After 3 months of supercharged goodness the next quarter year will be spent in an automatic Evora. Yes, an automatic. I know, I thought the same too as I’ve never been much of a fan of automatic gearboxes and the Evora IPS uses a torque converter, often referred to as a slush box as the clutch is replaced by a hydrodynamic fluid coupling attached to a planetary gearbox. If you want to know how a torque converter works, check out this website. The alternative, as is seen on the upcoming Elise SPS is a automated manual gearbox, these are now available in single and double clutch flavours and are what you would expect from the name, a manual which changes gear without you needing to move a stick or operate the clutch pedal, double clutch ones being able to pre-select the next gear for you for a quicker change with one clutch dealing with even numbered gears and the other on the odd numbered gears.

What’s clever about the IPS? The software Lotus use on the Evora checks a number of parameters constantly and analyses what you’re trying to achieve with the car so it can select the best gear, the best shift point/speed and indeed if it’s a bad time to change. It checks lateral acceleration (the car won’t change gear if you’re pulling more than 0.6g laterally!) throttle position, steering angle and adjusts the shifting points and even the shifting speed depending on what you’re up to. Clever stuff. What this means in real terms is that if you’re pressing on, the car is with you and keeps you in the power delivery area of the RPM range and blips up nicely through the gears even when not in ‘Sport’ mode or if you’re hardly on the throttle and minimal steering inputs, eg cruising along munching miles, it’ll shift early and keep the RPM below 2k when it can. This has shown up both in terms of the excitement driving the car and also in the MPG which is vastly improved over the supercharged seeing 35 MPG on a run and around 20 MPG with town driving, almost 50% more mileage than the ‘S’!

What you really want to be doing though is warming the car up then turning on ‘Sport’ mode. As per the manual Evora, Sport relaxes the DPM system to give you more flexibility over the control of the car but on the IPS it moves the shift points of the gears, allows for more aggressive auto-downshifting and also introduces a lovely, and I mean lovely auto-blip on the downshift into 3rd and 2nd, making you feel like a heel-toe master every time you slow down! The car pulls incredibly well in Sport and feels very fast to the driver, gear-shifts are accompanied by what is almost a pop from the stage II exhaust this car is fitted with, reminiscent of proper motorsport gear changes. The up-shifts are blisteringly quick too, almost seamless in fact and change at just below peak RPM with the shift lights on the rev counter making an appearance.

Taking the control of the car a step further it’s also fitted with paddles fixed behind the wheel, + on the right and – on the left. You can use these with your hands anywhere from 9-3 to 10-2 and they move with the wheel making mid corner shifting possible. Pull them both for 10 seconds to select neutral although I’m not sure why you’d need this? Having never driven a paddle shift before I enjoy the keeping of your hands on the wheel, this is novel and I can see where it would be useful on track driving although it does takes some acclimatisation to learn when to pull the lever as it’s not an instant response, you need to be pulling the level about the same time you’d be dipping the clutch on a manual by my reckoning. It’s worth noting that when in Sport, the car will only automatically select a gear when you come to a stop, it will put you in 1st but when not in Sport, the car will take over control of the ‘box if you don’t pull a paddle in 30 seconds, reverting to fully automatic again.

I can now see the appeal of the auto box, I can see the appeal of paddles too and Lotus have done a decent job with the IPS. The 2012 S IPS is again leaps forward on this car with obviously more power and a higher red line but the software for each is being constantly revised by the factory and updated are flashed onto the gearbox ECU at service time. The improved MPG comes from lower ratio 5th & 6th gears and this also makes the car an eminent GT, able to cruise on the motorway with very little effort with 70mph being just over 2k on the rev counter. This means that this car is being used for almost every journey we need to make, it’s fun and economical enough to justify full time use even for short journeys.

The grey suits the car well, this being the most sombre coloured Evora I’ve had to test to date, classically classy but the Paprika interior is showing some wear on the drivers seat. This is a press car so it’s been used by many people in it’s short life so far, lots of jumping in & out so this may be premature wear but all the same I understand it’s not the first time these Recaro seats have suffered this way. Also, on a particularly cold and wet morning heading up to Autosport International the car selected 3rd while accelerating and didn’t want to change, resulting in a MIL light. I stopped on the side of the road and restarted the car which cleared the problem and put itself back into 1st and the MIL light stopped illuminating by the end of the day (I believe it takes 10 cycles of the ignition to clear if the fault is no longer present). Other than that, and trying to grab the non-existent gear stick for the first 2 weeks it’s been fun so far, I’m looking forward to putting more miles on the IPS.

The Type 88 never raced in F1 due to it’s twin chassis design being outlawed before it even made it to the grid following practice, not the first time some of Colin Chapman’s innovations fell foul of the rule book. Chapman massaged the rules to extend his chances of a win however the rules were often massaged back at him to exclude Lotus from the race. The particular rule was that the FIA Regulations used the word ‘chassis’, the plural of which is ‘chassis’, so Chapman decided he was within the rules having more than 1!

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Lotus Sport UK has signed Sailesh Bolisetti to race in the 2012 Avon Tyres British GT Championship. The 23-year-old from Visakhapatnum, on the east coast of India, will race the Lotus Evora GT4 which took three wins last year, the team’s maiden season.

Bolisetti began racing in 2007 and went on to winIndia’s inaugural Volkswagen Polo Cup in 2010. As part of his prize, he was promoted to the Volkswagen Scirocco R Cup, a support series forEurope’s DTM championship. Now he’s preparing to make the step up to sportscar racing, alongside some of the toughest tin-top competitors in the business.

Commenting on his appointment Sailesh Bolisetti said: “Being associated with such a well-known name in racing is a great opportunity for me, especially one with such a rich pedigree across a uniquely wide range of disciplines. But I don’t take it as a pressure, I take it as a privilege – I’ll be driving for the same brand as some of my all time heroes and sporting legends and I’m really looking forward to it.”

British GT’s seven-race season kicks off atOultonParkon April 7. In addition, Bolisetti will contest the Indian i1 Super Series in the Middle East andAsia, in order to get as much experience under his belt as possible.

Gary Ayles, Team Manager, Lotus SportUKsaid: “Sailesh is a strong talent that hadn’t been discovered inEurope, until now. I first got to know him and his father through my contacts inIndia, having been involved with the A1GP India team and raced over there in F3. We kept in contact and now Sailesh has come of age and is ready to race here inEuropewith our team. You need to keep an eye on this lad, he’s a star in the making.”

BTCC 2011 driver and former Formula Ford and Renault Clio Cup Champion Martin Byford, will join 2010 Britcar Production Champions Richard Adams and David Green in a bid to take the Britcar MSA British Endurance Championship Crown. The former rivals will race a new Lotus Evora currently being prepared by Lotus Motorsport in Hethel.

Martin commented:

“I am delighted to be joining the team for the full season – the new car looks very promising and the testing programme we are putting together should give us further impetus as the year goes on”. The additional race support provided by newly signed Fluid Motorsport will give the Bullrun team an even stronger infrastructure from which to mount their challenge.”

Group Lotus is delighted to confirm a brand new ‘LOTUS ORIGINALS’ flagship store will be opening in London’s prestigious Regent Street – 52 Regent Street to be exact! Situated in London’s Piccadilly, from Spring/Summer 2012 the building will host a brand new Lotus experience: a 4,800 sq ft store situated in a Grade II-listed former ‘Café Royal’ with exciting displays and a full stock of apparel, accessories, gifts, toys, and limited edition collectables, it’s one for Lotus fans and shopaholics alike.

The LOTUS ORIGINALS line made its debut at the 2010 Paris motor show alongside five new Lotus cars as a preview to the new Lotus lifestyle that the future Lotus car line-up reflects. Debuting with high-quality apparel, accessories and gifts, the move to Regent Street affords the space to showcase a much expanded LOTUS ORIGINALS collection. In the 16 months since the collections’ preview, LOTUS ORIGINALS has grown to include exclusive sporting items such as bikes and helmets, toys and even stationery.

The development of the LOTUS ORIGINALS retail concept has been rapid, upon its launch in September 2010 the dedicated website www.lotusoriginals.com was the only retail outlet for the collection. The first shops soon followed with a store at Lotus’ Hethel HQ and Norwich City Football Club’s Carrow Road stadium opening in Late 2011. Dealer shops have also recently opened in China at new Beijing and Chengdu showrooms and a Shanghai store is imminent. The London flagship store is the next step in a fully integrated, international retail strategy for non-car Lotus products.

Wiebke Bauer Director of Licensing & Retail for Group Lotus said, “We are delighted to secure this iconic location, it’s the result of many months of careful planning and negotiations – the completion of this milestone really demonstrates the success of the LOTUS ORIGINALS offering and the potential we have for the future. This is the cornerstone of our global retail strategy and we have lots to look forward to.”

High performance transmission expert Xtrac unveiled its new IndyCar gearbox, which will be fitted to all cars running in the series for the next five years. The type ‘1011’ transmission is a completely new gearbox for the Dallara DW12 chassis, with a lighter and more efficient design to boost performance. The new IndyCar transmission sits alongside a selection of Xtrac’s high precision gearboxes and innovative driveline components. “We’ve done some good business today,” said Cliff Hawkins, Xtrac’s Development Director. “For us it’s important to expand into new territories and today we’ve met people from France and Italy. The good thing is that people just turn up at our stand wanting to talk to us; it’s great for business.”

Also exhibiting its new products is suspension manufacturer Eibach, which displayed its latest range of competition and racing springs. The finest grades of high-tensile steel have been used in the 2012 lines to achieve class-leading block resistance, while many new fitments have been added. Present at today’s show was Wilfred Eibach, President of the Eibach Group, who said: “We’ve been coming to Autosport International for 23 years; in my opinion it’s the most important motorsport show in Europe. I’ve got a lot of respect for the organisers, who always provide us with a great show. The UK is very important to us and Autosport International is where we always start the year.”

As well as regular exhibitors, Autosport International also welcomed first-time attendee Bilstein, an expert in suspension design. “Autosport International has been part of our strategy in announcing Bilstein’s plans to the B2B audience and making them aware that they can now buy our products directly from a UK supplier,” said Anja Wallstein, Head of Marketing. “Our presence has been well received with many new enquiries. Following the success of 2012 we’re hoping to move from Autosport Engineering into the main show for 2013 to exhibit our products over four days and open up opportunities with the public.”

We have an image gallery focussing on the Lotus presence at this years show.

The official Press Release from Lotus.

Group Lotus Commercial Director Tony Schulp and Factory Driver Johnny Mowlem took to the Autosport Stage today to announce a  series of exciting new developments. For those of you who missed it, we’ll try to keep it top line…

LOTUS INKS ITS DRAGON TATTOO

Lotus has chosen the Autosport International Show to announce its full factory partnership with the Dragon Racing IndyCar team. Lotus Dragon Racing will be an official Lotus team, racing in the black and gold colours that are shared by the marque’s Formula One programme. Owned by Jay Penske – Chairman and CEO of the Penske Media Corporation, and son of US racing legend Roger Penske – Dragon Racing debuted in 2007, picking up fifth at the Indy 500 straight out of the box at the hands of Ryan Briscoe. In 2009, its first full season, Dragon driver Raphael Matos took the Rookie of the Year honours. In 2012, the Lotus Dragon Racing line up is a particularly strong one: Katherine Legge, the first female driver to win a major open-wheel race in North America, and four-time Champ Car Series champion and former F1 racer Sebastien Bourdais.

Claudio Berro, Group Lotus Director of Motorsport: Claudio Berro: “We are very pleased to be able to announce this new and exciting partnership with Dragon Racing today, a team which has demonstrated its potential and which we believe will achieve great success thanks to the Lotus IndyCar engine and the security of a major backer. Last year was Lotus’ first foray into this prestigious open-wheel series since Jim Clark won the Indy 500 back in 1965. We have a tremendous legacy in this sport, and are determined to become winners again. The American market is one of the most important to Lotus in terms of road car sales, hence our aggressive marketing strategies through US auto racing. We believe Lotus Dragon Racing and our other partner teams will give us the best opportunity to achieve our ambitious goals.”

INDIANA CLONES AND THE FAST CRUSADE

In 2012 no less than four teams with an anticipated minimum eights cars will be packing Lotus power in the IZOD IndyCar Series. The company’s all-new twin-turbo V6 has its first shakedown today at the Moroso circuit in Jupiter, Florida, with Lotus HVM driver Simona de Silvestro working the loud pedal. The engine program, which was announced in November 2010, has come together quickly without teething problems, and fire-ups away from the track have ticked all the boxes. Lotus Dragon Racing, Lotus HVM Racing, Lotus Bryan Herta Autosport, and Lotus Dreyer & Reinbold Racing are all confirmed as engine partners. The Autosport International Show marks the first public appearance of this ambitious powerplant.

Claudio Berro, Group Lotus Director of Motorsport: “The engine has performed extremely well so far, and we and our partners are very pleased with the results. We had our first fire-up in a Dallara chassis in Palma, Italy on 21-23 December, then the engine was sent to America, and today we’re having our first on-track shakedown, at Moroso, which is very exciting. On January 1^st we opened a Lotus facility inIndianapolis which will be ourUS engineering and logistics hub, so it’s all go. We’ve still got a lot of work to do before the start of the season, but I couldn’t be happier with the progress we’re making.

LOTUS MOTORSPORT BECOMES LOTUS RACING

In order to reflect the broad range of Lotus’ competition activities, Lotus Racing becomes the new umbrella name for Group Lotus’ racing division. All of our official works teams will now race in the evocative black and gold livery. These include the Lotus F1 Team, GP2 and GP3 team Lotus GP (formerly ART) and Lotus Dragon Racing. Partner teams, such as the Lotus-engined IndyCar teams Lotus Herta Autosport, Lotus Dreyer & Reinbold Racing will also run in black and gold with Lotus HVM Racing running in predominantly green, yellow and white. Customer teams have the option of running other classic Lotus liveries, such as Lotus Sport UK’s ‘Gold Leaf’ red, white and gold, which was raced to victory in the British GT Championship last year.

WELCOME TO THE CLUB

As mentioned earlier this week, Lotus has formed one of the most exclusive members clubs in the world – Lotus Club GT. It’s a gentlemen’s – or ladies – club with a difference. No leather Chesterfields, wood-panelled walls or cigar smoke – here, you’ll find bucket seats, carbon-panelling and the smell of burning rubber. It is the ultimate club for sports car enthusiasts. The club’s current entry requirements are met with the purchase of one of Lotus’ premium race-bred models – the Evora GT4 and Evora Enduro with club specification. Member benefits include one-to-one driver tuition catering for drivers of all abilities from our professional works drivers and the Lotus F1 Team. Members also receive exclusive VIP access to Lotus events, like going behind the scenes at the Lotus F1 Team’s high security HQ and in the pits at glamorous grands prix.

Matthew de Morgan, businessman and Lotus Club GT member: “You will enjoy it, and I think what you get out of it is more than what you give. We aren’t out there to be pseudo Michael Schumachers, we’re there to have fun competing, to enjoy ourselves in an environment which is safe, educational and challenging. I think this is what the GT club is all about. I didn’t come here with a previous history of driving cars round a track and having done it I’m delighted. Frankly it’s probably the best thing I’ve done for myself in the last ten years.”

Claudio Berro, Group Lotus Director of Motorsport: “Through all our activity on and off the track, we want to make the driver experience as incredible and unique as possible so creating the Lotus Club GT was a natural step for us. Our clients have come to expect more than just to be handed the car keys, they want to be part of the team and to really understand how to get the very most from their investment. Everything is tailored to match the individual expectations of our clients allowing them to truly realise their potential behind the wheel. So far the feedback we have had from members is fantastic – they really become part of the Lotus family”

Check out the Lotus Club GT in action here: www.4lot.us/motorsportvideos

F1 TEAM PIMPS OUR ULTIMATE RIDE

Lotus’ Formula One customer experience, the Type 125, has become even more F1, thanks to its final phase of development work by the Lotus F1 Team. Newly-announced driver Romain Grosjean put the car through its paces in Portugal recently as engineers honed the car’s set-up to replicate those of a current generation Formula One beast, while keeping it safe, easy to drive and reliable for Lotus’ private customers. A normal F1 car requires a huge crew just to start it up, yet the single-seat Type 125 can be fired up at the touch of a button. It’s 640bhp 3.5 litre Cosworth V8 engine is linked to a six-speed gearbox with paddle shift. It weights just 560kg resulting in a phenomenal power-to-weight of nearly 1000bhp per tonne. The Type 125 mule sits in a race bay at the team’s Enstone factory, where the 2012 F1 car is being prepared. It has now reached the end of its comprehensive development programme.

Romain Grosjean: “The idea was to bring the car as close as possible to F1 level. We needed a car that was close to the lap time of a Formula One car, but that was also easy to drive. Development is something that I love to do, and the Type 125 has been a really interesting project for me. Some things were quite funny, like the auto clutch the car has for when you leave the garage and the option of auto up-shift, which seemed odd the first time I used it – a bit like a computer game – but it works well. We achieved a strong level of performance and sensation, but it is not too hard or too on-the-limit to drive which is important, because this car is designed for private customers. We did a lot of laps during our three-day test in Portimao and we had no reliability issues at all. Everything worked perfectly.”

Arnaud Boulanger, Head of External Projects, Lotus F1 Team: “Lotus asked us to take on the Type 125 in September 2011 through to its final development. The programme was not to re-engineer the car completely, but to hone the set-up and the car’s performance envelope as close as possible to Formula One, and match the build quality to 2012 F1 standards, while also making it safe, reliable and easy to drive. We needed a car that was exhilarating to drive, that was reasonably forgiving, that was relatively easy to operate but that still offers extreme performance – very close to F1. Our programme had the added benefit of development from a current F1 driver, Romain Grosjean when he ran the car at Portimao in mid-November and gave us the valuable feedback we needed.

“Working closely with Group Lotus, we have managed to fulfill all our engineering objectives in a very short space of time. The performance is just a small step back from Formula One, so as to allow the practical aspects I mentioned, but still provide the F1 experience customers crave. It’s going to be very physical still, and not many drivers will be able to cope with more than a few flat-out laps. Drivers will be thrilled with the finished product.”

BACK TO BASICS

You’re never too old to drive a Lotus. You’re never too young either. Arguably the most fun, raw and inspirational racing machine on our stand in Birminghamis the new Lotus Racing Kart, built in Italyto the highest standards by Wildkarts. The official Lotus Racing Karts team will be evaluating drivers at the end of the month in Lonato, and will compete in the CIK-FIA KF1 Karting World Championship. Championship events will take place at Varennes sur Allier in France(29 April), Suzuka in Japan(20 May), Brandonin UK(22 July), Sarno in Italy(9 September) and Macau-Coloane (21 October).

Lotus Racing Karts has also set its sights on the Asia-Pacific zone and, represented by a Japanese partner, will form a team in the exciting All-Japan Championship.

Another important task for Lotus Racing Karts will be CIK-FIA «U18» Karting World Championship. This new series is aimed at promoting drivers between 15 and 18-years-old through an FIA World Championship in which costs are rigorously limited, in particular thanks to the free allocation of engines and tyres to all participants. Free? That’s not a word you hear often in this business, is it?

TEAM BULLRUN’S NEW BABY

Team Bullrun will be running a Lotus Evora GT4 in the 2012 Britcar MSA British Endurance Championship. The team has previously won the series’ production car titles, while the Evora placed a very credible third in the Britcar 24 Hours last October, but this will be the first full season’s racing for Lotus’ endurance model. Former Britcar Production Champions Richard Adams and David Green will be joined by 2011 BTCC driver Martin Byford. Formula Ford veterans Fluid Motorsport are joining forces with Bullrun to manage the team.

Team Bullrun refers to the US-based luxury rally in which fun-loving and cash-rich enthusiasts take the public roads by storm. Expect some eye-catching Lotus models as well as Burt Reynolds look-a-likes on the Bullrun this year, which kicks off inHollywoodon June 23 and promises seven days of high-octane hedonism. A few thousand miles from Tinsletown – and with no pressure to obey the rules of the road – the first round of the 2012 Britcar series will be held at Silverstone on March 24.

Claudio Berro, Group Lotus Director of Motorsport: “We are delighted that Bullrun share our view that the Evora could be a serious championship contender this year. It is clearly good news to see a British team, with a British car competing for a British title. The overall package Bullrun has managed to put together looks very strong and we look forward to closely following their progress throughout the season.”

Lindsay Allen, Fluid Motorsport co-founder: “We have been considering a move in GT racing for some time – the combination of Bullrun’s track record in Britcar, its trio of experienced drivers and our own race preparation and championship expertise should make for a very strong team. The new Lotus Evora package Bullrun have secured looks to be very competitive. We are very much looking forward to running this alongside our usual Formula Ford operations.”

UP FOR THE CUP

The Lotus Cup Series, which sees enthusiasts race wheel-to-wheel across the globe, is set for even more action this year. In addition to the Elises, Exiges and 2-Elevens that already make up the grids, we will be welcoming Evora V6 entrants worldwide, including the GTS and GTN variants. Lotus-On-Track, which runs the Cup, has its own stand at the Autosport Show 2520 with the GTS on display. Here, you can also view the GTS/N conversion kit, which will turn your production-spec Evora into an out-and-out racer. Bolt it on, and stand well back.

The Lotus Cup has proved massively popular, with 350 participants racing worldwide on some of the most challenging and legendary race tracks and this year there is the added incentive of a prize for the most successful Evora running in the 2012 Cup. Championships are held across theUK, Europe,Eastern Europe,Italy, theUSAandJapan, and we’re hoping to add some more territories in 2012.

Echoing our famous Formula One livery, the Lotus Cup gets a lick of paint this year and a new logo in keeping with the refreshed Lotus Racing brand strategy.

HOWDY PARTNERS

Lotus is pleased to announce a couple of new corporate partners to our racing stable.

OCS is an international facilities management company, which provides many businesses with cleaning, catering, security, waste and maintenance services – and, by partnering with Lotus Racing, it hopes to wipe the floor with the competition.

OAMPS is one of theUK’s leading independent insurance brokers, with a broad range of general and specialist insurance solutions – such as motor racing – as well as associated environmental, health and safety services. Partnering one of the most successful marques in motorsport they, too, are in safe hands.

Both brands will be carried on our GT championship Evoras. In addition, on the stand at the NEC, we have a Petronas-plastered Evora GT4. Our collaboration with the Malaysian petrochemical giant is going from strength-to-strength and it’s great to have their growing support.

A PETROLHEAD’S SMORGASBORD

Lotus’ stand at Autosport International is showing off some of our most exciting track-born and race-bred models. In addition to the Petronas-sponsored Evora GT4, in which Lotus Sport UK scored two wins during its maiden season of British GT, we’re displaying a Lotus Renault GP F1 car; the black-and-gold R31 took podiums in the Australian and Malaysian grands prix last year. Then there’s the Evora GT Enduro, our new 440bhp evolution of the GT4, which will be used in the Lotus Club GT. Finally, the NEC boasts the sensational Evora GTE – the ultimate road-going Lotus and by far the most powerful too. With its aggressive face and eye watering stats, it stole the show at last summer’s Pebble Beach Concours, so we were compelled to put it into production.

Team Bullrun have announced that they are to take deliver of a new Lotus Evora GTC in time for the first round of the Championship at the Silverstone GP Circuit on 24th March 2012. An Evora GT4 secured a very credible third place in the Britcar 24 Hour Race in October 2011 however this is the first time the new endurance model from Lotus will compete for an overall Championship title in 2012. Former Britcar Production Champions Richard Adams and David Green will be joined by 2011 BTCC driver Martin Byford.

Group Lotus Motorsport Director Claudio Berro said:

“We are delighted that Team Bullrun share our view that the Evora could be a serious Championship contender this year. It’s great to see a British team with a British car competing for a British title. The overall package Bullrun has managed to put together looks very strong and we look forward to closely following their progress throughout the season.”

Lotus ART will have a new name, but the identity and values of the team remain the same. Starting in 2012, and for the upcoming seasons, the team led by Frédéric Vasseur and Nicolas Todt will continue its commitment in the GP2 and GP3 Series championships under the name Lotus, with the colours that brought glory to the auto brand, Black and Gold.

The Priocept sponsored Exige has been the leading Lotus throughout 2011 in the Britcar MSA British Endurance Championship, battling all season against Ferraris, Porsches, Ginettas and Lambos in three and four hour races.

The car is prepared and run by Lotus specialist GT4 Motorsport at Brands Hatch in Kent.  In November 2011 the team competed in the final round of the championship, a three hour night race at Brands Hatch.

“Priocept Racing – Into The Night 2011″ is a short film that tells the story of the team’s preparations and endeavours on race weekend.

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