2010 - evora carbon concept
2010 - evora carbon concept
The multi-award winning Lotus Evora provides the basis of the stunning carbon design concept unveiled at the 80th Geneva Motorshow. The car boasts a stylish carbon fibre, leather and alcantara interior, aggressive carbon diffuser and an evocative high tech composite body.
The Evora Carbon Concept car emphasises Lotus’ motorsport pedigree, utilising beautiful high quality materials with exposed carbon fibre and plush alcantara. The striking white concept car is finished in an advanced water based pearlesent paint that contrasts with the exquisitely finished weave on the carbon fibre panels.
The head turning looks of the Evora Carbon Concept car provide a more purposeful, planted stance with the car looking lower and more aggressive. This styling direction is continued with a structural carbon fibre roof, Lotus Motorsport influenced carbon diffuser and carbon splitter. The Evora Carbon Concept car retains the same class leading handling and high tech Send through Y!M
aluminium bonded and extruded chassis of the production car.
Lotus présentera à Genève un concept-car d’Evora hybride plug-in, la 414E. Il s’agit surtout de démontrer son savoir-faire en la matière.
Le “414″ correspond non pas au numéro de projet, mais à la puissance additionnée des moteurs. De quoi réjouir les fans.
Ainsi, elle dispose de deux moteurs électrique jumeaux (un pour chaque roue) de 207ps (204ch) et 400Nm de couple. Ses batteries ion-polymère ont une capacité de 17kWH. L’intérêt de ces deux moteurs est davantage de contrôle de trajectoire, de maniabilité et de possibilité de récupération d’énergie.
Par ailleurs, elle possède un “range extender”, un 3 cylindres 1,2l 47ch. Il peut fonctionner à l’éthanol ou à l’essence et ne pèse que 85kg.
Cette Evora hybride peut effectuer environ 60km (35 miles) sur ses seuls moteurs électriques. Ainsi, elle émet 0 grammes de CO2. Et vu que c’est une plug-in, les personnes n’effectuant que des petits trajets utiliseront exclusivement le moteur électrique.
Pour les nostalgiques des sportives, elle possède une vraie-fausse boite séquentielle 7 rapports avec palettes, qui donne l’impression de changer de vitesse. Par ailleurs, le boitier HALOsonic, développé en collaboration avec Harman, simule différent bruits de moteurs, du V6 au V12.
Enfin, la couleur “cuivre” est censée évoquer un circuit imprimé. Les étriers de freins sont également couleur cuivre. Par contre, les jantes sont couleur gris carbone. L’intérieur est un mélange de cuir, d’alcantara et de métal.
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The Lotus Evora Type 124 Endurance Racecar has been developed from the award-winning Lotus Evora road car and is built to FIA regulations and safety standards.
The Lotus Evora Type 124 Endurance Racecar is the next step in the evolution of the Evora. The car will make its 24 hour racing debut at the ADAC Nürburgring 24 Hours which provides a great test for the Evora's performance, efficiency and durability under tough and demanding endurance race conditions.
At the heart of the Lotus Evora are fundamental racecar elements: mid-engine layout, high-tech and super-stiff extruded and bonded aluminium chassis and very strong lightweight forged aluminium wishbones. All these elements mean that it is a natural evolution from the road going Lotus Evora to a competitive endurance racecar.
From the outset the design team had intentions to take the Evora racing and the chassis was designed with this in mind. Endurance races are the perfect events to showcase the efficiency, handling and durability characteristics that have been fundamental to the concept of the Evora.
The Lotus Evora Type 124 Endurance Racecar has a race-tuned version of the mid-mounted Toyota V6 engine, with power increased to over 400 ps (depending on race regulations). Vehicle mass is expected to be reduced by up to 200 kg, bringing the weight of the racecar to less than 1200 kg (depending on race regulations).
Further changes for the Lotus Evora Type 124 Endurance Racecar include a six speed sequential paddle shift racing gearbox, full FIA specification roll cage, FIA-compliant 120 litre ATL fuel system, FIA fire extinguisher system, competition carbon fibre rear wing, diffuser and front splitter.
The racecar is fitted with AP Racing 6 piston callipers front and rear, with a race-tuned Bosch ABS system, 4-way adjustable dampers and adjustable anti-roll bars. The racecar runs on 18" rims shod with Pirelli racing slicks and the wheels widths have been increased over the roadcar to 9 ½ J on the front and 11 J on the rear.
The aerodynamically efficient Lotus Evora Type 124 Endurance Racecar body design, made from lightweight composite and carbon fibre panels, remains predominantly unchanged from the road car, with the only modifications being to the lower sections of the front and rear clamshells and the side sills.
Luke Bennett, Director of Lotus Cars Limited, said, "Motorsport has been in our blood ever since our founder, Colin Chapman, built the first Lotus back in 1948. We are proud of our motorsport history, which includes victories in Formula One, Le Mans, saloon car, rally car and sportscar racing around the world; more recently, we won the British GT3 Championship in 2006 with the Lotus Exige. The Lotus Evora Type 124 Endurance Racecar is from the same unique stable and we expect it to be a competitive racecar when we enter various endurance races next year."
Roger Becker, Vehicle Engineering Director for Group Lotus Plc said, "Every Lotus car is designed to be at home on the race track as well as the road, and the Evora is no different. Designed primarily as an everyday road car, the Evora's lightweight and stiff structure, its aerodynamics and performance means that it is perfectly suited to taming race tracks around the world, and we are looking forward to seeing the new Lotus Evora Type 124 Endurance Racecar line up on the grid for the 2010 season."
The racecar is expected to compete in a number of endurance races in 2010/2011 forming part of a factory-supported race program. The races that are targeted are: The 2010 ADAC Nürburgring 24 Hours (Nürburgring Nordschleife, Germany) in May 2010, Merdeka Millennium 12 Hours (Sepang, Malaysia) in August 2010, BritCar 24 Hours (Silverstone, UK) in October 2010 and the Dubai 24 Hours (Dubai Autodrome, UAE) January 2011.
The contemporary interior of the Evora Carbon Concept car combines the lustre of the carbon panels with perforated leather and matt alcantara. The bespoke interior uses swathes of sumptuous grey alcantara to cover the footwell, dashboard and roof. The soft texture of the leather and alcantara are juxtaposed with the hard surfaces of the carbon fibre to provide a satisfying sensory experience.
The Evora Carbon Concept car has diamond cut forged 19” alloy wheels front and rear, shod with Pirelli P-Zero Corsa tyres (235/35 wide front and 285/30 wide rear). The wheels and tyres give the Evora real presence filling the wheel arches and giving the car a purposeful appearance.
Donato Coco, Director of Lotus Design commented, “The design of the Evora Carbon Concept car features exotic, high tech materials that offer a good synergy with the Lotus brand image, expressing our motorsport heritage and history of stylish sports cars for which Lotus are renowned.”
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Lancée pour la bonne cause des sinistrés de Haiti, les enchères pour la série limitée "Naomi for Haiti" ont débuté en fanfare. C'est le moins que l'on puisse dire puisque deux enchères ont été enregistrées pour la Lotus Evora n°1 et 8. Le montant déclaré est de 320.000 livres sterling, ce qui ramené à la valeur de l'Euro, donne € 364.143,90 ! Le généreux donateur n'est autre que Vladimir Doronin qui partage la vie du top model.
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