EVO Magazine eCOTY

[Hedgerley]

At the risk of being accused as lazy, below is a copy of my post on The Lotus Forums to solicit any opinions here -

I've been puzzling over eCOTY in EVO the last few days. The standard Evora swept the board last year in EVO and all the magazines as well as online. The chassis/steering/suspension was deemed to be 'other wordly', 'Lotus are blessed with some sort of alchemy' and so on.

The three major complaints were:

• It could do with more power,
• The interior quality 'wasn't up to Porsche standards,
• The gear change was graunchy

So they launch the Evora S to rave reviews:

• It has an extra 70bhp, up there with the 911,
• There is a big improvement in quality (note Sutters comments in the Autocar video)
• The gear box is 'vastly' improved

And the chassis tweaks move the game even further on - as EVO says nothing else comes close on the North Yorks Moors B roads.

AND IT COMES SEVENTH!!!

Apart from what appears to be a very strong 911 bias, who can explain this to me? Oh, and the cars that were rated higher are up to 3 times more expensive. Surely price/performance comes into the equation?

The list is as follows in descending order. All prices 'basic list':

£106,870 Porsche GT3 RS
£169,545 Ferrari 458 Italia
£164,107 Porsche GT2 RS
£336,000 Lexus LFA
£157,500 Mercedes SLS AMG
£112,500 Audi R8 V10 Spyder
£57,550 Lotus Evora S
£69,950 Nissan GTR
£174,840 Lamborghini Gallardo LP570
£35,750 Ford Focus RS500


Discuss.