Lotus Evora - Ride And Handling

[Mark H]

Lotus Evora - Ride and Handling

To achieve exceptionally high driving dynamics and great levels of driver

involvement, Lotus has engineered and developed completely new suspension

systems for use on the Evora.

The Evora suspension wishbones are forged from aluminium to reduce the

unsprung mass. These are similar in weight to the steel items found on the

much smaller Elise, Exige and Europa vehicles, but are stiffer and have a

much increased vehicle weight capacity. They are attached to the front and

rear modules via Lotus designed bushes. The Evora will use Bilstein high

performance dampers and Eibach springs with unique dual path top mounts

for optimised vehicle refinement. Hydraulically assisted power steering is

provided by a Lotus tuned TRW steering rack to give renowned Lotus steering

feel and precision to place the Evora exactly where you want it to be when

cornering.

All in all, the Evora delivers exceptional performance. It has incredible Lotus

handling and provides unsurpassable driving pleasure and confidence to

drivers at all levels of skill. In fact, word from the ride and handling team is that

the new car is likely to become a class standard-setter in respect to it’s “over

the road speed and agility feel”.

Tyres: 18 inch at the front, 19 inch at the rear.

Tyre choice is a vital component in the ride, handling and steering

performance of every Lotus and for the Evora, Pirelli P-Zeros were chosen to

meet these performance requirements. The Pirelli P-Zero tyres (225/40 ZR18

at the front and larger diameter 255/35 ZR19 at the rear) provide the perfect

balance of ride, handling, grip, durability and safety required by the Evora

project team.

Lotus Evora: 205 g/km CO2

8.7 litres / 100 km (32.5 mpg) Combined Cycle

12.4 litres / 100 km (22.8 mpg) Urban Cycle

6.5 litres / 100 km (43.5 mpg) Extra Urban Cycle

 

 

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