Electric cars and hybrid exotics are all the rage at this year's Geneva Motor Show, with everyone from Audi to Ferrari -- yes, Ferrari -- rolling into the show with one.
Yes, the Porsche 918 Spyder plug-in hybrid stole our hearts, but the Lotus Evora 414E Hybrid has us just a smitten. After teasing us last week with a picture of the car's drivetrain, Lotus finally gave us the full monty.
This is the first hybrid from Hethel, and it hews closely to the company line set down all those years ago by the great Collin Chapman. It's small and it looks like it'd be fun in the twisties and it cranks out 414 horsepower and an eyeball-flattening 590 pound-feet of torque using electric motors for propulsion. Yes, motors. There are two, one for each rear wheel, with torque vectoring to improve the handling.
It's a range-extended EV like the Chevrolet Volt, meaning there's a 47 horsepower gasoline motor that powers a generator to keep the juice flowing when the batteries run flat. The lithium-ion pack is good for 35 miles, then a Lotus-designed monoblock three-cylinder engine kicks in. The engine itself is an impressive bit of kit you can read about here.
No word from Lotus on whether this car will see production, but we'd love to see them rolling off the line alongside the Evora and Elise.
Read more about the Evora 414E Hybrid in our earlier post.
Photos: Lotus. More after the jump.
