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CaptainBigleux a écrit:pas le même budget, j'adore le look de l'Evora surtout dans cette version... donc en mettant hors de l'équation le problème de la valeur résiduelle, et vu que je suis pas très porschiste... ma préférence irait naturellement à la lolo.
Mais à la lecture (en diagonale) de l'article, je suis désagréablement surpris. L'essayeur semble se plaindre de la direction et de l'équilibre de l'Evora, alors que c'est normalement THE point fort des Lotus
The next day starts frosty. You get a warm feeling being in the GT430; it’s the best built of all the Evoras I’ve tried, with such a reassuring sense of quality and integrity. However, heading east on the A5 out of Betws-y-Coed, up the twists between the stone walls, I’m feeling for icy patches, which again highlights the Lotus’s lack of feel. The weight, smoothness and directness of the steering are spot on, but it lacks that crucial amount of feedback that gives confidence. Further out, pressing on, the weighting becomes a fraction light and inputs reveal a light front, heavy rear balance of masses that tempers your pace a little.
The further I go, and the more of this undulating, twisting and difficult road that passes beneath the GT430’s wheels, the more impressed I am. Even working the growly V6 hard, I can’t seem to unstick the fat rear tyres.
Nor was I expecting the GT430 to ride as well as it does. It may look like a road-going race car but it clearly takes the ‘GT’ part of its name seriously. Either that or Lotus’s chassis engineers just can’t bring themselves to make a car that doesn’t breathe with the road. The GT430 glides over tricky surfaces all of a piece, yet the sporty tightness of control you’d hope for is there too in the lack of pitch and roll and the crispness of response. It’s a remarkable blend of skills.
You can get into a satisfying groove with the Lotus, and there is much to enjoy and admire, not least the finesse displayed by its ride, which smooths away small imperfections and delivers great control over the bigger stuff for remarkably poised, calm progress, with fantastic grip, too.
And, as ever, the ride quality is exceptional and allied to superb body control.
I’m feeling for icy patches, which again highlights the Lotus’s lack of feel. The weight, smoothness and directness of the steering are spot on, but it lacks that crucial amount of feedback that gives confidence. Further out, pressing on, the weighting becomes a fraction light and inputs reveal a light front, heavy rear balance of masses that tempers your pace a little.
Getting into the 911 again confirms this. Its steering is more natural, authentic – the response you get for the input you make is spot on. But it’s also the overall balance that makes a difference. The Porsche feels lower slung, and although its engine is way out back, it doesn’t feel like it; the car turns like all the masses are gathered between the axles.
The Evora is, well, less good. In fact, all that has been hinted at over the miles we’ve covered crystallises here. First, the front doesn’t want to bite and the rear doesn’t want to let go, so next time through, I’m more patient and let the front hook into the turn and then power up the rear. It slips wide but the breakaway is too quick, too sudden. Back off and the momentum-loaded rear regains grip abruptly and the tail bounces back into line. Not smooth, not calm, not reassuring.
Casimir a écrit:La dernière "nouveauté" de Lotus, l'evora GT4 ...
Casimir a écrit:On s'absente...et personne ne commente la non actualité typique de Lotus.
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