Everybody wants to love Lotus.
The 71-year-old British automaker has been a favorite of real-life daredevil Ayrton Senna and fictional superspy James Bond alike. Its perfectly cool, wedge-shaped Lotus Esprit and chic Evora designs have set style standards for generations.
But Lotus doesn’t make loving it easy. The marque has spent years offering only intermittent sales in the U.S. And for many enthusiasts, the mechanical reliability of its older cars, as well as the fit and finish of its newer ones, have simply not kept up their end of the bargain. Perhaps the just-announced $2.1 million all-electric Evija will redeem them, with looks as beautiful as its counterparts from Italy.
Until then, let’s talk about the 2020 Lotus Evora GT. I was more than eager to get my hands on the newest (and only) modern Lotus you can buy in America today. I test-drove the $96,950 whip from Carmel, Calif., to Los Angeles, skirting the two-lane roads along the Pacific Ocean as well as the broad, open highways that cut through the Sonoran Desert. There were high points (the driving) and low points (the interior). It was a roller coaster of emotions—but it was always fun.
The 416-horsepower V-6 supercharged engine wheezes and hums as you shift and accelerate, rather than growls or gargles like other cars. It’s a cool, though unexpected, effect. Every good car should have a distinctly identifiable sound that precedes it coming down the street—one more reason why electric vehicles are going to have to work harder to earn my affection.
At just 3,175 pounds, the Evora GT pairs its lighter weight with all that horsepower to hit 60 mph in 3.8 seconds. Top speed is 188 mph, making it the fastest-ever road-legal Lotus to be made available in North America. The tiny carbon fiber body and aluminum components make the car feel tangible and alive, like you’re actually working as a team to conquer the road ahead. It’s a feeling I love but increasingly fail to feel from behind the wheel.
Well,thats all about it hehe,Thanks ;)
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