Lotus Evora attracting celebrity waiting list

True to the Lotus value of "performance through light weight" CO2 emissions are expected to be a class leading sub-225 g/km (prototype figures) while testers report fuel consumption in the region of 7.8l/100km (pending formal homologation testing).

What'll she do?

At the time of its unveiling, full performance figures have yet to be compiled on a production specification Lotus Evora. Lotus has another six months development to conduct.

While for Lotus top speed is of less importance than stability at speed, early indications suggest a maximum speed of 256km/h; the 0-60mph (0-96km/h) sprint is estimated at sub-five seconds (prototype figures).

Test, test, then test some more

Evora is a global car so it has been tested around the world, from the icy wastes of the arctic to the heat of the desert, the high altitude of the Alps as well as the country roads around the Hethel factory.

It has spent hours howling around the Nürburgring and endlessly lapped Lotus's test track at Hethel. By the time the Evora enters production, prototypes will have travelled for hundreds of thousands of kilometres along some of the worst public roads in the world and been tortured for as many miles on some of the toughest proving grounds the motor industry has to offer including extreme pave tests, to Australia and even the Arizona outback.

It has been flung into barriers at low and high speeds, at a multitude of angles, including head-on; it has even had its roof compressed.

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