Lotus’s newest sports car, the Evora 400 is finally on its way to dealers. Lotus announced last week that the first 400s are rolling off the line and will be on their way to customers and dealers soon. Lotus has been in trouble for decades, and they need all the new customers and car sales they can manage, so its good news to hear that the Evora 400 is shipping.
If you missed the announcement of the new Evora 400 earlier this year, it is a faster and more capable version of the companies 2+2 sports car. Bigger and more comfortable than the cars Lotus typically produces, the Evora was a push into a new market. This new 400 model sees massive changes to the entire car with more than 60-percent of parts being new. Its 3.5-liter supercharged engine now produces 400 horsepower, and the car actually weighs 100 pounds less than the old Evora. The result is a car that will hit 60 mph in 4.1 seconds and carry on to a top speed of 186 mph.
If you keep track of such things, that makes this the fastest production car Lotus has ever made. This new car is only for UK consumption at the moment, but expect US shipments to start early next year with the car going on sale as a 2017 model.
