Thread 28706871

What are your thoughts on Lotus automobiles?

chinese brand rape

>>28706873
Wdym? Their cars are better than ever, I'd have an Emira over a Cayman or A110 any day of the week

Would you guys rather get an emira or evora?

>>28706877
>Their cars are better than ever
LOL
LMAO, even. The Elise/Exige are peak Lotus, and they far predate being swallowed by the chinks.

>>28706877
the idea is nice, the execution is flawed
and you are glossing over the lineup of anyclone EVs

Lots
Of
Trouble
Usually
Serious

>>28706877
It's an Exige with a body kit and faulty electrics. Lotus customer support is dreadful, and the car is far too heavy to be a real Lotus. Mogged by A110, unironically.

>>28706887
Aren't they Toyota Camry engines?

>>28706892
>It's an Exige with a body kit and faulty electrics.
sounds like a lotus to me

>>28706871 (OP)
None. They haven't been relevant since the 2000s.

big, heavy, and too much tech

>>28706910
Based

In 2008-2009 you could pick up some failed banker-stooge's lotus for 30% the retail price and that was the last time the name ever mattered.

>>28706897
Yes, they use Toyota engines.
But everything else is British and made in a shed.

They used to be my favourite cars in the world until >>28706873

The lotus-ford era of the 60s was beautiful and made some of the best commuter and race cars in the world.

Buy MR2
Put 2GR in it
Suddenly you have a evora for cheap.

>>28706871 (OP)
Their new cars look like absolute ass. As if they mashed together rejected Lamborghini and Ferrari designs.

Soulless Chinese trash for Arabs.

I have no Idea how they got from pic to a Chinese SUV but theose responsible ought to be shot.

>>28706871 (OP)
I knew they were a good thing when my retard muscle-car friend tried to guess literally anything about the emira we were looking at, unironically thought it cost 500k

>>28706892
>A110
>auto only
Rental-tier

>>28706871 (OP)
Old lotus was fucking awesome, all the way up to 2020 or so when they were still making the elise, exige, and evora.
New Lotus is absolute garbage now the company oly exists to sell shitty rebadged chinkmobiles.

>>28706878
I have an Elise, I want either or but leaning to Evora.

>>28706871 (OP)
My Evora 400 has been great. Always fun as hell to drive. It looks beautiful. And it hasn't had any maintenance issues after years of daily driving it.

The only downside is the lack of dealers, but that only mattered when mine was still under its 36 months of warranty.

>>28706878
Evora, until the Emiras are actually faster than them. At this point, they are more geared towards comfort, so they are slower, heavier, and more expensive than the later series 2 Evoras.

>>28707465
Dany Bahar is the reason.

>>28706871 (OP)
They used to be cool

>>28706871 (OP)
Old Lotus is cool. New Rotus is lame.

>>28706871 (OP)
Just mentioning their name now deserves a beating.

>>28707518
peak enthusiast car no cap fr fr

>>28709457
For small individuals with limited funds, sure.

buy a lotus, buy the best !
drive a mile, walk the rest.
>>28706873
add weight and complexafy

Had a Super 7 in the late 80's, the unloved S4. Was 100% dependable despite being over 15yrs old. The way that thing drove was beyond anything i could wax poetic about.

Replaced it when the Miata 1st came out. Miata was an overweight pig and a 1/4 of the fun. I'm still Team Miata though at the moment i've got a 7 kit from the 80's.