Mansory mods the Lotus Evora

Lotus will unveil a new version of its Evora sports car at the Geneva motor show next month. Except it's not new.

Instead, it's been fettled by Mansory, and the result is what you see above. Why? Because, according to Lotus, 'we can, and we know you're curious'.

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Yes, we are curious how a Mansory-fettled Lotus would look. Much the same way we're curious how a Remington 11-87 12-gauge shotgun blast to our big toe would look.

'Contrary to media reports, what you'll see in Geneva is NOT an Evora facelift,' cries Lotus. 'It's a taste of the future of Lotus product customisation. Merely the first toe in the water...'

Not if that toe has been divorced from its foot via aforementioned 12-gauge. Let's not joke here, the Evora might be a sedate entry, but Mansory's distinguished canon of work includes this. And this. And how can you forget this? Concerned, you should be...