Thread: For the Less is More brigade--

The Eagle has landed but is officially known as the Evora. As promised, Lotus‘ long-anticipated Project Eagle has finally made its official debut at the London, England auto show on Tuesday, doubling the automaker’s unique model range, at least in North America. In Europe, Lotus also offers the Europa S coupe.

The Evora is aimed to compete with Porsche’s Cayman on the performance side, but will be slightly more practical thanks to its available 2+2 passenger layout. Lotus is promising the Evora’s cabin will be the most comfortable it has produced to date, with easier ingress and egress than any of its other models. Leather seats from Recaro, a closing glove box, and storage bins and cup holders will all be standard equipment.
As previously reported, the Evora is powered by a 3.5-liter V6 from Toyota’s parts bin, tuned slightly to produce a more impressive 276 horsepower and 250lb-ft of torque. It will be placed amidships, and will put its power down to the rear wheels via a six-speed manual transmission.
The car is promised to weigh in under 3,000lbs, resulting in performance that includes a sub-five-second 0-60mph sprint and a claimed 160mph top speed. Reigning the car in will be vented and cross-drilled disc brakes all around, sized at 13.8 inches up front and 13.1 inches out back and squeezed by AP Racing calipers.
The front wheels will be 18 inches in diameter, surrounded by tires sized at 225/40-18, while the rears will be 19s with 255/35-19 rubber. The forged aluminum wishbone suspension will use Bilstein shocks sitting inside Eibach springs to provide the Lotus-signature impressive handling capabilities.

This is my take on the 'less is more' approach.


If this isn't enough, I'll just get some excess weight removed from the Freelander