Lotus Eterne: The Vision

The Statement of Intent








Enter the Eterne, the four door super saloon from Lotus. If the Elite is
elegance incarnate then the Eterne is elegance redefined.
The Eterne is a true four door, four seater sports GT. It?s the ultimate
expression of refined style, sophistication and grace. But wait. An elegant,
graceful sports car? Surely not.
A sports car by definition can?t be graceful. Powerful, exciting, aggressive
yes, but not graceful. Yet here it is, the ultimate paradox - the Eterne.
Power and grace, performance and elegance, beauty and strength all in
one stunning package.
With a 5.0 litre pressure charged V8 engine delivering up to 620 PS the
Eterne is aiming for best in class performance and efficiency.
In keeping with the rest of the new line-up, the Eterne will benefit from
hybrid technology.
Dany Bahar, Chief Executive Officer of Group Lotus, said: ?The Eterne
is sensational to look and as with the rest of the range it also over delivers
in all other aspects as well. Similar to the Elite, it?s a car of perfect
contradictions, it?s compact yet spacious, high performing yet low emitting,
relative lightweight yet still reassuringly solid.?
?We truly believe that there is a market for the Eterne, there is nothing else
like it out there both in terms of design, capacity and performance. The
biggest difference between the Eterne and it?s class competitors is that it?s
not an evolution of an existing two-door model, it?s a deliberate and
considered stand-alone creation. It?s the ultimate four door sports car.?
Sometimes there are no rules to be broken, so it is time to define them
instead.

Eterne Specification *

Layout: 4 seater, front-mid-engined, rear wheel drive,
all wheel drive is optional
Engine: Petrol, hybrid optional
Hybrid Technology: Hybrid gearbox with integrated electric motors
and KERS
Cylinder: V8
Capacity: 5.0 litre
Power/Torque: 620 PS / 720 Nm
Rev limit: 8,500 rpm
0-100 km/h: 4.0 seconds
Top speed: 315 km/h
CO? approx (CO?/km): 220 g/km**
Weight: 1,800 kg
Seats: 4
Transmission: Full Hybrid transmission
Drive: RWD, AWD optional
Start of production: Early 2015
Enters the market: Spring 2015
Price indication: Circa £120,000
*Please refer to the ?Further Information? section in the Media Kit for
information relating to this specification.
**Using optional hybrid