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An interesting thing for driving involvement which is at the heart of what we all expect from the Emira, is power steering tech. The driving feel of a Lotus is partly coming from the way it steers and the feedback you get from the road, we all know that. Elise and Exige were great in that area with no assistance but the Evora managed to be very good also with a very well tuned hydraulic system. I don't see Emira without power assistance of course but it would be great if Lotus managed to keep an hydraulic system instead of an electric one. Even if the latest have made huge progress over the years and is CO2 minus in a car dev. Lotus and McLaren have been among the last not to switch to electric power steer and they are benchmark to driving feel. They will have to make the move at some point of course because of all the tuning possibilities elec offers and because semi autonomous applications work with this, but I would hope it doesn't come to early 😋

Yep. We already know we have to keep our V6s here in France. I already had to pay 10 500 € of road taxes when I bought the 400, which put up a total of 107 000€ for the car. If they still sale a V6 Emira for about 90 to 100k€, it would now cost 140 000€ minimum.... Screw us.

My wife and I share our life with 2 cats and 2 horses. So pretty used to fluffy things 😁

Also have this on my 400. It only appears when weather is warmer. Never any noise during winter season but as soon as sun is out and, let say, about 20°C or more this noise can be heard in similar conditions. That's something you can find with other car makers and in my experience only on RWD cars. So no shaft on front axle. BMW solves this by inserting a very thin layer of steel (less than 0,1mm) between the wheel hub assembly and the brake disk contact surface if my memory gets it right. It seems to help reducing a gap that can appear in some conditions.

I do track the Evora 400 1 or 2 times a year. Tyres can be the issue if you're doing very long stints or do not take care of lowering their pressure when hot. Apart from that, brakes, etc are very effective and long lasting.

Thanks a lot for your help on my lazy joke 😄

Mine often tells me she has a headache, mainly in the evening ... Never thought it was due to the Evora 😁

Do keep in mind that lower thread pattern profile increases top rigidity as well as 1 or 2 years DOT do increase cornering stiffness by about 10%. Just a thought when you compare tyres together 😋 By the way, would be great to have your feedback on the Conti SP6.

Yeah forget about option 2 😁

That's a question for @C8RKH to answer 😁 Edit : He get it first

Maybe because the car will be testing abroad like IDIADA, Nardo or The NS were a lot of 'spy' photographer tend to hang around.

From Pinterest

The mule car was based on an Evora as pictures showed last year. No chance the engine could have been at the front 😉

We do have some nice ones in France at our dealers 😉. Here are 3. https://www.lacentrale.fr/auto-occasion-annonce-87101920435.html https://www.lacentrale.fr/auto-occasion-annonce-69108114426.html https://www.lacentrale.fr/auto-occasion-annonce-87101899604.html

I guess it will come before summer as they said somewhere type 131 will be presented during this period. Would make sense if they show the Evora FE before to boost sales before people turn their interest on T131. And maybe a really hardcore limited edition by the end of the year for a proper goodbye... But that's just me dreaming 😁

I had to take the front wheels off once on my 400 for the same reason. The car being stored in the garage but washed right before. Now, I always move the car back and forth by hand when I park it in and again on the day after when it was parked with a bit of humidity.

I did buy the ones bosshog was selling. They are great seats! Improves the driving experience IMHO

Nope we do not. Only PS4 and Cup 2.

Just seems like a regular Evora US spec to me

Some journos were in Hethel last Monday. It seems like there are different step embargos, a few first informations should come this Monday. Maybe nothing to do with the new models yet but we will see... That's what one journalist said last Monday.

They are talking about the cars to be produced in Hethel. The SUV will be manufactured in China.

For something else than snow driving.... Yes 😂

Truly, winter tires are at their best for 1 year. Then they are still performing very well for 2 to 3 more years. I personally change them after 4 years maximum. The compound does change too much after this period of time even if stored in the best way possible in my opinion (wet performance mainly, then snow)

A few GT430 in France also. Don't know how many...