400bhp 211 + Convertible Evora

tenkfeet · Post by **tenkfeet** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 11:31 am

More on Pistonheads from the Lotus Big Cheese.

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-brit ... yond/31661

Lazydonkey · Post by **Lazydonkey** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 11:40 am

Really impressed with the new guy - he talks a whole lot of sense

graeme · Post by **graeme** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 11:45 am

Lazydonkey wrote:Really impressed with the new guy - he talks a whole lot of sense

ryallm · Post by **ryallm** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 11:53 am

400bhp 2-Eleven and Exige

. Convertible Evora, hardcore lightweight Evora. All great news

tenkfeet · Post by **tenkfeet** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 11:57 am

Really exciting times for Lotus, a bit of something for everyone.

Think I know which one I would like.

Question is do I really need two kidneys.

scott_e · Post by **scott_e** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 12:36 pm

This is really encouraging stuff.

j2 lot · Post by **j2 lot** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 1:01 pm

Achievable ambitions, all quite exciting and realistic targets that we will see rather than the promises from the Bahar era that were a step too far.
(SELOC will still moan though

)

Corranga · Post by **Corranga** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 1:02 pm

Great to see the word lightweight being banded around a lot. It always seemed crazy to me that during the Bahar era, the main philosophy behind Lotus wasn't being pushed, especially in a world where fuel usage is more and more important..

j2 lot · Post by **j2 lot** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 1:09 pm

Amazing that Lotus supplied the Tesla and Detroit Electric EV base vehicles yet had plans to produce their own V8s and bigger engines at the time when everyone was/is downsizing and fitting turbos and electric boost.
There must still be opportunities to mix some of the green tech into the new range to keep power up and emissions down?

Scotty C · Post by **Scotty C** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 1:17 pm

ha ha, when we were at Hethel Mr G made us talk his new boss into building a 3-11. At that time he didn't even know what a 2-11 was until he saw Ali's and Stu's.

Fingers crossed

GraemeLotus · Post by **GraemeLotus** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 1:18 pm

Lazydonkey wrote:Really impressed with the new guy - he talks a whole lot of sense

just out of 3 hours with Jean-Marc - lets just say that life isn't dull.

ste7en · Post by **ste7en** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 1:22 pm

Finally, an Evora roadster

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 2:00 pm

This is all positive stuff. Spin off as many derivatives as possible from the current range, for minimal development costs.

The 400bhp 2-11 sounds great, if they can price it correctly.

Regards,

Jeremy

tonyg · Post by **tonyg** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 2:04 pm

Looks like the future could be looking up (loved the "anything but a Panamera" comment).

Andy G · Post by **Andy G** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 3:27 pm

GraemeLotus wrote:
Lazydonkey wrote:Really impressed with the new guy - he talks a whole lot of sense
just out of 3 hours with Jean-Marc - lets just say that life isn't dull.

Have you allocated my build slot for the 311 yet?

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