Model Lotus Emira V6
Engine 3456cc V6 (900), dohc, 24v, s/c
Max power 298kW @ 6600rpm
Max torque 420Nm @ 3200rpm
Transmission 6-speed manual
Weight 1480kg
0-100km/h 4.3sec (claimed)
Economy 8.8L/100km
Price $180,000 (estimated)
On sale 2023
THE ELISE is the reason Lotus is here today. Launched in 1996 when Lotus was owned by Italian businessman Romano Artioli and fighting for its life, the Elise reintroduced the world to the idea of a pure, ultra-light, driver-focused sports car, the sort of sports car Lotus founder Colin Chapman himself might have conceived.
The Elise may have saved Lotus, but it – and the closely-related Exige and Evora variants – also typecast Britain’s famously iconoclastic carmaker. For the best part of 30 years Lotus cars have been regarded as brilliant to drive, but spartan and cramped; cars that are best kept in the garage for sunny days when you have nowhere to go, and all day to get there.
The Lotus Emira V6 changes all that. The mid-engine Emira is designed to move Lotus out of the hardcore, hair-shirt enthusiast milieu of the Elise and its barely more hospitable Exige and Evora variants, and into the everyday, everydriver premium sports car segment dominated by Porsche’s Cayman.
この記事は Wheels Australia Magazine の July 2022 版に掲載されています。
7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、8,500 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。
すでに購読者です ? サインイン
この記事は Wheels Australia Magazine の July 2022 版に掲載されています。
7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、8,500 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。
すでに購読者です? サインイン
ROUGH DIAMONDS
GO OUT AND SEE AUSTRALIA. BUY ONE OF THESE AND YOU'LL MAKE IT HOME TOO
WORK IN PROGRESS
WHEN YOUR LIVELIHOOD DEPENDS ON IT, DON'T TAKE ANY CHANCES
RABID RESPONSE
EVEN IF YOU'RE PULLING IN THE FINANCIAL HORNS, YOU WON'T NEED TO COMPROMISE ON FUN
PREMIUM BLEND
HERE'S HOW TO ENJOY CHAMPAGNE ON A VAGUELY BEERY BUDGET
GO LARGE, SAVE BIG
WE BRING YOU A SELECTION OF LARGE FAMILY SUVS THAT ARE UNLIKELY TO BREAK THE BANK
MIDDLE CLASS
THE AUSSIE FAMILY DREAM USED TO BE A QUARTER ACRE AND A PICKET FENCE. NOW IT'S A LITTLE MORE MODEST
SHORTY AWARDS
VALUE FOR MONEY CAN BE A RARE COMMODITY AMONG SMALL SUVS. HERE ARE THREE THAT ANSWER THE CALL
MID SIZE MAX VALUE
THE MEDIUM RANGE SECTOR IS THE VERY DEFINITION OF GETTING ALOT OF CAR FOR YOUR DOLLAR
HATCH MATCH
WANT A HATCH THAT'LL PUT A SMILE ON YOUR DIAL SECOND TIME ROUND? TRY THESE...
MODE ΤΟ ΤΟΥ
PORSCHE'S LATEST HOT 911 IS THE NEW FRONTIER FOR ON-THEFLY CHASSIS ADJUSTABILITY, OFFERING THE DRIVER A WORLD OF CONFIGURATION - BUT IS IT WORTH THE HASSLE?
