Top Gear’s guide to: Lotus

Revered East Anglia-based builder of hardcore lightweights still basically true to the ethos by which Colin Chapman originally made them famous.

New Lotus saloons, SUVs and GT cars are all possible

New Lotus boss ‘won’t exclude anything’ as long as it’s got proper Lotus DNA

18 Apr 2019

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This green whisp is Lotus’s fully electric hypercar

Be excited: Lotus's latest reinvention brings with it the electric Type 130 hypercar

16 Apr 2019

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Lotus’s future: new sports car, platform and electric hypercar

Here’s how Lotus is planning to take on the supercar – and hypercar - elite

29 Mar 2019

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Three Lotus Carltons are up for sale… at the same auction

Race Retro sale includes three examples of the iconic super-saloon

20 Feb 2019

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What could Lotus and Williams be working on?

Norfolk's premier sports car firm teams up with Williams Advanced Engineering

Rowan Horncastle

28 Jan 2019

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Lotus says merry Christmas with a drifty Evora

Someone at Lotus has just discovered Ken Block...

19 Dec 2018

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Dallara Stradale vs Lotus Exige Cup 430 vs Alpine A110

When it comes to track driving, weight is inversely proportional to fun

9 Nov 2018

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Lotus wants you to find Colin Chapman’s first car

Colin Chapman’s hand-built Mark I has been missing for 68 years. Anyone seen it?

25 Sep 2018

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What should Lotus do next?

Following reports of a massive £1.5bn investment, where should Lotus go next?

14 Aug 2018

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The Type 49 and Type 79 are two (more) special edition Lotuses

Exige 430s celebrate many anniversaries. See them at Goodwood

12 Jul 2018

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Lotus has a new boss, again

Jean-Marc Gales, CEO since 2014, has left Hethel for a classic car restoring business

4 Jun 2018

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The Lotus Exige Cup 430 Type 25 is ANOTHER special edition

Yep. Lotus is at it again. This one pays homage to the Sixties Type 25 F1 car

5 Apr 2018

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The 3-Eleven 430 is now the fastest ever street-legal Lotus

Yet another special edition: roofless 3-Eleven gets 430bhp V6 for maximum track madness

20 Feb 2018

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Rezvani’s new car is a sinister 700bhp carbon Lotus

Meet the Beast Alpha X Blackbird, SoCal’s take on a British lightweight legend

Rowan Horncastle

2 Feb 2018

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The Evora GT410 Sport is another new Lotus

Norfolk-made anoraks on, there's another slightly different Evora to meet

11 Jan 2018

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Top Gear mag’s greatest cars — sports cars

What is the essence of the sports car? Time to get to grips with the oily bits of consumer desire

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First Drive

Lotus Elise review: hardcore Cup 260 driven

"This is the most playful and progressive Elise I think I've ever driven"...

Henry Catchpole

1 Dec 2017

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Lotus Exige Cup 430 front three quarters

First Drive

Lotus Exige review: new Cup 430 driven

Fastest Lotus road car yet is a sublime road and track car. Here’s why

14 Nov 2017

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Lotus: “we will always be the benchmark in light weight”

Electric and SUV Lotuses are coming, but its boss assures us the ethos won’t change

10 Nov 2017

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Lotus puts its most powerful engine into a lighter Exige

430bhp? In an aero-hungry Exige? That’ll be the new ‘Cup’. Yowser

9 Nov 2017

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New SUV, new Elise… what’s going on at Lotus?

TG sits down with Lotus boss to discuss a bright future for the sports car brand

24 Oct 2017

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Progress report: Lotus Elise S1 vs Elise Cup 250

The Elise has become harder and faster over its 20-odd years. But better?

23 Oct 2017

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The Elise Cup 260 is yet another special edition Lotus

Bought an Elise Sport 220, did you? Or a Cup 250? Unlucky!

20 Oct 2017

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Lotus Evora GT430 front action

First Drive

Lotus Evora review: mad new GT430 driven

Meet the fastest Lotus road car ever. Does the Evora successfully battle the 911 GT3?

18 Oct 2017

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TG’s guide to concepts: the Lotus Evora 414E

Long before the hybrid ‘holy trinity’, Norfolk sussed out range-extender sports cars

9 Oct 2017

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This Lotus Evora GT430 Sport is the fastest ever Lotus

196mph top speed for lighter, less aero-friendly GT430 Sport

6 Sep 2017

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Meet the most extreme Lotus Evora ever

The Evora GT430 is a bewinged beauty with more power and less weight

Rowan Horncastle

20 Jul 2017

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First Drive

Lotus Exige Cup 380 review: hardcore 375bhp Lotus tested

The Porsche 911 GT3 RS of the Lotus world - how does this track-happy £95k Lotus fare?

16 Jun 2017

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This is the Lotus Elise Cup 250

Surprise! Mint green Elise facelift ups power and adds lightness

Rowan Horncastle

1 Jun 2017

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Chinese car giant Geely has bought Lotus

PLUS: news about the all-new Elise, coming your way in 2020

24 May 2017

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TG’s guide to concepts: the reborn Lotus Esprit V8

The spearhead of Lotus’s aborted regeneration was (almost) a true Ferrari rival

15 May 2017

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First Drive

Lotus Elise Sprint review: lighter, sharper Elise driven

Did the Elise need to get any lighter? Who cares. It's more satisfying than ever...

27 Apr 2017

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This week’s Lotus special? The most hardcore Exige ever

What’s in the water in Hethel? Exige Cup 380 loses weight and creates more downforce

20 Apr 2017

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Say hello to the Lotus Elise Sprint

New, even more lightweight Elise arrives as whole range gets an update

17 Mar 2017

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