{"id":5290,"date":"2014-08-27T16:04:18","date_gmt":"2014-08-27T16:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seloc.org\/?p=5290"},"modified":"2014-08-27T16:04:18","modified_gmt":"2014-08-27T16:04:18","slug":"evora-exige-and-elise-prototypes-spotted-in-the-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/f.seloc.club\/w691\/index.php\/2014\/08\/27\/evora-exige-and-elise-prototypes-spotted-in-the-wild\/","title":{"rendered":"Evora, Exige and Elise prototypes spotted in the wild"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whilst news of new model variants has been fairly quiet of late signs are emerging of revisions being made across the Lotus model range.<\/p>\n<h2>Evora<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5291\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5291\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seloc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/lotus-19_03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5291\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seloc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/lotus-19_03-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"Source: http:\/\/www.autojunk.nl\/2014\/08\/lotus-19\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5291\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: http:\/\/www.autojunk.nl\/2014\/08\/lotus-19<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>First up, a camouflaged Evora was posted recently testing on the continent on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autojunk.nl\/2014\/08\/lotus-19\" target=\"_blank\">AutoJunk.nl<\/a>. Little is known about this car, however photographs suggest that the front bumper has been re-profiled to some extent, with the lower brake vents possibly removed and a larger vent higher in the bumper seemingly visible through some holes in the vinyl wrap.<\/p>\n<p>The cars engine bay is also covered, leading some to speculate that a change of engine could be in the offing, particularly given that Euro VI engine regulations are set to come in to force in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Discussion: <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.seloc.org\/p\/6652082\">SELOC Forums &#8211; SELOC Chat &#8211; 2014 Evora spy pics<\/a> <!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Exige<\/h2>\n<p>Next we have a trio of Exige V6 cars spotted in testing at the Nurburgring.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">httpvh:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RFSVjg6ydSg<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Although on the surface the three cars all appear standard some commenter&#8217;s have noted quicker than normal gear changes. Lotus have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seloc.org\/2013\/05\/lotus-cars-get-ready-for-the-fastest-ever-lotus-convertible\/\">previously stated that a paddle shift options for Exige S Roadster would be &#8220;considered subject to demand&#8221;<\/a> so it is possible that these cars are testing that solution and if so are most likely are utilising the <a href=\"http:\/\/wiki.seloc.org\/a\/2GR-FE_Gearboxes\">Toyota U660E gearbox as found in the identically engined Evora S IPS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Discussion: <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.seloc.org\/p\/6653502\">SELOC Forums &#8211; SELOC Chat &#8211; 3 Exige S at Nurburgring &#8211; spot the difference?<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Elise<\/h2>\n<p>Finally we have another Nurburgring video, this time showing a possible road going version of the Elise S Cup R race car.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">httpvh:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZWMghx2F9o8<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This particular test car features the splitter, side skirts, diffuser and wing as seen on the Elise S Cup R race car, but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcarfans.com\/114081979817\/steet-legal-lotus-elise-s-cup-r-spied-testing\/highphotos#6\" target=\"_blank\">lacks the roll-cage and external electrical cut-off and fire extinguisher switches of the race car<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The cars appearance in road car trim correlates with <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.seloc.org\/p\/6643355\">reports from a member who enquired to Lotus Racing about purchasing the Elise S Cup R kit for their road going Elise<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><!--more--><span class=\"mediumtxt\">Unfortunately we have been told that we are not permitted to sell this kit as a separate upgrade anymore. We are producing vehicles with this kit on&#8230; at present the vehicle is only available as a track vehicle however within the next few months we will be producing a road variant of this.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Discussion: <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.seloc.org\/p\/6649430\">SELOC Forums &#8211; SELOC Chat &#8211; Lotus Elise Cup R roadcar?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whilst news of new model variants has been fairly quiet of late signs are emerging of revisions being made across the Lotus model range. Evora First up, a camouflaged Evora was posted recently testing on the continent on AutoJunk.nl. Little is known about this car, however photographs suggest that the front bumper has been re-profiled [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[31,260,261,263,284,295,309,318,323,337],"class_list":["post-5290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lotus","tag-2gr-fe","tag-elise-s-club-racer","tag-elise-s-cr","tag-elise-s-cup-r","tag-euro-vi","tag-evora","tag-evora-s","tag-exige-ips","tag-exige-s-ips","tag-facelift"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/f.seloc.club\/w691\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/f.seloc.club\/w691\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/f.seloc.club\/w691\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/f.seloc.club\/w691\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/f.seloc.club\/w691\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/f.seloc.club\/w691\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5290\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/f.seloc.club\/w691\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/f.seloc.club\/w691\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/f.seloc.club\/w691\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}