The 430 was being tested in 2015?

[ozrs]

When is Chris Harris going to review an Evora 430 or exige 430? Apart from that German guy from Autovise, all the other vid reviews have been crap.

[Jeanvm]

That Dutch guy from Autovise I believe.

New Esprit with 4-cyl-hybrid in 2020? First test this year.

[BatMobile]

Would love to see the grand tour do a challenge with either 430 car ala the exige vs Apache they did on top gear all those years ago.

thank goodness “mule-gate” is over...

[550superfast]

13 hours ago, Bibs said:

From Lotus:

"We would like to make our position clear with regards to this post and the related discussion.  Whilst the image shown was of an Exige development car, the car in question was in no way related to the Exige Cup 430; a project which was not conceived until 2017, some two years after this image was taken."

Do Lotus say if the development car in  @RESTELL's 2015 photo was charge cooled or not?

[alias23]

14 hours ago, Bibs said:

From Lotus:

"We would like to make our position clear with regards to this post and the related discussion.  Whilst the image shown was of an Exige development car, the car in question was in no way related to the Exige Cup 430; a project which was not conceived until 2017, some two years after this image was taken."

Thanks Bibs for the note from lotus.

I’m now very confused... and please please let’s not start any more argument but the original post did clearly state this was a 430 mule. The test driver must have been mistaken then?

[mark248am]

1 minute ago, alias23 said:

Thanks Bibs for the note from lotus.

I’m now very confused... and please please let’s not start any more argument but the original post did clearly state this was a 430 mule. The test driver must have been mistaken then?

Probably was a 430, just different than the 430 we have today. They probably even have a 500 mule, I'd imagine they're constantly testing and experimenting... 

[TheKevlarKid]

Lol at this thread and some of the comments on it. Unless they're releasing an entirely new model this year (or next), then there is still more to come from it, we'll see a 450/460 model yet..- know for a fact they can wind it up over 500 hp, how long it will last is another mater but this is why they test things out. I have no doubt the engine config in the back of thatmule was the 430, but that's all it is, the engine config.

[C8RKH]

2 hours ago, alias23 said:

Thanks Bibs for the note from lotus.

I’m now very confused... and please please let’s not start any more argument but the original post did clearly state this was a 430 mule. The test driver must have been mistaken then?

430 as in output as supposed to a specific vehicle surely.  

[Bibs]

The car pictured was not chargecooled, my post above from Lotus was factually correct and the Cup 430 wasn't conceived as a project until 2017 as stated. 

You could consider that any Exige mule is a mule towards future development and upgrades, so could even say that the first V6 Exige was a development car towards the latest Exige, it all heads in the same direction ultimately.

[yeller77]

21 hours ago, Bibs said:

From Lotus:

"We would like to make our position clear with regards to this post and the related discussion.  Whilst the image shown was of an Exige development car, the car in question was in no way related to the Exige Cup 430; a project which was not conceived until 2017, some two years after this image was taken."

Right...so... it not hearsay because it came from Lotus or is hearsay because it came from Bibs?? 

[LukeH]

On 02/01/2018 at 20:57, Bibs said:

From Lotus:

"We would like to make our position clear with regards to this post and the related discussion.  Whilst the image shown was of an Exige development car, the car in question was in no way related to the Exige Cup 430; a project which was not conceived until 2017, some two years after this image was taken."

On 29/12/2017 at 11:25, The Pits said:

However I think we’re all old and wise enough to not believe everything on the internet even if people claim to have heard it direct from the manufacturer.

and that pretty much sums up this thread.

[Bibs]

Could you take that any more out of context? 

I'm bored of this thread now, it's locked. Any discussion about this will be removed as per the forum rules. 

Carry on as you were.