Interview: David McIntyre, Lotus Cars
Bringing Mostly Lotus Week to a close, The Redline talks to David McIntyre about the future of Lotus on the road, track and in the showroom.
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Lotus Exige Sport 410 Review: Track
A Lotus Exige Sport 410 and a race track is an extremely hard proposition to turn down. When that race track is Mount Panorama, it’s impossible.
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Evija Production Facility Goes Live
Lotus’ new Evija factory hall is live and it’s where the final prototypes will be built ahead of first deliveries at the end of 2020. Yes, it’s an all-new Lotus, and they’re building it.
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Lotus Elise Sport Cup 250 Review – Road and Track
I drive the Lotus Elise Sport Cup 250 at the Lotus Only event at Bathurst’s Mount Panorama. The Sport Cup 250 is sharper, more focussed Elise than the Sport 220 which is most intriguing.
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Welcome to Mostly Lotus Week
Lotus Cars Australia took 160 of its closest friends to one of the world’s most famous – and Australia’s most revered – racetrack, Mount Panorama. The Redline was there to soak it all in.
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Lotus Evora GT 410 Drops: Softer Everyday Lotus
The Lotus Evora GT seeks to widen the veteran mid-engine sports car’s appeal. With a more luxurious interior and a grand tourer vibe, it might come to Australia.
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Lotus Elise Bathurst Edition Is An Aussie Special
The Lotus Elise Bathurst Edition is a long name for a small car to go with the length of its namesake.
That’s probably a complicated joke for a very limited edition car but we reckon it’s a cracker of an idea. There’s a long tradition of Bathurst-related special editions but this one has a clever sting in the tail.
Lotus Evija Unveiled – 2000 Electric Horses
New Lotus Evija electric supercar packs 2000PS and some startling performance figures. British sports car maker Lotus is on the move following its acquisition by Geely (who also own Volvo and Lynk&Co among others). The company has been drip-feeding this new car for a while but we’ve got a stack of images and the motherlode of information to get us going. First, the name. Pronounced E-vee-ya (Lotus rendered it ‘E-vi-yah)(I think mine is better), it means first in existence. As in Eve (Adam and Eve), the first woman. And, of…
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2018 Lotus Elise Sprint 220
I’ve been wanting to drive a Lotus Elise pretty much my whole adult life. The Lotus Elise Story Few cars have been on sale for as long as the Lotus Elise. It’s incredibly rare for a car to remain fundamentally the same for two decades. Rarer still for it to remain competitive. But Lotus isn’t your average car company, never has been, probably never will be. Despite being owned by some pretty serious industrial giants. For a start, General Motors and Toyota shared ownership for a few months in the…
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Lotus 3-Eleven 430 is the Fastest and Lastest
Lotus’ nutso 3-Eleven 430 is the last version of the road-going (in some countries) race car. The swansong 3-Eleven, limited to just 20 cars worldwide, will hold the crown as the fastest car around the company’s Hethel track. For at least six months, anyway. Whatever comes next will surely obliterate it. 3-Eleven 430 The 430 in the name obviously comes from the power figure – 430PS from the Toyota-sourced 3.5-litre Edelbrock-superchaged V6. 0-100km/h (0-62mph) passes in just 3.1 seconds for the 920kg carbon and aluminium monster. The kerb weight is…
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