A standard Lotus Elise S1 from the late 1990s already sits near the bottom of the weight chart for road cars. Analogue Automotive took one of those chassis, removed nearly everything that could be removed, and rebuilt it around a single carbon-fiber seat placed dead in the middle of the tub. The result is the VHPK, a limited-run restomod that tips the scales at under 600 kilograms and costs £350,000 before tax.
Lotus has introduced the Emira 420 Sport as the new pinnacle of its accessible sports car range. This model brings elevated performance through increased engine output and meaningful weight reduction. Power flows from a specially tuned 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine. Output reaches 414 horsepower with 369 pound-feet of torque. Lotus engineers extracted this figure from the Mercedes-AMG-derived unit to create stronger acceleration and better response in the middle of the rev range.
Let’s face it, most concept vehicles are just a shell, but the Lotus Concept Theory 1 is an electric supercar that you can actually drive. This two-door EV is all-wheel-drive and has an electric powertrain that generates 987 hp.
The Lotus Evija X probably isn’t the first vehicle that comes to mind when you think of Nürburgring lap records, but this one-off electric hypercar managed to set one. More specifically, completing a 6:24.047 lap using the same chassis as its production counterpart.
The Lotus Emeya is the company’s first electric hyper-GT, and it does not disappoint. It’s based on Lotus Tech’s Electric Premium Architecture (EPA) with 905 hp and 726 lb-ft of torque, mated to a 2-speed transmission, enabling it to hit 62 mph in a mere 2.8 seconds, while topping out at an electronically limited 159 mph.