RE: 'Evija' name confirmed for Lotus EV hypercar

[lotuslover69]

rockin said:

Let's hope their new dream car doesn't disappear without trace like the still-born Lotus Etna V8
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Etna

All car companies have stillborn projects in their history.

[lotuslover69]

RobDickinson said:

You mean other than Rimac?

You mean the Rimac Concept One?

Clue is in the name

[RobDickinson]

lotuslover69 said:

RobDickinson said:

You mean other than Rimac?

You mean the Rimac Concept One?

Clue is in the name

Which was a very limited production car with actual customers

https://www.total-croatia-news.com/item/12411-rima...

[Vee12V]

I was told by my Lotus dealer that the Evija is using the Rimac chassis (just like that Pininfarina Battista). And it would make a lot of sense if you think about it.

[lotuslover69]

RobDickinson said:

Which was a very limited production car with actual customers

https://www.total-croatia-news.com/item/12411-rima...

there are basically 2 cars in existence

[lotuslover69]

Vee12V said:

I was told by my Lotus dealer that the Evija is using the Rimac chassis (just like that Pininfarina Battista). And it would make a lot of sense if you think about it.

I think this is unlikely, i know Williams worked on the EV drive train. Lotus being a chassis specialist makes no sense really for them to use the chassis from the Rimac. I would be more convinced on them yusing the chassis from the Nio since that is also a chinese car.

[RobDickinson]

lotuslover69 said:

there are basically 2 cars in existence

They built 8 concept ones and a couple concept s.

Even two is two more than lotus

I don't see lotus teaming with rimac where rimac has strong ties with other companies

[Tuna]

lotuslover69 said:

rockin said:

Let's hope their new dream car doesn't disappear without trace like the still-born Lotus Etna V8
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Etna

All car companies have stillborn projects in their history.

Ignore rockin - he's a long term troll who has appeared on Lotus threads for decades.

Of all the car projects he chose to reference, I've no idea why he picked that one - there are many more recent models that never made it to production.

This on the other hand could be quite interesting.

[anonymous-user]

Tuna said:

Ignore rockin - he's a long term sports car and former Lotus owner troll who has appeared on Lotus threads for been waiting decades for Lotus to...

... come up with a realistic new sports car.

We must all hope this new project marks a step along the way and isn't just another piece of vapour ware added to a very long list..

[Tuna]

rockin said:

Tuna said:

Ignore rockin - he's a long term sports car and former Lotus owner troll who has appeared on Lotus threads for been waiting decades for Lotus to...

... come up with a realistic new sports car. build him a Porsche.

We must all hope this new project marks a step along the way and isn't just another piece of vapour ware added to a very long list..

FTFY

Want to place a bet on how much vapour ware this is?

[donteatpeople]

RobDickinson said:

lotuslover69 said:

there are basically 2 cars in existence

They built 8 concept ones and a couple concept s.

Even two is two more than lotus

I don't see lotus teaming with rimac where rimac has strong ties with other companies

The Concept Two might be delivered before the Lotus and they’re planning a much bigger production run of them. There’s also the Pininfarina Battista and Nio EP9 that have already been revealed.

The Lotus might well be a great car but I think they’ve missed the boat on being the first.

[Ikemi]

RobDickinson said:

Ikemi said:

Don’t forget the Koenigsegg Regera, which has also been delivered to customers ...

Pure electric apart from the turbo v8?

Good point!

If you flip the model lettering, it reads ‘alive’!

[Keith ctr]

Got to see a sneak preview of the Evija at Goodwood yesterday. It's being marketed as Britain's first fully electric hyper car.

As for looks, I'm guessing it will still change but it's general profile comes across more race car like (eg. Valkyrie, Pagani) than something curvy like a P1, 918, Veyron.

[Tuna]

Ikemi said:

Good point!

If you flip the model lettering, it reads ‘alive’!

That has to be intentional - genius!

[schmalex]

Are they still going!?

I haven’t seen a new Lotus for years!!!

[unsprung]

HighwayStar said:

Bombjack said:

Ahhh.. nicely done. Good movie in it's day.

Vyger must know... how to apply opposite lock to maintain speed through the curve.

[Jellinek]

Ikemi said:

RobDickinson said:

Ikemi said:

Don’t forget the Koenigsegg Regera, which has also been delivered to customers ...

Pure electric apart from the turbo v8?

Good point!

If you flip the model lettering, it reads ‘alive’!

Still, more palatable wordplay than the Subaru “Levorg”....

[Europa1]

Tuna said:

Ignore rockin - he's a long term troll who has appeared on Lotus threads for decades.

Of all the car projects he chose to reference, I've no idea why he picked that one - there are many more recent models that never made it to production.

This on the other hand could be quite interesting.

The Etna does seem a very random choice. I'd have plumped for the M250.

[Tuna]

Europa1 said:

The Etna does seem a very random choice. I'd have plumped for the M250.

Yeah, I lost a lump of cash on that one.

[anonymous-user]

Tuna said:

Europa1 said:

I'd have plumped for the M250.

I lost a lump of cash on that one.

That's odd - my holding deposit on one of the "promised but never got made" Lotus vapour cars was returned in full.