RE: Lotus Eletre makes global public debut

[NGK210]

Glad Lotus has an SUV, and it’s an EV.
But what a shame it’s a gargoyle compared to the wonderfully styled Emira
Different designer?

[ate one too]

How could they have designed a large EV SUV to look like an Emira ?

Graft on the Emira's nose and end up looking like the gargoyle that was the 1st Cayenne ?

I think the design suits the purpose of the vehicle and doesn't need to show any "Lotus DNA" ... whatever that is.

[NGK210]

Didn’t say Eletre should look like Emira
But, several manufacturers seem to be able to produce a sports car and an SUV that are are cohesive- and handsome-looking – eg, Audi, Merc, Toyota, Jag, BMW, et al – why not Lotus, too?

Edited by NGK210 on Monday 27th June 09:31

[BreakingBad]

Seems a sensible survival plan to me, to diversify the range whilst keeping the core sports car ethos alive.
An electric SUV is definitely flavour of the month, whatever your personal preferences and has to appeal to world markets, of which some of the biggest want BIG cars. (Personally, I would prefer cars to be bigger on the inside and smaller on the outside which should be possible with the packaging advantages of EVs).
On that subject, mention of a hatchback on the previous page reminded me of the Sunbeam Lotus - a modern interpretation of that could be epic and would appeal to a whole new customer base imo, or be a “practical” other car in the garage for Emira owners? Electric or ICE???
Bit of a shame ownership of Lotus is what it is, but still…

[anonymous-user]

Bispal said:

As much as I love lotus i just can't get on board with the Eletra. After seeing it at Goodwood its just too big for the UK. At 5.1M long and 2.2M wide

Wider than an L405 Range Rover. That will make standard 2.0m London width restrictions exciting.

[chemistry]

fblm said:

Designed in China, made in China, owned by China. No interest funding China any more than I have to so I'm out.

+1

[murphyaj]

BlackWidow13 said:

Bispal said:

As much as I love lotus i just can't get on board with the Eletra. After seeing it at Goodwood its just too big for the UK. At 5.1M long and 2.2M wide

Wider than an L405 Range Rover. That will make standard 2.0m London width restrictions exciting.

That makes it the same width and fractionally longer than a Q7.
Someone at my Son's school drops their kid off in a Q7 every day. If you put aside the fact that we have become desensitised to these things, take a step back and look at it objectively, it is just stupidly oversized for a congested English town. The thing is almost comically bloated when parallel parked next to a Focus and a 3-series. Somehow the manufacturers have convinced us that it's not just acceptable, but desirable, to use a vehicle that uses 95% as much road space as a base model Transit van to transport a 30kg child 3 miles to school.

I get the argument that it's designed for China/USA/Middle East etc with their plus-sized roads, but that won't make me feel better the next time I can't open the door of my sensibly sized hatchback because someone has parked their tank next to it at Tesco.

[Cold]

chemistry said:

fblm said:

Designed in China, made in China, owned by China. No interest funding China any more than I have to so I'm out.

+1

I guess you two will be in the market for an Urus instead? I look forward to hearing about your ownership experiences of them.

[filski666]

chemistry said:

fblm said:

Designed in China, made in China, owned by China. No interest funding China any more than I have to so I'm out.

+1

Designed in China? really oh you that is clearly so well informed? so what was that car I was working on the design for in Coventry for the last couple of years? Working with teams in UK, China, Sweden and Germany?

[r5kdt]

BlackWidow13 said:

Bispal said:

As much as I love lotus i just can't get on board with the Eletra. After seeing it at Goodwood its just too big for the UK. At 5.1M long and 2.2M wide

Wider than an L405 Range Rover. That will make standard 2.0m London width restrictions exciting.

A bus is only 2.5m wide and you have to take an extra test and medical to drive one, just 30cm less than this and the Q7....

[SidewaysSi]

filski666 said:

chemistry said:

fblm said:

Designed in China, made in China, owned by China. No interest funding China any more than I have to so I'm out.

+1

Designed in China? really oh you that is clearly so well informed? so what was that car I was working on the design for in Coventry for the last couple of years? Working with teams in UK, China, Sweden and Germany?

Whoa...You had a hand in designing this?!!

[Jeanboi]

I am so, so pleased to read and see good news from Lotus.
That Eletre looks great, it really does, although I'm more in the market for something like the Emira at the moment.

[otolith]

filski666 said:

chemistry said:

fblm said:

Designed in China, made in China, owned by China. No interest funding China any more than I have to so I'm out.

+1

Designed in China? really oh you that is clearly so well informed? so what was that car I was working on the design for in Coventry for the last couple of years? Working with teams in UK, China, Sweden and Germany?

[otolith]

ate one too said:

How could they have designed a large EV SUV to look like an Emira ?

Graft on the Emira's nose and end up looking like the gargoyle that was the 1st Cayenne ?

I think the design suits the purpose of the vehicle and doesn't need to show any "Lotus DNA" ... whatever that is.

They have very obviously carried certain styling cues through, though they have avoided, as you say, a Cayenne job.

[Jeanboi]

otolith said:

filski666 said:

chemistry said:

fblm said:

Designed in China, made in China, owned by China. No interest funding China any more than I have to so I'm out.

+1

Designed in China? really oh you that is clearly so well informed? so what was that car I was working on the design for in Coventry for the last couple of years? Working with teams in UK, China, Sweden and Germany?

[sidesauce]

filski666 said:

chemistry said:

fblm said:

Designed in China, made in China, owned by China. No interest funding China any more than I have to so I'm out.

+1

Designed in China? really oh you that is clearly so well informed? so what was that car I was working on the design for in Coventry for the last couple of years? Working with teams in UK, China, Sweden and Germany?

Well... this is awkward. Yikes.

[LotusOmega375D]

filski666 said:

chemistry said:

fblm said:

Designed in China, made in China, owned by China. No interest funding China any more than I have to so I'm out.

+1

Designed in China? really oh you that is clearly so well informed? so what was that car I was working on the design for in Coventry for the last couple of years? Working with teams in UK, China, Sweden and Germany?

Also only 51% “owned by China”. I’ll give you the “made in China”. So much is nowadays.

By the way, did an Eletre go up the hill at Goodwood?

Edited by LotusOmega375D on Tuesday 28th June 08:33

[delta0]

Lotus have announced they will stop making petrol powered vehicles next year.

[LotusOmega375D]

No they haven’t.

New models only.

[Cold]

LotusOmega375D said:

By the way, did an Eletre go up the hill at Goodwood?

I don't believe there's a working prototype yet.