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A British hypercar for a British champ

Lotus’s powerful farewell to the internal combustion engine

Electrification is coming, and one by one car brands are shifting to hybrid powertrains or pure EVs. Lotus is embracing electrification, but it is also sending the internal combustion engine (ICE) away with a beautiful bang. The Lotus Emira is the latest

Have you changed your opinion on a car recently?

If you stick around for a long time, people get fed up with you. But hang in there and eventually they begin to love you again. I give you Paul McCartney's headlining at Glastonbury and Abba's sold out avatar gigs,

You can get this beast with 900hp

So, this is Lotus's SUV. React as you choose (unless that is a YouTube reaction, in which case we're good, thanks) but the fact is that an SUV pretty much saved Porsche, and solidified Lamborghini for the first time in

Gunning for the title of the world’s fastest SUV

It's not slow, the new Lotus Eletre. And it's only going to get faster. In case you were in any doubt, the Eletre that was unveiled this past week-a twin-motor car with 600hp and the ability to hit

A 600hp+ SUV that’s beautifully designed and deftly engineered

He's been gone almost 40 years, but when your founder was as charismatic and clever as Colin Chapman, the shadow that's cast is lengthy. 'Simplify, then add lightness' was his best-known mantra, so what would he have made of

We’ll know the full details very soon

Heads up, folks: British carmaker Lotus has announced that its new all-electric SUV will be called the Eletre, and we'll see it for the very first time at 7.30pm UK time on Tuesday, March 29th. That would be 2:

A fitting swan song for the brand’s last gasoline engine

Ah, you've spotted them. Yes, this white VP2 007 (is somebody trying to subconsciously fill us with warm, fuzzy Bond's Esprit vibes?) test car is a validation prototype; we'll drive the final production car next month, making this sort

Be ready to break out those checkbooks

Some big news for the Philippine market today, at least as far as supercars are concerned. The Lotus Emira, which may very well be the British performance car manufacturer's final internal combustion engine model, will be sold locally in 2022.Autohub

The division will focus mainly on one-off and bespoke Lotuses

Lotus has announced a new part of its business that'll deal with some very, very special machinery. It is called Lotus Advanced Performance (LAP), and its purpose is to bring super exclusive and really very cool things into life.Just look

Production has come to an end

Break out the tissues, people. The final Lotus Elise, Exige, and Evora units have finally rolled off the production floor-the closing chapter in one of the most iconic eras of British car manufacturing.The brand announced the news yesterday, December 23,

A bespoke garment designed by renowned Savile Row tailor Norton & Sons

Engine output north of 1,900hp, 0-100kph runs in under 3sec, and up to 200kph in 6sec. What else do you get when you shell out £2.4 million (P168 million) for the Lotus Evija?Apart from bragging rights that you

Only 12 will be made in this color scheme

You may have already seen pictures of the gorgeous Lotus Exige-based Radford Type 62-2, the first supercar from the resurrected British coachbuilder Radford...but not like this, you haven't. This is the harder, faster, meaner-looking John Player Special

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With a traditional gasoline engine

The new Lotus Emira is propelled entirely by little explosions. It isn't even a hybrid. That's not because Lotus is incapable of something electrified, or dragging its feet. Next year, there will be a "lifestyle product" (aka a crossover) that'

These paint/sticker jobs defined the cars as much as the underlying tech did

In 1993, Subaru debuted its new Prodrive developed Group A Impreza rally car, known as the Impreza 555, along with a new title sponsor, cigarette manufacturer State Express 555. Complete with a distinctive blue-and-yellow color scheme, the 555 name and

The model will arrive by 2025

Heavyweight news, delivered by two of the car world's lightweight stars. Alpine and Lotus have today confirmed plans to play together in the sandbox of electricity-specifically, to develop a fully-electric sports car. Yep, we're gonna need a bigger-

What could’ve been

In 1980, Lamborghini wasn't in a good way, in so far as it didn't really have any money. To show its support for the Raging Bull, Bertone brought this thing to that year's Turin Motor Show. Based on a

Some are madder than the rest

In 1980, Lamborghini wasn't in a good way, in so far as it didn't really have any money. To show its support for the Raging Bull, Bertone brought this thing to that year's Turin Motor Show. Based on a

It was also driven by former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher

Surprise, surprise-Lotus founder Colin Chapman's company car was...a Lotus. A Turbo Esprit, no less, complete with large-scale 'Turbo' graphics, ruched red leather interior and wedge-tastic, gloriously '80s Giugiaro styling.Chapman's Esprit was built in February 1981 (