Even the ultimate lightweight carmaker is going electric. British sports car builder Lotus has just revealed the Evija, an all-electric hypercar with a target of 2,000 hp and a top speed over 320 km/h. It seems like the antitheses of Lotus, that for decades has followed the mantra of founder Colin Chapman: Simplify, then add lightness. But as th

Boutique sports car maker Lotus has unveiled what it's calling the ultimate roadgoing version of its Exige. That means more power, less weight, and a suspension borrowed from the more track-focused Exige Cup 430 model. The Exige 410 takes its name from a reworked version of the company's 3.5L supercharged V6. It now makes, fittingly, 410 hp. Tha

Trading hands more frequently than some people change cars, lightweight sports car expert Lotus has been sold again. This time to Geely, the Chinese automaker who also owns Volvo. Lotus has been owned by Malaysian automaker Proton since 1996. Under Proton, Lotus moved from making the front-drive Elan and the ageing Esprit to building an all-new

This tiny mid-engine classic might not be for everyone, but the handling prowess of the 1968 Lotus Europa just might be. A car that certainly can't be mistaken for anything else on the road, it's bright yellow paint makes it stand out even more. If you were car-spotting in the 1960s and 1970s, and a Lotus Europa drove past you, it's just about i

British sports car companies have always had a very turbulent history. New models bring them up, and a lack of reliability, money, and building the same car for far too many years bring them back down. Colin Chapman's Lotus Cars has gone through this boom and bust cycle more than most. Since the company's founding in 1952, there have been multiple

There is a road that runs to nowhere, coursing underneath a leafy canopy, in a hurry without a destination. Beyond the trees, craggy mountains ring the valley, gazing down in impassive majesty. They wear their fading snow like tattered rags, stone giants in ragged, shrinking finery. There are those who climb them, out touching the void, finding

Lotus is giving their ultimate roadgoing racer a proper sendoff. A new version with more power, less weight, and more downforce. The automaker from Hethel is known for taking light cars and making them even lighter. Using carbon, aluminum, and just plain leaving out parts like the carpet, Lotus will slash kilograms from every car. The new Lotus

Lotus Cars has made some of the most spartan sports cars ever to set tire to track or road. But this week we've got one of the rarest and most special. It's a Lotus Exige LF1, our autoTRADER.ca Find of the week. Lotus has had some serious ups and downs since its founding by Colin Chapman in 1952. But since the beginning, the company has always f

The Lotus Exige Cup 430 is the most extreme Exige yet. And that's quite a feat for what started as a lightweight sports car that has only gotten lighter and sharper. It has more power, less weight, and more downforce. It starts with a big boost for the 3.5L V6. The new Edelbrock supercharger and intercooler boost power by 55 hp, to 430. The big

Lotus has revealed a new model just for Canada! Well, and the US, but hey, we'll take it, right? Lotus says that the 416 hp Evora GT is the fastest and most powerful road model they've made for our market. The GT replaces the Evora Sport 410 and the Evora 400. The latest model from the British sports car builder is available as a two-seater and

Just a month after claiming that 2017 would bring profit to Lotus for the first time in its 68-year history, chief exec Jean-Marc Gales has indicated that work has started on an all-new Elise. Slated for a 2020 debut, the new car will be a lightweight two-seat car that follows in the tire tracks of the current model. The current Elise was introd

British sports car maker Lotus has revealed the latest fruit of its obsessive efforts to create a faster car through weight reduction. That fruit is the Elise Sprint, a variant on its long-running entry-level model that uses carbon fibre to create the lightest Elise in the current range and the first to dip below the 800kg mark, at 798 kg. Th

Lotus and Williams have just announced a new pair up on powertrains. While they haven't said what exactly will come from the agreement, a report says that it might be a new all-electric hypercar. Lotus Engineering, now owned by Geely, and Williams Advanced Engineering are both well known for developing fast cars. Lotus has been building featherw

Review by Brendan McAleer. Photos courtesy Autoform Performance. There's the best-selling two-seat open roadster in the world – and then there's the car that inspired it. Sure, (nearly) everybody loves the Miata , but its success comes in standing on the shoulders of giants. Teeny-tiny skinny little giants. This is the Lotus Elan , perhaps

The CEO of Lotus Cars has gotten a 30-day license suspension and is lucky he didn't get more. Not surprisingly, Lotus CEO Jean-Marc Gales likes fast sports cars. And while he likely has plenty of access to the UK automaker's test track, Gales has had some trouble with his speed on public highways near the Norwich headquarters of the brand. Ea