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Post by johnc on Feb 18, 2020 19:18:44 GMT
Only a concept but I think it looks fantastic. And it looks as though it has been made properly too! From CarWow:
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Post by Big Blue on Feb 18, 2020 23:08:37 GMT
2000 bhp? I seem to remember the Lotus ethos was light weight and lower power for all round efficiency and better handling.
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Post by Tim on Feb 19, 2020 8:52:27 GMT
Is there only one guy doing the rounds designing all these 1000+BHP hypercars.
I know nothing about them, whenever there's an article in the mags I just skip it and for some reason I consider them depressingly boring.
Maybe I'm not a petrol (or electric) head anymore?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2020 10:37:18 GMT
A huge pity, it lacks a McLaren power unit.
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Feb 19, 2020 11:18:10 GMT
Is there only one guy doing the rounds designing all these 1000+BHP hypercars. I know nothing about them, whenever there's an article in the mags I just skip it and for some reason I consider them depressingly boring. Maybe I'm not a petrol (or electric) head anymore? +1 They're all similar and I just can't get enthusiastic about them. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2020 12:19:47 GMT
Ditto. But that's also true of most of the massively powerful ICE ones over the last year or two. The Murray one looks interesting as it seems to be playing its own game.
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Post by Tim on Feb 19, 2020 13:16:30 GMT
Ditto. But that's also true of most of the massively powerful ICE ones over the last year or two. The Murray one looks interesting as it seems to be playing its own game. I wasn't singling out electric. Aston's forthcoming mid-engined range appears to fall into the same category and I reckon the last few issues of EVO have had a couple each. |
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Post by racingteatray on Feb 19, 2020 21:11:50 GMT
A huge pity, it lacks a McLaren power unit. Although I was walking along Marylebone High Street earlier when I heard what sounded like a middlingly powerful car approaching behind me. From the sound, I was fairly sure it was the current generation of M3/4 which hasn't been lauded for making the most tuneful or interesting of noises. Anyway, turned out it wasn't. It was a Monaco-registered white McLaren of some recent sort or other. A 570 perhaps. Off it went. And because this was Marylebone High Street, not long after I was passed by a current-model Vantage and then a C63S coupe, both of which sounded rather nicer and naughtier than the Macca (considerably so in the case of the Merc). So, hmmm, McLaren powerplants. Good and all that but... |
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Post by PetrolEd on Feb 20, 2020 10:26:43 GMT
I find the 570 GT hugely desirable and as you can pick one up for less then a decently equipped new GT4. Less said about reliability of course.
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Post by Martin on Feb 20, 2020 11:31:49 GMT
I find the 570 GT hugely desirable and as you can pick one up for less then a decently equipped new GT4. Less said about reliability of course. And cost of servicing plus the essential extended warranty. That aside, I really like the 570GT. |
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Post by racingteatray on Feb 20, 2020 12:11:23 GMT
I find the 570 GT hugely desirable and as you can pick one up for less then a decently equipped new GT4. Less said about reliability of course. Are they unreliable? |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2020 13:29:15 GMT
I was thinking that the McLaren unit might fit but not sure about an alternate.
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Post by scouse on Feb 20, 2020 13:34:37 GMT
Feb 20, 2020 12:11:23 GMT racingteatray said:
Are they unreliable?
Allegedly so. Plus poor parts supply, again allegedly.
Back to the OP, the electric stuff just leaves me cold, although I still like the leftfield, manic-powered, IC stuff. The Valkyrie especially, with an NA V12 spinning to 11,000rpm, although it needs tobe a dark colour to better disguise the aero gubbins (I hate the modern Ford GT for those 'tunnels').
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Post by PG on Feb 20, 2020 13:46:05 GMT
Is there only one guy doing the rounds designing all these 1000+BHP hypercars. I know nothing about them, whenever there's an article in the mags I just skip it and for some reason I consider them depressingly boring. Maybe I'm not a petrol (or electric) head anymore? +1 They're all similar and I just can't get enthusiastic about them. Same here. I used to find them interesting, but it now just seems like there are too many. |
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Post by Tim on Feb 20, 2020 13:51:09 GMT
.... but it now just seems like there are too many. I apply that to the McLarens as well, when I see one on the road or parked in the street (a rare event admittedly) I don't know which version they are. I suspect I'd be able to identify a Senna by its clear door panels but I suspect that's it! |
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Post by Martin on Jun 27, 2020 17:57:36 GMT
Just had a few beers in a mates garden and I didn’t realise he was heading up the account with Lotus for the marketing company that he works for. He designed the model logo for the Evija and it changed part way through the process when someone spotted the reflection and realised it read alive backwards, so he made it clearer and it’s not built into the marketing.
The really good part of his job is spending 2 whole days with Lotus driving their cars on track and on the road to understand them better....
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Post by Big Blue on Jun 29, 2020 9:15:33 GMT
The really good part of his job is spending 2 whole days with Lotus driving their cars on track and on the road to understand them better.... Someone has to drive the one they made...... |
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Post by PG on Jun 29, 2020 11:40:38 GMT
Evija. I've thought for a while that it sounds like something women might decorate their lady parts with.
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Post by Martin on Jun 29, 2020 11:50:22 GMT
E-via is how he pronounced it when I said E-Vija
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Post by PG on Jun 29, 2020 11:52:55 GMT
E-via is how he pronounced it when I said E-Vija Oh god, it's even worse. it's one of those awfully pretentious car names they have to teach you how to pronounce..... |
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Post by Martin on Jun 29, 2020 11:56:21 GMT
E-via is how he pronounced it when I said E-Vija Oh god, it's even worse. it's one of those awfully pretentious car names they have to teach you how to pronounce..... I'm afraid so...... |
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Post by Big Blue on Jun 29, 2020 13:04:35 GMT
They're simply running out of words beginning with "E" that sound like they might make car names. Lotus "Exorcism" doesn't sound quite right, although one may be necessary.
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Post by Blarno on Jun 29, 2020 14:22:43 GMT
Lotus Erector?
Lotus Eviscerator?
Lotus Encroacher?
Lotus Envelope?
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Post by Big Blue on Jun 29, 2020 15:33:20 GMT
The Lotus Ejaculate: perfect sports car for those point and squirt back roads.......
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2020 16:04:46 GMT
Lotus EdnaEverage
Lotus EdithPiaf
Lotus EvaHitler
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Post by ChrisM on Jun 29, 2020 19:37:24 GMT
Lotus EbyGum
Lotus Euthenasia
and scraping the bottom, Lotus Enema
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Post by Stuntman on Jun 30, 2020 21:30:22 GMT
The Lotus Ejaculate: perfect sports car for those point and squirt back roads....... I have a Honda Jizz as my daily hybrid (I can park it anywhere and not worry about someone else banging it), but at weekends I get to spank my Ejaculate round the twisties. Perfect two-car garage  |
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