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Re: New car day - Evora Sport 410
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2026 1:11 pm
by mik
speedingfine wrote: Mon Aug 10, 2026 11:06 am
I'm still going back to page one to look at the photos of this every time someone new posts
Lotus used redesigns of the front and rear bumpers pretty effectively when updating the car over the years.
> S1 Evora are pretty "soft" visually
> 400 brought a lot more visual aggression, but many (including me) weren't convinced the sharp lines complemented the rest of the design very well
> 410 has the added aggression but with more curves. Far more coherent to my eyes > it (and the 430) are the best looking standard-body* Evora(e?) to me.
*this excludes the super-rare wide-arched GTE versions, which also look fabulous, but have nothing like the performance of the later cars.
Re: New car day - Evora Sport 410
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2026 6:58 pm
by Wilspeed
Yeah nah that shit's tight af
Re: New car day - Evora Sport 410
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2026 2:14 pm
by Matty
mik wrote: Mon Aug 10, 2026 1:11 pm
speedingfine wrote: Mon Aug 10, 2026 11:06 am
I'm still going back to page one to look at the photos of this every time someone new posts
Lotus used redesigns of the front and rear bumpers pretty effectively when updating the car over the years.
> S1 Evora are pretty "soft" visually
> 400 brought a lot more visual aggression, but many (including me) weren't convinced the sharp lines complemented the rest of the design very well
> 410 has the added aggression but with more curves. Far more coherent to my eyes > it (and the 430) are the best looking standard-body* Evora(e?) to me.
*this excludes the super-rare wide-arched GTE versions, which also look fabulous, but have nothing like the performance of the later cars.
Obviously can't help but compare it to the old Evora - while there are things I'd miss (the power and noise, obviously) I wouldn't feel I was massively losing out if I financialy needed to go back to my old S1. There's more similarities than differences.
I've bought a new headunit already which will fix issue number 1, but probably my biggest issue is the seats. They're a massive downgrade compared to the S1 Recaros and I'm struggling to get comfy in them. I'll give until my finances have recovered and maybe look for some alternatives.
Re: New car day - Evora Sport 410
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2026 2:27 pm
by mik
I think Bibs still has some S1 recaros for sale….
Re: New car day - Evora Sport 410
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2026 4:55 pm
by Marv
Are the AP calipers standard, an option or fitted by the previous owner Matty?
I think the S1 Evora still look much better irl than in pics.
Re: New car day - Evora Sport 410
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2026 8:44 pm
by Matty
Alas my bank balance is not healthy enough right now for new seats, so it's down the list....
Marv wrote: Tue Aug 11, 2026 4:55 pm
Are the AP calipers standard, an option or fitted by the previous owner Matty?
I think the S1 Evora still look much better irl than in pics.
Standard on the 410 (and 430, I believe?) they seem to work well, although at £1100 just for the disks themselves, hopefully never need replacing in my ownership
