Lotus Emira
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Your girlfriend is so short she has to go up on you.
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Carfection first look.
AMG 4 pot, well bugger me, I'm impressed.
AMG 4 pot, well bugger me, I'm impressed.
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Looks great from the profile, as does the rear. Those nostrils look a bit awkward.....I do like the interior, even if that main screen looks a bit too big. But 60k (for the 4cyl I suspect), so guessing £75k for the 6cyl? Certainly be close in price to a 911 for the latter.
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That's lovely.
BRG, black roof and yellow caliper please.
BRG, black roof and yellow caliper please.
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Looks good from some angles, but a little awkward from others. The nostrils in particular make it look like it’s suffered a low speed shunt at the front and the bonnet has crumpled in on itself.
Happy they’ve continued with hydraulic steering, but 400bhp and 1400kg makes me slightly relieved I got in on a last of the line Exige 430 if I’m honest.
Happy they’ve continued with hydraulic steering, but 400bhp and 1400kg makes me slightly relieved I got in on a last of the line Exige 430 if I’m honest.
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Just watched the Carfection video on it. Never really been that interested in Lotus, but think this new one looks pretty good. Wonder how well it will do..?
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I like it but then again it’s not exactly what I’d call an Elise replacement.
How about not having a sig at all?
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They're bound to do a cup version.Maurice wrote: ↑Tue Jul 06, 2021 8:28 pm Looks good from some angles, but a little awkward from others. The nostrils in particular make it look like it’s suffered a low speed shunt at the front and the bonnet has crumpled in on itself.
Happy they’ve continued with hydraulic steering, but 400bhp and 1400kg makes me slightly relieved I got in on a last of the line Exige 430 if I’m honest.
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Looks great in the carfection vid and the official pics, but the one in Harry Metcalf's Instagram story doesn't seem to sit so nicely ![Confused :?](./images/smilies/icon_e_confused.gif)
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Then a Cup GT, then a 500, then a 500 Cup, then a 500 cup racer, then a club cup final mid century edition in 2050.scotta wrote: ↑Tue Jul 06, 2021 9:05 pmThey're bound to do a cup version.Maurice wrote: ↑Tue Jul 06, 2021 8:28 pm Looks good from some angles, but a little awkward from others. The nostrils in particular make it look like it’s suffered a low speed shunt at the front and the bonnet has crumpled in on itself.
Happy they’ve continued with hydraulic steering, but 400bhp and 1400kg makes me slightly relieved I got in on a last of the line Exige 430 if I’m honest.
An absolute unit
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God car launches are pukeworthy whoop-whoop bile aren’t they?
Car looks pretty good, and I know it’ll pull off that “looks far better in person” trick the Elise, Exige and Evora manage so well.
Glad so see a V6 and delighted to see a manuel box, but the AMG engine is a bit of a result for them and it seems a bit silly that I4 and V6 are so close in terms of both std power and weight. As @scotta pointed out to me - the AMG unit has greater tuning potential for outright power than the older Toyota unit.
Pricing is far more sensible than recent strategies.
Overall - not a bad effort at all. Let’s see what the press make of it and see if folks are willing to consider the left field choice….
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Car looks pretty good, and I know it’ll pull off that “looks far better in person” trick the Elise, Exige and Evora manage so well.
Glad so see a V6 and delighted to see a manuel box, but the AMG engine is a bit of a result for them and it seems a bit silly that I4 and V6 are so close in terms of both std power and weight. As @scotta pointed out to me - the AMG unit has greater tuning potential for outright power than the older Toyota unit.
Pricing is far more sensible than recent strategies.
Overall - not a bad effort at all. Let’s see what the press make of it and see if folks are willing to consider the left field choice….
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Finally managed to fit an LSD by the looks of it. KEF audio too, which is interesting.
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The black one in Harry M's IG live has much smaller wheels - I think that's why it doesn't look as good (though I'm all for smaller wheels from a driving POV)