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After a long gestation period, the Lotus Evora is now in the hands of many Lotus dealers. This is a very quick car with the handling of a supercar, and trhe performance is close to to that of a supercar. Should it be souped up a bit to make it a supercar, and is the chassis up to it? Well, the chassis is certainly up to it, that has been shown already.

Recently, though, supercar and exotic car makers have been tweaking their cars to get more power - anyone would think they had never heard of global warning or Peak Oil. Of course, so few supercars are produced that they hardly affect the overall consumption of fossil fuels, so the quest for more power might seem logical.

Not all supercar makers are going after power madly, but engines in supercars do seem to get more powerful every year.This race for power makes absolutely no sense in an era when some governments are promoting electric vehicles – forgetting that they are powered by fossil fuels – and when you don’t need a crystal ball to see that power will become politically incorrect quite soon. In the current environment, the Lotus Evora seems to be an ideal supercar.

There are two+two supercars, like the Evora, but promoting this car to supercar status – not too difficult because a supercharged version of the Toyota engine in the car could be produced quite easily – but that would not fit into the Lotus product planning approach – they want the new Esprit to be their supercar. The Esprit will have many common components with the Evora – including the aluminium chassis frame – and will no doubt maked a great two-seater supercar. It will probably have a supercharged version of the same engine as in the Evora, and Lotus enthusiasts are waiting for it with bated breath as they say.