Feast Your Eyes On The Special Black And Gold Lotus Evora Headed Only For The US

The Lotus Evora Sport 410 GP Edition is a US-only special model based on a colour scheme made famous by cigarette advertising in 1970s Formula 1, and it's really, really pretty

Matt Kimberley

07 Apr 2017

Feast Your Eyes On The Special Black And Gold Lotus Evora Headed Only For The US

Lotus is launching yet another new-but-not-really special edition of the Evora, this time for the US only. It’s rather pretty, too.

The Evora Sport 410 GP Edition takes the brilliant Sport 400, chops out 60kg of flab and adds a lick of black and gold paint inspired by 1970s Lotus F1 cars. It’s acting as a sort of halo model to introduce the 410 to the States, where up to now the 400 has been the best available.

Let’s be honest, it looks stunningly good. More cars should be painted black and gold. Frankly, you could paint a Nissan Micra black and gold and it would be cool. Leave your example renders below if you like…

Lotus has suggested a strange ordering setup, because while this exact special edition is limited to just five cars, buyers who don’t make the cut can apparently still order an Evora Sport 410 in this colour scheme anyway. It’s essentially the same spec as the version we’ve already seen in the UK, so count on a top speed of 190mph and the ability to smash the 0-62mph sprint in 3.9 seconds.

It shares the same 3.5-litre supercharged V6 we know and love, in combination with a lightweight flywheel, a limited-slip differential and water-to-air charge cooling. The wheels are special lightweight items that save 7.2kg, the titanium exhaust saves 10kg and a lithium-ion battery saves 10.8kg.

Prices start at $104,200 excluding taxes, and rise to $110,000 for the full GP Edition. A Porsche 911 Carrera S might be about $10,000 cheaper, but is it better? That’s a tough one.

Comments

ANOTHER ONE SPECIAL EDITION THAT WILL COST ALOT BECUZ “LIMITED EDITION!”

lol

Why wont they “Lotus” have it in the UK?
Sorry that was a really horrible pun.

am i the only one who think this one is more beautiful than Sport 410 GP?

Well, the Esprit is a better looking car, so that probably helps

I think you can order pretty much any colour combo you like if you are willing to pay for it, so I don’t really see the point in these ‘special edition’ styling cars. The only possible reason I can think of is that maybe most people who buy these don’t have the imagination to spec the car themselves.

Ordering it to spec is half the point of buying any car new, I don’t get the mentality of walking into a showroom and going “That one will do, I hate the colour and the engine, but it has __“.

Just go, “Yeah, I want this colour, at least that engine, and these are the extras I want”. If I wanted to just make do with what it has, I’d buy it after it’s been devalued a bit