I rather live in a world where lotus exist in this form and still make cars like evija every once ins while than a world where Lotus declares bankruptcy and became history
hate to say, but I actually like new Prius better than this on photo 😂 a Pruis makes sense and even has sort of a muscular appereance. This one is out of proportion in a way it doesn't. A short nose is literally the only thing this remembers me to a Lotus.
I dont get emotional watching it. For sure its a great car from a technical perspective. But watching it drive is like driving a train. No emotions, no sound. Just acceleration and a screen that tells you the next stop.
I'm sure I saw an article the other day saying Lotus has had record losses recently. They should've stuck to making fun, light, relatively cheap ICE sports cars.
i think its fair to not call this a lotus, but i understand why they sell these. its the same reason porsche sells the macan/cayenne and lambo the urus. it keeps the lights on and allows them to keep selling their flagship sports cars we all love. we just gotta hope that lotus does the same so we can keep getting more emiras and whatnot
I have one too… My guess is they will once they’re back on their feet financially. Gotta pay some bills first. I’d be shocked if they didn’t somehow leverage the legacy of the Elise/Exige eventually, though (albeit electric only, heavier, but as light as possible, small, fun to drive…)
@ Like being strapped on a missile! An adrenaline rush. A flawed genius. It has a limited road use, it’s more track focused and is a great 4th car to have.
While I wholeheartedly agree with the two above guys, each stating they wished the _real Lotus_ still existed, and that this is just a Chinese vehicle with Lotus badging.... I gotta admit.... this thing, even though it's an EV, is sexy and sinister AF looking.... I've seen that beautiful green color with matching green leather... yeah I need that one lol... this shade of yellow isn't bad either 👌🏻
I hoped when geely bought lotus and gave them "engineering autonomy" they were finally not have financal problems with building cars, i fr hoped we were going to an actual successor to the esprit with a small v8 and look at where we are now they crushed my hope
thanks for reviewing，MAX. Those holes are LiDar senser for auto driving. Also in the top there is a radar or camera, but it is not available for self drive in city i believe😅
If anything it's saving electricity because of the increase in efficiency, which is why they do it in the first place by removing the draggy regular side mirrors
And the centre screen that's always on, the active aero, those things that pop out of the roof, the gimmick ambient lighting, electric seating, 5 billion driving lights on the front......
@@PyrotechnicMailman The camera side mounts or whatever you call them are still almost as big as regular side mirrors, so whatever 0.01% less wind resistance you now have on the car won't have a relevant impact on the battery range. Also, it's not like you're going to constantly drive at 255 kph or similar where drag actually becomes noticable, so having cameras instead of mirrors is just some more tech bs to show off
@@PyrotechnicMailman Still just a gadget. These supposed advantages over regular side mirrors are so minor you won't notice any of them driving this thing
Lotus have come an interesting way. Good times when the fastest road car at one time was based off a Lotus chassis (Hennessy Venom). Now there’s only 1 Lotus British made being the Emira. Weird time now…
It is disconcerting not to have the auditory sensation of the engine when the accelerator is fully depressed and the car skids and goes slightly sideways. Instantaneous power.
Wing mirror cameras - inaccuracy. There is the opportunity there to add useful information to those types of mirrors: following distance; passing; more ... they could do that.
looks like they are channeling air into the front wheel wells but there is no proper escape for the air causing massive amounts of drag. I can hear all the air circulating in the wheel wells, trying to keep up with the speed when it goes 200+ kph
Oh wow, another Chinese built iPad on wheels with a million horsepower that bears the badge of a legacy car maker. How very interesting. Car industry surely is going the right way!
@@danmurphy5889 don’t ever tell anyone about cobalt mining in Congo using child slaves, we’ll gloss over that - nowadays it’s deemed far-right to not drive electric anyway
@@kidneyfailure4620 and still oil is far worse because a) cobalt mining by kids is not factual and b) LFP and future batteries like solid state dont have cobalt anymore.
Yea I agree. But it seems like something “ revolutionary “ not necessarily in the way you and i like it. I’m happy lotus brought something to the electric game, just wish it was alittle different concept , lighter and better looking
Can you please do a Macan EV Turbo quick review? Would especially like to know if I should get with rear wheel steering or not. Don’t want it to behave like this car due to that add on. Ordered for wifey, December build :)
Lotus being bought and now producing heavy electric sedans and SUV‘s is so damn symbolic for what‘s wrong with this car industry. It‘s like building an Electric SUV and calling it Mustang… oh, wait…
I mean all I can say is at least it seems fun to drive and interior has nice materials, just a shame about the rest of it... lack of engine being one... Hybrid would have been nice at least more range or quicker refueling and a little bit of character. If it was another brand I would'nt have said anything but it's a Lotus so.
Impressive performance as always with electrics. But they just don’t DO anything for me, not just the price etc. Just no emotional connection for me. Boring. Predictable. Like a sharp yellow refrigerator.
I've been sworn at for this before, but I really, really hate that trend popping up everywhere. The infotainment system standing there like it is from some other place, flapping in the breeze giving that "futuristic flying in the space" feeling. It looks to me like the 2000s when we attached the GPS navigation on the suction cup holder somewhere on the windshield or the dashboard. I REALLY hate it and it is everywhere now. On top of that in order to save 0.00001$, the manufacturer removes the all time needed physical buttons for climate controls, audio volume and such and implements everything in the touch screen, buried in 3 consecutive sub menus making more and more distraction and involvement for the driver. And it is getting worse with every new generation of cars.
@@Tagarash1thing is right, the plaid is not that bad of a car. Being a model s, its handling is mid compared to the model 3, the lucid air and even other large sedans. But its 2 tonnes compared to the emeya’s 2.5 tonnes, its cheaper, its more powerful, its much quicker and faster, the interiors are largely the same, the model s looks better, it has more top end power due to carbon fibre gears in the drive train. And its not as if the emeya has a large reliable v8 to redeem itself. Theyre both electric so id instantly choose the plaid.
Apart from being a Chinese car, I kinda like the interior, there's only one big screen, the cluster itself looks "minimalist", I really hate those new cars with side to side screens that look cheap as hell.
@@Yoann.B81 Nobody wants a British car due to reliability. Imagine what would happen if Aston didn't outsource 90%+ of the tech. Whatever they didn't outsource constantly breaks. 🤣
Geeley ruined this traditional small scale british car producer. Besides that the battery and engine cooling system seems to be overstrained pretty fast.
In contrast to the backward minded folks here who think their 316i is peak of automobile history, I like this car and I think its a cool EV. I would have other cars on my list before I'd spend 110k for this car, but its impressive.
What an arrogant thing so say - calling people missing features in a model of a company that was one of the purest sports car producers ever „backward minded folks“. Your comment would be perfectly fine without this addition - but you had to present yourself superior to others with a different opinion by degrading them. Poor move.
@@romansenger2322 you dont get it. Prefer EVs over ICE, wear a smartwatch and not a chronohraph, use AirPods to listen to Taylor Swift instead of Meat Loaf via oldschool overears - do whatever you like. But no need to insult people enjoying things differently - or enjoying things at all. Like I said, validating your preferences by degrading others shows a very weak character.
@@RSnowin Whoah, why triggered so much by your own misinterpretation? Put this dialogue in chatGPT and it will tell you what I really meant if you keep to be stubborn
@@romansenger2322 Keep on gaslighting, your statement was arrogant and you seem to not have understood that in the first place. The fact you are suggesting ChatGPT for interpreting emotions fits that impression
you sbould also drive other Chinese cars like Huawei and BYD and Li Auto and Xpeng and Nio and many many more, Chinese cars are by far the most advanced in the entire World The Chinese Engineers and their engineering is just an alien technology type of level 🇨🇳👌👌👌
What's up with people hating on it calling it Chinese? I haven't kept up with the news about Lotus. Also, what's so bad about this? These cars are super fast and they still look like a lotus.
2575kg is crazy. This Emeya R is 107kg (236lbs) HEAVIER than the Model X Plaid which weighs 2468kg. Emeya R has less interior space, less baggage space and has much worse power to weight ratio compared to the Model X Plaid. On top of that, it also costs double the price. I don't get it at all. Lotus is known for being light weight, nimble. What is the point of this fat car that is in every metric worse till much worse than the Model X Plaid?
Man, I'm impressed lotus don't run out of names for their cars that start with letter "E". 💯👏
When they name a car "Enema" you know they're running out
it isnt hard when they make up words.
I like Aston Martin more with their "V"
Just combine random letters. Enaya, Evyra, Eltra, Enoda, Evana. You can come up with new ones in seconds lol
They will just start making stuff up. "Introducing the all new 2026 Lotus Ehummus with carbon fibre olive oil dispensers"
Chinese Lotus with over 900 electric horses.... What a weird world we live in....
Yeah 😅
Old world is dying what a pity
Electric can make 900-1000hp car but no one want buy a electric sportcar
Colin Chapman probably rotates in his grave😒
I rather live in a world where lotus exist in this form and still make cars like evija every once ins while than a world where Lotus declares bankruptcy and became history
The front gives me 2024 Toyota Prius vibes
😂 wow now I can’t un-see it
@@AutoTopnl 🤪😂
...and the back of Audi. It's typical for Chinese cars, because this is what it is , an expensive EV that will fail.
To be honest, the new Prius has a rather good design and is far better than the previous models. So, not a bad thing.
hate to say, but I actually like new Prius better than this on photo 😂 a Pruis makes sense and even has sort of a muscular appereance. This one is out of proportion in a way it doesn't. A short nose is literally the only thing this remembers me to a Lotus.
I worked as a development engineer for the supplier of this car's interior, and we were the same supplier for many BMW's :)
Man, I sure do wish the real Lotus still existed
The lightweight high power sports cars lotus or the formula 1 lotus?
business is business .. soon we will have a mclaren suv
Just a Chinese car with a Lotus badge...
well hopefully Lotus uses the money from these Chinese EVs to continue to make real sports cars like Porsche
@@hatslapper6860they wont, the chinese dont want anything to do with the old lotus
I dont get emotional watching it. For sure its a great car from a technical perspective. But watching it drive is like driving a train. No emotions, no sound. Just acceleration and a screen that tells you the next stop.
cars aren't emotional anyway.
That is the future of cars unfortunately
It's a great car for car enthusiasts who hate cars.
lovely said
😂😂
More like car enthusiasts hate this car because it decimates their broom broom car
@@Tommmmmmmmmmmm battery with wheels not a car
@@Tommmmmmmmmmmm why do people like you always talk as if acceleration was literally the only thing that mattered when looking at buying a car?
Lotus has lost his DNA and SOUL. It’s over
I'm sure I saw an article the other day saying Lotus has had record losses recently. They should've stuck to making fun, light, relatively cheap ICE sports cars.
Chapman is rolling in his grave rn
@@BeraltofSmiviawhy? So no one can buy them?
@@BeraltofSmivia but all those cars were garbage the only good lotus was the very old lotus.
cars don't have a soul anyway
Damn 6 lights in the front lol kinda hilarious
Lotus has always stood for light, handling sport cars. That was once upon a time. Now they are presenting a 2500kg battleship. Very sad
So we’re just pretending the esprit never existed?
When was the esprit ever 2500kg?
This car is actually pretty awesome.
i think its fair to not call this a lotus, but i understand why they sell these. its the same reason porsche sells the macan/cayenne and lambo the urus. it keeps the lights on and allows them to keep selling their flagship sports cars we all love. we just gotta hope that lotus does the same so we can keep getting more emiras and whatnot
The way that moves, with the 4WS - Reminds me of a 3rd Gen prelude (the one with mechanical 4ws) it was *so* aggressive and cool.
It looks like a bloody Honda too 🤦🏻♂️
Is this a LOTUS or a Chinese car with LOTUS logo?
chinese car with a lotus logo apparently
@@Christopher-wp8yu not apparently, literally
I think tho that they are starting to lean towards the second one more and more
Look at where most car manufacturing takes place - being made in China, currently, is no bad thing.
@@BenjaminWinrowlotus was acquired by a chinese company. this car looks like it was styled for the chinese market
Just came back from a short blast in my Exige 430 Cup and saw this. I don’t think Geely are targeting existing or the old customer base 😂
I have one too… My guess is they will once they’re back on their feet financially. Gotta pay some bills first. I’d be shocked if they didn’t somehow leverage the legacy of the Elise/Exige eventually, though (albeit electric only, heavier, but as light as possible, small, fun to drive…)
How does it feel to drive an Exige Cup 430?
@ Like being strapped on a missile! An adrenaline rush. A flawed genius. It has a limited road use, it’s more track focused and is a great 4th car to have.
Is it a good car? sure but is it a lotus though? Absolutely not
While I wholeheartedly agree with the two above guys, each stating they wished the _real Lotus_ still existed, and that this is just a Chinese vehicle with Lotus badging.... I gotta admit.... this thing, even though it's an EV, is sexy and sinister AF looking.... I've seen that beautiful green color with matching green leather... yeah I need that one lol... this shade of yellow isn't bad either 👌🏻
15:20 damn that broke my heart…
“We don’t need any sound. We’re not 11”
@@458italiap We are still 11 at heart 🙄
doesn't look bad, but doesn't look like a lotus, more kinda like a lambo. Nevertheless, a headturner.
I hoped when geely bought lotus and gave them "engineering autonomy" they were finally not have financal problems with building cars, i fr hoped we were going to an actual successor to the esprit with a small v8 and look at where we are now they crushed my hope
thanks for reviewing，MAX. Those holes are LiDar senser for auto driving. Also in the top there is a radar or camera, but it is not available for self drive in city i believe😅
definitely would buy plaid over this because I Was expecting more traditional luxurious cabin instead of spartan one, so, plaid is more for me
The Emira it's the only real Lotus today... this is something else using the badge
You can't even buy an Emira anyway. First edition is sold out and base edition is nowhere to be found.
What's with electric vehicles and wasting energy having 2 cameras and 2 screens for wing mirrors
If anything it's saving electricity because of the increase in efficiency, which is why they do it in the first place by removing the draggy regular side mirrors
And the centre screen that's always on, the active aero, those things that pop out of the roof, the gimmick ambient lighting, electric seating, 5 billion driving lights on the front......
@@PyrotechnicMailman The camera side mounts or whatever you call them are still almost as big as regular side mirrors, so whatever 0.01% less wind resistance you now have on the car won't have a relevant impact on the battery range. Also, it's not like you're going to constantly drive at 255 kph or similar where drag actually becomes noticable, so having cameras instead of mirrors is just some more tech bs to show off
@@howa_tcp2501 a lot of these systems do work well though in other cars and they actually decrease wind noise by a bit as well
@@PyrotechnicMailman Still just a gadget. These supposed advantages over regular side mirrors are so minor you won't notice any of them driving this thing
Great review!
As soon he started driving I thought the video went into hyper mode 🤣🤣
I ❤ autotopnl
Why do they even still name them lotus, lotus should be lightweight and combustion not heavy and electric
Lotus have come an interesting way. Good times when the fastest road car at one time was based off a Lotus chassis (Hennessy Venom). Now there’s only 1 Lotus British made being the Emira. Weird time now…
It is disconcerting not to have the auditory sensation of the engine when the accelerator is fully depressed and the car skids and goes slightly sideways. Instantaneous power.
Tell me you still havent driven an EV.
Wing mirror cameras - inaccuracy. There is the opportunity there to add useful information to those types of mirrors: following distance; passing; more ... they could do that.
The side, uh, cameras look like that one vacuum cleaner attachment I always lose
5:25 Dragonflies
looks like they are channeling air into the front wheel wells but there is no proper escape for the air causing massive amounts of drag. I can hear all the air circulating in the wheel wells, trying to keep up with the speed when it goes 200+ kph
We just want the lightweight screaming lotuses back…
Oh wow, another Chinese built iPad on wheels with a million horsepower that bears the badge of a legacy car maker. How very interesting. Car industry surely is going the right way!
these will save our planet apparently, never mind the pollution coming out of China, using good old Aussie coal
@@danmurphy5889 don’t ever tell anyone about cobalt mining in Congo using child slaves, we’ll gloss over that - nowadays it’s deemed far-right to not drive electric anyway
@@kidneyfailure4620 heard of lfp batteries lol?
@@kidneyfailure4620 and still oil is far worse because a) cobalt mining by kids is not factual and b) LFP and future batteries like solid state dont have cobalt anymore.
@@romansenger2322don't kid yourself 😂 there's nothing 'green' about electric cars
I really dont get these Mirror cameras. Just put normal mirrors on them.
these mirror cameras are optional btw
It's supposed to reduce drag and increase range but yeah it's not great for visibility
hell yeah
Geely SUV. I will take a X5 2005 for 2k. Better vaule or a Tesla Model s 2019 24k if it must be electric.
Love lotus but this aint it. i love me some analog stuff.
Yea I agree. But it seems like something “ revolutionary “ not necessarily in the way you and i like it. I’m happy lotus brought something to the electric game, just wish it was alittle different concept , lighter and better looking
2500 kg Lotus 😮
4:47 It’s actually the same what they did on Evija
Can you please do a Macan EV Turbo quick review? Would especially like to know if I should get with rear wheel steering or not. Don’t want it to behave like this car due to that add on. Ordered for wifey, December build :)
So Lotus is now officially not lotus anymore.
Very nice but rims yellow would be better
Lotus being bought and now producing heavy electric sedans and SUV‘s is so damn symbolic for what‘s wrong with this car industry. It‘s like building an Electric SUV and calling it Mustang… oh, wait…
Looks like the smaller 10 pot CCB off a 992 Turbo S
I will never be able to own a car like this :(
Boring…..Plain and simple
*Realy fast*
In China, the price of Emeya R is same as entry level taycan(not even 4s)
Cool
Nice Kia
I mean all I can say is at least it seems fun to drive and interior has nice materials, just a shame about the rest of it... lack of engine being one... Hybrid would have been nice at least more range or quicker refueling and a little bit of character. If it was another brand I would'nt have said anything but it's a Lotus so.
People hating on the car are just not open to new changes. The car looks stunning IMO. the interior is super nice. and it has A LOT of hp.
😂
I think Emeya is dual-motor like the Taycan Turbo S, not tri-motor like the Tesla Model S Plaid.
Impressive performance as always with electrics. But they just don’t DO anything for me, not just the price etc. Just no emotional connection for me. Boring. Predictable. Like a sharp yellow refrigerator.
Can definitely see the chinese influence in this, makes sense given that the chinese are majority shareholders in lotus now
Lotus is owned by a Chinese company, Geely
I've been sworn at for this before, but I really, really hate that trend popping up everywhere. The infotainment system standing there like it is from some other place, flapping in the breeze giving that "futuristic flying in the space" feeling. It looks to me like the 2000s when we attached the GPS navigation on the suction cup holder somewhere on the windshield or the dashboard. I REALLY hate it and it is everywhere now. On top of that in order to save 0.00001$, the manufacturer removes the all time needed physical buttons for climate controls, audio volume and such and implements everything in the touch screen, buried in 3 consecutive sub menus making more and more distraction and involvement for the driver. And it is getting worse with every new generation of cars.
109k and the infotainment cant even match the cars colour, and dont get me started on those stupid cameras should be illegal
I would consider this car if not the top speed, ESPECIALLY for a 919 hp car
To me hybrid means there is a combustion engine! I wanna have back 5 min of my life 😂
RIP Lotus, F in the chat😢
looks like a decent car, too bad they think they price it like its an actual lotus
Id choose a plaid over this in a heartbeat tbh
I wouldnt , lotus is way better imo . Cleaner interior , handles way better and more fun overall i think
@@Tagarash1thing is right, the plaid is not that bad of a car. Being a model s, its handling is mid compared to the model 3, the lucid air and even other large sedans. But its 2 tonnes compared to the emeya’s 2.5 tonnes, its cheaper, its more powerful, its much quicker and faster, the interiors are largely the same, the model s looks better, it has more top end power due to carbon fibre gears in the drive train.
And its not as if the emeya has a large reliable v8 to redeem itself. Theyre both electric so id instantly choose the plaid.
@@Nice_Person7379 Fair , i just dont really fuck with teslas tbh )
@@Tagarash1me neither
Looks like a car you'd see in GTA..
I hate to say that i like it🤣
the car looks damn good both interior and exterior
*TOP SPEED 255KM/H* (limited)
Apart from being a Chinese car, I kinda like the interior, there's only one big screen, the cluster itself looks "minimalist", I really hate those new cars with side to side screens that look cheap as hell.
Lotus :just add lightness Chinese just add more batteries
How do the kef speakers sound?
I'd love to hear the sound system on this car. Kef is a really nice brand and it's made in England, not like the car lol !
@@Yoann.B81 Nobody wants a British car due to reliability. Imagine what would happen if Aston didn't outsource 90%+ of the tech. Whatever they didn't outsource constantly breaks. 🤣
Lotus mixes Koenigsegg Gemera and E-Tron GT
Geeley ruined this traditional small scale british car producer. Besides that the battery and engine cooling system seems to be overstrained pretty fast.
Lotus was gonna go bust without Geely. At least hard coping Brits get to see the badge survive now.
In contrast to the backward minded folks here who think their 316i is peak of automobile history, I like this car and I think its a cool EV. I would have other cars on my list before I'd spend 110k for this car, but its impressive.
What an arrogant thing so say - calling people missing features in a model of a company that was one of the purest sports car producers ever „backward minded folks“.
Your comment would be perfectly fine without this addition - but you had to present yourself superior to others with a different opinion by degrading them. Poor move.
@@RSnowin yeah, was. Thats the point.
@@romansenger2322 you dont get it. Prefer EVs over ICE, wear a smartwatch and not a chronohraph, use AirPods to listen to Taylor Swift instead of Meat Loaf via oldschool overears - do whatever you like. But no need to insult people enjoying things differently - or enjoying things at all.
Like I said, validating your preferences by degrading others shows a very weak character.
@@RSnowin Whoah, why triggered so much by your own misinterpretation? Put this dialogue in chatGPT and it will tell you what I really meant if you keep to be stubborn
@@romansenger2322 Keep on gaslighting, your statement was arrogant and you seem to not have understood that in the first place. The fact you are suggesting ChatGPT for interpreting emotions fits that impression
I wish Lotus have ACTUALLY existed
Love your reviews just hate electric cars.
Slap a Lotus badge on an appliance. Sure.
It looks like a new Toyota Camry
How many buyers for a 3-ton Emeya can there possibly be? Very similar to the name of the medication used to make a poisoning victim puke, by the way.
you sbould also drive other Chinese cars like Huawei and BYD and Li Auto and Xpeng and Nio and many many more,
Chinese cars are by far the most advanced in the entire World
The Chinese Engineers and their engineering is just an alien technology type of level 🇨🇳👌👌👌
Dizzy vid dude
Watahek ? Its a bee in lucid shape ?
i do not care
Sadly this is Lotus' first ever 4-door car built by Lotus themselves 😢
It looks a Lamborghini, but a sedan version.
If this funds their sports cars im okay with it
Lotus Enema
ELECTRIC CARS HAVE NO SOUL...
You obviously drive these kinds of cars all day long..... But I don't think that this interior is that superior to VAG and BMW 😮
Just a BYD with a Lotus badge
I can´t help myslef, but the front constantly screams Citroen at me.
LOTUS PRIUS
Auto EVNL
What's up with people hating on it calling it Chinese? I haven't kept up with the news about Lotus. Also, what's so bad about this? These cars are super fast and they still look like a lotus.
They salty. Lotus was gonna go bust anyway without Geely
I think you have got it wrong Max, its 200.000€
It looks like a Lambo badged version of a Maxima, who would want this?
É 1/2 !
Have max revs 18000rpm ?
2575kg is crazy. This Emeya R is 107kg (236lbs) HEAVIER than the Model X Plaid which weighs 2468kg. Emeya R has less interior space, less baggage space and has much worse power to weight ratio compared to the Model X Plaid. On top of that, it also costs double the price. I don't get it at all. Lotus is known for being light weight, nimble. What is the point of this fat car that is in every metric worse till much worse than the Model X Plaid?
This video feels like Max is trying REALLY hard not to say it's a turd with wheels..
No, thats what you wish he'd say because you want to hate it
@@romansenger2322 fair enough