It has been said that the R&D of the V8 engine alone cost Lotus £5.5 million – staggering when you consider that the entire Elise budget came in at just £4 million. However, when you ...

Succumbing to market expectations and looming pressure from new affordable supercars like the Acura NSX, Lotus got rid of the age-old 2.2-liter four-banger and launched a new 350-horsepower V8 ...

Lotus officials confirmed to Autoblog that the automaker is working on its own 4.8-liter V8 that will power the mid-engine Esprit, along with the front-engine Elite and Eterne.

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The most exciting model is the new Lotus Elise which will cost £35,000 when it goes on sale in Spring 2015 and uses a 2.0-litre engine with 320bhp. There was also an exciting debut for the Lotus ...