Showing posts with label lotus elise. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lotus elise. Show all posts

Thursday, November 17, 2011

2015 Lotus Elise Appears in Paris



The new Lotus Elise jumps in the area of ​​style entirely new, not so much the evolution of the current model, but totally reinvent themselves as a Baby Ghost. The similarities are half-rendering engine driving the rear wheels and 2-seater in the corners.

Below the Lotus kindly write a well-designed charts to help you, instead of spreading all the statistics of the car more than 15,000 words press release.

Lotus new baby gets a standard 6-speed manual (with an optional 7-speed DCT) and be powered by a Toyota 2.0-liter 4-cylinder puts out 320 horsepower.

If the Elise is to spread this kind of make one. £ 35,000 [about U.S. $ 55,500] Base price is seeking a cast of the murderer to make 320 additional green horses, but also offer hybrid technology and an optional soft start / stop system when it comes out in Spring 2015 .

By Phil Alex


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Friday, October 28, 2011

Tesla CEO Confirms Plans to Launch All-New Roadster in 2014



Model S sedan, which had looked at earlier this month in beta, version of the future performance of the same model, and RAV-4 EV that is produced in collaboration with Toyota, not only Tesla CEO Elon Musk plans to have a minds of Silicon Valley-based brands.

The company is also working on EV crossover based on the S model, while the moss to Autocar magazine recently said that Tesla is also planning to launch the BMW 3-series competitor, and a totally new roadster in 2014.

Musk said that the second-generation electric sports, no longer based on the Lotus Elise, but the "third generation, the more mass-market platform for cars such as the Series-3 and the new roadster."

Tesla's CEO remains optimistic about the future of his company, despite posting losses in 2010 and have lost money on every sale Roadster "Bob Lutz said GM Roadster led the Chevrolet Volt," in said. "We are trying to change the industry."

 

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

IAA 2011: New Lotus Elise S with 220HP and Elise SPS



The most popular car in Lotus' lineup is up for its annual model year upgrade with the presentation of the Elise S that features a new supercharged four-banger and the Elise SPS that utilizes a new lightweight, robotized automated manual transmission.

Starting with the Elise S, it replaces the Elise SC with a new 1.8-liter supercharged four-cylinder engine generating 220-horsepower. According to the British firm, the Elise S is more fuel efficient and delivers lower CO2 emission than the outgoing Elise SC. Lotus has not yet released any specific performance numbers or fuel economy figures.

As for the Elise SPS, it combines the 1.6-liter four-cylinder engine with a robotised automated manual transmission that allows the driver to switch between manual and automatic driving modes via paddles fixed to the steering column.

 
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