When you think of supercars, what brands pop into your head? Is it Porsche, Ferrari or McLaren? Admittedly, these are the legends of the sports car industry, but there is a brand with a purer "running" taste, it is a sports car brand from the United Kingdom, the former Lotus, now Lotus!
At the 2019 Guangzhou Auto Show, Lotus Evija was unveiled, and new options were added to the shopping lists of supercar players. As a Hyper Car, the Lotus Evija sells for as much as 21.88 million yuan, which is almost 10 million more expensive than the Porsche 918 Spyder and McLaren P1. The focus is on the global limit of 130 vehicles, and the Chinese market has only a quota of 5 vehicles.
Why does Lotus Evija dare to sell so expensive? Is it too crazy or is it really strong?
Bloodline purity is where the bottom line lies
In 1948, Lotus founder Chapman built a racing car for local racing. He named the car "Lotus Mark 1", and Chapman has been tight-lipped about the reason for the name Lotus, but rumors say it is to show his love for his girlfriend.
This was the beginning of Lotus, since then, Lotus has won 7 F1 manufacturer annual championships, 6 drivers' annual championships, countless races, so that the history of F1 racing is deeply engraved with this legendary and great name.
It is the eternal truth of the collecting world that rare things are precious, and the collections on the "spires" in various fields are counted, and the smaller the amount of existence, the higher the price. The same is true for sports cars. As one of the world's three major sports car manufacturers with Porsche and Ferrari, Lotus's Elise, Exige and Evora have been discontinued, and the rare and unrepeatable amount makes it particularly sought-after in the second-hand car market, especially the Exige, which is in good condition, with a yearly increase of nearly 200,000, known as the "financial artifact" of the second-hand car industry.
As Lotus's transformation of the electric era, the world's limited edition of 130 units, China's only 5 units quota of Evija has the scarcity of top collections, at the same time, Lotus has also made sufficient efforts, regardless of the cost of the use of the latest technology, the most advanced materials, and innovative use of the "porosity" aerodynamic design concept, the achievement of Evija's status.
From the appearance point of view, Evija adopts fluid modeling + scissor door design, which is very visually impactful. At the same time, Lotus integrates the aerodynamic design concept and the pursuit of lightweight accumulated in the 74-year brand history, with a unique "porosity" design, coupled with a one-piece molded carbon fiber monomer shell chassis and other technologies, so that Evija has won the title of "the world's lightest mass production pure electric supercar". Based on data calculations, Evija, with its own aerodynamic design, can theoretically drive upside down on the ceiling at extreme speed, which fully demonstrates Lotus's technical strength in the field of aerodynamics.
As Lotus's first pure electric supercar, the Evija body and interior are heavily made of carbon fiber, and the vehicle quality is only 1680 kg.
To achieve the best aerodynamic efficiency, the Evija underwent rigorous wind tunnel testing, with a large number of in-flow designs, especially the large inlets at the rear, which provide sufficient downforce while greatly reducing the drag coefficient.
Finally, let's take a look at the performance report card of Evija: the maximum power is 2000 horsepower, the peak torque is 1700 Nm, the acceleration time from zero to 100 kilometers is 3 seconds, and the maximum speed is 320 km/h - such a performance can be called the ceiling of pure electric supercar, right?
Since the birth of the car, although the car has undergone earth-shaking changes in the rapid development of technology, there are also people who have stuck to the original intention and have never changed: Lotus, which single-handedly pulled the sports car into the aerodynamic era, continues to continue the spirit of "pursuing the ultimate" to this day, and continues to climb the new peak of aerodynamic design. For example, the aforementioned Evija, as well as Lotus's first high-end pure electric smart SUV - TYPE 132, which will be launched in the world on March 29 this year.
According to the available data, the new car is based on the EPA architecture and uses an industry-leading 800V high-voltage system. At the same time, TYPE 132 will also reflect Lotus's latest research results in the field of aerodynamics, a variety of "black technology" blessing, so that type 132's 0-100 km / h acceleration time is expected to reach 3 seconds, performance is worth looking forward to.
According to the performance and other information speculation, the price of the new car may be more than one million yuan, but Lotus has not yet expressed its position, and everything is still unknown.
In the upcoming new car, how will Lotus pass on more than 70 years of blood track genes? Does the industry call the "Most Anticipated Ultra luxury car of the year" the TYPE 132 truly deserved? Let's look forward to it together.