First 50 miles

robin · Post by **robin** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 1:41 am

Lawrence wrote:

Campbell's report will follow

That is the picture that will sell them ...

Robin

robin · Post by **robin** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 1:44 am

Lawrence wrote:
Tom wrote:

ps what does peter frith do? i'm sure i recognise the name..
wolfsonmicro perhaps?

Funny that, I was talking to the IT bod at wolfson just earlier today by coincidence ...
Robin

ryallm · Post by **ryallm** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 11:18 am

Car looks great

Like the colour, but for some reason I thought you had ordered it in scandal green

I think it is a real shame that the Europa has received such mixed reviews in the press, as I suspect Lotus would shift a lot more if they could just get more people to drive it. Must be plenty of folk who would enjoy Elise-like driver involvement with a bit more refinement. It also has masses of tuning potential - chipped to 250ish bhp (with way more torque than an SC Yota), A048s and stiffer suspension and it could be a bit of a track weapon as well as a great road car. Wonder if Lotus have plans for a Europa R?

Mark

GregR · Post by **GregR** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 1:37 pm

Lawrence, that looks stunning!

Good work mate

Post by **campbell** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 6:54 pm

ryallm wrote:Wonder if Lotus have plans for a Europa R?

Mark

As soon as I noticed them revise the Elise badging to go S then R, I began to believe a Europa R would arrive at some point. Stands to reason really..."If you can, you should..."

And Mark, I think you could be quite close re: the spec! Only extra bit would be the Targa roof. Then I *really* would want one.

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rossybee · Post by **rossybee** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:53 am

Lawrence, I echo what others have said - looks very nice indeed, different enough from an Elise/Exige to be a seperate model in its own right

Now I've seen the pics, the colour choice is superb - anything lairy such as Krypton would've been plain wrong

Look fwd to seeing for real even more now

Post by **campbell** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 11:46 am

rossybee wrote:Now I've seen the pics, the colour choice is superb - anything lairy such as Krypton would've been plain wrong

yeah, we'll leave that for the Europa R...or Chrome Orange even

The Hoff · Post by **The Hoff** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 12:35 pm

Lovely car

.. I slated it myself.. until I saw it for real.. There was one parked next to my exige in the showroom at Hexham, and I thought to myself.. "wouldn't it be nice to have them both.. Europa for during the week and the exige for the weekend..".

enjoy!

Cowan

ryallm · Post by **ryallm** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 4:51 pm

Just noticed a thread over on Seloc about the Europa with this photo of a one at Plans Motorsport with lowered suspension and bigger wheels/tyres. Looks great

Mark

thinfourth · Post by **thinfourth** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 4:55 pm

if i was going to buy an elise it would defiantly be an europa

If that makes sense

PhilA · Post by **PhilA** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 5:04 pm

how much are they?

i saw one in 2005 at lotus' place in norwich.
was a silver one - was being driven about the factory.
first view was of it from behind as it went round a wee roundabout.

instantly thought "nice"