest car in the GT2 category[2011]….n its an enduro car fastest does nt gurantee wins!!…..long story dun wana ezplain to tin kosong basher!!
toyota engine ?
Why not renault ?
:-)
It could have been Nissan GTR engine…since they formed the alliance. That should easily smoked the like of Porsche, M3, A Martin ….all of them!
mamma mia!! what a beauty
Yeah, I think Renault engine should be more in line with the current Lotus-Renault GP team. Lotus could have made a special order of a 2 litre turbocharged Renault engine as found in the Megane RS. But then, the engine’s sound is quite dull…
nais (*nice) :D
Beautiful car
Very lightweight compared to stock Evora. And suprisingly 1190kg for a car with 4.0l engine.