History with a future: Lotus Evija Fittipaldi

[Bibs]

https://www.thelotusforums.com/latest-news/lotus-cars-news/history-with-a-future-the-lotus-evija-fittipaldi/

[AK70]

Perfect colour scheme! If I had the money I would buy one 😉

 

But than again, to bring a special edition before even one car has been delivered to a customer… 🤨

[exeterjeep]

Lotus seem to like special limited editions, often seems to me that it is a way to try to sell some. Evija announced ages ago as - as above - have not heard that a customer has actually got one?

[NedaSay]

I am Massively underwhelmed. love the colour scheme and the interior but still a limited series of a limited series. The could have called it JPS but i guess that is a big no no especially since Radford bought the rights to use that brand.

[Mark Blanchard]

That Evija is absolutely stunning!  I'd have that in a heart beat.

[yeller77]

You could have it in a heart beat but it would cost you a kidney!

Definitely looks ace in that livery. One thing I'm curious about, though, is that I love Emmo and all and he seems to be everywhere around Lotus these days, but am I missing something? There was another WC in JPS livery since Emerson. Is it mutual or is Mario just too busy making wine and trying to buy an F1 team to get involved? 

[Escape]

I agree with the above.

It looks lovely and very purposeful, best looking Evija by far. But Lotus should concentrate on actually getting cars to their customers (be it Evija or Emira) instead of getting us all excited about special edition vapour builds. A few Evijas out in the real world would surely do more good for the brand.

[Bibs]

Some photos from the event held at Hethel yesterday... 

 

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[C8RKH]

Looks great. But as some have said let's see the focus on getting the cars out there in the hands of customers. It feels like the limited run of Evija's have not sold, so, let's do a special limited edition to remind me it's there.

Also, all this linking back to the past chimes a bit false too, given the direction of the new cars, and, what seems like a lack of interest in old customers and old cars. Maybe they should launch a number 8 Emerson SUV and have pictures of the matching liveried old F1 transporter truck beside it. They both probably weigh about the same at least...

 

[Suddabym]

Love it. Great colour scheme and why not leverage such a golden nugget of Lotus history?

What do we know about total sales? Has the 1340 been met?

And, when are they going to deliver any? I see the Emira is about to hit the streets, so it would be nice to see the Evija in the wild too.

[Bibs]

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[NedaSay]

The sight of the squadron of Type 72 driving in formation was a moment of grace.

[Bibs]

Pinnacles of motorsport meet the pinnacle of hypercars: F1 champions Emerson Fittipaldi, Jenson Button and the Lotus Evija hypercar come together