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The Belgian Grand Prix at Spa lived up to all expectations and produced an incident packed race that saw Lotus Racing again finish ahead of their nearest rivals. Heikki Kovalainen recovered from a slow start to finish 16th, and Jarno Trulli crossed the line in 19th, a spin late on dropping him back a few places after he had put in a very strong performance in the constantly changing weather conditions.   Lotus Evora Cup/GT4 at Laguna Seca Lotus Press Release New Lotus Evora Cup/GT4 race car and four Lotus 2-Eleven GT4 race cars take on the Nürburgring. The new Lotus Evora Cup/GT4 makes its racing debut this weekend (28th-29th August 2010) in the hands of Lotus rookie driver Ollie Hancock. Lotus Motorsport has entered the Lotus Evora Cup/GT4 in the “Invitation” category of the European GT4 Championships as part of a year long development programme prior to a full GT4 championship assault in 2011. The GT4 will also be made available as a customer race car to privateer racing teams.
Lotus Press Release It’s an Evora but not as you know it Ahead of the official unveil at the Paris Motor Show on September 30th, Lotus announce the latest evolution of the award winning Evora – the Evora S and Evora IPS (Intelligent Precision Shift) option.
Our friends at Kilometer Magazine have published their review of the Lotus Evora, and it’s well worth your time to read. Accompanying their review is a set of superb wallpaper-quality photography as well. Click here to read the full review.  Lotus Evora 414E Hybrid Lotus is awaiting news from the UK Technology Strategy Board on whether it will be awarded funding to continue development of the revolutionary Lotus Evora 414E Hybrid. If awarded the funding, another prototype will be built and development will continue.  Photo courtesy of Autoblog The Evora S prototype pictured above was caught on the Nürburgring last week nearly undisguised. More photos at Autoblog.com. Scheduled to debut at the 2010 Paris Motor Show in October, the Evora S exterior is nearly identical to the standard car. Keen-eyed Lotus enthusiasts will recognize the more pronounced rear diffuser.
A private email conversation between Lotus Cars USA and Lotus Cars PR was supposedly “accidentally forwarded” last week to members of the media on the Lotus Cars media email list, including Lotus Enthusiast.
Lotus Motorcars of Long Island dealer principal Tom Papadopoulos is donating this brand new British Racing Green 2010 Evora to be auctioned at the Gooding & Company Pebble Beach Auctions this weekend with all proceeds from the sale going to the Save the Children organization. Save the Children works to ensure that children in need grow up protected and safe, educated, healthy and well-nourished, and able to thrive in economically secure households. Click here to view the auction listing. You can watch the auctions live on August 14-15 by clicking here. The Golden Gate Lotus Club recorded a short video interview with Stephen Wright of Lotus Motorsports. Interestingly, Wright mentions that Lotus Racing played no significant role in the development of the Exos. Is Exos a project of Michael Kimberley or the management under Dany Bahar? Each Lotus Exos T125 will be built in Norfolk, with the first cars ready by March or April 2011. |
 
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We may be a little late on reporting this news, but it is important news — this year’s Paris Motor Show will be the official debut of the Evora automatic and Evora S performance variant.