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[2023 Edition] Current Lotus Model Lineup
Everything You Need to Know About 2023 Lotus Model Range. The Ultimate Lotus Buyers Guide, With Prices, Specs, Reviews As Well As Our Opinion On the Good & Bad from Lotus This Year
Updated: June 5, 2023
Contents: Model List / Evija / Evora
Lotus Cars is an automotive company based in Norfolk, England. It has a reputation for building lightweight performance vehicles. The company was established almost eight decades ago, in 1948, by Colin Chapman, an English designer, inventor and builder. The carmaker has ridden several waves of financial and other problems over the years with past owners, including General Motors and Proton. Geely Auto Group, a Chinese automobile company, currently owns Lotus.
The model lineup has traditionally been relatively small. In 2021, Lotus only had the Evora, Exige and Elise sports cars in its model portfolio, and now, even those have all been killed off. The company is positioning itself for an all-electric future headlined by the Evija hypercar. However, not before one last hoorah in the form of the internal combustion Lotus Emira, a sports car billed to replace the iconic Elise model.
The new cars are an integral part of Lotus’ Vision80, a ‘multi-faceted and long-term business transformation strategy’ aimed at revolutionizing the Lotus Group within ten years, from 2018 (70th anniversary of the brand) to 2028. Customer deliveries of both the Lotus Evija and Emira are currently ongoing as of June 2023. The Evija, as befitting a hypercar, does take a lot longer to produce and ship to each customer, although some that are in the UK or Europe have opted for a factory pickup, so they can drive it home directly.
2023 Lotus Model List & Pricing
2023 Lotus Evija (Starts at $2,100,000 )
2023 Lotus Emira V6 First Edition (Starts at $119,000)
2024 Lotus Eletre (Starts at $85,000 (est))
2023 Lotus Hypercar
Lotus Evija
The Electric Hypercar. By Lotus.
Current Lotus Models - Buyers Guide
2023 Lotus Evija
Base price: $2,100,000
Power: 1,973 hp
Torque: 1, 254 lb/ft
Drivetrain: Dual motor, fully electric all-wheel-drive
Range: 250 miles
0-60 mph: < 3 s
0-186 mph: 9 s
Top Speed: > 200 mph
There is nothing subtle about the brand's first foray into the EV segment. The Lotus Evija costs north of $2 million, boasts almost 2,000 hp and can rocket to 186 mph in nine seconds. It goes right up against hyper-EV heavyweights like the Rimac Nevera and Pininfarina Batista.
The Lotus Evija is striking from every angle, with a design language that prioritizes aerodynamic efficiency over all else. A race-inspired suspension featuring three spool-valve dampers per axle—one at each corner and an inboard-mounted third - should help with the handling attributes of the 3,704-pound hypercar (EVs aren't exactly lightweight vehicles). Lotus will only build 130 units of the Evija to preserve its exclusivity, and all units were reserved within days of the official opening of orders.
2023 Lotus Emira V6 First Edition
Base price: $119,000
Engine: 3.5L Supercharged V6
Power: 400 hp
Torque: 317 lb/ft (Automatic transmission)
Drivetrain: Rear-wheel-drive
0-60 mph: 4.2 s
Top Speed: 180 mph
Lotus is embracing an all-electric future, and the Emira will be its last internal combustion sports car before the full transition takes place. The Emira will be built at the carmaker's ultramodern $140 million facility in Hethel, England. Lotus did not hold back in designing this swansong piece, and the car comes loaded with technology and a full range of options. The V6 First Edition was delayed from its original 2022 launch estimate, however the first units have started to be delivered to customers. The AMG-sourced inline-4 variant should hit the roads in the Q1 2024, according to Lotus. Compared to the V6 Emira that puts out 400 hp, the 4-Cylinder model will generate around 360 hp and come in at a lower price point, but will be just as fast and exciting to drive.
2024 Lotus Eletre
Base price: $85,000+ (est)
Power: 600+ hp
Torque: Not yet disclosed by manufacturer
Drivetrain: Dual motor, fully electric all-wheel-drive
Range: Up to 370 miles (280 to 315 miles nominal)
0-60 mph: Estimated to be 4 to 4.5 seconds for Base model, up to 2.95 for R model
Top Speed: 162 MPH
Ever since the announcement that Lotus was going to be producing only fully electric models after the Emira's run has completed, customers have been waiting for the first of those new vehicles to be announced. Initially teased in 2021 as Project Lambda, then revealed in March of 2022 as the Lotus Type 132, the Eletre did not have any specs or even the name announced until early 2023. However, reservations for orders have started as of May 2023, and it is expected that the Eletre could be on the road as early as Q4 2023 or Q1 2024.
As for what it is, it is Lotus' first ever SUV, and they borrowed heavily from the research and development of the Evija to make it one hell of a powerful one. Even in the lowest of three known trims, named "Base," it will produce 600 or more HP, with a standard battery of 92 kWh and an optional long-range battery of 120 kWh. All three of the trims (Base, S, R) are dual motor, one per axle, making it all wheel drive, and because of the monstrous and immediate torque of electric motors, despite being one of the biggest vehicles Lotus has ever made, it should blast to 60 MPH in well under 5 seconds, even in Base trim.
