2010 Lotus Evora S

Press release

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. 

Lotus has taken the award winning* Evora and re-created it with a 350 PS 3.5l V6 engine to create the Evora S. Dany Bahar Lotus’ Chief Executive Officer summed it up beautifully when he said: “You don’t realise what you were missing from your driving experience until you get behind the wheel of the Evora S.”

So apart from the obvious power difference, how is the Evora S different to the standard Evora? It’s another question we put to the CEO (given that he’s spent a little time behind the wheel, we thought he’d be best placed to answer questions). This is what he said: “It’s the next level of Evora experience. It communicates with you better, the suspension setting has been fine tuned for added power and control so it responds even more to direction. It’s an instinctual car, the experience is pure.”

“We were proud of the Evora but we’re even prouder of the Evora S, I feel like it does the true Lotus experience justice. The really great thing is that as we move forward the standard Evora should also benefit from some of these developments.”

The Evora S comes with a sport pack as standard featuring a ‘sport’ button which allows the driver to control throttle response and activate the exhaust by-pass valve. The sport button also raises the instantaneous rev limit and changes the dynamic stability control settings resulting in a total experience change. There are cross-drilled brakes for improved cooling. And here’s a heads up for those who buy into the old adage ‘you can tell the men from the boys by the size of their toys’: the external emotion of the Evora S has been improved with a completely new active exhaust which means that at the push of a button the car sounds just as dramatic as it feels.

Commenting on the Evora S, Lotus Chief Commercial Officer Andreas Prillmann said: “The Evora S is a natural progression for us but more than that, it’s a taste of what people can come to expect from the next generation of Lotus cars. It retains core Lotus values such as performance through lightweight but it also gives more than that. It’s the perfect combination of top performance, style and comfort. Form doesn’t sacrifice function in the case of the Evora S.”

So there you have it folks, the next generation of Lotus Evora, the Evora S, set to be unveiled at the Paris Motor Show.

Evora S Technical Specification

• Model Evora S
• Engine Mid mounted, transverse 3.5 litre DOHC V6 VVT-I
• Emissions see below due to wheel options
• Transmission 6 speed manual
• Chassis Modular lightweight bonded aluminium structure
• Steering Lotus tuned hydraulically-assisted power steering
• Suspension Forged aluminium double wishbone suspension
• Bilstein high performance gas dampers Eibach coaxial coil springs

Performance data
 

• Standard wheel option
• Fuel consumption - urban 14.5 l/100km
• Fuel consumption – extra urban 7.4 l/100km
• Fuel consumption - combined 10.0l/100km
• CO2 Emissions 235 g/km 19/20” wheel option
• Fuel consumption - urban 14.6 I/100km
• Fuel consumption – extra urban 7.6 I/100km
• Fuel consumption - combined 10.2 I/100km
• CO2 Emissions 239 g/km
• Max power 350 PS / 257.5 kW @ 7000 rpm
• Max torque 400 Nm / 295 lb ft @ 4500 rpm
• 0-60 mph 4.6s
• 0-100 km/h 4.8s
• Maximum speed 172mph
• Vehicle mass (unladen) 1437kg