It may not have sold in the numbers Lotus hoped for, but the Evora was an eCoty winner and remains a dynamic paragon to this day -
claiming both the most and least handsome of them, with the Bertone Dino 308 GT4 and Pininfarina Mondial.
There’s still a bit of a sill to get over, though it’s not as obvious as in the Elise and its derivatives, and inside it’s compact enough to warrant sliding the seat back to ease ingress and egress. All around are aluminium details, referencing the VVA beneath, including neat, skeletal extrusions for the engine-cover hinges and glovebox lid. The view in the mirror isn’t great, like peering under a railway arch, and over-the-shoulder vision is even less good.
After a trawl through the Toyota range, Lotus selected the six-speed ’box from the Avensis diesel for its high torque capacity and then adapted it to fit the V6, adding an AP clutch and flywheel. However, being designed for a low-rev diesel, the inherited gearing was quite long, so with Toyota’s blessing Lotus made some new gears, creating the Sports Ratio option.
In much the same way, the bit of extra character, the bit of spice that the Sport button adds is crucial to getting the performance feel over the line. You’re encouraged to venture to the red line by the aural crescendo, even though you can tell that the V6 is not a pure sports car engine because the delivery is already fading away.
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