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Written by Craig Jamieson
The truly addictive part of a Lotus isn"t how it feels to drive. It"s what happens when you get out of it and into roughly anything else. Unless you"re getting out of one Lotus and into another, chances are that in car number two, everything will feel wrong. And it"s an unnerving feeling to realise that, in most modern cars, you"re connected to the driving experience in about the same way that Mike Tyson and Neil Degrasse Tyson are connected. And that"s really what Lotus"s core motivations seems to be: connection between car, driver and road by eliminating distractions. Yes, they"re fast by almost any standard you care to mention zero to 60 in less than four seconds in the Elise Cup 250, the same in the Evora GT410 and just 3.3 in the Exige Sport 410 but that"s not their defining characteristic. That, in fact, is the point entirely no one part of the car should overwhelm any other. There"s such an inherent balance, an immediate and constant feeling of harmony between components that makes a Lotus inviting and comfortable within minutes, even for a novice. There"s an unmistakable feeling of being the central point that the car pivots around, faultlessly neutral and reactive.
Date written: 23 Jul 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 16375
The truly addictive part of a Lotus isn"t how it feels to drive. It"s what happens when you get out of it and into roughly anything else. Unless you"re getting out of one Lotus and into another, chances are that in car number two, everything will feel wrong. And it"s an unnerving feeling to realise that, in most modern cars, you"re connected to the driving experience in about the same way that Mike Tyson and Neil Degrasse Tyson are connected. And that"s really what Lotus"s core motivations seems to be: connection between car, driver and road by eliminating distractions. Yes, they"re fast by almost any standard you care to mention zero to 60 in less than four seconds in the Elise Cup 250, the same in the Evora GT410 and just 3.3 in the Exige Sport 410 but that"s not their defining characteristic. That, in fact, is the point entirely no one part of the car should overwhelm any other. There"s such an inherent balance, an immediate and constant feeling of harmony between components that makes a Lotus inviting and comfortable within minutes, even for a novice. There"s an unmistakable feeling of being the central point that the car pivots around, faultlessly neutral and reactive.
Date written: 23 Jul 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 16375
