This is a joke, right?

[ronin]

Oh come on now, you don't think it's funny that this fool doesn't even know what's been done to his cars...

The Lotuses you tricked out for you and your wife, are they Evoras?

They’re Evoras. They’re stretched and wide-bodied and carbon-ed out. Tight. Chromed. Because, like, our thing is, before we get into our new bodies, you know, we want to just have a nice big bang with the Evora, because I think that it never had its chance. You know, we got it in paddle-shift now, so it’s not only stick. Because in the States, people want to do automatic and paddle shift, it’s not really too much people that are driving sticks now a days, even though we still have that option.

[Exploded]

This guy really stands for all things which Lotus isn't, imho. Really unbelieveable.

[Kimbers]

"Swizz is a huge car guy.."

"And then I got one of those big jeeps.

A Grand Cherokee?

No, no the big Wrangler-looking one. The one that everybody’s driving. You know, like the special-ops Jeep.

The four-door Jeep Wrangler?

Yeah.

Wow not only does he know his cars but he even knows the cars he owns.....NOT!

Is it just me or is the interviewer subtley taking the piss?

[Stirling_Villeneuve]

It's worse than I could possibly have imagined, I don't blame Swizz though... DB offered him cash, cars and something for his CV. Swizz just did his thing.... which sadly has nothing to do with what Lotus are about!

ps Any idea when the 'Tricked out editions' will be in the showrooms?

[ramjet]

"Swizz is a huge car guy.."

Maybe by huge the reporter means tall?

[Exploded]

Maybe by huge the reporter means tall?

Nah, it's probably car size he refers to. You know Lotus are so famous for it's 4x4-big engined-jeep-style-cars...

My favorite right now is the [Porsche] Panamera, because it’s got room in the back, a bigger space—it’s a family car.

We're doomed!!!!!!!

Lotus can't even develop a proper new sportscar these days, we're 2.5 years in the Bahar story and there is not a single new car nearing production...

Edited January 25, 2012 by Exploded

[Stirling_Villeneuve]

Mind you, there's a good chance Swizz understands the US market better than us Brits ever will. I just saw this US Lotus dealers ad for the an Elise SC...

"

Final Edition, Ardent Red, Sport Pack, Black Pack, Not Even A Little Bit Cute.

'Cute, the Elise looks cute. It looks like it's smiling! Hehe! Like a happy little lady bug happily going from plant to plant sharing adventures with all its friends in the bug kingdom!'

Stop thinking that. Stop that right now. This 2011 Lotus Elise SC Final Edition in Ardent Red is not cute. Like a prom queen that dyes her hair jet-black after joining some punk neo-medieval band, the matte black elements say that when this car rocks, it rocks hard. The only reason it's smiling is because it knows something you don't... Yet.

Sport Pack, Black Pack, Touring Pack, Star Shield, traction control, and absolutely no cute."

[basalte]

"To make a hit record, that means you can probably do anything in the world".

That got me to daydreamin`.....

"....as a result of his hit record "Happiness" , the stylist behind that zippy new sports-model motorcar the TR6 following his rapport with Triumph -just back from his lecture tour explaining the visionary biogenetics behind his successful cure for cancer-

please welcome....Mr. Ken Dodd !"

Hmmm....

[ronin]

Quote Swizzel :

“Wow! What’s that?” It doesn’t matter if there’s a million-dollar car parked next to that, it’s going to outshine it, you know, just because it’s something new, something fresh, something that hasn’t been done, something that, even if it’s been done, it wasn’t affordable.

Oh look it's parked next to a $1.4 M car and no need for old tachy chrome paint..

I should listen to Swizzle : “Man, if Swizz can go and be the vice president of this company, then I could probably be the CEO.”

Edited January 25, 2012 by ronin

[ronin]

Insider's news

Quote:

Originally Posted by

HKFEVER

How many Evora is in USA? I guess not that much.

US just shipped 300 to China. And Chinese rich guys only care about Ferrari & Lambo not Lotus.

HK only get 40 may be not.

You guys shall call Thomas up and arrange a group buy

Just confirmed with some friends that work for Lotus, China only got 128 Evora, and managed to sell 2 only

And Chinese Dealer want to sell the GTE at RMB 3.5 million (USD554K), Chinese Dealer is out of their mind.

[Iconic Ride]

But what a brilliant business strategy! Sell the car at five times the normal list price, and you only have to sell one fifth as many cars!

[ronin]

Good for the dealer bad for Lotus....

[B33 ENN]

That’s a ’65 Ford Shelby GT350?

Yep. Like the one in “Gone In 60 Seconds.” And then I got one of those big jeeps.

I haven't seen the film in a long time but I always thought Eleanor was a 1967 Shelby Mustang GT500.

[Bibs]

This paint finish looks familiar?

[ramjet]

Maybe the paint finish is Mansory's and not even a product of His Swizziness?

And from that video I can only surmise that an Aventador can not corner any faster than about 30km/h.

[Stirling_Villeneuve]

Are you saying Swizzle didn't formulate the colour himself from rare pigments he discovered while scouring the globe? Do honestly believe he'd didn't mix the exact shade by hand before spraying the car himself?

[Bibs]

It's not the colour that's the point, it's that his is meant to be the first and only chrome red painted car in the world and it seems like Lotus partner Mansory are painting other cars using the same paint. Coincidence?

[Moxie]

Maybe they had a surplus of mylar from the Swizz Evoras they didn't sell. (Did they sell any?)

[Exploded]

Rumour has it, but I can not confirm this, there was only 1 full Mansory Evora sold (to date). Of friend of mine owns it.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/maximdeknock/7227226538/

[Bibs]

This isn't about the Mansory Evora Gert...

[Exploded]

it (colour scheme) looks almost identical to the car that Swizzle drives though.

[Bibs]

That's flat red, the USP of the Swizzle's car is that the paint is chrome - it's also a GTE.

[Kimbers]

So the Chrome monstrosity is Swizzle Sticks then?

[Bibs]

Eh? Have you just woke up from a coma?

[Kimbers]

No just got back online after a good weekend. Don't you ever read my FB updates?