Lotus has officially taken the wraps off its new Evora 400 at the Geneva motor show.
Maximum speed is claimed to be 186 mph, while acceleration from 0-60 mph takes 4.1 seconds. This enables the new car to lap the test track at the Lotus Headquarters in Hethel, Norfolk, six seconds faster than the previous model.
Over two thirds of the Evora 400 is new, including its supercharged and charge-cooled mid-mounted 3.5-litre V6 engine producing 400 bhp and 302 lb-ft of torque. A new aluminium chassis incorporates a new interior and the composite body has undergone changes to both the front and rear.
Not only is the new Evora 400 faster than the previous model, it is also 22 kg lighter.
“We have always said that to make a car better, you must make it faster and lighter. We have achieved this, of course, but we didn’t stop there, as the considerable number of changes in the interior, chassis, engine and body design have warranted emphatically, the title of a new Lotus Evora,” said Lotus CEO, Jean-Marc Gales.
The car will enter production for European markets in the summer and deliveries will commence in August this year. North American markets will receive the Evora 400 as a 2016 model year presentation in the autumn.
According to Lotus, combined production for all of its models, the Elise, Exige and Evora, will increase to 70 cars per week by September 2015 and an additional 150 workers will be recruited in the next four months to accommodate this rise in production.
Source: Lotus
