Lotus Type 131 - The Rumour Mill

[C8RKH]

On 30/04/2021 at 14:09, DarrylV8 said:

it is Evo after all!

Ooh, ooh. What did I miss. Which Porsche won this time?

[Suddabym]

On 01/05/2021 at 23:05, stephenwhyte said:

Makes sense when you see them pictured side by side here......I really can’t wait to see it on the 6th July!😎

I've got to ask - is this a real pic? I've not seen it before and I've been keeping my eyes well peeled.

[Bibs]

I think that was from a press release about the new Warwick facility. Might have been the Norwich one. I'll have a look...

Here you go...

[Suddabym]

Ah, seen. Yes that’s Warwick. 

Interesting...

[ramjet]

That's the one that I was talking about as well and some have said that it is a render.

How do we know that? I am not sure what I am looking for that shows it to be a render?

[LotusLeftLotusRight]

Why bother rendering a car under a cover? My guess is that both cars were delivered from Hethel in that truck and parked up there. One was covered up for the photo and one wasn’t.

[jimichanga]

Are you being serious? The 'cover' is made of pixels. It doesn't look remotely real. Both are CG. Beyond dispute I'm afraid.

Hate to break it to you but they didn't hatch real Dinosaurs for Jurassic Park either.

[C8RKH]

28 minutes ago, jimichanga said:

Hate to break it to you but they didn't hatch real Dinosaurs for Jurassic Park either.

Whoaaa, spoiler alert. You mean those Dino's are not real? Get away with you....

If the green cover in the original photo is eArt then I have to admit it looks damned good. Keep your straw hat ready just in case you need to it.

 

[mg4lotus]

@jimichanga I was looking for your post on the introductions section but didn't find it. Welcome to the forum. looking forward seeing pictures of your Lotus. I hope they won't be photoshopped. 😜

p.s. You don't need to own a Lotus to be a forum member

Edited May 5, 2021 by mg4lotus

[mg4lotus]

For clarification purposes, any image you look at on a computer screen will be pixels.

[DarrylV8]

@jimichangayes even Porsche owners, wish you hadn't come-out on the Dinosaurs for Jurassic Park comment; wont be able to let the grandchildren read this thread in case someone spills the beans on Father Christmas!

i just need to remind myself of the Topic "Type 131 the rumour mill" so whose V6 and spec against unknown 2ltr 4 cylinder and spec and the associated gearbox; i think what we all want to know is what will be powering the mini (non electric) Evija? 

[LotusLeftLotusRight]

6 hours ago, jimichanga said:

Are you being serious? The 'cover' is made of pixels. It doesn't look remotely real. Both are CG. Beyond dispute I'm afraid.

Hate to break it to you but they didn't hatch real Dinosaurs for Jurassic Park either.

Uh, OK. This one’s the real deal though, isn’t it?

[mg4lotus]

13 hours ago, ramjet said:

That's the one that I was talking about as well and some have said that it is a render.

How do we know that? I am not sure what I am looking for that shows it to be a render?

OK, it is a photoshop montage type picture.

If you download the original picture high quality then zoom in. 

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Then use google maps satellite view Wellesbourne Campus, University of Warwick - Google Maps This is an old satellite picture but can be used to compare.

The place where the 131 is, is a grassy patch on the satellite (that could have been changed but there is still some greenery at the bottom of the wall in that area on the montage.

The 3 white paving slabs on the diagonal have been smoothed over on the left and right hand sides.

Where the block paving butts up against the paving slabs it is cutting through part of the slabs on the photo montage. The block paving of the montage doesn't look accurate compared with the real block paving.

But, why would Lotus show us a 131 that looks like an Evija if the 131 doesn't look like an Evija. So I think it probably does look like an Evija.

Is the scaling accurate? who knows? wait until July 6th to find out.

The photo was probably taken by a drone. Would @Bibs know anything about this, or is it secret?

[Suddabym]

4 hours ago, mg4lotus said:

For clarification purposes, any image you look at on a computer screen will be pixels.

beat me to it

[exeterjeep]

Just 2 months to go.....

[DarrylV8]

@exeterjeepthis is worse than waiting to come out of lockdown, at least with the exiting restrictions it was a phased approached 

when will we hear information on drive trains 

[stephenwhyte]

More Lotus content (featuring Emira briefly😉) to get the juices flowing.......😎

 

[Suddabym]

Oh... my golly gosh

And that was all real footage, right? No CGI.

[Mark Blanchard]

Sounds like a jet taking off at the end.  Is that Dany flying off with the Emira blueprints, with plans to make an Emira shaped shampoo bottle?

[Suddabym]

More likely, he's gonna take an Emira, remove the body and the engine and the chassis, and replace them with stuff from the back of his garage, and charge much lira for it.

I think that's what Ant and Jenson are planning too, maybe.

Only Dany is a God.

[Mark030358]

Deposit down this afternoon 👍

If I like it I have a decision to make, if not money back... win win so to speak.

 

 

[NedaSay]

If this grey tiny little thing is it and it starts at 55k ....Pfff, it is the heck of a value proposition. It looks bonkers.

this is not even supercars looks, it is hypercar looks, it is literally a baby Evija, the rear 3/4 seen from the side is very MP4/12C as mentioned but the only question really is how much luggage space in the boot?

[stephenwhyte]

2 hours ago, Mark030358 said:

Deposit down this afternoon 👍

If I like it I have a decision to make, if not money back... win win so to speak.

 

 

Sorry but I’ve got to ask......(maybe you’d prefer privately)....but how much was the deposit? I’m starting to get that new car purchase twitch again!😰

[Mark030358]

20 minutes ago, stephenwhyte said:

Sorry but I’ve got to ask......(maybe you’d prefer privately)....but how much was the deposit? I’m starting to get that new car purchase twitch again!😰

pm sent

[JCR]

I'm looking to place mine deposit also. I called Jamie Tuesday for a quick chat I'm having the same excited feeling about this!. I was told April delivery Is possible.