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5 new Lotus models
norfolkluego - 30/9/10 at 11:10 AM

On BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11440488

thing that worries me is the statement
' a relaunched Elise that will be both bigger and heavier than the old one.'

Not very Lotus is it.

speedyxjs - 30/9/10 at 11:34 AM

I look forward to seeing the pics when they are released!

omega0684 - 30/9/10 at 11:41 AM

no pictures

loggyboy - 30/9/10 at 11:58 AM

quote:

The new product line-up will enable Lotus to target much wealthier customers who will be spending up to £135,000 on a car, compared with prices in the region of £30,000 at the moment.

This is exactly what they did last time, which led to the pre elise bad times. Aiming at high end expensive supercars rather than ultra light, cheap (ish) sports cars. They should stick to what they know. - great handling light weight fun cars.

[Edited on 30/9/10 by loggyboy]

Tiger Super Six - 30/9/10 at 12:12 PM

I am not sure if you can view these threads with pic's as a guest?

http://forums.seloc.org/viewthread.php?tid=279849

http://forums.seloc.org/viewthread.php?tid=279834

andyd - 30/9/10 at 01:01 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Tiger Super Six
I am not sure if you can view these threads with pic's as a guest?

http://forums.seloc.org/viewthread.php?tid=279849

http://forums.seloc.org/viewthread.php?tid=279834

Nope, can't

smart51 - 30/9/10 at 01:05 PM

quote:
Originally posted by norfolkluego
thing that worries me is the statement
' a relaunched Elise that will be both bigger and heavier than the old one.'

Not very Lotus is it.


And the current elise is heavier than the original. Perhaps someone should whisper "just add lightness" to them a bit more often.

Agriv8 - 30/9/10 at 02:40 PM

5 mins to go ??

livelee - 30/9/10 at 06:54 PM

http://pistonheads.com/lotus/default.asp?storyId=22569

norfolkluego - 30/9/10 at 07:47 PM

Ooh dear, not sure about the new Elise, 316 horses sounds good but the styling is a bit wierd, Esprit looks tasty though

Liam - 30/9/10 at 07:56 PM

Hmmmmm. Apart from the Eterne, they're all the same. And none of them is a proper Elise.

Ninehigh - 30/9/10 at 08:17 PM

The new Elise reminds me of the Honda Crx, that new hybrid one.

The Eterne looks like the Jag XF (which isn't necessarily bad)

norfolkluego - 30/9/10 at 09:04 PM

They've just shown some film of the new cars on our local news (local company obviously), look a lot better than the PH pictures, still not keen on the new Elise though, the others look good.

Ninehigh - 30/9/10 at 09:19 PM

quote:
Originally posted by norfolkluego
They've just shown some film of the new cars on our local news (local company obviously


Hm, what country are you in?
Jibe at there being no British manufacturers left

norfolkluego - 30/9/10 at 09:26 PM

They build 'em a couple of miles down the road, not in Malaysia