Lotus Evora S review: Lotus Evora S    • 1   • 2   • 3   • 4   •
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stars  CNET Editors' Rating  The Good Agile handling; gorgeous
looks; fast.  The Bad Awful multimedia system; clunky gear
change; not very practical.   8.3 Overall  Lotus is a pioneer as
far as driver-orientated racing technology is concerned, but the
company has often lagged behind its rivals when it comes to
creating cars with modern, passenger-focused creature comforts.
Its newest effort, however, the four-seater Evora, is designed
to show that the Norwich-based company isn't actually run by
Mormons and is indeed partial to the odd luxury.  To discover
whether this is indeed the case, we hopped into the supercharged
£57,550 Evora S model, which is a rival to the Porsche 911 and
Cayman.   The standard Evora is fast, make no mistake. Its
3.5-litre V6 engine churns out a very respectable 276bhp and
it'll do 0-60mph in a whiplash-inducing 4.9 seconds. But even
this level of grunt isn't