Lotus is going to release a record of Nürburgring

Company Lotus is going during next two years to release "the fastest road car" of the Northern loop of Nürburgring. This was announced by the head of the British brand Jean-Marc Jale. The manufacturer is planing to build a successor to the 2-Eleven Speedster track, presented in 2007. The novelty will have completely different design and more powerful engine. Extreme sport car, the mass of which will not exceed 900 kilos will have 3.5-liter with 406 horsepower V6 engine. Jale also noted that "Lotus" so far does not intend to exploit their own power units. "Why do we need to create our own units, spending on this fabulous tool? We can buy the V6 motors from Toyota, -explained the head of "Lotus".

During the next two years, the Brits are going to release an open-hood version of the sports coupe Evora, as well as to update the Exige family. The model will receive a number of stylistic changes and procure 406-strong "six" 3.5.

The same engine will have the new modification of Evora, which will debut in early March at the Geneva Motor Show. Sports car can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 4.1 seconds and its top speed is electronically limited at 300 kilometers per hour.

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Lotus will turn sports car Evora into crossover

Company Lotus adds a crossover to Evora sports car collection. It is expected that this will be officially announced next March at the Geneva Motor Show, where an updated version of the Evora will debut. According to preliminary data, the device will not become a separate model, but it will be crossover in "Evora" modeling. The car will get increased ground clearance and the protective lining on the body. Design is done in the style of the entire updated collection of Evora. The upgraded sports car Lotus Evora, in addition to improvements in design, will have more powerful engines with supercharging, and will also be faster and easier in drive. It is also expected to have a new extreme model created in Lotus2-Eleven style. For the first time crossover Lotus appeared as a concept car called APX in 2006. The British car maker Jean-Marc Jale said about producing the new model in August of this year. Then, it was assumed that a similar model will be created for fans of the brand who want to have a car from Lotus but don’t want to have an extreme sports car.

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Lotus prepares Evora for premiere at Geneva

General Manager of Lotus Jean-Marc Gales disclosed new details about future cars of the company. While speaking to reporters, he mentioned that the company would not survive without development. So now there are about 900 State employees and production capacity is approximately 2000 cars per year. Moreover, he said, the numbers could rise to 3000 cars per year and remain at that level for several years.

For the further development of the company will follow the case of Porsche. Likely Lotus will focus on producing new sedans and crossovers. However, some will not endorse the idea, but the Executive Director believes otherwise. By his opinion, the sales will increase by 10 thousand vehicles per year. But the company simply does not have the funds to produce new cars and this situation will persist for the next few years.

Fortunately the problems with the budget will not affect an Evora, which is rumored to debut at the Geneva Motor Show (year 2015). The device will become easier and more powerful than its predecessor’s. Also the company is going to present a model of the Lotus Exige. In addition, according to unconfirmed reports, Lotus is going to release another mysterious novelty, which will look like a 2-Eleven model.

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