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The new Lotus Elise jumps into entirely new styling territory, not so much evolving from the current model but fully reinventing itself as a baby Esprit. The only similarities are the mid-engine layout driving the rear wheels and 2-seats around corners. Below, Lotus has been kind enough to provide a nicely-designed chart for your convenience instead of spreading all the car's stats across a 15,000-word press release. The new baby Lotus will get a standard 6-speed manual (with an optional 7-speed DCT) and be powered by a Toyota 2.0-liter 4-cylinder engine putting out 320-horsepower. If the Elise is putting out that kind of go for a £35,000 [around US$55,500] base price, this is looking to be a bargain basement killer. To make that 320 ponies extra green, it will also offer mild hybrid tech and an optional start/stop system when it comes out in Spring 2015. By Phil Alex _____________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________...

Possibly one of the biggest surprises of the 2010 Paris Motor Show , was the unveiling of six new models from Lotus. Aside from the Elite GT ( see here ) that we've already told you about, the British sports car maker revealed not one, not two but five more new models and concepts! We'll bring you more details and pictures of each car separately, but here are the key highlights: 2015 Lotus Eterne: Following in the footsteps of other sports car makers, Lotus is getting ready to enter the luxury sports sedan segment with the Eterne. Scheduled for a possible release in 2015, the Eterne will rival the likes of Aston Martin's Rapide. Like all future Lotus models, the four-door sedan will make use of a Toyota/Lexus sourced engine, in this case, a 5.0-liter V8 unit supercharged to deliver around 620-horsepower. _______________________________________________________________________ 2013 Lotus Esprit: The firm's flagship sports car will make a return in 213 and will be powere...