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In an attempt to enter the 4-door coupe market, Lotus brought a sedan - you read that right - to the Paris Motor Show . The Eterne is the new Lotus 4-door (other Loti saloons include the 377HP twin-turbocharged Lotus Carlton / Omega of the early 1990s, and they sure are cool); it uses a Lotus-tuned new bad boy engine borrowed from Lexus. This means that sitting under the hood is a high-output forced-induction 5.0-liter V8. As with the Esprit and Elite, the Eterne will offer optional hybrid power and KERS. An added bonus is available AWD. The Eterne provides seating for four passengers in an 1,800-kilo package that will cost approximately £120,000 [~ US$190,500 at today's exchange rates] before options. Clearly Lotus sees a market for a prestigious high-performance 4-door with hybrid power, because Dany Bahar plainly states, "We truly believe that there is a market for the Eterne. There is nothing else like it out there both in terms of design, capacity and performance. The big...

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...