Evora 400 steering wheel - no red stripe!

[RichardC]

Does anyone else have a Evora 400 without a red stripe at 12 o'clock on the steering wheel, or am I the only one? My Evora 400 Gulf Edition's wheel is just plain black leather all the way around. All the interior pictures of 400s that I can find, including Gulf Editions, have red stripe steering wheels, which is a bit strange. I almost feel that I'm missing out on something! 

 

[CocoPops]

I guess orange would have been better to tie in with your orange stitching?

[MarkieT]

My 400 is new and it doesn't have the red stripe either.

[RichardC]

So I'm not the only one then! Funny that, as Lotus make a big deal about the stripe, or should I say "racing line indicator", in the current Evora 400 brochure.

I agree that an orange stripe would look good on my car. (Orders some orange leatherette on eBay).

[JayEmm]

Very odd... I've only seen one without the red stripe myself, that had a yellow stripe and was made "to order"

[MarkieT]

On 31/03/2017 at 11:59, RichardC said:

So I'm not the only one then! Funny that, as Lotus make a big deal about the stripe, or should I say "racing line indicator", in the current Evora 400 brochure.

I agree that an orange stripe would look good on my car. (Orders some orange leatherette on eBay).

Mine has cruise control, does yours? 

[RichardC]

Mine has cruise control as well, but AFAIK the steering wheels for cars with or without cruise control are interchangeable. Maybe the red stripe is now an option?

[Colin P]

The steering wheel is the same, you just load it up for cruise and IPS.

[Daitona]

also gulf edition, but with red stripe??

[waofner]

have replaced the ridiculously bad quality Lotus leather and replaced it with genuine Mercedes leather- nice side effect: got rid of the, for road use useless,

red stripe. in the past rally- drivers applied a tape to their steering wheels for driving situations where they had no feedback from the road to indicate

center- maybe helpful for gravel or approaching the road again after a jump.......

[Colin P]

I'm with you @waofner I have said before, I would prefer not to have the stripe. If anyone without a stripe is desperate to get one............

[Jacko]

No stripe here either......😕 2018 400

[C8RKH]

Lol - it is purely cosmetic and to make you feel like a serious driver.  You can get tape in any colour you want for under Euro1 and just add it yourself if you really need it.

When i upgraded my S1 steering wheel I added the red centre stripe purely for cosmetic / vanity reasons and NEVER had an occasion to use it for anything.

It's a bit like the superchargers and chargecoolers not being black anymore - cosmetics only and does not add anything other than pleasing to the eye.

For what it is woreth, if you have orange stitching then i think the red stripe would have at best looked shite, and at worse, well, shite with the orange....

[Nathan Pitman]

I have a yellow stripe. When I first drove the car I found it visually distracting if I'm honest, now I don't even see it (or use it).