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New Lotus Evora - 22nd July 2008 London Launch

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Postby Sy V » Tue 22.07.2008, 08:09

No! Not even Hethel could choose a crap name like that! Wasn't that the name of the bike they did for Chis Boardman and co?

I suppose that's so we can have our cake and eat it! :-D
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Postby Sy V » Tue 22.07.2008, 09:13

Evora?
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Postby GeoffSmith » Tue 22.07.2008, 11:25

Sy V wrote:Evora?


Correct! :?
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Postby Sy V » Tue 22.07.2008, 11:42

Yep, Evora.

http://www.lotusevora.com/
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Postby Sy V » Tue 22.07.2008, 12:41

After their Eclair wind-up, Evo prove they can get it right...

http://www.evo.co.uk/news/evonews/22541 ... evora.html

Ooh, not sure about this... good thing?

"The first cars will all come with the regular Toyota six-speed manual, but one of the first developments will be a US-friendly auto box with steering wheel paddles. "
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Postby theelanman » Tue 22.07.2008, 12:49

I do like it.!!!!
I might be tempted with one ..... :-D

45K....it that all......that only about a £5er more than one of them exige things...... :shock:
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Postby GeoffSmith » Tue 22.07.2008, 12:52

Sy V wrote:After their Eclair wind-up, Evo prove they can get it right...

:smt044 That was my wind up you daft bugger!


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The chocolate eclair coloured one


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The original one.











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Postby Sy V » Tue 22.07.2008, 12:57

I'm confused, because I found websites alluding to the Evo mischief (which I still can't see from behind this corporate firewall) BTW.
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Postby GeoffSmith » Tue 22.07.2008, 13:04

:-D

Sex on a stick. Damned "Provisional order" button doesn't work though. :cry:
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Postby Sy V » Tue 22.07.2008, 13:08

Spec (as is) .pdf
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Postby Elanlover » Tue 22.07.2008, 13:12

GeoffSmith wrote: :smt044 That was my wind up you daft bugger!


[Hook line and sinker! :smt117


Muhahaha...............good thing I read all the way to the end before responding or I would have taken the bait like good ole Salmon Sy! Nice touch with the eclair colouring! You're evil Geoff :twisted:
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Postby Sy V » Tue 22.07.2008, 13:15

If you look at the Colours picture (from Evo) that I posted earlier. The nearest poster has an area blacked out in its bottom right hand corner.
There's a conspiracy theory abounding that it's the new Esprit... with some claiming that you can just see the ESP...
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Postby Elanlover » Tue 22.07.2008, 13:29

The link to the articleyou posted Sy has some other interesting info. If you look at the spec listings on the right side you'll see some timelines for variants with the Esprit mentioned in 2011. To me this might indicate that an Esprit will be built on the Eclair (oops, I mean Evora) platform. This would be consistent with their multi-use platform direction.

The seat pics appear to be of the Recaro Sportster CS- very nice choice.
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Postby Sy V » Tue 22.07.2008, 13:44

LOTUS EVORA TIMELINE
• First variant late 2009 - presentably that's a variant of this original, 2+0 (as Lotus call it)?
• Second variant 2010 - Paddle shift or Supercharged version?
• Convertible late 2011 - Best we get saving then!
• Esprit early 2011 - If this is true the Esprit boys might not be too happy. I think they want a whole new car not a derivative. Perhaps this is the Supercharged version?
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Postby abmunro » Tue 22.07.2008, 13:50

What a sweet name it has :-D :-D :-D :-D

Got me to :oops: :oops: :oops:


Evora is a town in Portugal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89vora
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Postby tweetdriver63 » Tue 22.07.2008, 16:01

abmunro wrote:What a sweet name it has :-D :-D :-D :-D

Got me to :oops: :oops: :oops:


Evora is a town in Portugal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89vora


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Postby Doug » Tue 22.07.2008, 17:07

abmunro wrote:Evora is a town in Portugal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89vora


hopefully Geoff will add to the Wikipedia . . .
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Postby clemo » Tue 22.07.2008, 17:53

yep got me too....

i prefere the eclair.

evora sound like a eco friendly version of flora (margarine) .
made from real norfolk cows in green fields of hethel.

next the methane upgreade version.

goes like $hit of a shovel?

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Postby GeoffSmith » Tue 22.07.2008, 19:34

So does it use an Elan windscreen? :smt017

Single wiper upgrade anyone? :D
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Postby clemo » Tue 22.07.2008, 19:59

what makes you think that geoooofthe jester
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