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Originally Posted by ishmael
It's amazing how many people that own a Lotus or have an interest in the marque don't actually understand what Lotus is about. Lotus has never been about chasing other companies' power figures. I'm not sure that all of the new generation of owners 'get it' and that is no way intended to offend anyone. Read a little about the history of the company and things will make much more sense. I do agree the US is a different market but I don't anticipate selling 600-800 Evoras a year here will be a problem once the economy recovers. I do believe Lotus could sell the 134 hp Elise here at the right price point but profitability would be an issue I'd assume.
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I see your point, but I rather see it as a good thing. It means that Lotus has built cars (111s and presumably the Evora) that are world-class and perform with the best, and as a result have a wider appeal than ever before.
Naturally, since many of us appreciate the high level of performance, we will benchmark it against other performance cars. That just means Lotus has a world-class product.
I also think the weight of the Evora is not impressive, to say the least. An Elise makes off with a mediocre engine because of its low weight, and many of us expected the Evora to have a weaker engine, but have a low weight that compensated for it, like the Elise. Maybe in the Evora's case, weight is just a number...but can weight ever really be just a number?