As some of you are probably aware in the meantime I am looking for a fun car to complement the more practical, family hauling machinery (not boring by any stretch of imagination but different). The Renault Alpine A110GT has already passed the test (see he
My Evora S, from the 1st series, is now in continuous every-day-use since 2010. There were some niggles sorted at the beginning under warranty, but since then it was just an annual service (and one "rebushing" of the suspensions). After 220'000 km it is s
.. you can easily buy a real sportscar aka the Alpine A110 It's sad to see these M cars have grown so heavy, the extra weight has been compensated with delirious amounts of horsepower. These cars are complete contradictions to progress, why ? More traffic
Lotus Group is now composed of three primary entities: Lotus Cars , a high-performance sports car company, is based in Hethel, Norfolk, UK Lotus Tech , an “ all-electric lifestyle vehicle company ”, headquartered in Wuhan, China, with other facilities in
I've done all the service on my car since new except replacing the fuel tank as a safety recall. That includes new brake rotors, front drive shafts, window motors, headlight motors, shift cables, fuel injectors, ignition coils, redying seats, oil changes,
... i wondered about accessibility and maintenance cost as well to be honest . These Lotus' are completely different cars from any of the above you mention Patrick. If someone wants a lotus he doesn't care about all of this because he wants that raw feeli
I am told by mechanics and automotive technicians at LOTUS dealerships that the Elise and Exige are terrible cars to work on, have little to no safety features, and were not designed with accident safety nor maintenance accessibility in mind. The automoti
This past week I drove around 500 km in and around my rainy village, traffic is totally ridiculous and I averaged around 33 km/h. I think some 100 of those 500 km were driven on highways. A good friend of mine also complains about this 'phenomenon' and th
return to simpler cars. My car is nothing fancy (2013 WRX) but I still love driving it. It’s very “analog”, no one is tracking me in it, and it has a mechanical manual transmission. Aside from a Porsche or a Lotus Elise or Exige I really can’t see myself
(Hethel, UK – 6 July 2021) – The Emira is an all-new mid-engined premium sports car that perfectly embodies the ongoing transformation of the Lotus business and brand. It features all the hallmarks that the automotive world has come to expect from a Lotus