Lotus Driving Academy today - good news

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Does the V6 Auto have Tour, Sport, Track?

My V6 Exige Auto has Tour, Sport and Off.
Yes if you get a First Edition or include the Drivers Pack with the Base Edition. Tour, Sport and Off are the base spec and you get Track with the Drivers Pack.
 
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Gearing is not as long as Porsche, the engine is nice and tractable, third gear through medium corners from fairly low rpm holding the revs onto the straights, I found I was keeping fourth up to about 115-120mph but there was quite a bit more, just not up to speed in such a short session. The rev counter wasn't immediately in my view and I was more interested in braking points etc.
Agreed - gearing felt about right - not too long
 
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Gearing is not as long as Porsche, the engine is nice and tractable, third gear through medium corners from fairly low rpm holding the revs onto the straights, I found I was keeping fourth up to about 115-120mph but there was quite a bit more, just not up to speed in such a short session. The rev counter wasn't immediately in my view and I was more interested in braking points etc.
Agreed - gearing felt about right - not too long
 

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Hope said last year they were developing a prototype road version but there's been very little news since then. Lotus weren't involved. The HB.T track bike retails for £15-25k depending on spec, so the road version won't be cheap!
Thank you for the information Tom. I am surprised that Lotus are not involved with the development of a road version. Some 108/110 attended a Brands Hatch Lotus Festival some years back. It was good to have a close look at them. I hope one day to have a good look at the Lotus/Hope bikes.
What was second gear red lining around?
Can I suggest watch Harry's Garage visit to Hethel where he is driven round test track. He does mention change up speeds.
 

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What was second gear red lining around?
My guess is it’ll be just over 60mph so they don’t have to upshift to 3rd for the 0-60 time and not much beyond that. The Evora is about 62-65mph.
 

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Does the V6 Auto have Tour, Sport, Track?

My V6 Exige Auto has Tour, Sport and Off.
@kbhoz Were you asking if the V6 "automatic" had those modes? I thought they were only manual. 🤔
 

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@kbhoz Were you asking if the V6 "automatic" had those modes? I thought they were only manual. 🤔
Drive modes Tour/Sport/Track/Off are on the auto as well as the manual. You get Launch Control too on the auto, which you don't get on the manual.
 

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Drive modes Tour/Sport/Track/Off are on the auto as well as the manual. You get Launch Control too on the auto, which you don't get on the manual.
Agreed, @TomE . To clarify, I was asking if @kbhoz meant an automatic transmission for the V6, which I believe doesn't exist currently for the Emira--only for the I4 (DCT). But perhaps there's been a new announcement that I may have missed?
 

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Yes, there is an Emira V6 auto with a torque converter (IPS). The i4 is a DCT gearbox.
 

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Yes, there is an Emira V6 auto with a torque converter (IPS). The i4 is a DCT gearbox.
Oh wow, I was not aware for the Emira, thank you TomE 🙂 (P.S. My build is FE Nimbus/tan V6 manual, can't wait! 😇)
 

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My mind is officially blown. It exists!!

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Video here:
you can see it in the photos in this thread as well, such a nice detail!

 

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