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11-23-2008, 04:29 PM
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Denuo Volatilis
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Lotus Cars Official Availability
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 ...i expect the first federal models will trickle out autumn 2010, with widespread availability not until around the new year 2011... ...what's more interesting, i think, is how close they're coming to the initial federal elise target of ten pounds per horsepower...they're so close on the prototype: add just twenty more horsepower or shave just two hundred pounds, or some combination thereof, and they're there...
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11-23-2008, 07:39 PM
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Per the press conference at the LA Auto Show, Lotus stated the Evora would be available in the US in October 2009. Check out GOLDEN GATE LOTUS CLUB - LOTUS EVORA NEWS!
Cheers, Kiyoshi
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11-23-2008, 08:45 PM
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what will be the ballpark price point?
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11-24-2008, 10:04 AM
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For what it's worth, this says November or December of 2009 which sounds quite reasonable to me.
LA 2008 Live: Lotus Evora comes to the stateside It appears that the show car is very close to a fully functional car. Why wait even to the end of 2009? I think because that should give them ample time to shave the weight by 250 - 300 lbs. This is Lotus remember. Everyone else is expected to increase the power. Lotus is obligated to decrease the weight. Just under 3,000 lbs is just about 300 lbs too heavy. They and everyone else knows that. My deposit is for the convertible, so they better hurry up and finish the hard top!
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12-14-2008, 03:57 PM
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Denuo Volatilis
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...wouldn't it be quicker to simply crib the drivetrain from a camry?..
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12-14-2008, 09:31 PM
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The Lotus comes with Toyota's newer 6-speed manual transaxle, too.. so.. bonus!  I'd rather own an Evora, but hey..  |
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