Tom LaPointe's Exotic Car Lifestyle Notebook

Ramblings on exotic cars, the car market, and things with wheels overall. We especially love Rolls-Royce, Ferrari, Lamborghini and Porsche, and all the events where you find them.

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I currently publish iParent Magazine in the Tampa Bay area and work as a freelance writer for Affluent Page Index, in NYC. I grew up in Michigan near the Motor City and finished high school in Fernley NV. After attending the University of Nevada as a music major, I joined the Marine Corps as a combat correspondent. As a writer and editor, I won many publishing awards for photography, writing and editing. What led me to the auto industry is simply this: I love cars. I have raced stock cars and sports cars and competed in Land Rover off-road competitions in Vermont and Colorado. I have been a pit official for the 24 Hours of Daytona and 12 Hours of Sebring, and a pit crewman for Indy and a Hooters Pro Cup races. I've served as a manager of both sales and service for one the largest luxury car groups in the world. I'm still active as an off-road instructor for Land Rover and HUMMER dealers and owners. I enjoy crawling an off-road vehicle through the most severe obstacles as much as heel-toeing sports cars into hairpin turns! I am also a freelance writer for several automotive publications.

August 6, 2008

New Lotus model line may include convertible

Lotus revealed their new flagship sports car at the London Auto Show, the Evora. Sporting graceful design looks like a larger version of the Exige combined with a Ferrari 430, the mid-rear engine car appears poised to go head to head with Porsche's 911. It comes with a 280-hp V6 sourced from Toyota and will have seating for two or four passengers. Speculation is that a high performance 'S' version with a supercharger could pump out as much as 400 hp.
About 10 minutes after Lotus announced the Evora as a 2009 model, it announced that production would be pushed back to 2010. Now Lotus announces that a droptop version could follow in 2011. There is no pricing announced for either variant, but if it starts much higher that the Porsche 911 range, Lotus could face an uphill battle to sell its 2,000 units per year - even with its Ferrari-esque looks.
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