Lotus Emira

11 May 2024

Lotus has revealed pricing the Emira V6 First Edition, the range-topping variant of its latest sports car. As you’d expect from the name. the First Edition packs in all the extras you can get, and provides them for £75,995.

There are four options packs on offer right now, though customers can only pick Emiras with a V6 powerplant – order books for the smaller inline-four powertrain will open later this year.

The Lotus Emira reinvents the sportscar, with class-leading driving dynamics, exotic looks, and enhanced comfort for everyday usability.

It is everything you would expect from a Lotus, but like nothing you have seen before.

The 3.5-litre V6 will produce 394bhp with either a manual or auto transmission, while the AMG motor, which arrives later, is good for 355bhp and drops CO2 below 180g/km. Lotus is targeting a sub-4.5-second 0-62mph time and a top speed of up to 180mph – pretty much exactly the same performance figures from Porsche’s 718 Cayman GTS 4.0 and Alpine’s A110S.

The Emira was conceived from the start as a 2+0, freeing up space for ‘a flight case in the boot and two suitcases behind the seats’, positively impacting the design and the rest of the cabin. There are even cupholders, door bins and storage cubbies.