The Lotus Evora will still have a long life. The heads of the English house have decided to postpone the launch of Elan, Originally scheduled for the autumn of 2013 with a supercharged V6 engine, to avoid confusion with the Esprit Instead it will be equipped with the new naturally aspirated V8 engine Hethel which engineers are already working since last November and will start for the first time at the bar on 18 August.
This decision indirectly extends the life of Evora, a model is still young – was presented for the first time London Motor Show in 2008 – Which incidentally is the first really new after years of monologue with some variation of Elise Exige. The 2 +2 will be produced in Norwich so the Lotus sports car with V6 engine still for years to come and, as collected by Autocardesign.org is ready yet to impress with new versions.
After the base and the fact IPS with automatic transmission and 280 hp S 350-hp supercharged engine, other derivatives are coming and soon there will be a really extreme, which will be capable of delivering 450 hp with a weight of 120 kg cut. Who then says the Evora is too heavy and educated to be a Lotus, will soon have to think again.
Moreover, the British sports has proven to be a thoroughbred in the GT championships in which it is committed and also final 24 Hours of Le Mans during which managed to win the seventh and 17th place in the category GTEPro. Not bad for a rookie prepared in two weeks under the careful supervision of Claudio Berro, director of Lotus Motorsport. The Evora GTE has a 4-liter V6, Toyota as the origin of the 3.5-liter car, as revised by Cosworth that delivers 360 hp. The next derivative could then take the cue from GTE to provide car enthusiasts with a truly extraordinary power / weight ratio of about 2.7 to 2.8 kg / hp. Enough to worry a Porsche 911 GT3With an even more extreme and pure and a much more competitive price.
The engine may be just a 4-liter V6 pumped by a supercharger, as in the case of S. What is certain is that these data are those for the engine of Elan announced that instead will go into the hood of Evora. Change will also be totally different. Put aside the manual and automatic-sequential units of Toyota originally designed for torques up to 400 Nm, in the powertrain of the Evora will end a program more robust and features racing. Maybe it will be a 7-speed dual-clutchAlso in this case was originally intended to Elan.
A must for the adoption of differential, now available only on S. Evora “ultra light” does not have a name yet, or at least our sources do not have unbuttoned on, but for sure not going to wait a long time that we talk about report in 2012 to fill the wait for the Esprit and other models promised by the President, Dany Bahar.
