{"id":92014,"date":"2025-03-04T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/f.seloc.club\/w691\/?p=92014"},"modified":"2026-11-06T13:24:55","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T13:24:55","slug":"seloc-editorial-the-emira-turbo-se-changes-the-showroom-comparison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/f.seloc.club\/w691\/index.php\/2025\/03\/04\/seloc-editorial-the-emira-turbo-se-changes-the-showroom-comparison\/","title":{"rendered":"The Emira Turbo SE changes the showroom comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Turbo SE arrived in the revised Emira range in March 2025, with a claimed 0\u201362 mph time of four seconds. If you\u2019re choosing between it and a manual V6, start the test somewhere less dramatic. Try easing out of a junction, holding a gear through a bend and picking up speed without a long run-up.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/9\/91\/Lotus_EMIRA_%28type_131%29_front.jpg\" alt=\"Lotus Emira\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" \/><figcaption>Lotus Emira. <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Lotus_EMIRA_%28type_131%29_front.jpg\">Tokumeigakarinoaoshima \/ Wikimedia Commons<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/\">CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The turbo\u2019s dual-clutch gearbox can make a short burst of acceleration feel effortless. The V6 manual gives you another decision to make, and for plenty of people that\u2019s part of the point. Try both before deciding whether you\u2019d rather have the faster change or make it yourself.<\/p>\n<p>Check the tyres and the chassis option on the two cars you drive. Otherwise it\u2019s easy to credit the engine for a difference you actually felt through the suspension.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three moments on a test drive that separate the Turbo SE from the V6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[937,936],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lotus-news","category-seloc-editorial-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/f.seloc.club\/w691\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92014","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=92014"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/f.seloc.club\/w691\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92080,"href":"https:\/\/f.seloc.club\/w691\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92014\/revisions\/92080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/f.seloc.club\/w691\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/f.seloc.club\/w691\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/f.seloc.club\/w691\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}