Paris Auto Show - 2015 Lotus Eterne A Four Door Sports Coupe
Monday, October 11, 2010
The 2015 Eterne’s powertrain will combine a sophisticated 5,0 liter V8 engine by Lexus tuned by Lotus with an optional hybrid power and KERS. Also an added bonus is the available AWD. The Eterne provides seating for four passengers in an 1,800-kilo package. The power plant gives a total output of 620 HP and 720 NM of torque which will help the Eterne to sprint from 0 to 60 mph in 4 seconds and hit a top speed of 195 mph.
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 biggest difference between the Eterne and it's class competitors is that it's not an evolution of an existing two-door model, it's a deliberate and considered stand-alone creation. It's the ultimate four door sports car."
Press Release
Dany Bahar, Chief Executive Officer of Group Lotus, said: “The Eterne is sensational to look and as with the rest of the range it also over delivers in all other aspects as well. Similar to the Elite, it’s a car of perfect contradictions, it’s compact yet spacious, high performing yet low emitting, relative lightweight yet still reassuringly solid.”
“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 biggest difference between the Eterne and it’s class competitors is that it’s not an evolution of an existing two-door model, it’s a deliberate and considered stand-alone creation. It’s the ultimate four door sports car.”
Sometimes there are no rules to be broken, so it is time to define them instead.
“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 biggest difference between the Eterne and it’s class competitors is that it’s not an evolution of an existing two-door model, it’s a deliberate and considered stand-alone creation. It’s the ultimate four door sports car.”
Sometimes there are no rules to be broken, so it is time to define them instead.
Specifications
- Layout 4 seater, front-mid-engined, rear wheel drive, all wheel drive is optional
- Engine Petrol, hybrid optional
- Hybrid Technology Hybrid gearbox with integrated electric motors and KERS
- Cylinder V8
- Capacity 5.0 litre
- Power/Torque 620 PS / 720 Nm
- Rev limit 8,500 rpm
- 0-100 km/h 4.0 seconds
- Top speed 315 km/h
- CO2 approx (CO2/km) 220 g/km**
- Weight 1,800 kg
- Seats 4
- Transmission Full Hybrid transmission
- Drive RWD, AWD optional
- Start of production Early 2015
- Enters the market Spring 2015
- Price indication Circa £120,000
