14 September 2009 - 15:00
Endurance Evora
When the blokes at Lotus have a few pints, this is what happens. They stick wings on things, and make them more powerful. Generally these things are cars, and in this case it’s the Evora.
Based on the excellent standard car, the Type 124 has the same engine and chassis but with dollops of racing hardcore.
So how has it been turned into a track monster? Firstly, the standard Toyota V6 now churns out a massive 400bhp (up from 276) and the overall weight of the thing has dropped 200kg, down to 1200kgs.
The mid-mounted motor is then paired with a straight-cut (isn’t that some kind of oven chip?) racing gearbox operated via wheel-mounted paddles. It also gets 6-piston AP racing callipers, adjustable dampers and 18-inch alloys with slick tyres. So it sticks and stops like a racing car should.
Outside, the car gains a suitably massive carbon fibre rear wing, deep side skirts and a tarmac-troubling front splitter.
It will make its debut at the ADAC (which we believe its a bad rip-off of a legendary rock band) 24-hour race at the Nurburgring next May.
And with a meaner, quicker Evora due sometime soon, the Type 124 gives us a cheeky glimpse at what a hotter road model could look like. We loved the Evora in the TG GP 09, and if this is anything to go by, it looks like it’s about to get even better. Stig will be pleased.
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The Evora really has so longer gears for that engine? And i dont think the "evora s" will have 400bhp. It will be about -400bhp. 380 or 340. . .
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So this is gonna give rise to the harder faster Evora (Exora?) like the Exige is to the Elise...
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That looks VERY sweet for a racing car. And it'll spawn a similar performance road-going "S" version you say? This is indeed excellent news. Well done Lotus!
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Am I the only on tha thinks that the Evora (in white) looks like a slightly like a smiling Stig helmet =D - although that would be impossible. We all know the Stig has no emotions... and nobody is quite sure whether he has a mouth. Some say that he sucks nutrients through the floor from his feet...
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When in doubt in a 24hr race. Use an Audi engine or a Toyota/Honda.
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i really really like this car..its so simple yet so good looking..c'mon lotus,go win a few races.and while you're at it, why don't you use the space for the boot and rear seats to fit a monster engine?or just keep that space empty and make the car lighter..but add the bigger engine..
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can i have this one instead of the road car? please? pretty please?
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Mikeado commented on this article
14 September 2009
So, subtract the wing and splitter, add some leather inside and this is what we'll be getting? That's more than OK with me. That kind of makeover for the road car (I'm gonna stick my neck out and say it'd be called the Evora S) is exactly what's needed. 400bhp is perfectly within the chassis' capability, and it REALLY needs shorter gears - it's a 6-speed box and you slowly top out at ~150mph in 4th!
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