Ahead of the official unveil at the Paris Motor
Show on September 30th, Lotus announce the
latest evolution of the award winning Evora –
the Evora S and Evora IPS (Intelligent Precision
Shift) option.
Lotus has taken the award winning Evora and
re-created it with a 350 PS 3.5l V6 engine to
create the Evora S. Dany Bahar Lotus’ Chief
Executive Officer summed it up beautifully when
he said: “You don’t realise what you were
missing from your driving experience until you
get behind the wheel of the Evora S.”
So apart from the obvious power difference, how
is the Evora S different to the standard Evora?
It’s another question we put to the CEO (given
that he’s spent a little time behind the wheel,
we thought he’d be best placed to answer
questions). This is what he said: “It’s the next
level of Evora experience. It communicates with
you better, the suspension setting has been fine
tuned for added power and control so it responds
even more to direction. It’s an instinctual car,
the experience is pure.”
“We were proud of the Evora but we’re even
prouder of the Evora S, I feel like it does the
true Lotus experience justice. The really great
thing is that as we move forward the standard
Evora should also benefit from some of these
developments.”
The Evora S comes with a sport pack as standard
featuring a ‘sport’ button which allows the
driver to control throttle response and activate
the exhaust by-pass valve. The sport button also
raises the instantaneous rev limit and changes
the dynamic stability control settings resulting
in a total experience change. There are
cross-drilled brakes for improved cooling. And
here’s a heads up for those who buy into the old
adage ‘you can tell the men from the boys by the
size of their toys’: the external emotion of the
Evora S has been improved with a completely new
active exhaust which means that at the push of a
button the car sounds just as dramatic as it
feels.
Commenting on the Evora S, Lotus Chief
Commercial Officer Andreas Prillmann said: “The
Evora S is a natural progression for us but more
than that, it’s a taste of what people can come
to expect from the next generation of Lotus cars.
It retains core Lotus values such as performance
through lightweight but it also gives more than
that. It’s the perfect combination of top
performance, style and comfort. Form doesn’t
sacrifice function in the case of the Evora S.”
So there you have it folks, the next generation
of Lotus Evora, the Evora S, set to be unveiled
at the Paris Motor Show.
But that’s not all. In addition to the Evora S,
Lotus also presents the IPS (Intelligent
Precision Shift) option. This inception of the
seven-time-award-winning (who’s counting? We
are!) Evora sees an automatic 6-speed gearbox
with Lotus developed transmission control with a
3.5 l V6 engine delivering 280 PS assuring a
superior automatic driving experience.
The IPS version of the Evora allows the
driver to switch between manual paddle shift and
automatic drive modes. The driver also has the
option of selecting ‘sport’ mode which showcases
the Lotus sport driving experience allowing the
driver to really feel each gear shift and be in
complete control of the transmission.
Commenting on the development Dany Bahar said:
“The Evora IPS is set to broaden the appeal of
the Evora and reach out to a slightly different
market. We hope it will be popular with
established automatic locations such as Asia,
the Middle East and the US. It’s been a long
time since Lotus created an automatic and we’ve
spent a great deal of time refining this one to
make sure that it perfectly complements the
Evora drive experience.”
Evora S Technical Specification
|
Model |
Evora S |
|
Engine |
Mid mounted, transverse 3.5 litre DOHC
V6 VVT-I |
|
Emissions |
see below due to wheel options |
|
Transmission |
6 speed
manual |
|
Chassis |
Modular lightweight bonded aluminium
structure |
|
Steering |
Lotus tuned hydraulically-assisted power
steering |
|
Suspension |
Forged aluminium double wishbone
suspension |
|
|
Bilstein high performance gas dampers |
|
|
Eibach
coaxial coil springs |
|
Performance data |
|
|
Standard
wheel option |
|
|
Fuel
consumption - urban |
14.5
l/100km |
|
Fuel
consumption – extra urban |
7.4
l/100km |
|
Fuel
consumption - combined |
10.0l/100km |
|
CO2
Emissions |
235 g/km
|
|
19/20”
wheel option |
|
|
Fuel
consumption - urban |
14.6
I/100km |
|
Fuel
consumption – extra urban |
7.6
I/100km |
|
Fuel
consumption - combined |
10.2
I/100km |
|
CO2
Emissions |
239 g/km |
|
Max
power |
350 PS /
257.5 kW @ 7000 rpm |
|
Max
torque |
400 Nm /
295 lb ft @ 4500 rpm |
|
0-60 mph |
4.6s |
|
0-100
km/h |
4.8s |
|
Maximum
speed |
172mph |
|
Vehicle
mass (unladen) |
1437kg |
Evora IPS Option Technical Specification
|
Engine |
Mid mounted, transverse 3.5 litre DOHC
V6 VVT-I |
|
Emissions |
208 g/km |
|
Transmission |
Electronically controlled 6 speed
automatic |
|
Chassis |
Modular lightweight bonded aluminium
structure |
|
Steering |
Lotus tuned hydraulically-assisted power
steering |
|
Suspension |
Forged aluminium double wishbone
suspension |
|
|
Bilstein high performance gas dampers |
|
|
Eibach
coaxial coil springs |
|
Performance data |
|
|
Fuel
consumption - urban |
12.6
l/100km |
|
Fuel
consumption – extra urban |
6.6
l/100km |
|
Fuel
consumption - combined |
8.8
l/100km |
|
CO2
Emissions |
208 g/km |
|
Max
power |
280 PS /
206 KW @ 6400rpm |
|
Max
torque |
350 Nm /
258 lb ft @ 4700rpm |
|
0-60 mph |
5.3s |
|
0-100
km/h |
5.5s |
|
Maximum
speed |
155mph |
|
Vehicle
mass (unladen) |
1436 kg |
|
