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Production Of Lotus Evora GTE Increased

September 2, 2011

Originally designed for as a concept production run of only 25 cars (for China), due to overwhelming success and desire for the model Lotus is to increase production. The term concept has been dropped and thus it is expected that a much larger production will begin soon for worldwide demand. Running with 420 bhp, the [...]

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Vauxhall VXR8 Versus Lotus Carlton

April 6, 2011

In what is sure to be a fabulous shootout, this Auto Express video shows the Vauxhall VXR8 taking on the legendary Lotus Carlton. Whilst the VXR8 is definitely more brash and bold, the Carlton does have a reputation to upkeep. Frankly, I’d be happy with either one on the drive. More importantly, it’s good to [...]

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Lotus Going From Strength To Strength

September 3, 2010

In recent years, Lotus has enjoyed somewhat of a resurgence, what with the immense popularity of cars such as the Exige, which whilst not being massive production models have a reputation as being tremendous when it comes to performance. Equally, the Evora has taken everyone by surprise, offering two rear seats but maintaining the fun [...]

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Lotus Elise Driven By Autocar

April 18, 2010

This is the new 2010 Lotus Eilse. Gone is the old 1.8 litre engine and instead there’s a 1.6. The power is the same, the car looks very familiar and the sporty drive is naturally in place. There’s a special place in my heart for Lotus cars and the Elise is particularly special. Want one? [...]

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The Toyota Aygo Crazy

June 24, 2008

The original Toyota Aygo is a very good car.  The original was produced on a common platform with Peugeot (the 107) and Citroen (the C1) and released back in 2005.  It is safe (with a 4 star NCAP rating), comfortable and economical.  It won’t win any speed awards but for the price you pay it’s [...]

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The Sexy Green Lotus

May 9, 2008

In case you just can’t decide which fuel you want to use, perhaps the new Lotus Exige 270E Tri-Fuel is going to be your sort of thing. It has a top speed of 158mph and charges from zero to 60 in 3.9 seconds, yet manages to chuck out less of the black stuff than most [...]

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Why Modern Cars Are Brilliant

April 30, 2008

Do you know someone who bangs on and on about how modern cars or rubbish?  Or how about the bloke in the pub who claims that his old Triumph TR-7 is better than anything else on the road?  It always interests me when this sort of argument crops up – not least because I think [...]

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Lotus celebrates sixty years of innovation

March 26, 2008

It’s amazing to think that it was way back in 1948 when Colin Chapman built the first Lotus racing car, his talent was so, that he could only be considered to be a pioneer in automotive engineering, this has been proved with the Lotus Formula One team which had such success for many seasons. It [...]

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