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Lotus Evora '09 Review
If you dropped by the car dealer, and seen this car, it would certainly catch your eye - But how would you react when the Dealer trying to sell this machine informed you, that what you were looking at was a measly two door Toyota Camry, with some weight reduction done to it? Also, how would you react when he asked you to fork over 100,000 big ones for it? If you ask me, I'd laugh in his face.
Okay maybe that was a little bit harsh, so lets take a closer look at the car, its powered by the 3.5 liter V6 found in the Toyota Camry. Producing 276 horse power, and 248 Torques. It is quite light, at 1333kg, but for 100,000 credits, are those numbers even Close to what they should be? I think we should take it to the track and see if we can find some of the Value there!
To Begin with, in 1st gear, the car rockets out of the gate, but don't let the sprint to 37mph fool you, as soon as you run out of gear and put it into 2nd, the downfall begins... It has such long gears, you would think the transmission came out of a Viper, it Shifts Slow, the Ratios are spread WAY to far apart, especially for a 276hp V6. 0-60 comes in 5 seconds, if you force it into gear with the H-shifter and clutch, using the flappy paddles, buttons, or auto, the thing shifts like a pig. If you were to put a fully adjustable tranny in it and customize the ratios, it would be a much faster car! On Mulsanne Straight the Evora mustered up 163MPH in 4th gear, as soon as 5th hit, down the speedo went. another example of the gearing being horrible!
As it seemed apparent that almost nothing was going right for the evora, I took it Nurburgring GP/D and introduced it to some tight turns, and to my suprise, it felt like the car had been long introduced to turning, it actually - turns! You can push it EXTREMELY hard into a turn and the front end just, does what its told, the front end grip the car has is enourmous! coming out of turns however isnt a walk in the park like going into them is, but its no slouch coming out of them either.
So in my final words about the Lotus Evora I will say this, Yes, It turns amazingly well, just as every other lotus does. Yes, it needs either more power or a better transmission, And Yes, Its very over priced. Its alot of fun through the Twisties, its alot of boredum on straights, and you never get away from the fact the exhaust note some what resembles the Dyson Ball. are those reasons to hate the car? no.
I hope you enjoyed my 1st car review, Im an aspiring Auto Jounalist so give mme some feedback! it would be well apreciated! I'll add pictures and lap times soon
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. My family has owned two (the first one got totalled) and none of them has ever gone wrong.
