Evora Detail Pics

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Stig

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Thursday 31st July 2008
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Hi all,

I bumped into an old mate of mine at the motorshow who, it turns out, works for Lotus. So I took the opportunity to get up close and personal with it and take a few pics.

Some may know that I wasn't that taken by the looks of it (I saw it last week too), but it's growing on me. That said, I still didn't come away feeling 'wow' - but it's a great step forward. A bit bigger inside than I'd initially thought, but definitely small kids in the rear only (IsoFix points in there too smile

As you probably know, it uses a 3.5l engine (Toyota supplied). The chassis was a neat setup with 3 sections. The front and rear are steel and bolt to the cockpit section which uses the tried and tested extruded aluminium sections. The great thing is, if you have a 'moment', you can simply unbolt the front or rear and replace it. Much more economical than the Elise where chassis damage was very hard to put right.

Anyway - see pics below...

Chassis rear section


Chassis centre section


Chassis front section


Design looked more cohesive this time



Room for two (small ones) in the rear. Evora has IsoFix fittings too



Dash well designed and looks great


Dial feature very nice indeed


Reversing camera and obligotary sat-nav


Seats look comfortable, but supportive. Remains to be seen how well they perform on longer trips


Door card detail


3.5l V6 from Toyota (and no doubt Lotus fettled)


Rear styling looks very good



Still not sure about that roof line - I think colour will affect it alot, I'm betting black would be stunning


Nice Lotus detail on indicator LEDs


Line between quarterlight and rear window has caused quite a lot of discussion (both internal and external it would seem)


Now I just need to see if I can blag a test drive smile