A new sports car from Lotus could be completely replaced in the ELISE, EXIGE and EVORA line.
Evija hypercar and the future Lotus SUV are already in development, but the Hethel base brand has not yet refuses the traditional internal combustion engine. According to a foreign edition, with reference to the source, familiar with the plans of the company, this summer debuts the last fuel model of the British brand of sports cars.
Specifications still remain a mystery, but Lotus Director General Phil Pofem said in a telephone conversation that the new model will be available in a wide range of prices. The basic version will cost 55,000 pounds of sterling (about 5.5 million rubles for the current exchange rate) and, depending on the configuration, up to 105,000 pounds of sterling (10.6 million rubles) will grow.
Considering such a wide price category, it is likely that the aging models of ELISE, EXIGE and EVORA can be excluded from the ruler and replaced by this new model. During a telephone conversation, the head of the company said that production is planned to be started in 2022, and he is sure that the car will provide a "substantial growth" company Lotus. Further, he mentioned that the novelty is developed as a global model.
Popham did not go into details about the car, but only said that he wins from the "modern electrical architecture", allowing Lotus to offer more connection capabilities. Annamed sports car will be located on a platform designed to increase everyday practicality, especially when it comes to landing into the salon and disembarking from it.
In addition, it became known that Lotus does not exclude the possibility of selling a new electric sports car platform, which he develops with Alpine. Replacing A110, recently announced on the eve of the official launch by 2025, will be equipped with a new EV architecture, which will also undermine the model under the Lotus brand.
Two small-scale brands talk about the equipment "For several months" and do not exclude the prospects for sharing the platform with third parties, because the segment of sports cars is small, and sell enough cars to cover investments made during development, quite difficult. Distribution of costs by selling the platform to other companies would allow Lotus and Alpine to return part of the invested funds.