Lotus Europa S

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Lotus releases the first information on the new large model, Europe S. the car is this time no Spartan sportscar, but twoseater GT. In the best tradition of lotus Europe S is a lightweight. The car weighs only 995 kilos; that has been reached through the use of an aluminium chassis. For coachwork and much botsenergie botsenergie-absorbing share it has been used of composite. Lotus promises that Europe S has a larger luggage space in comparison with the Elise and easier to get in because the chassis is lower and the roof line a bit higher. The car stands on an extended chassis of the Elise. All Europa's have leather lining, two airbags and with moquettes interieur dressed. Europe s has 2,0-liter Opel engine placed in the middle an engine with 203 pk and 263 Nm cross-belt. It helps the new lotus to a sprint of 0 to 100 in 5.5 seconden and the sprint from stilstand to 160 km/u confiscates about 14 seconden. The maximum speed is 225 km/u. In July 2006 the production of the new model starts. In Malaysia at mother company did not do believe proton, such as rumours, but simply at the thuisbasis in the British Hethel. On all markets where lotus is present, Europe s is added to the programme. Continue burn America and Canada however of the model. For Great Britain lotus gives vanafprijs up of 49,000 pond. In that class fall also the jaguar XK8, corvette the C6 or new Marcos TSO. Concerning some time the programmeprogramme programme is completed with a continuator of the esprit. That large sportwagen with potent V8 becomes the hanging out the flag ship of lotus.