Lightness added – and more besides

More mature, more exciting Evora 400 is first evidence of Lotus rebirth

Words John Simister

JUST ADD LIGHTNESS, that’s what Colin Chapman always said. With the new Evora 400, Lotus has done exactly that. Not that the new car is exactly a sylph at 1395kg, but as the fastest roadgoing Lotus in history it does need some substance around its 400bhp, 3.5-litre, supercharged, Toyota-derived V6. So, how new is the Evora 400? Two-thirds new, says Lotus, compared with the outgoing Evora S, also supercharged but 50bhp less potent. It’s a very thorough going-over. Jean-Marc Gales, Lotus CEO since last year and the architect of Citroën’s DS brand extension before that while at LSA, says that he and the Lotus engineers took an Evora S completely to pieces and went through every component, weighing it and costing it and seeing how it could be improved. So the new…

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Octane (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 1, 2015

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