Lotus will show the most sporting, toughest Evora yet - the GTE Road Car Concept - at the 2011 Pebble Beach car show this week.
As the name implies, it's borne out of the Evora GTE race programme, which sees Lotus's mid-engined 2+2 compete at races across the globe, culminating in the 24-hour race at Le Mans.
Lotus GTE Road Car Concept: the details
The roadgoing GTE show car has 420bhp from its race-fettled V6 petrol engine, driving through a sequential gearbox. A Lotus spokeswoman confirmed it was the roadgoing model's Toyota V6 modded to produce a wodge more power.
The exterior has been heavily fettled, too, with an aggressive front splitter and U-shaped rear spoiler sprouting from the boot. Wheels are forged alloy items shod in Pirelli P-Zero Corsa rubber.
Inside you'll find leather and carbonfibre trim galore: the seats are by Recaro, made from composite to trim weight and look the part for posing.
Although not yet confirmed for general sale, we hear Lotus has serious plans for a production run of the Evora GTE. Watch this space for more news.
Lotus at Pebble Beach 2011
The new Lotus Evora GTE Road Car games Concept will be shown at the McCall’s Motorworks Revival event on Wednesday night at the Monterey Jet Center.
But Lotus will also show a US-only Exige Matte Black Final Edition to mark the end of American production. It gets a 257bhp power hike, a subdued black paintjob and matching Alcantara sports seats. Just 25 will be sold.
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Eterniti Motors: a new UK-built luxury SUV (2012)
A new British car company will launch at the 2011 Frankfurt motor show - Eterniti Motors - and its first car will be a luxury crossover.
Incredibly, the new bespoke manufacturer will be based in London, where it says it will design and assemble its new top-end cars.
The first model, which doesn't have a name yet, will be a crossover in the mould of the Lagonda SUV: a £150,000-200,000 luxury 4x4, based on the mechanicals of a mainstream crossover. We're not sure who yet, but who'd bet against the innards of a Range Rover/BMW X5/Merc ML?
Eterniti Motors: are they serious?
Apparently deadly so. The brief announcement today claims there is a suite of international backers to the enterprise, although no figureheads have been revealed yet. The full story will be announced on 13 September at Frankfurt, but there will be two further announcements before then.
A spokesman said: 'There are people with lots of experience of motorsport, luxury cars, high-performance road cars and driving experts involved. This is a fully UK project.'
Sounds to us like Eterniti Motors will be powered by some former bigwigs from the industry. People of the calibre of Martin Leach, ex-Ford of Europe and Maserati boss, perhaps.
The company was registered in September 2010 and is registered to an address in Stevenage, Hertfordshire.
The Eterniti Motors crossover in full
Apart from this design sketch, very little else is being said about the five-door Eterniti 4x4. The company vows first deliveries will be made in 2012 and says there will be a high level of bespoke manufacturing.
'The car will be very well equipped as standard, but we will do whatever personalisation the customer wants,' said a spokesman. 'If they want a diamond-encrusted rooflining, we will do it.'
The crossover is the first in a small range of cars and the official hinted that a high-performance model would follow the crossover.
Incredibly, the new bespoke manufacturer will be based in London, where it says it will design and assemble its new top-end cars.
The first model, which doesn't have a name yet, will be a crossover in the mould of the Lagonda SUV: a £150,000-200,000 luxury 4x4, based on the mechanicals of a mainstream crossover. We're not sure who yet, but who'd bet against the innards of a Range Rover/BMW X5/Merc ML?
Eterniti Motors: are they serious?
Apparently deadly so. The brief announcement today claims there is a suite of international backers to the enterprise, although no figureheads have been revealed yet. The full story will be announced on 13 September at Frankfurt, but there will be two further announcements before then.
A spokesman said: 'There are people with lots of experience of motorsport, luxury cars, high-performance road cars and driving experts involved. This is a fully UK project.'
Sounds to us like Eterniti Motors will be powered by some former bigwigs from the industry. People of the calibre of Martin Leach, ex-Ford of Europe and Maserati boss, perhaps.
The company was registered in September 2010 and is registered to an address in Stevenage, Hertfordshire.
The Eterniti Motors crossover in full
Apart from this design sketch, very little else is being said about the five-door Eterniti 4x4. The company vows first deliveries will be made in 2012 and says there will be a high level of bespoke manufacturing.
'The car will be very well equipped as standard, but we will do whatever personalisation the customer wants,' said a spokesman. 'If they want a diamond-encrusted rooflining, we will do it.'
The crossover is the first in a small range of cars and the official hinted that a high-performance model would follow the crossover.
Audi Urban Concept Spyder concept car (2011) news
This is the Audi Urban Concept Spyder - the roofless version of Audi's radical city car, due to bow in at the 2011 Frankfurt motor show.
There's not much else to say about this Audi: it's the same as the coupe shown earlier this month, but with a low, continuous window area and doors that open diagonally to the top.
Audi Urban Concept Spyder: the lowdown
It's a tiny two-seat runabout powered by two electric motors. How do two people fit into this slip of a car? By sitting in a 1+1 tandem layout, like on the Caparo T1.
The Audi concept is made from a mix of carbonfibre reinforced plastic and aluminium.
The full details will be issued nearer the Frankfurt motor show. Stay tuned for more.
There's not much else to say about this Audi: it's the same as the coupe shown earlier this month, but with a low, continuous window area and doors that open diagonally to the top.
Audi Urban Concept Spyder: the lowdown
It's a tiny two-seat runabout powered by two electric motors. How do two people fit into this slip of a car? By sitting in a 1+1 tandem layout, like on the Caparo T1.
The Audi concept is made from a mix of carbonfibre reinforced plastic and aluminium.
The full details will be issued nearer the Frankfurt motor show. Stay tuned for more.
Jaguar C-X16 concept (2011) the first official sketch
This is Jaguar’s new sub-XK sports car. games As we revealed back in 2009, Jaguar is working on an all-new small sports car, nicknamed the XE, to compete with Porsche’s best – and this is it.
This official design sketch teases the concept car (dubbed C-X16, the hybrid supercar concept is C-X75) that will appear at the 2011 Frankfurt motor show in September.
What do we know about the Jaguar C-X16 concept?
Jaguar is keeping mum on most of the details – it’ll announce more at the Frankfurt show – but we scooped a lot of the information two years ago.
Underneath the almost-certainly-gorgeous body will be a lightweight aluminium platform with a front/mid-engined layout, and V6 petrol engines (in 275bhp naturally aspirated or 350bhp supercharged forms) sending power to the rear wheels via a six-speed manual gearbox.
The drop-top comes first in 2013, while coupe and R versions arrive by 2015. And that means the next XK is pushed more upmarket.
That’s what we know from before, but the official release that accompanied this solitary sketch said little. However, Jaguar is calling the show car a ‘production concept’ and claims it is ‘a precursor to future Jaguar sports cars that will aim to set new class benchmarks in design, vehicle dynamics and technology’, so that should tell you what the future holds for this car.
The design team that created the C-X16 was led by Jag director of design Ian Callum, who commented: ’Great Jaguars have always been beautiful, innovative and have looked firmly to the future. The finished C-X16 concept has the potential to do these things while retaining the ability to surprise, to excite and invigorate.'
This official design sketch teases the concept car (dubbed C-X16, the hybrid supercar concept is C-X75) that will appear at the 2011 Frankfurt motor show in September.
What do we know about the Jaguar C-X16 concept?
Jaguar is keeping mum on most of the details – it’ll announce more at the Frankfurt show – but we scooped a lot of the information two years ago.
Underneath the almost-certainly-gorgeous body will be a lightweight aluminium platform with a front/mid-engined layout, and V6 petrol engines (in 275bhp naturally aspirated or 350bhp supercharged forms) sending power to the rear wheels via a six-speed manual gearbox.
The drop-top comes first in 2013, while coupe and R versions arrive by 2015. And that means the next XK is pushed more upmarket.
That’s what we know from before, but the official release that accompanied this solitary sketch said little. However, Jaguar is calling the show car a ‘production concept’ and claims it is ‘a precursor to future Jaguar sports cars that will aim to set new class benchmarks in design, vehicle dynamics and technology’, so that should tell you what the future holds for this car.
The design team that created the C-X16 was led by Jag director of design Ian Callum, who commented: ’Great Jaguars have always been beautiful, innovative and have looked firmly to the future. The finished C-X16 concept has the potential to do these things while retaining the ability to surprise, to excite and invigorate.'
Mercedes SLK250 CDI (2011) the diesel roadster revealed
Mercedes has revealed the latest addition to its little roadster line-up – the SLK250 CDI. It’s the first time the Mercedes SLK has been offered with diesel power; the new oil-burning convertible will be officially unveiled at the 2011 Frankfurt motor show in September.
What makes the Mercedes SLK250 CDI special?
As well as this being the first ever diesel Mercedes SLK, the 250 CDI is also the most powerful car in its class to fill up at the black pump, usurping the 168bhp Audi TT 2.0TDI Roadster. What a claim to fame!
The SLK250 CDI uses the same twin-turbo 2.1-litre motor that you’ll find in the C- and E-class and CLS. That means 201bhp and 369lb ft, and mated to Merc’s 7G-Tronic auto ‘box, it's is enough to propel this roadster from 0-62mph in a respectable 6.7 seconds and on to 151mph.
Being Stuttgart’s greenest version roadster, the Mercedes SLK250 CDI puffs out just 128g/km of CO2. It will also apparently deliver 57.5mpg – not only is that better than any other SLK or that TT TDI (51.4mpg) but is also enough, Mercedes claims, to take the SLK250 CDI from the North Sea to the Mediterranean without refuelling.
What else is new?
Nothing actually. The diesel variant of the SLK remains cosmetically unchanged, and can still be specced with the full range of clever Mercedes gizmos, including the Magic Sky Control roof (which can switch from dark to transparent at the touch of a button) and Dynamic Handling package (which includes sharper steering and a brake-based torque vectoring system).
What makes the Mercedes SLK250 CDI special?
As well as this being the first ever diesel Mercedes SLK, the 250 CDI is also the most powerful car in its class to fill up at the black pump, usurping the 168bhp Audi TT 2.0TDI Roadster. What a claim to fame!
The SLK250 CDI uses the same twin-turbo 2.1-litre motor that you’ll find in the C- and E-class and CLS. That means 201bhp and 369lb ft, and mated to Merc’s 7G-Tronic auto ‘box, it's is enough to propel this roadster from 0-62mph in a respectable 6.7 seconds and on to 151mph.
Being Stuttgart’s greenest version roadster, the Mercedes SLK250 CDI puffs out just 128g/km of CO2. It will also apparently deliver 57.5mpg – not only is that better than any other SLK or that TT TDI (51.4mpg) but is also enough, Mercedes claims, to take the SLK250 CDI from the North Sea to the Mediterranean without refuelling.
What else is new?
Nothing actually. The diesel variant of the SLK remains cosmetically unchanged, and can still be specced with the full range of clever Mercedes gizmos, including the Magic Sky Control roof (which can switch from dark to transparent at the touch of a button) and Dynamic Handling package (which includes sharper steering and a brake-based torque vectoring system).
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