Evora - The First press reviews
Jeremy Clarkson, The Sunday Times <http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/jeremy_clarkson/article6205379.ece> 3rd May...this car has great steering and handles well. Of course it does. It’s a Lotus...It simply glided over absolutely everything a torrential rainstorm and Britain’s B roads could throw at it. There is no other mid-engined supercar that has ever been so compliant. Or refined. Or quiet. It’s amazing...The Evora, then, is not a car you buy because it’s a Lotus and you have always fancied one. It’s a car you buy because you want a comfortable, practical, mid-engined supercar and no one else makes such a thing. Not Ferrari. Not Lamborghini. Not anyone.
CAR Magazine - Lotus Evora Live Drive <http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Lotus-Evora-Live-Drive--real-time-CAR-review/> - Real Time Review 4th May..the cockpit has a real supercar feel to it. A Cayman or TT would feel boggo normal by comparison. It's to do with the high scuttle, the low seating position. Sitting in an Evora feels like an event.It's torquey and pulls hard, low down. It gets better, too, with a delicious yowl at the top end. It's proving quite addictive. Lotus really has struck a rare seam of creativity with the Evora. It's as comfy as any rival... drives brilliantly and is rapid and different enough to make a very serious alternative to a Cayman or 911... Hethel: we applaud you.
Motor Trend - First Drive <http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/coupes/112_0905_2011_lotus_evora/index.html> 4th MayThe Evora rocks. It looks fabulous, it's a quantum leap up in Lotus refinement and driveability, yet it retains the feathery, purebred feel of its feisty two-seat siblings.
Car and Driver - First Drive Review <http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/hot_lists/high_performance/sports_car_central/2010_lotus_evora_first_drive_review> 4th MayThe Evora is planted and secure, yet picks apart corners with a light and playful feel that always makes mid-engine cars feel so special-think Ferrari F430, only with better steering.
Autocar Review <http://www.autocar.co.uk/CarReviews/FirstDrives/Lotus-Evora-3.5-V6/239887/> 5th MayOn the road the Evora delivers the huge cornering grip, sensitive but uncorrupted steering, powerful brakes and close-to-zero body roll that you’d expect from the Elise/Exige’s grown-up sibling, along with a smooth, quick-reacting engine that delivers subdued race sounds..Around a track, this car will undoubtedly be brilliant.However, the major surprise is the Evora's suitability for day-long journeys...This is a car truly suitable for a week's all-roads European grand touring, the first of the marque to achieve it.
Automobile <http://www.automobilemag.com/reviews/driven/0905_2010_lotus_evora/index.html> 6th MayStepping into the new machine, one is instantly aware that the Spartan aspect of Elise life has been banished.... Along with the cabin's extra width, which allows one's shoulders to be on less intimate terms with his front-seat passenger, longer doors mean one no longer require summoning the skills of a contortionist for ingress and egress, instantly making the Evora a car more suitable than the Elise for daily use.Body control is superb, rattles non-existent and steering seemed little compromised by the Evora's weight or sissified mission. If its reflexes are not quite as razor sharp as an Elise, the sensation through the Evora's leather-trimmed magnesium wheel reminds one strongly of the delicious steering feel Porsche 911 drivers experience. So, too, does the punch of the Evora. The sound of the variable multi-cam Toyota under full-throttle is sophisticated like Zuffenhausen's finest, though more in the vein of some fine Italian V6.
Autocar Comparison with Cayman S <http://www.autocar.co.uk/blogs/stillatthewheel/archive/2009/05/06/lotus-evora-v-porsche-cayman-s.aspx> 6th May..get past the Evora’s one or two static foibles and compare it with the Cayman on the road, and a totally different picture begins to emerge. The Lotus may not sound as throaty as you’d expect but it’s faster than the Cayman in a straight line, and in the mid-range the response from its 3.5-litre V6 can leave the Porsche feeling flat footed by comparison.
It also steers more sweetly than the Cayman, which is some achievement, while its all-round double wishbone suspension provides a level of composure that is just breathtaking... What you notice most jumping from one to another is the extra agility and composure of the Evora when you’re really going for it. It changes direction with such precision and immediacy, all the Cayman driver can do is watch in awe. It’s that well sorted, is the Evora, yet at the same time it’s that much more comfortable than the Cayman as well.
Car Enthusiast - Lotus Evora - First Drive <http://www.carenthusiast.com/reviews/article/3526/-/2009-Lotus-Evora/First+drive+-+2%2B2+with+all+the+options.html> 6th MayWe'll have to wait for an opportunity to drive the Evora on track or at least a dry road before giving final judgment, but even a rain-soaked introduction illuminated what a fantastic job Lotus has done on this car. That it's exciting to drive we could have predicted; that it's also a massively competent all-rounder we could have only hoped for. It is both, convincingly so. Porsche won't be troubled by Lotus's modest production numbers, but now at least there's a real option for buyers looking for something different. They won't be disappointed. Lotus fans can rejoice too.