The Lotus Evora emerged as the iMotor Magazine’s “Overall Most Rated Car of 2008”, garnering overwhelming support as 95 percent of the mag’s readership voted for the sports car launched July of this year.

Mat Watson, iMotor Magazine’s editor, said that “it’s clear the iMotor readers rate the forthcoming Lotus Evora more than any other car we have featured in the mag. It’s ‘rated’ score of 95 percent is truly impressive and enough to see it beat brilliant machines such as the Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 and Nissan GT-R. There’s clearly a lot of excitement for this new Lotus.”

The Evora follows the tradition of having a name that starts with the letter ‘E’, and was coined from the word ‘Evo’. The sports car is powered by a 277 horsepower 3.5-liter V6 engine and combines a good mix of design and performance.

Mike Kimberley, CEO of Lotus, said that the award was special in that “it demonstrates that we have produced a car that already has a fan base amongst the cognoscenti, despite the car being a few months away from the sale date in the spring.”

Source: Motor Torque