The front has that classic Lotus touch, but the sides and rear really scream Lamborghini. It seems like they tried to blend two worlds, but the Lamborghini DNA dominates the design
Exactly my thought as soon as I saw the sides of the car, the design language that Lamborghini has been using for decades. Nevertheless Lotus is delivering some beautiful designed cars lately.
And so the cyberpunk era of cars begins. The design looks amazing, the middle driving position is really interesting, but it draws some questions about security, like being able to integrate seat belts seamlessly. Of course it’s a concept car, but it would be interesting to see how a production car looks like. On the other side, it wasn’t specified, but this much space in the cabin would only seem to be possible with an electric engine configuration. I’d also love to see how this integrates with Lotus’s low weight, fun car concept. Without a doubt the future’s here and I’m all for it!
also likely to be extremely unaffordable to anyone not making 6 figures at a minimum. Therefore irrelevant to the average person including me. Video and concept was cool tho 😅
The design of this is seriously unlike anything I've ever seen. In a good way. The translucency, the textures, the contrasts. This design in wild in its detailing.
This guy is the design chef, so it’s evident that he will tell you only about the design, especially that this is a concept car, so it’s made for show and not for the drive.
I agree with you. I just watched the whole thing and I didn't get a single lotus vibe. So much talk about ergonomics and mood lighting, very little about actual engineering design and performance which is what lotus has always been about. Everything seemed to be orientated around "UI" and nothing to do with the power, suspension.
Love this design. The high contrast angular body and the texture of the forged carbon interior. Honest materials and a cohesive concept, well executed. Please make this
This gets me so excited to be part of the automotive world. Currently in school to become an engineer , and after I’m going for automotive and transportation design!
When I was in high school (1990), I went to a car show in Atlanta. I saw "future cars" back then that looked similar to this. Don't hold your breath for this to come out. That front end won't look like that when they are forced to put a bumper on it.
This is the most beautiful car I’ve ever seen. I know if I had one, I’d probably curb it and feel sad, but at least it would be driven. Kudos to everyone involved in its design and creation. You have such taste 👌 A fitting evolution of the Esprit line.
Someone's imagination was on fire when this was dreamed. The super-science in this car is certainly mingled with the bright stuff of an incredible future.
idk if you saw the steering wheel at 4:35 , but it had gears going from 1 to 5 on the left. Most electric cars don't need more than 1 gear. I'm guessing it will have an ICE, but this looks to be just a concept car so that could change.
Absolutely incredible. First modern concept that my jaw dropped. This is what I want in a design. The door design and functionality is outstanding - a solution to a long-standing design problem. Demonstrates sincere attention to detail. Phenomenal.
Lol yeah that was my biggest peeve I was definitely wondering if there was a setting to speed up that door opening 😂😂 I can't imagine a hinge in that angle being very reliable for a door that opens fast though so maybe one of the compromises they had to make with limitations. Get good at yapping about the car as you wait to get in I guess 😂
I'm 17, And that means I'm forced to grow up into a world that will be full of eclectic, automatic and relatively non-combustion vehicles. Although that truth is sad I feel honored that there are people and companies - like those at Lotus - that are not afraid to be bold and make the most of the future to come, even better they are helping bring that future to the present. Realistically I'll never be able to afford nor drive a car like this, but I'm grateful machines like this are finally here. Good on you all at Lotus
This car is one of the most interesting designs I'v seen in a long time. Up there with ferrari purosangue, and the MC20. Lets see it on some tarmac. Iv been getting turned off with the direction most makes have been going in, so this is refreshing.
@ in my humble opinion… they’re just soulless. Sure they’re faster. But they drive themselves they’re controlled by iPads. You don’t work on them like you do an ice. To be fair though a lot of modern cars suffer the same problems. I’m a BMW guy and swore off any new ones when they made that wrap around display.
@GAFUKIS and seen what? Customers do not want EVs , that's why the nevera sold around a third of it's intended units. Mate Rimac himself said customers don't want EVs. They are sterile slop
5:52 "This is what a Lotus always should be" is an unfortunate phrase. The Lotus founder Colin Chapman once said "Simplify, then add lightness", and THAT is what a lotus always should be. The drift from his words that Lotus has taken over the years is a disgrace, ditching the original brand's ethos in favor of commercial appeal, loosing its identity with no care. This is a proof that Lotus died with Colin Chapman, and today we are greeted with this: a Lamborghini Gallardo rip off with futuristic deformation, heavy, electric and complicated.
“Analog and digital are words. We are going to use those words while talking about this concept car. This car has a top and I’m going to use the word digital. This car has a side and now I’m going to use the word analog.” Makes perfect sense to me
In his defense that way of saying it is used specifically in Art. Where by Analog art usually refers to traditional media like pencils, charcoal, oil paints etc and require good old fashioned techniques. As opposed to working with something digitally like Photoshop or Painter. It's not really used to denote "old fashioned, hands on, physical, etc" outside of that scenario usually.
Finally something distinctive and interesting. Design of supercars in the last 5-10 years was universally approaching a singular shape due to aerodynamic requirements. My only critique is that the door opening speed needs to be at least tripled.
Looks like a Bullet from the side. I think the black and white gives this LA police 🚔 car vibe. At least you have the colour of the lotus logo changed, it looks sleek and classy instead of that bold yellow and black logo that looks like a Sticker and ruins the image of the car. It would be nice if you guys made the Emira into a 4 seater with a bit more horse power 🎉🎉🎉
Jag looks like it was designed by Benjamin Netanyahu - it looks so genocidal, while the Lotus looks like it was penned by Nadia Comaneci - it looks so agile.
@chrisjames7803 not really, a full scale concept study is useful to iron out the kinks of the design. Ofc they have made the 3d model first and foremost, but you could only see and feel so much through a screen. Anyway, more and more of these fullscale studies were made using recyclable materials to push your agendas, so you should be celebrating it
Lotus have lost there way, bring back the esprit and make it a hybrid like Ferrari sf90 and 296. Or sell the name so someone else will bring it back, maybe a v12😊😮
Cool, but what exactly is next? Another SUV? Another big GT weighing 2.5 tons? Is all this work going to be wasted for better speakers in a new, heavy SUV? I assume that making a production car exactly like this would be very expensive and unprofitable. But that was the idea - that SUVs and GTs would make money, and sports cars would give fun to users and satisfaction to their creators. Without this, Lotus will lose its sense of existence and will be just a name for Chinese EVs.
Maybe this is a way to keep their designers feeling like they can explore their passion. Too much normal work might leave them uninspired. Still be better to just make them but could be part of it
Awesome - can't wait to see the production models that incorporate some of these features! One thing though. Please put a proper ICE engine it it. I'd even accept, at a pinch a hybrid.
look at the way he steps out of the car, if he had any passengers he would have to sit on their laps to get out, or climb over their legs. it looks cool but it's not practical at all.
Just saw this after looking at the Jag..... phew! Amazing innovation exists here still, and it's stunning inside and out! The Jag 'theys' should've looked at what Lotus are doing.
Its clearly a concept. Not sure the door are fast enough, robotic fabric any good or even the headrest actually make the head rest.But...It IS really interesting. I'm intrigued.
Cannot wait for Practice 1 to be announced
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Meanwhile over at Jaguar... 😂
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You spoke too soon, but it ironically still applies to their latest design 😅
@@lookingatdaisies9901 They've shown us some cars at last but their earlier marketing still deserves ridicule.
Their cars looks better than this lol
The front has that classic Lotus touch, but the sides and rear really scream Lamborghini. It seems like they tried to blend two worlds, but the Lamborghini DNA dominates the design
Exactly my thought as soon as I saw the sides of the car, the design language that Lamborghini has been using for decades. Nevertheless Lotus is delivering some beautiful designed cars lately.
Actually I think it apes the design language of lotus in the 70s.
And so the cyberpunk era of cars begins. The design looks amazing, the middle driving position is really interesting, but it draws some questions about security, like being able to integrate seat belts seamlessly. Of course it’s a concept car, but it would be interesting to see how a production car looks like.
On the other side, it wasn’t specified, but this much space in the cabin would only seem to be possible with an electric engine configuration. I’d also love to see how this integrates with Lotus’s low weight, fun car concept.
Without a doubt the future’s here and I’m all for it!
Check McLaren F1. The middle seat works.
@GBROficialCanal it isn't specified, but this car seems to be shorter than the F1
Everything that reminds me of "cyberpunk cars" I find it ugly. Very ugly to be honest.
also likely to be extremely unaffordable to anyone not making 6 figures at a minimum. Therefore irrelevant to the average person including me. Video and concept was cool tho 😅
@@Sa-ic8zd just curious: What kind of car design would you consider attractive? Can you give an example from an existing car model?
The opening of the doors takes ages! I love the design so much, I will wait for them.
Needs so much space on sides
The design of this is seriously unlike anything I've ever seen. In a good way. The translucency, the textures, the contrasts. This design in wild in its detailing.
Looks like Lamborghini and cyber truck made a baby…..
Its exactly like the koenisegg raw concept
@@1mperat0r235 like a twin mill and a lambo have a baby digitalyanalog.
I've seem hunderds of exciting concepts cars before non of them ever made it to the road.
How? It looks like a lambo....
One of the most beautiful and sophisticated automobile designs I’ve seen in decades. Surprised to see it coming from Lotus!
Ben. Stop talking like chat GPT and just tell us what it is, how much it weighs and how fun it will be.
This guy is the design chef, so it’s evident that he will tell you only about the design, especially that this is a concept car, so it’s made for show and not for the drive.
first time listening to a real engineer speak?
Now I can't unheard it
you dont know what goes into designing a car
I agree with you. I just watched the whole thing and I didn't get a single lotus vibe. So much talk about ergonomics and mood lighting, very little about actual engineering design and performance which is what lotus has always been about. Everything seemed to be orientated around "UI" and nothing to do with the power, suspension.
I think i'm in love... What a beautiful machine design and engineering.
One of the most novel and beautiful car designs I've seen for years
Love this design. The high contrast angular body and the texture of the forged carbon interior. Honest materials and a cohesive concept, well executed. Please make this
I have never seen a door with such innovative design before. I love how it opens really shows like your opening a whole facility
This gets me so excited to be part of the automotive world. Currently in school to become an engineer , and after I’m going for automotive and transportation design!
I love that you said you got in behind the rear tire
I don't even really like sports cars, but this is absolutely stunning. While other companies duplicate, Lotus innovates.
I love the thinking behind the design. It shows depth and meaning, not just an attempt to make something that looks good. But it does!
Wow. This is a piece of art. And that was the first presentation that made me relax... 😄😂
Simply one of the most stunning cars I have ever seen. And that is not an easy thing to achieve
When I was in high school (1990), I went to a car show in Atlanta. I saw "future cars" back then that looked similar to this. Don't hold your breath for this to come out. That front end won't look like that when they are forced to put a bumper on it.
Now this is how to actually create something new! Stunning project!
I don't care what people say.....I Love it!
This is the most beautiful car I’ve ever seen.
I know if I had one, I’d probably curb it and feel sad, but at least it would be driven.
Kudos to everyone involved in its design and creation. You have such taste 👌
A fitting evolution of the Esprit line.
1 Drivers seat and 2 seats for people that suposed to be jealous of you, you can take them with you. To watch you driving this thing.
Рад за Людей, у которых есть Возможность Творить и соответствующие Времени Способности🙏 Быть Добру, Чести, СоВести и СоЗнанию✊️
Seriously need the music, it's fire
some version of Hans Zimmer - Time
Yes it is similar to Hans Zimmer - Time, but I think it is made specifically for video, it cannot be found in applications such as Shazam.
Beautiful, Elegant, and Aggressive all at the same time. Perfection.
Someone's imagination was on fire when this was dreamed. The super-science in this car is certainly mingled with the bright stuff of an incredible future.
I agree :) I see a lot of people complaining, but at the end of the day it’s a piece of human art. And I’m excited for what’s to come.
Bravooo! Design, and engineering at its best! I really want one.
I hope that Lotus calls this the new Esprit and puts it into production. It Looks very nice. I hope it's not electric or a hybrid. Thank you.
idk if you saw the steering wheel at 4:35 , but it had gears going from 1 to 5 on the left. Most electric cars don't need more than 1 gear.
I'm guessing it will have an ICE, but this looks to be just a concept car so that could change.
Love it! Breathtaking design, truly amazing
Looks better than a cyber truck.
That interior is so out of this world.
It's stunning! A nod to the James Bond Lotus but with today's tech.
I hope Lotus builds this car exactly!
Yeah, was wondering where I had seen it before
Not Bond,, The Pink Panther
Lotus is the only company doing it right, modeling the future, while keeping the fun alive
all while also looking pretty great ill be honest
Absolutely incredible. First modern concept that my jaw dropped. This is what I want in a design. The door design and functionality is outstanding - a solution to a long-standing design problem. Demonstrates sincere attention to detail. Phenomenal.
Side looks like a LAMBO, Front is RARI. Color is Toyota AE86, TECH is BMW i8. I Love It
I fell asleep, had a dream, woke up and had breakfast all whilst the door opened.
Haha. Yes, but you need to give people enough time to stare at you and the car as you exit outside The Casino in Monte-Carlo. 🙂
@@sirjohnmara lmao
Lol yeah that was my biggest peeve I was definitely wondering if there was a setting to speed up that door opening 😂😂
I can't imagine a hinge in that angle being very reliable for a door that opens fast though so maybe one of the compromises they had to make with limitations.
Get good at yapping about the car as you wait to get in I guess 😂
As humans get rounder, our vehicles will get sharper.
What a crime not having this in 60fps, it’s almost heartbreaking
No words to describe this machine, what a beast.
That door opening should be an animation that allows fast forward 😂😂
Those vehicles sure look incredible. The showcasing makes it all the more different from the rest.
I'm 17, And that means I'm forced to grow up into a world that will be full of eclectic, automatic and relatively non-combustion vehicles. Although that truth is sad I feel honored that there are people and companies - like those at Lotus - that are not afraid to be bold and make the most of the future to come, even better they are helping bring that future to the present. Realistically I'll never be able to afford nor drive a car like this, but I'm grateful machines like this are finally here. Good on you all at Lotus
start trading forex now and in ten years buy a lotus
Get a old 350 chevy cheap keep it. Store gas rip it around when ur 25 lol
Lol. The electric car farse is already crumbling my dude. Don't worry. We got plenty of ICE cars for devades to come
You're 17 plenty of time to build your nest egg and afford more than this car: dream big!
Buy a gently used GTI and/or Miata and keep it forever. Manual transmissions, of course
This is the kind of car I used to design with my lego as a child! Stunning!
One of the greatest and most underrated British brands.
中国的！
Lotus - Lots Of Trouble, Usually Serious.
It’s just a wedge. And the back bald is poorly matched the front half.
What comes next will be interesting indeed
This car is one of the most interesting designs I'v seen in a long time. Up there with ferrari purosangue, and the MC20.
Lets see it on some tarmac.
Iv been getting turned off with the direction most makes have been going in, so this is refreshing.
Nice concept. Put a proper engine in it and an actual steering wheel and I think there would be genuine interest.
You know it’s going to be electric…
@@Fred-rv2tu Everyone loves iPads. Haven't you ever just wanted to crawl inside one through a slowly-opening door? Hahaha
Its a concept. It needs usnusable "futuristic" BS. Im pretty sure actaul car will be very normal.
@@Fred-rv2tu why does EVERYONE think electrics are bad!?!?
@ in my humble opinion… they’re just soulless. Sure they’re faster. But they drive themselves they’re controlled by iPads. You don’t work on them like you do an ice. To be fair though a lot of modern cars suffer the same problems. I’m a BMW guy and swore off any new ones when they made that wrap around display.
This is a car I`d buy (if I had the money). Simply beautiful
But where is hypothesis 1???
corollary 1
Your customers, and private buyers in general, absolutely DO NOT wan't heavy, sterile EVs. Don't forget that.
Speak for yourself oldman
@@nasilemakletakicecream The market has already spoken loud and clear. Just look at sales figures and resale values of performance EVs.
Just look at the evija and the evija x man
@GAFUKIS and seen what? Customers do not want EVs , that's why the nevera sold around a third of it's intended units.
Mate Rimac himself said customers don't want EVs. They are sterile slop
For me, I want electric cars
That is by far the nicest interior I have ever seen
It looks like Venom ...fresh design concept
Such a refined form. Nicely done.
5:52 "This is what a Lotus always should be" is an unfortunate phrase. The Lotus founder Colin Chapman once said "Simplify, then add lightness", and THAT is what a lotus always should be. The drift from his words that Lotus has taken over the years is a disgrace, ditching the original brand's ethos in favor of commercial appeal, loosing its identity with no care. This is a proof that Lotus died with Colin Chapman, and today we are greeted with this: a Lamborghini Gallardo rip off with futuristic deformation, heavy, electric and complicated.
Потрясающе, как же прекрасна эта модель, даже не вериться что человек мог создать такой шедевр.
I feel like this man says "analog" a lot, but doesn't really know what it means . . .
“Analog and digital are words. We are going to use those words while talking about this concept car. This car has a top and I’m going to use the word digital. This car has a side and now I’m going to use the word analog.”
Makes perfect sense to me
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not even the DOORS are analog on this junker 😭
not as bad as "virtual analog" instruments
In his defense that way of saying it is used specifically in Art. Where by Analog art usually refers to traditional media like pencils, charcoal, oil paints etc and require good old fashioned techniques. As opposed to working with something digitally like Photoshop or Painter.
It's not really used to denote "old fashioned, hands on, physical, etc" outside of that scenario usually.
Finally something distinctive and interesting. Design of supercars in the last 5-10 years was universally approaching a singular shape due to aerodynamic requirements. My only critique is that the door opening speed needs to be at least tripled.
Excellent design
That is a stunningly beautiful design
Chopped carbon fiber is not comparable to real layered carbon fiber.
Fact. Probably not important for a front bumper, but in the center of the body it better be real
this is just beautiful... I'm speechless
I’m always here…. ✔️
me too
the seats are so stunning
I love it aesthetically specifically the bar beneath the rear wing with the L O T U S badge on it, that is so nice
Stunning looking vehicle.
Looks like a Bullet from the side. I think the black and white gives this LA police 🚔 car vibe. At least you have the colour of the lotus logo changed, it looks sleek and classy instead of that bold yellow and black logo that looks like a Sticker and ruins the image of the car. It would be nice if you guys made the Emira into a 4 seater with a bit more horse power 🎉🎉🎉
holy shit. this is a great look into the future. thank you!
Im torn between the admiration for the design and the cringe about all the touch and light stuff. Great concept overall though 🤩😍👍
Na, were already accustomed too touch mobiles ect.
This might be the most beautiful car I've seen
Such a big difference to Jaguar
just came from the jaguar miami vid
Jag looks like it was designed by Benjamin Netanyahu - it looks so genocidal, while the Lotus looks like it was penned by Nadia Comaneci - it looks so agile.
lots of concepts these days. great pleasure to see. Now let's see something real guys, This is for ALL oems, not just lotus.
That looks like something you would park next to a Cybertruck 😬
This is a beautiful car! The kind of car that will hang as a poster in a kids bedroom. The dream car.
Finally !!! I missed these style concept exercises good job it brings back the golden times of design bertone giugiaro
should be done totally digitally its an utter waste of resources to use so much that will be used by so few
@chrisjames7803 not really, a full scale concept study is useful to iron out the kinks of the design. Ofc they have made the 3d model first and foremost, but you could only see and feel so much through a screen. Anyway, more and more of these fullscale studies were made using recyclable materials to push your agendas, so you should be celebrating it
That door opening needs to make it to production, its really cool.
Design looks really nice! Just if doors opens slowly and outside ir raining max you'd get a bit of water until you'd enter a car :D
Lovely.... An Esprit class in the near 2024. Great to see Lotus continuing the climb far ahead of others.
This is really futuristic,good job!
Ironic?
Stunning front, mid sides, OK rear
Wish this was put into production. ❤
why??? 🤯
@@siitan83 what kind of dumb question is that? Obviously, they would like it to be put into production, because they think it's a nice car.
@@Horton138 its idiotic.. thats what it is .. a track toy at most... Its not even a car.. and some guys want to even see it produced 🤯 its surprising
Innovative design, revolutionary performance. Theory 1 is shaping the future of high-performance vehicles
Lotus have lost there way, bring back the esprit and make it a hybrid like Ferrari sf90 and 296. Or sell the name so someone else will bring it back, maybe a v12😊😮
Beautiful design!
Cool, but what exactly is next? Another SUV? Another big GT weighing 2.5 tons? Is all this work going to be wasted for better speakers in a new, heavy SUV?
I assume that making a production car exactly like this would be very expensive and unprofitable. But that was the idea - that SUVs and GTs would make money, and sports cars would give fun to users and satisfaction to their creators. Without this, Lotus will lose its sense of existence and will be just a name for Chinese EVs.
love the brutal simplicity of the design
They always come up with the wildest concepts but never deliver anything close in real life.
What about the production evija and evora vs the concept cars for those models?
still recovering from the trauma when Lotus presented a new Esprit, Eterne, Elite and Elise during the 2010 Paris Autoshow (look that up on TH-cam)
Maybe this is a way to keep their designers feeling like they can explore their passion. Too much normal work might leave them uninspired. Still be better to just make them but could be part of it
The front view black and gold, wow
Awesome - can't wait to see the production models that incorporate some of these features! One thing though. Please put a proper ICE engine it it. I'd even accept, at a pinch a hybrid.
Lotus is done with ICE.
No, those days are over.
Lotus should do a deal with Koeniggssegg for that 600bhp 3 cylinder that was going in the Gemera 👌
@oneeleven9832 Why? Carwow exposed Koenigsegg as having poorly engineered vehicles that produce nowhere near the stated performance stats.
Ok, boomer…
it gives me 80` nostalgia how people envision sports cars back then - this is not a car auto making this is art
Lotus is the most futuristic brand nowadays
True
Those coaxial Kef speakers looks sleek
Please keep the 3 seater design. This should be utilized more often, as should 2 + 2.
look at the way he steps out of the car, if he had any passengers he would have to sit on their laps to get out, or climb over their legs. it looks cool but it's not practical at all.
@@shybyebye Совершенно верно
@@shybyebye if you want practical, get a minivan. this is a performance vehicle.
@@Ezfar1995 This is a concept car there are no details on what it's going to be or even if it will get translated into something practical.
This is concepting done the right way.
no ones gonna wait 5 minutes for doors to open
it's a concept. it's not in production, they will take inspiration from this but not make this.
Stunning - absolute genius design!
これからのLOTUSにどんな影響を与えるのか楽しみですよね🤗
Just saw this after looking at the Jag..... phew! Amazing innovation exists here still, and it's stunning inside and out! The Jag 'theys' should've looked at what Lotus are doing.
This car is not meant to be driven, it's meant to collect dust in a display room.
Its clearly a concept. Not sure the door are fast enough, robotic fabric any good or even the headrest actually make the head rest.But...It IS really interesting.
I'm intrigued.
Congrats for the brave step that many competitors did not have the courage to take