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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The Mouse that Roars: Custom Lotus Exige with 680rwhp is Insane

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/03/mouse-that-roars-custom-lotus-exige.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722045336113207922" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hW-lMYvimg4/T2jJ6p-1WnI/AAAAAAAHHZc/RNjCPuOXSA0/s800/Untitled-2.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;">Lotus has always designed sports cars that are fast, light and handle superbly. The fact that most its models fall into the flyweight category eseentially eliminates the need for extremely powerful engines.</span> <p></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">But not for one Lotus owner who wasn't content with his stock <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Lotus%20Exige">Lotus Exige</a>. Enter the world of Frank Profera from California. </span> </p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">After six years of constant development and numerous upgrades, Profera and his team have tweaked the British sports car's 1.8-liter twin-turbocharged engine to the point that it currently pushes 680-horsepower at the wheels (which means 700hp or more at the crankshaft). </span> </p><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/03/mouse-that-roars-custom-lotus-exige.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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