2004
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For Lotus fans, the next few years should prove to be very interesting as the company pushes ahead with its five-year plan to update its model lineup, including successors to the Elise and Esprit. Sales of the Evora are going strong, and we’re about to see the unveiling of a new supercharged model and an automatic, and in addition to this work on the new Elise and Esprit is already well underway at the company’s Hethel engineering center in the UK. While there are few details on the replacement for the Elise, the successor to the legendary Esprit supercar has been confirmed for an...
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Lotus Officially Teases Esprit Concept Ahead Of Paris Auto Show
The 2010 Paris Auto Show will see a bevy of Lotus concepts unveiled.
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Report: Lotus To Unveil New Esprit, GT, Roadster At Paris Auto Show
The 2010 Paris Auto Show may see a new range of Lotus cars.
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Report: Lotus Looking To Hire Bob Lutz And Tom Purves
It didn’t take long for the Bob Lutz name to make the automotive headlines again, following his very public retirement from General Motors just two months ago. The latest word is that Lutz, together with former BMW exec Tom Purves, will be hired by Lotus to help advise on the niche automaker’s...
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Lotus Moving Upmarket, Abandons Low Weight Ethos
For decades Lotus has stood by the philosophy of its founder, Colin Chapman, of performance though low weight. Not surprisingly, the automaker’s lineup has been comprised mostly of lightweight roadsters designed for the race track and pretty much nothing else. But in a world where increased sales...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Lotus Planning New Car For Paris Motor Show, Esprit Revival Possible
The news isn't surprising, but we now have a date for its debut.
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The NHTSA is looking into 30 reports of fuel leaking from the fuel tanks of 2004 Chevrolet Corvettes.
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Lotus Files Patent For Lightweight Dual-Clutch Transmission
Lotus has filed a new patent application for a lightweight dual-clutch transmission design, suggesting that the British sports car manufacturer is planning to offer the quick-shifting gearbox in its future models. In line with the company’s ‘performance through less weight’...
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Spy Shots: Replacement For Lotus Elise/Exige Or New Esprit?
The extended wheel arches seen on the test vehicle suggest that whatever new model Lotus is working on, it will feature a significantly larger footprint than the current Elise/Exige line of cars.
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Edo Competition tunes the Ferrari Enzo - again
For the few out there who may not have heard of Edo Competition, suffice to say that even in the mad world of tuning the firm is looked upon as the sort of company who occasionally may take things a little too far - such as its modifications to the ultra-rare track-only Ferrari FXX development...
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First look at Mugen’s Euro-spec Honda Civic Type-R
Honda is currently prepping an even higher performance version of its European Civic Type-R that’s set for release in the UK in the third quarter, with other markets to follow shortly after. The latest version has been inspired by last year’s Civic Mugen RR concept vehicle and has been...
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Ferrari Enzo designer opens new Californian studio
Ken Okuyama, the Japanese born designer behind striking cars like the Ferrari Enzo and Maserati Birdcage, has opened a new design studio located in Southern California. In addition to a previous stint at Pininfarina, Okuyama was also the former transportation design chairman of the Art Center...
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For Lotus fans, the next few years should prove to be very interesting times as the company pushes ahead with its five-year plan to update its model lineup, including successors to the Elise and Esprit. Lotus has already unveiled its new Evora, but rather than sitting still with this car, work on the new Elise and Esprit is already well underway at the company’s Hethel engineering center in the UK. While the future Elise may be seen as early as 2011, of more interest is the flagship Esprit successor, which EVO is reporting could come with an optional V10 engine sourced from Lexus. While...
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Gold plated Aston Martin up for sale
The transmutation of base metals into gold has been the centuries-long quest of the alchemist and now tuning company Alchemist has achieved the goal - after a fashion. Painstaking work and attention to detail, not to mention a great deal of gold and platinum leaf, went into the final result, and...
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Spy shots: Ferrari Enzo-successor
It’s now been almost five years since the Enzo supercar first entered production, and since that time Ferrari has released a number of new models and technologies. More recently we’ve seen the introduction of the California GT along with the carmaker’s first dual-clutch...
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Lotus reportedly considering Carlton comeback
Lotus could be resurrecting the Carlton according to the CEO of Lotus Group, Mike Kimberley. The Lotus Carlton was a special version of the Vauxhall Carlton (Omega in mainland Europe) built during the early 90's. The base Carlton was a rather timid four-door sedan from General Motors, who owned...
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Edo Competition 700HP Ferrari Enzo
Germany’s Edo Competition is an expert when it comes to modifying ultra-rare exotics so who better to tune one of Ferrari’s fastest and most exclusive cars ever produced – the limited edition Enzo supercar. Squeezing more power from a highly strung engine like a Ferrari V12, where...
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Lotus celebrating 60 years with unveiling of new Eagle
Lotus has confirmed it will unveil an all-new model at this year’s London Motor Show in June as part of its 60th anniversary celebrations. Although no official details have been given as to the identity of the new model last month’s release of the car’s front suspension and...
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Everybody knows Ferrari’s FXX supercar is a testbed for the carmaker’s upcoming technologies, both for the racetrack and the road, but the prototype’s 6.2L V12 engine may soon be a thing of the past. Ferrari is considering using a more efficient twin-turbo V8 engine for the successor to the Enzo, due to hit the streets in 2012. Ferrari used a similar powerplant for its F40, arguably the world’s first supercar, but the world has since moved on to large displacement V10 and V12 engines. Speaking with AutoWeek, Ferrari GT technical director Roberto Fedeli confirmed...
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Lotus plans new high-end supercar and more
The fact that Lotus will be building a replacement to the Esprit supercar is no secret. However, Lotus USA boss Mike Kimberly has confirmed in a recent interview the Esprit will not headline the model range. Instead, Kimberly said that a new supercar worthy of being the ‘jewel in the...
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End of production for the Aston Martin Vanquish
The last car ever to be produced at Aston Martin’s historic Newport Pagnell plant has rolled off the production line today; a V12 Vanquish coupe that marks the end of more than fifty years of production at the Buckinghamshire site. The Vanquish was the poster child for Aston Martin over the...
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Ferrari Enzo voted world's most iconic car
A motoring research team funded by former Top Gear presenter Peter Burgess has picked Ferrari’s Enzo as the world's most iconic supercar in the Zurich Iconic Car Index. The Enzo beat out a field of 100 cars, and was picked via a sophisticated formula that weighted factors including price...
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Video: Supercar top speed challenge
A group of enthusiasts who happen to own some of the fastest cars on the planet complete runs down a deserted Canadian highway to see who’s the fastest. Some of the cars include the Ferrari Enzo, a Novitec Rosso twin supercharged F430 and a couple of Lamborghini Gallardos. If only there were...
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Another Enzo crashed
It seems that almost every month some rich playboy/plutocrat/sheikh crashes his million dollar Ferrari Enzo. In this case, a yellow Enzo was crashed in Abu Dhabi, presumably by a rich sheikh that couldn’t handle the 660hp on tap. We just hope the driver wasn't hurt in the crash. This follows...
Alex Kaufmann