Might this be a Cayman competitor from Lotus?



Lotus Eagle

CAR has supposedly scored the first (and only) picture of the Lotus Eagle ahead of its unveiling at the London Motor Show next week. A 3.5-liter Toyota V6 mounted amidships, producing 276 hp and 250 lb.-ft. of torque will power the new 2+2. Performance estimates are sketchy right now, but assuming Lotus holds with tradition and keeps the pounds off, the 0-60 time should be below five seconds, with a top speed approaching 160 mph.

Price is estimated at 45k GBP and before everyone bemoans that it will cost $90k, the Cayman S starts at 44,250 GBP in the UK.



It looks pretty interesting, I wonder if it will make it over here. I also wonder why the low power output from the V-6? If Toyota can get 300+ from the same engine for the IS, why couldnt Lotus do the same?

 

Perhaps to leave room for an Eagle S?

 

Probably not a Cayman fighter, per se, as it is a 2+2.

IMHO, that design study is not attractive.

 

needs more power out of the 3.5L, but I'm sure it's nothing the aftermarket tuner companies can't fix.

pure HAWTNESS. pics of the rear?

 

holy crap that thing is beautiful.....id totally hit it

 

huh. I guess I'd consider this alongside the porsche, but not if it was stripped down to the bone like the elise/exige...which it probably will be.

 

isn't the lotus concept that has been around forever? i forget the name... it was even made into a 1:60 scale hot wheel car about 6 years ago....

 

here is an ebay picture of the 2002 hotwheel treasure hunt Lotus 250. isn't that the same design?



better picture of a regular release from 2001

 

Looks good, but I think I actually like the Elise look better. Looks like a Tesla with GT-R-like roofline..

 

Actually the more I look at it the more I think it looks like a baby Koenigsegg: