What can you possibly achieve in six seconds in everyday situations? Perhaps take note of the title and the first question here? See, six seconds in real life might not seem like a lot but on the circuit, it’s a whole different story – even a second might feel like a lifetime to racing drivers.
So when it was announced that the 2016 Lotus Evora 400 had taken a whole six seconds out of the Evora S‘s best lap time at Hethel, we can understand why this is news worth shouting about. To quell speculations, Lotus has stated that the pre-production Evora 400 prototype responsible for the 1:32 lap time was trimmed to the exact road-going specification (with road tyres) and featured a standard suspension setup.
The previous lap time of 1:38 was set by Gavan Kershaw, Lotus Motorsport’s technical manager, who was also the man responsible for piloting the Evora 400 around Hethel this time round.
“Our commitment to reducing weight to create a lightweight and efficient supercar has paid off. The extra 55 hp in conjunction with the 22 kg weight reduction and the tremendous traction from the Limited Slip Differential (LSD) lead to benchmark handling,” said Lotus CEO, Jean-Marc Gales.
The Lotus Evora 400 was first unveiled at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show. It featured a supercharged 3.5 litre V6 engine pushing out 400 hp (an increase of 55 over the Evora S) and 410 Nm of torque. Transmission options include a six-speed manual and automatic transmission with power going to the rear wheels. A 0-100 km/h time of just 4.2 seconds and a top speed of 300 km/h is quoted.
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how much rakyat money wasted on proton and lotus? all jibby company friends and rakyat suffer gst. even my wife buy flour for baking must pay gst. say ABUP for next election!!
What is this?
Please stop now and just focus on automotive related comments.
BN troopers and Pktroopers just leave this blog peaceful and find your own place/blog.
u so blind just follow what gov say? say goodbye to our country future. wake up before too late
u guys really got flawed logic system. boss out today ke?
Every person do like their country to improve.
But can you troopers make statements on a more affective place or other forum.
Back to automotive news please.
both sides also same now. propaganda like crazy people. leave us to our automobiles!
understand your hatred bro…we all hate our govt. but lets talk about cars lah in here. Im eagerly waiting for the review of this car…the ceo claimed no car will be faster than lotus in its segment
U came from hospital tanjung rambutan?
Stupid comment of the year
Ahhh… Must be that proton persona side mirrors
Lotus msport technical manager is the one who pilot the car for this laptime.definitely one of the coolest job in the world
Tun Ma is right in certain ways.
He is a clever man.
The Thor.
The lawyer.
pakatroopers gtfo. we want car-related comments only
excuse me? BOTH sides should GTFO!!!
ehh, what is he/she talking bout??!
out of topic plak
anyway, when Evora 400 comes here the price will be ridiculously
price est bout RM600k for this
I agree cars in M’sia is expensive anyway…. But, compared to a basic Cayman @RM600k, this is cheap!
Cheap? Can you afford or not? Always cakap besar, like Proton
To reduce weight, Lotus better throw away the power windows to gain extra speed. (And it’s going to be rosak also anyway).
Stupid comment of the year