Revamped Lotus Evora (2015) spied testing - CAR Magazine
? Overhauled Evora spied racking up test miles. You’re looking at the revamped Lotus Evora, testing ahead of its upcoming debut at the 2015 Geneva motor show in March. It’s a car that marks the beginning of a fresh product era for Group Lotus under new CEO Jean-Marc Gales. So, what’s new on the 2015 Lotus Evora. Development budget for this car won’t have been enormous (Lotus is still mired in red ink, although the financial picture is beginning to improve) but one major change involves making the sills narrower and lower. The current Evora is notoriously tricky to get into and out of, but the sill alterations – visible in our new spyshots - should make it easier for buyers without international-standard gymnastic ability to gain access and help broaden the car’s... ’ He also intimated that the Evora’s spookily comfortable ride quality won’t suffer as a result. Power still comes from the same Toyota-sourced V6 (DVLA records show the car pictured here has the same 3456cc displacement) but a new intercooler for the supercharged S version will unlock ‘substantially more’ horsepower. We’ve previously caught a glimpse of a test mule at Lotus’s Hethel test. Source: www.carmagazine.co.uk
