Lotus Evora Sports Racer is Loaded to the Gills with Features, UK Prices Start at £57,900

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/12/lotus-evora-sports-racer-is-loaded-to.html"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uyZVucm4Zx4/UNJAhNU-W_I/AAAAAAAKwlo/xWc_5Yue1cg/s1600/Lotus-Evora-S-Sports-Racer-0.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border-bottom: 8px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a><br><font face="Verdana">What do you do when you’re not having the best time in your (patchy, anyway) history and your new owner has put your new car program </font><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/07/drb-hicom-declines-offer-for-lotus-vw.html"><font face="Verdana">on ice</font></a><font face="Verdana">? That’s an easy one: you simply roll out a “special” edition of one of your existing models.</font> <p><font face="Verdana">The above applies to </font><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Lotus"><font face="Verdana">Lotus</font></a><font face="Verdana"> that has just launched the “Sports Racer” edition of its Evora mid-engine coupe. So, what is so special about this Evora that makes Lotus claim it’s aimed to serious drivers (<i>sic</i>) that want to get "incredibly excited"?</font> </p><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/12/lotus-evora-sports-racer-is-loaded-to.html#more">Read more »</a>

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Lotus Appoints Mansory as its Official Customization Partner, First Models to Appear at Paris Motor Show

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/03/lotus-appoints-mansory-as-its-official.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724320565415451346" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UAOv-Qwr-7Q/T3DfOboNGtI/AAAAAAAHKGE/DR1s6tGuj6E/s800/Lotus-Evora-GTE-0.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border-bottom: 8px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a><br><span style="font-family:Verdana;">At the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, Lotus displayed </span><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2011/03/geneva-2011-lotus-keeps-its-evora.html"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">a concept version of the Evora coupe</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> developed in collaboration with Mansory. </span> <p></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The German tuning house also worked on the Evora GTE and other special Lotus versions such as the </span><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/03/new-lotus-exige-s-roadster-and-carbon.html"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">carbon fiber-bodied Evora GTE</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> that was unveiled last month in Geneva.</span> </p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Today, Lotus announced that from now on, </span><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Mansory"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Mansory</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> will be its official customization studio. The German company will work closely with Lotus’ engineers on special editions of the Elise, the Exige and the </span><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Lotus%20Evora"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Evora</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> and the first samples of this collaboration will appear at the </span><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2011/03/search/label/Paris%20Auto%20Show/"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Paris Motor Show</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> in September.</span> </p><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/03/lotus-appoints-mansory-as-its-official.html#more">Read more »</a>

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New Lotus Exige S Roadster and Carbon-Bodied Evora GTE Unveiled in Geneva by Kimi Raikkonen

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/03/new-lotus-exige-s-roadster-and-carbon.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5717279896624076258" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GsTz-noxzzc/T1fbxkfCleI/AAAAAAAG9zs/CUdgDG7OFws/s800/Lotus-2012-Geneva-Motor-Show-01.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border: 1px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a><br><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Kimi Raikkonen, the 2007 </span><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/F1"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Formula 1</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> World Champion who after a three-year foray into the WRC returned to F1 with Lotus for the 2012 season, was on hand at the </span><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Geneva%20Motor%20Show"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Geneva Motor Show</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> to unveil the British carmaker’s two new models.</span> <p></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The first was the open-top version of the </span><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2011/09/iaa-2011-lotus-debuts-new-exige-s-with.html"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Exige S</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;">. The Roadster is the first Exige ever to be fitted with a soft-top roof, which </span><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Lotus"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Lotus</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> claims, is both lightweight and easily removable.</span> </p><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/03/new-lotus-exige-s-roadster-and-carbon.html#more">Read more »</a>

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Lotus Goes Rallying with the Exige R-GT and Endurance Racing with the Evora GTE

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/03/lotus-goes-rallying-with-exige-r-gt-and.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715816048343351346" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pjLERNXU6aU/T1KoaYr7gDI/AAAAAAAG3XU/CHpqI9l37UQ/s800/Lotus-Exige-R-GT-01.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border: 1px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a><br><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Six Drivers' and seven Constructors' </span><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/F1"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Formula 1</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> World Championships won by legends Jim Clark, Graham Hill, Jochen Rindt, Emerson Fittipaldi and Mario Andretti are enough to secure </span><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Lotus"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Lotus'</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> place in the history of F1 racing, even if it currently isn’t ranked among the title contenders.</span> <p></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Yet, the Hethel-based sports car maker has another world title to show for itself in a completely different form of racing: it won the 1982 World Rally Championship with the Talbot Sunbeam Lotus. </span> </p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Confirming </span><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2011/07/rumors-lotus-exige-to-spawn-rally-car.html"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">previous reports</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;">, Lotus is returning to special stages in partnership with the Italian team United Business, which won the 2011 title. It will enter the FIA European Rally Championship with the </span><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Lotus%20Exige"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Exige</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> R-GT painted in its iconic black and gold colors.</span> </p><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/03/lotus-goes-rallying-with-exige-r-gt-and.html#more">Read more »</a>

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F1-Inspired Lotus Evora GTE Special Edition Scooped Ahead of Geneva?

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/02/f1-inspired-lotus-evora-gte-special.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712806608542198642" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nOjWEepUUWU/T0f3V7ypa3I/AAAAAAAGy_8/52Awe4_JiAY/s800/S0-Scoop-Et-si-c-etait-la-Lotus-Evora-GTE-F1-Edition-255292.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border-bottom: 8px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a><br><span style="font-family:Verdana;">This past Wednesday, Lotus sent us an invitation to take part in the world premiere of a "<span style="font-style: italic;">special edition of a special edition</span>" Evora at the <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Geneva%20Motor%20Show/">2012 Geneva Motor Show</a>. </span> <p></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The company's invitation noted that the car would be an F1-inspired version of the <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2011/09/iaa-2011-new-lotus-evora-gte-limited.html">limited-edition Lotus Evora GTE</a> first shown at the Frankfurt auto show last year. This </span> </p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">"We're launching a special edition of a special edition, and to make things extra special our Lotus F1 Team driver Kimi Raikkonen will be there to field questions. Now, it doesn’t get more special than that…," read the British automaker's invitation.</span> </p><p><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rW2MRjHsuVI/T0f3gO6xjsI/AAAAAAAGzAU/L6qOmyUhEC0/s1600/S0-Scoop-Et-si-c-etait-la-Lotus-Evora-GTE-F1-Edition-255297.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712806785475251906" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rW2MRjHsuVI/T0f3gO6xjsI/AAAAAAAGzAU/L6qOmyUhEC0/s200/S0-Scoop-Et-si-c-etait-la-Lotus-Evora-GTE-F1-Edition-255297.jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 91px;"></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Lotus did not release any photos of the car leaving us more or less in the dark, but today, <span style="font-style: italic;">Patrick Garcia</span> from French auto site <a href="http://www.caradisiac.com/Scoop-Et-si-c-etait-la-Lotus-Evora-GTE-F1-Edition-76622.htm">Caradisiac</a>, sent us these photos of an F1-themed Evora that he discovered at a parking lot during a trip to Jerez to cover the F1 pre-season testing earlier this month. </span> </p><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/02/f1-inspired-lotus-evora-gte-special.html#more">Read more »</a>

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Lotus is Going to "Blow the Roof off" of Something in Geneva

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/02/lotus-is-going-to-roof-off-of-something.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709390223830186690" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SEhrqeiWK2M/TzvUKK98esI/AAAAAAAGt8g/H-UYrmvEfwM/s800/Lotus.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border: 1px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a><br><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Automakers just love teasing us before major international motor shows such as the upcoming <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Geneva%20Motor%20Show">82nd Geneva Salon</a>. Today, we received an email from Lotus with a cryptic message about the company's plans to "blow the roof off" of something at the Swiss show.</span> <p></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Aside from the very summery picture strip you see above, Lotus' message also said: "MAXIMUM Exposure...Lotus’ philosophy has always been ‘less is more’. Now, with a display of true fighting spirit, we’ll take this one step further in Geneva."</span> </p><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/02/lotus-is-going-to-roof-off-of-something.html#more">Read more »</a>

Geneva Motor Show Lotus Lotus Evora Reports Lotus is Going to "Blow the Roof off" of Something in Geneva

Automakers just love teasing us before major international motor shows such as the upcoming 82nd Geneva Salon . Today, we received an email ...

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