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Engineers continue testing Lotus Evora at Nurburgring

Posted Thu Aug 14 2008 10:42 AM by Alex Kaufmann

While the Lotus Evora has already been revealed in full production trim, engineers are still fine-tuning the car ahead of its expected sales launch early next year. At its London Motor Show debut, Lotus claimed the Evora would weigh in at 1,350kg and be capable of accelerating from 0-100km/h in less than five seconds. However, all the stats came with the disclaimer that the car’s final specifications were still being worked on and that anything could change by the time full production starts.

New prototypes of the Evora have been spotted at Germany’s Nurburgring, and this time the test cars are completely undisguised. There’s another reason why Lotus is still testing Evora prototypes at the benchmark circuit. The Norfolk-based carmaker is also planning to launch several new variants of the car including a convertible and a high-performance supercharged edition.

In standard form, the car’s power output is rated at 276hp (206kW) and 252lb-ft (342Nm) of torque. Add a supercharger to the Toyota-sourced 3.5L V6 engine and power outputs could easily be boosted as high as 400hp (298kW). To match the extra oomph, engineers will likely have to upgrade the suspension settings and brakes. However, the release of this model, and the convertible, is still several years away.

Lotus Evora testing at Nurburgring

Lotus Evora London Motor Show debut

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• Lotus
• Supercars

Reader Comments

• Thu Aug 14 2008 12:42 PM

  Gus says

  Love the look, hate the name.

• Thu Aug 14 2008 4:21 PM

  sean says

  How on gods green earth have they squeezed 2 rear seats, an engine(albeit transverse) AND a rear boot!! Shame about the name though.