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Lotus releases the Final Editions of the Elise and Exige
 The last Special Editions for the Exige and the Elise will be discharged. The reason is that the powerplant stocks ended. This two models use the 2ZZ-GE engines by Toyota. The Lotus team announced that in July the production will stop and only special limited editions will be built. Last 30 models of the Exige S260 Final Edition will be sent to North America and here 25 of the clients can choose to paint their cars in matte black and only 15 units of the 2011 Lotus Elise SC Final Edition will be sent to America and Canada and five of them will have four ...
Tags: lotus, exige, elise, special-edition
This year Geneva will meet Evora Mansory Bespoke Concept
 What we'll present next is from tuner Mansory based on the Lotus Evora. This is the Concept Lotus Bespoke.By doing this job, Mansory is hoping for potential collaborations with Lotus and provide new tuning services to future models. But don't think Mansory is doing all this with no feedback from the customers. No. Responses, reactions, are welcome and in this way a new individualistic program will be created for Evora style. Mansory was the first choice for the mission of creating the best line up for its pilot.This sports car has a mid-rear engine with a Toyota-sourced 3.5 liter V6 producing 280 PS (206 kW ...
Tags: lotus, geneva, tuner, concept-car,motorshow, evora, mansory, bespoke
New Lotus Evora patrol car for the British Motorway Police
 It seems that for a time now, the high performance car manufacturers like Lamborghini, Ferrari or Porsche have found a new marketing trick: show off police supercars. Indeed the message is clear: this car is so awesome that even the police want one. Now it's time for Lotus to do the same thing with its latest four wheels beast. So the UK car manufacturer has loaned a brand new Evora to the British Central Motorway Police Group (CPMG). Still, even if Gino Rosato, the Director of Corporate Operations at Lotus has stated that the company is proud to take part in this and similar initiatives ...
Tags: cpmg, motorway-police, evora, lotus-evora, lotus, british, uk
Top Concept Cars of the Year 2010
 Only 70 concept cars are there for rolling out by automakers from all over the world. This thing will tell you what designs in real are and what technology speaks to you. However, in several cases it has been seen that concept cars directly tell and predict full-on production models that may not be down in sense of pipeline.10 top concept cars from them have been examined as the best and outclass.Jeep Nukizer is one of the concept cars in all and it is designed as an homage and tribute to the legendary M-175.Lotus is another one in all of them that brings five--- count ...
Tags: concept, top, 70-concepts,
Lotus city car was confirmed for 2013
 The 2010 Paris Motor Show was a good opportunity for Lotus to unveil new concept models, more exactly five and a sixth vehicle that got far less press – the Lotus City Car. Lotus head Dany Bahar stated to CAR Magazine that the City Car was planned to arrive in production form in October 2013 and rides on a platform developed for a range-extended hybrid powertrain with a 1.2-liter three-cylinder engine that provides power to electric drive motors, connected to a single-speed transmission. It implies that the Lotus City Car will run solely on battery power around town, while the gasoline engine can ensure needed ...
Tags: lotus-city-car, lotus-2013, city-car-2013, city-car-asia, city-car-europe, lotus-new-cars, lotus-co
Is Lotus planning to build V8 in-house?
 The company head from Lotus, Dany Bahar, admitted the possibility of developing their own V8 engine, as a result of their intensified quest to take on Ferrari, without forgetting the fact that the Lotus firm is a well-sorted engineering one. The British carmaker has successfully designed and developed three complete engines for other car manufacturers, with its last V8 engine produced from 1996 through 2004 in the Esprit.According to Autocar’s suggestions, the engine architecture developed by Lotus will be seen in V8 form in the Esprit and V6 form for the Elan, expected to follow about six months after the Esprit. But we cannot help ...
Tags: lotus-esprit, lotus-v8, lotus-v6, lotus-evora, lotus-exige, lotus-elan, lotus-elise
Infiniti set strategy to widen market share in China to 10% within few years
 Infiniti, one of the top by Nissan’s luxury division has sound expectation for capturing the China auto market because it has some guts to do so and probably very soon, it will be able to get over the Chinese auto market in all. It is trying to set some strategies for increasing its local share in the market up to 10% in the nest few years and it may be possible that these set aims will be achieved before time. The vice President of Nissan Motor Corporation, Mr. Toru Saito said that China is one of the best places for Infiniti and it ...
Tags: infiniti-nissan-china-auto-market-capturing-10%-shares
Esprit is the only Lotus under development
 Making serious efforts to reveal the brand’s future direction, Lotus unveiled 5 concept models at the Paris International Show, placing in our minds the question whether which of these concepts we are likely to see hitting the highways. Now we have the answer: the Lotus Esprit, the only of the five models which is to be found under development by engineers.According to some inside sources, the Lotus Esprit is facing a complete development at the moment, aimed to represent the first of the next-generation Lotus to be offered, beginning with 2013. It will be described by lightness and simplicity, weighing 3,300 pounds, powered by 550 ...
Tags: esprit-lotus, esprit-2013, esprit-paris-motor-show, lotus-new-cars
Facelifted Skoda Roomster was spy photographed
 Despite the fact that it was being secretly tested somewhere in the Alpine region of Europe, spy photos were taken of the facelifted Skoda Roomster.It is expected to be released on sale in Europe around 2011 and the prototypes present a great amount of camouflage, which covers the future new front and rear ends, including also new front grill, broader 3-D headlights, as well as front and rear bumpers. Sources point to new colour options and new aluminum rims for certain trim variants, while the bonnet will host the stable of VW engines available, which will include the 1.2-liter TDI with 55kW and the 1.6 ...
Tags: skoda-spy-photos, skoda-roomster, skoda-camouflage
VW offers Chattanooga Police Department two Jetta Sportwagen
 If one has ever thought that he has experienced everything, he should have second thoughts because, from now on, the Sheriff`s Department patrol car will be represented by two Volkswagen Jetta with a four-cylinder 2.0-liter diesel engine. This is a donation from the VW Company to the law protectors from Chattanooga and Hamilton County, which is part of VW`s plans to make its brand known in this community as the German producers are building a $1 billion plant,which is going to build the New Midsize sedan, starting from next year.Featuring a body kit with front and rear aprons, this white VW Jetta was specially designed ...
Tags: vw-jetta, vw-chattanooga, vw-sedan
- february 2008
Lotus Elise
5-doors, hatchback
- Fuel: petrol
Topspeed: 155 km/h- september 2003
Lotus Europa
5-doors, hatchback
- Fuel: petrol
Topspeed: 155 km/h- july 2007
Lotus Exige
5-doors, hatchback
- Fuel: NG
Topspeed: 140 km/h- august 1997
Lotus Esprit
4-doors, sedan
- Fuel: petrol
Topspeed: 196 km/h
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