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LOTUS
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EVORA
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12X
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TYPE
12X
2010
Production Sports
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Engine: Toyota
3456 cc DOHC V-6 279.8 H.P. ---------
Gearbox:
6 Speed Manual ----------------------------------------------------------------
Chassis:-----------------------------------------------------------------
Front
Suspension:
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Rear Suspension:
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Wheels:
Front:
18"
Rear:
19" -------
Tires:
Front: Yokohama 225/40 ZR 18
Rear: Yokohama 255/35 ZR 19---------------------
Wheelbase:
8 ft. 8.4 in. (101.4 in.)---------------------------------------------
Front
Track: 5 ft. 1.5 in. (61.6 in.)---------------------------------------------
Rear Track:
5 ft. 1.6 in. (61.3 in.)-------------------------------------------------
Length:
14 ft. 3 in. (170.9 in.)
Width:
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Height:
4 ft. 1 in.-------------------------
Weight:
2976 lbs. (The HEAVIEST Lotus ever built so far !!!)
Power
to Weight Ratio: 10.66 lbs. per 1 Horsepower
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The M250 Rumbles
To Life, (sort of)
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Lotus goes
and builds a Mitsubishi Eclipse Clone !!!
With a weight
of 2976 pounds and an engine output of 280 h.P., expect the car to be underpowered
with a P.T.W. Ratio of 10.6 lbs. : 1 H.P..
(The
Third Generation Lotus Elite M50 had a weight of 2240 lbs. and an Engine
Output of 160 H.P. for a P.T.W. Ratio of 14.0 lbs. : 1 H.P.)
Ideally,
a High Performance Car should have a Power To Weight Ratio of around 5
to 7 Pounds per Horsepower, especially one that will cost WELL over $100,000.00
U.S. Dollars, (considering that the 4 cylinder Exige
now costs over $125,000.00 U.S. dollars) !!!
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Lotus
Project M250
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Lotus
enthusiasts said that it was about time that Lotus finally built a REAL
car again when they unveiled the Project M250 with its Renault V-6 engine
in 2000, and clamored for it to be put into production.
That was EIGHT
years ago, and I am thinking that this new Evora car is too little, too
late.
Whereas
the M250 had a Renault V6 engine block which had the potential to develop
over 800 H.P. with Turbocharging, (as used in the
Lotus F1 cars), the Evora is equipped with a Toyota V6 that
is already being pushed to the max at 280 H.P..
I doubt
very much that anyone who is thinking about purchasing an Evora will be
doing so in order to carry extra passengers in its rear seats, and the
performance of the car will suffer GREATLY if it is attempted.
The Evora is
NOT what I would consider a Lotus supercar, and in reality it is just ANOTHER
Elise clone that is based on that outdated chassis design.
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You could
get more performance, (and similar styling),
from a now very old mid-1980's Lotus designed Pontiac Fiero GT with a GM
V6 engine in it, (as the same V6 engine was also used
in NASCAR Racing and reliably got 500 to 600 H.P. in Normally Aspirated
form) !!!
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The
Pontiac Fiero GT-1 Race Car, (which was built by Spice Engineering),
performed
better, and got better results, than the Lotus Type 115 Elise
GT-1
Race Car with its V8 engine !!!-------------------------------------------------------
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You could
even opt for a Toyota Mr/2, (which was also designed
by Lotus as the X100 Project and was then dropped when GM bought the company).
The Mr/2 possesses
ALL of the legendary handling of a Lotus, at a MUCH better price that is
guaranteed to give its owner more Smiles per Hour.
If even
more performance is required, I am sure that there will be Tuner Kits available
to install the Toyota V6 engine into it.
The car would
then give NOTHING up to the Lotus Evora, except for the more than $100,00.00
U.S. Dollars that the owner would be saving !!!
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