Lotus Mid-engined 2+2 Eagle Officially Revealed

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Lotus mid-engined 2+2 Eagle Revealed

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Vision7

Oh my, Lotus has totaly outdid itself with this design. It's a very simple design but it works incredibly well. There are some more intricate details along the lower half of the vehicle which help keep the eyes a little busy but, in all, it works. I'm looking forward to seeing how this machine behaves on the road but, if we are to use the previous offerings from this company as a guide, it should be brilliant.

July 15, 2008 9:16 pm

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Joe_Limon

wow, it's like a grown up version of the elise/exige.

July 15, 2008 9:20 pm

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pzigly

It looks exactly like a tesla to me. You guys dont see that?

July 16, 2008 12:17 am

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Joe_Limon

thats because lotus designed the tesla's body.

July 16, 2008 3:09 am

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pzigly

wow it even has the elise platform

July 16, 2008 3:57 am

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AG4

"represents Lotus' first new model since the iconic Elise debuted in 1995." I thought the Europa S was the first new model after the Elise.

July 15, 2008 9:23 pm

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samuelzeus

Europa is still a resurrected model from 60-70s.

July 16, 2008 10:50 am

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scuderia7

The europa s is just an elise with more interior and different engine and of course different body panels

July 16, 2008 11:26 am

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u52

there is some nissan and ferrari design in it. but it looks like "LOTUS" . really good job . not complicated and absolutely stunning!!

July 15, 2008 9:24 pm

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norther

3.5, 280 hp...is that a nissan engine?

July 15, 2008 9:51 pm

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si1982

Mate, the article says its a Toyota engine...

July 15, 2008 11:08 pm

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racsozelev

clearly based on/evoluted from lancia stratos´s design, therefore its beauty. don´t you think?

July 15, 2008 10:10 pm

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dmanero

Looks alright from the angle that they shot car at, but I expected something diffrent. I was real interested in the car when the first images came on the web, but now I see nothing that makes want to stay interested. Maybe they should add some more shot and images of the real car and not rendered.

July 15, 2008 10:18 pm

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sensei

Now we know why the M250 was canceled.

July 15, 2008 10:33 pm

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benz_man

I like it. Nice evolution for Lotus.

July 16, 2008 12:47 am

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unclenine

nice car~ can't wait to see the interior....

July 16, 2008 1:33 am

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daviepops

The Eagle has landed ... and oh what a beautiful looking creature she is.

July 16, 2008 2:15 am

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122

This should make for a nice group battle with BMW Z Coupe (next gen), Cayman, Audi TT 3.2 etc

July 16, 2008 2:30 am

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AG4

I don't think this will be in the same price range. The Europa S for example is already priced like a Cayman.

July 16, 2008 5:10 am

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C-KING

deem, i hoped something better. Its like a bad mix of Elise and Ferrari 430 (frontend, wheels..)

July 16, 2008 5:59 am

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motoriety27

looks like a tesla roadster! well, seeing as lotus worked with tesla on the roadster... haha. it looks great too! pure lotus! much better than I expected from the spyshots! :))

July 16, 2008 6:16 am

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Tuner_Mad

Wow, looks better than I expected. Front reminds me of a Ferrari Califonia. Nice job Lotus!

July 16, 2008 11:12 am

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alessandro

Despite the lack of knowlege I'm almost ready to buy one if afford to. Is'nt nice car!

July 16, 2008 11:13 am

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zzz

I hope they bring out the next generation,legendary Espirit too.

July 16, 2008 12:17 pm

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ck314

Nice clean and simple shapes, but around 5 secs in 0-60 isn't impressive considering it's a 280PS sports car bearing the Lotus badge. Which probably means it's overloaded with comfort/luxury features...

July 16, 2008 2:04 pm

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aston

Hopefully this model will earn lotus enough money so they can start producing their own engines again, fingers crossed the reincarnation of the Esprit will have a lotus developed v10 or v12. Maybe even a v8 as the eagle only has a v6 so would not cause a conflict in the product range.

July 16, 2008 3:53 pm

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Bristol411S3

They won't produce their own engines. It is too tough getting them homologated in key markets like the US. I saw many many pictures of this today in Autocar and to me it looked like a concept from the 90s. I am afraid I don't like it.

July 16, 2008 8:21 pm

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