Emira Picture & Video Thread

[TomE]

Matt Windle said at Goodwood the 86 validation cars were all being painted "crash test blue" 😢

[Dobbin145]

Yes it sounds excessive but if NCAP need four cars and about the same for NHTSA then there's Asia and numerous other countries. It soon adds up. 

[ramjet]

You've got to think it is a bit tragic that all of those cars are going to potentially end up as wrecks.  

[Lavazza]

15 hours ago, Emiralust said:

Apologies if somebody has already posted this. I hadn't seen it before but on the Lotus website there is a page for emira which has a gallery section at the bottom with lots of goodies, you may not have seen them all

 

 

I can't find this, can anyone share a link please?

[Evotion]

 

16 hours ago, AK70 said:

Stumbled over this... 😉

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/9md6RW

Ahhhhh - nice!   Damn.

 

[Evotion]

Apparently this is the main blue car we saw at Goodwood AFTER they retrieved it from a showing in Liverpool. 😁

[Emiralust]

9 hours ago, Lavazza said:

I can't find this, can anyone share a link please?

Sorry I forgot to put the link https://media.lotuscars.com/en/galleries/emira.html

[TomE]

22 hours ago, ramjet said:

You've got to think it is a bit tragic that all of those cars are going to potentially end up as wrecks.  

When they crash tested the Evora they found it was so strong after some tests they could re-use the chassis and just swap out the front sub-frame.  If they can manage the same with the Emira then perhaps fewer cars will be written off to prove what the computer simulations probably already show.

This is the Evora they used for both the frontal impact and pedestrian impact tests - seems they were all "crash test yellow" back then:

 

[Evotion]

Hold on, I don't want one of the cars that survived it! 😂

[ramjet]

Is an interesting one, isn't it?

Would it have to be declared if a car was 'recycled'?

[Bibs]

 

[Evotion]

Please tell me that is a GT4 practicing and not a mock-up. 😍

Either way, looks the nuts.

[au-yt]

Not sure if it’s a photo shop, but here is an article about it 

https://www.driving.co.uk/news/new-cars/2022-lotus-emira-gt4-race-ready-400bhp-version-companys-new-sports-car/

[ramjet]

Wing struts look odd though. Looks like they lean forward in the first photo. I don't really like the struts that look like shepherd's hooks.

[au-yt]

Active aero, like the Hurican 

[exeterjeep]

Well that looks much better - more aggressive styling, not sure about the paint scheme though. But just 400bhp seems a little less than I thought they would be capable of.  But a road version with a similar aero and 430-450 bhp would be a fitting car to replace the evora gt430

[ramjet]

46 minutes ago, au-yt said:

Active aero, like the Hurican 

I can't see how that would be active aero? No rams or anything to indicate a moveable wing.

[Evotion]

Yeah, not enough info there. It is possible the vertical struts move down into the body but no way to tell.

Is it not a Lotus thing to keep these fixed anyway - as part of an overall tested aero design?

[au-yt]

45 minutes ago, ramjet said:

I can't see how that would be active aero? No rams or anything to indicate a moveable wing.

The Lambo uses internal air redirect through the wing, and varies the air pressure over and under the wing in a straight line and corners which acts like an air anti sway bar.
The system also controls the front splitter area all done with internal actuators quite clever.

[Mark Blanchard]

Lovely looking car.  Pictures are cgi, as long as the real thing looks that good.

[Evotion]

Not sure I'd actually want to buy a track battered old GT4 car if one ever comes available but it would be pretty cool.

[Snorkel]

Funky fresh video... 0:00 - 0:04 => Rise, Lord Vader! 😎

 

Edited September 8, 2021 by Snorkel

[marclurr]

Was hoping this wouldn't be posted given it's unlisted, we would have been able to guesstimate the number of deposits based on views 🤣

[Snorkel]

Oh, didn't know it was hidden... Somebody posted it on FB. 😶

If it's out of place, maybe one of the moderators can remove it? 

[Evotion]

No, it's fine @Snorkel    There was never any mention of 'not sharing it' so no worries.

There is nothing new really anyway and certainly no 'deposit holder secrets' 😃