After a year of waiting and a lot of teaser and spyshots, we finally get to see Lotus’ latest 2+2 midsized engined sportscar. Still dubbed as Project Eagle, the car is Lotus’ new model since, uh…, oh yeah, the Elise back in 1995. And it will be featured in the BIMS in a week’s time.

Though, ironically, the car isn’t 100% Lotus at all. Slapped on is a 3.5L Toyota V6 producing 280 PS. Hehe. But since Lotus has made an expertise out of weight reduction and lightweightedness, we can only expect some great agility and handling from the people who gave us the Elise and according to their engineers, it’s faster than both the Exige and the Elise around the Nurburgring. The car’s prototype was clocked to do 0-60 in just sub 5 seconds and can go to a max speed of 160 mph. Not too shabby.

Inside, you can bask at some generous amounts of classy leather and futuristic electronics. The LED instrumentation gives it that 21st century feel that would strike a balanced appeal to a wide audience. Lotus plans to create five variants of the Eagle including a convertible and a performance version.

Source: Lotus