... it sure would make a nice daily driver (easier to get into and out of, lots more room inside, your stuff / the groceries would not get cooked on the way home), it has a comfortable ergonomically designed interior, a cool navigation / radio system (like a P-car) but ...
And despite what the Lotus guy said to me straight face "It will out perform an Exige S."
(No I did not call him out on this.) This ain't no track car.
Too big, too heavy, the front splitter is integral to the bumper (i.e. very expensive to replace if you hit a cone), adding in a harness bar will eliminate the 2+2 configuration (granted only a small child could fit back there anyway) and the tires will be even more expensive than those for the Exige S. The weight distribution will most likely make it understeer like a big fat pig despite the big beefy tires up front. Unless Lotus engineers have changed the laws of physics, this is not the light and nimble car that the Elise / Exige is famously know as being.
It is very hard to imagine that this will have the same raw driving experience that an Elise or Exige has. IMHO, Lotus has definitely shaved the edges off the Elise / Exige in an attempt to have a broader market appeal. Sadly here in the US Lotus is niche market player and known mostly to automotive enthusiasts as a maker of streetable track cars / exotics.
At the risk of being flamed up one side and down the other, I have to say I was not all that impressed by looks of the Evora. Looks too much like a F-car or Maseratti. It did not grab my heart like the lines of the Elise / Exige and make me say "Dang that's a hot car. I sure wish I could drive it."
Sorry guys, way too much hype and kind of a MEH! for me.