Lotus Emira Turbo SE is an alternative to Porsche: Review

From the beginning, Lotus achieved a winner in the nation. The concept was simple, but effective: buyers wanted to feel the famous Lotus driving with the cup holder. They wanted hot seats, but they also feel like Jim Clark in their morning transportation. They wanted superior looks without a price.

The plan was a dangerous snapshot of international sports cars. Lotus was even the “R” variable of business to increase the battle to Porsche, according to Lotus former Lotus cars in Europe Matt Windel.

After years of updating injection, exiges, and Evoras, Lotus Finally, he had the golden goat. At least, this was the idea. Now, a few years after this initial launch, the image looks a little different.

Lotus recently spread Privatization A collection to keep people keen on 2026. There are now three versions to choose from: The Turbo, Turbo SE and V-6 SE. The first and last cars were present for a while … somewhat.

The basic Turbo gets Turbo IT-Line IT-Line Sound from AMG with 360 hp (exactly like the first four guaranteed car), and V-6 SE uses the same capacity of 400 hp, Supercharged SuPradged with a capacity of 3.5-liter that was dancing with it for years. It is not a break, not fixing it.

Turbo SE is the place where things become interesting. The AMG Motor Melty is running to suit 400 hp from the V-6, while it gets a torque with 354 pounds. It is more than 62 miles per hour, too, to 4.0 seconds, and it will continue to tickle the enjoyable side of 181 miles per hour.

Pros: Divine Condition, Chuffing quickly, still looks new

New SE trim, though. It mainly throws a set of tools in the V-6 and Turbo-Sciffer Spring Susope, the path of the pathway, and different angle objects. A lot of things. In essence, everything is about choice. However, it can be said that the latest member of the squad is the most amazing option in the group.

As you can see, the princess has always been a little more spending than, perhaps, she should be. The promised initial entry fee is never fulfilled for known reasons, which means that the new collection can be a difficult square for the circle.

In the UK, the main Turbo begins with a price of 79,500 pounds (107,901 dollars), Turbo SE 89,500 pounds (121,478 dollars), and costs V-6 SE 96,500 pounds (130,974 dollars). Not small money. However, the car in the middle comes with a lot of games, and it is much fastest-less than the cost of V-6.

Well, you cannot have a special stick with the AMG engine, but it seems that this is the only “big” negative aspect. No, it’s not cheap, but Lotus is not about this type of things these days.

Negatives

Emira’s appearance has not changed much since its launch as well. You can get it in new colors (green and purple), but the only tricks that you were in a newer car is a Dinky badge on B-Pillar, which tells you what is in the middle.

The interior remains on the narrow side, but all you may need is on hand. The information and entertainment are well studied, and you will not end up screaming in the menus while you jump from something to something. Apple CarPlay also works well, and your podcast will look appropriately comfortably thanks to the car’s stea.

You satisfy the keys, as with most things, it is easy to reach. Since the start of its operation, the start/stop button has been hidden under a bright red cage that needs to be uploaded to get good things. It is an elegant part of the drama that starts from every journey with some fun. There is a decent noise on startup, but since it is four points, it is not the most dramatic thing in the world. Certainly V-6 is the best there, but this is before you give it some mercy.

Turbo Four Turbo Four is common, nourishing, and tells you, allowing you to know that he got a great turbo that loves to enjoy. When making progress, it’s a happy thing. But on the highway, it can be a little. Simple dust from your ankle makes a lot of urgency sounds, good for bombing, less than that when you want to overcome the slow Honda Civic.

Lotus tried to maintain the princess weight, but the days and weight of the feather and lines have long been given. Weighs 3,212 pounds. All carpets, air bags, and screens affect.

But this does not mean that the good “OL Lotus Sparkle” has been given. Far from that.

Find the right path and Emira Turbo SE magic. Lotus direction remains some of the best in the game. The way you communicate through your fingers, and how it tells you everything that is going on under the foreground, while being completely likely and advanced, is a treatment every time.

Sitting low, near the front wheels, which gives an enjoyable impression of the additional speed. But it is unnecessary. This is really very fast. It is the fastest Emera that you can buy, and you feel it.

The way the torque is mixed with low weight, the princess slides on the road pleasantly. Where the oldest Lotus sports cars needed that their necks meet to reach a pace, the AMG engine makes you there. There are a few driving modes: tour, for today, keep things quiet (ISH); Sport raises noise and leadership aggression. The path makes everything angry, and it prohibits traction control, which gives it a holiday. None of them changes the damping, though.

With a lot of fist, ridiculous torque and great brakes, the emara se Very good thing. Unfortunately, this is not perfect.

The big is the gearbox. The transformation through the gears is not forward, this is fast and easy like a double clutch. No, they are two other things. The first is the feeling of a glory. When you choose to switch your gears, not every tension is rewarded for a click or anything meaningful. It is a kind of heavy housing, and it is not very satisfactory at all.

The second problem is the amount of time that the shift from the front to the opposite. If you need to play a three -point role in the wild, you need to prepare the car and apply the brakes and turn the lever in the direction you want to go and wait. And wait more. In the end, the box will remember what is the primary purpose of life and participation.

If your foot is not difficult enough on the brakes, although the gearbox will refuse the shift completely and you will end up reviving your shiny sports car at an angle in the middle of a crowded road. People will stare. Well, they will be shown. People who prohibit you may grow. It is not a gearbox for people in a hurry.

Spring Group is not available on Turbo Se’s Sport Set (the most soft “spring group) brilliantly with UK roads. It is a problem in the UK more than a lotus problem, but if you are not a fan of the most difficult cars, think about the most soft alternative.

The price may be difficult for some. After all, for a car not Porsche, it’s a lot of money. This will make some people cross, and will confuse others. People who take this diving, will love it, and enjoy the accidental stand.