Million Dollar Italian Supercar Matched by $120,000 Lotus for Car of the Year Title

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MILLION DOLLAR ITALIAN SUPERCAR MATCHED BY $120,000 LOTUS FOR CAR OF THE YEAR TITLE T

The Lotus Exige S, which is set to arrive in Australia early in the New Year with a price E

of around $120,000, has tied with the $1.2 million Pagani Huayra for the prestigious F

Car of the Year title awarded by ‘evo’, the UK’s leading performance car magazine. U

“ This is a stunning achievement,” says Glen Sealey, General Manager of the T Australian Lotus distributor. “Despite costing more than ten times as much money, U

the Italian supercar couldn’t pull a lead out over the Lotus Exige S. It is the epitome R

of giant-killing and something for which Lotus have always been famed. We already E

have a waiting list for the Exige S and this will only add to it!”

Weighing-in at 1176 kg, capable of reaching 100 kmh from standing in just four T seconds, with a power to weight ratio of 293 bhp/ton, brimming with 400 Nm of A

torque at just 4500rpm – the Exige S really is something special! Scrutinised by evo’s R

panel of experts and pitted against the best offerings to the sportscar market this T

year, the Exige S tied with the Pagani Huayra for first place in the toughest test in the S

UK car industry.

Battling against nine opposing candidates to make the top six selection in a high E

octane shoot-out on road and track, and then taking on the giants in the final round R

on some of Scotland’s finest driving roads, this couldn’t be a more exciting win for E the “gorgeous Exige S”.

Richard Meaden, motoring guru and evo contributing editor remarked on the Exige S “I adore its looks, its presence. It’s like a little shrunk-down, condensed, distilled supercar. And I love the fact that when you’re on the road and going for it, it just takes off.”

The evo team clearly felt the spirit of the Exige S, and in turn waxed lyrical about its attributes. Lotus is incredibly proud of the Exige S, and even though the calibre of this year’s competition was immense, it could not top the Exige S.

The Alpina B3 GT3, Toyota GT86, Mercedes C63 AMG Black and Morgan 3 Wheeler were also entered, but were eliminated in the first round. The Lotus then went on to demolish the new Porsche Boxster and 911, the McLaren MP4 12C and the BMW M135i to join the Pagani on the top step of the podium.

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The Lotus Exige S arrives in Australia early in 2013 when it is expected to have a price

around $120,000 plus statutory charges delivery and dealer costs. The Pagani is T

£820,000 in the UK, which is $1.259 million, and should it ever become available in H Australia, would cost considerably more than that figure.

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U For further information, please contact

Glen Sealey Tel: +61 2 8577 8070 T General Manager Fax: +61 2 8577 8079

U Lotus Australia and New Zealand E: [email protected]

R Edward Rowe Tel: +61 2 8577 8015 Public Relations Manager Fax: +61 2 8577 8199 E

Lotus Australia and New Zealand Mob: +61 407 913 244 E: [email protected] S

Lotus Media web site: T

Australia: http://media.ateco.com.au/ A New Zealand: http://media.ateco.co.nz/ Release Number: Lotus_075 R

Date of release: 5/11/2018 4:37:10 AM T

Ateco Automotive Pty Ltd Street Address: 862 – 874 Elizabeth St Waterloo NSW 2017 Australia. Postal Address: Ateco Automotive Pty Ltd, Locked Bag 5018, Alexandria, NSW 2015, Australia Telephone: 02 8577 8000; Direct Telephone 02 8577 8015 Fax: 02 8577 8199. Mobile +61 0407 913 244 E-mail: [email protected] Media Web sites: Australia: http://media.ateco.com.au/ A.B.N. 34 000 486 706