Lotus
- Lotus Elise - The Elise incorporates many engineering innovations, such as an aluminum extrusion frame and a composite body shell. The Elise has also spawned several racing variants, including an exotic limited series called the 340R, which has an open-body design echoing the famed Seven. The Elise was recently introduced into the U.S., with a Toyota engine, in order to pass strict U.S. emissions laws. The 1ZZ & 2ZZ Toyota engines used have a Lotus ECU with their own fuel mapping. Also see the related Tesla Roadster below.
- Lotus Exige - A version of the Lotus Elise with a redesigned body to provide additional downforce (100 lbs at 100 mph)[1]. Additionally, the following Elise Sport Pack and Hardtop options are standard on the Exige. The car is street legal and the base 2006 model was available for $50,990[2]. Lotus updated the Exige with the supercharged Exige S in 2007.
- Lotus Exige S - An Exige with a supercharged engine providing 220 hp[3]. The non-S Exige[4] and Elise[5] have 190 hp.
- Lotus Europa S - The new Grand Tourer (GT)-inspired two-seater provides Lotus customers with a spectacular sports car, with significantly enhanced levels of touring and cruising capability. It provides drivers with higher levels of practicality and refinement to complement the simplicity of the Lotus Elise and Exige models.
The Lotus Europa S follows the core Lotus philosophy of performance through light weight, obtained through the clever use of advanced and high-technology materials, including an extruded and bonded aluminium chassis, composite body panels and a very advanced composite energy-absorbing front crash structure.
- Lotus Esprit Replacement - Currently, Lotus Cars is designing a new version of the Esprit that is expected to go on sale in 2009. It is expected to be powered by a BMW V8 engine similar to that used in BMW's 650i.
- Lotus 2-Eleven Weighing just 670kg and with 252bhp the Lotus 2-Eleven can sprint from 0-60 in 3.8 seconds and has a top speed of 155mph. Intended as a track day car it costs £39,995 but for an additional £1,100 Lotus will make the car fully road legal.
- Lotus Exige 265E is an experimental Bioethanol car.
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- Lotus Cortina - Lotus version of the famed Ford Cortina Mk. I.
- Lotus Talbot Sunbeam - Talbot's hot-hatch rally car of the early '80s.
- Vauxhall Lotus Carlton (also Opel Lotus Omega, internal name Lotus Type 104) - At the time (early 1990s) this was the fastest saloon car available, with a top speed of over 170 mph (274 km/h).
- The 1991 Dodge Spirit R/T with a version of the 2.2 L K-car engine with a 16-valve DOHC head designed by Lotus with over 220 HP.
- Vauxhall VX220 (also Opel Speedster) - Lotus produced and based upon the same aluminium chassis design as the Lotus Elise. Production of these models ended in 2005
- Lotus styled and assisted with the engineering of the Tesla Roadster, an electric sports car, as well as licensing some technologies to Tesla Motors and constructing the Roadster at their plant in Hethel. [6]
- Lotus were responsible for most of the design, development, and testing, of the LT5 DOHC V8 powerplant for the Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1.
- Lotus were responsible for various aspects of the Sinclair C5 electric tricycle.
- Lotus were responsible for the suspension calibration of the Toyota MR2 Mk. I, the Toyota Supra Mk. II., the Isuzu Piazza, the Isuzu Impulse as well as various Proton models.
- Lotus has worked on the suspension of the Mahindra Scorpio to make it more stable at high speeds.
- Lotus is partnering with ZAP on the design of their next electric vehicle, the ZAP-X, based on the APX concept vehicle.
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- APX (also known as the "Aluminium Performance Crossover")
The APX is an aluminium concept vehicle revealed at the 2006 Geneva Motor Show built on Lotus Engineering's Versatile Vehicle Architecture (VVA).
Whereas the VVA technology will be used in the creation of a new mid-engined sportscar for Lotus cars, the APX is in fact a high performance 7 seat MPV with four-wheel drive and a front mounted V6 engine from Lotus Engineering's Powertrain division. The engine was designed and developed to be available as a 2.2 litre N/A and 3.0 litre supercharged. A number of prototypes of both engines exist in full working order in a number of mule cars.
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