Lotus Evora: Hot or Not?

Deputy Editor

When I saw the styling of the 2010 Lotus Evora, I wasn’t thrilled. In fact, I was nauseated. Since the Elise and the Exige are such magnificently sexy cars, I was expecting the new 2+2 to be hotter than Hell in August. And the Evora is not. Even though my head nearly sticks out the top of the track-ready Elise, I’d happily drive one every day. Maybe I’m just turned off by the idea of a “civilized” Lotus? In my opinion, they should be small and sparse and not have radios—what’s the point of adding leather and another two seats? But you know what they say about opinions… Watch this first drive and form yours.

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Posted at 1:26 am in Elise, Exige, John Coyle, Lotus, tests

Comments

Jlofrmky
May 28, 2009 at 3:16 pm

EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW lotus is supposed to be mean and agressive looking this is Just sad evolution

1_eyed_bob
May 26, 2009 at 5:57 pm

Newer the car the more bubbly the body lines become. I vote “not”

AudiobahnV8SHO
May 26, 2009 at 2:03 pm

Its a gas burning Tesla, BORING.

Cal26Stang
May 26, 2009 at 12:40 pm

it looks ok to me?

gfaules
May 25, 2009 at 3:15 pm

Knowing that my good friend and well known author, Johnny Tipler from London had just driven one I sent him this link to see what he had to say and here is his reply…

“It goes like stink, it handles exquisitely, sounds awesome from 4K rpm onwards, the ride is very good on bumpy roads, and you can get human beings in the back – though only one at a time if they’re teenagers! Dynamically it beats the Cayman, though the cabin is kinda quirky and in the cockpit I prefer the Porsche. Aesthetics are subjective but I like my Peppermint Pig, thanks. As for a civilized Elise, which the guy misses on the video, I drove a Europa to Morocco without flinching. I’ve just finished a book about Evora…”

PureBusiness
May 25, 2009 at 9:32 am

Not so great.

whtfocus77
May 25, 2009 at 8:13 am

looks like a fat exige from the back and a fat tesla from the front.