Owned an Evora S for 3 years, have driven several non S Evoras, as well as a GT410 Sport. Standard Evora’s have even more plush ride than the S. Lovely cars, although you want the close ratio box for it to feel anything like a sports car. (The original long ratio box has the original diesel gear ratios, good for fuel economy, bad for going anywhere in a hurry). The GT410 Sport is a sensational car, just watch Harry’s Garage review of it - a much sharper driving car than the Emira that followed. Very underrated cars, in whichever model you can afford. Just get a good one, as some early cars are now a bit tatty.
Brilliant info Gez, thanks so much! And for anyone reading this - check out my review of Gez's DeLorean that only went live a few weeks prior to this! ruclips.net/video/GK9CwikcrC4/видео.html
Thank you so much, mate! I appreciate this enormously! I've had mountains of corporate work come in out of nowhere at the mo and have needed to find the energy to throw myself back into filming outside in gloomy conditions to keep the channel going. Comments like yours are a massive motivator that I gotta keep the momentum going come rain or shine!
Enjoyed your review. I have a beautiful Evora S Sports Racer and love it. The car is an absolute blast to drive, it’s comfortable yet handles brilliantly, it cruises perfectly on the motorway, yet delivers on a twisty b road. The back seats are useful if you have kids. With the sports exhaust it sounds great. It looks like a mini super car, everyone absolutely loves it. Ive had TVRs in the past, but the positive attention this car gets is on another level. The other thing you didn’t mention is the ownership costs or lack of. Servicing is really reasonable from Lotus, and depreciation is glacial. Mine is still worth roughly what I paid 5 years ago. What a great car and seriously underrated.
Had an Evora S for a couple of years - agree with all of this - stunning car - I’d get another but what’s keeping me out is simple parts availability. I’m in an Elise for my fun at the moment and I don’t feel short changed, except for the noise! Great channel by the way - new subscriber!!
The 911 is the ultimate head decision - and understandably so, just superb things! I'd kill to own a nicely sorted one! The Evora S is the heart decision that would likely come at the cost of usability and the odd bit of dependability but it'd be so, so special to own! That's my take on it but that's from someone who's owned neither hahaha!
Great video and glad you enjoyed the Evora! 😎 It's a hugely special car to me and a fantastic travel companion. I'll be releasing a 4 year in-depth ownership video at some point with all the costs, now that I've gone through the full A-B-A-C service cycle. Spoiler alert - if you don't mind a lead time on some parts, it's a great value proposition. Thanks again and looking forward to that GT4 video!
Ooooooooo that's a brilliant shout!! I hadn't even thought of putting these in the same conversation! What a forgotten gem! I'll have to try and join an owner's group and get that on the channel!
I drive past an obvious car enthusiasts house on the way to work. There was a BMW 135 on the drive for about 6 months, then an Exige, then an Evora, but now it's a 911. That says it all for me!
Re base vs S. I have dreamt about both. Both dreams were great 😂 Great vid! I genuinely didn't realise the Evora sounded that good! Definitely a baby supercar, but still the 2+2, very cool.
Hahahaha your dreams are more informative than my experience of not driving a base Evora to be fair! And all I can say is I now desperately want either!
Wow! How's it been? I assume quite reliable but perhaps the odd niggle here and there? I STILL think about this car all the time after reviewing it, and I'm usually quite quickly onto the next car!
Jeez, be nice to have 35k to spend on a sports car lol. Going to take another month to save up for new shocks and springs, on an mx5😂. Then 4k for a full exhaust system. Take me til about march 2025 to pay for that. Great video. 👍
I have a friend with the base Evora. Great looking car but he has had serious electrical wiring harness issues. I have the Lotus Evora GT. Excellent fast car. I also recently got the Porsche 718 Spyder. you are going to love the GT4.
Ooooo lord above, how serious are we talking? Great expense and many attempts to fix, I'm guessing? And congratulations on your epic garage! How does the 718 Spyder feel? I hear they're sensational!
@@petrolpoodle My friend does most of his own mechanics on cars so not a great expense, but he still can't fix the issues. He's stubborn lol Yes, the 718 is a lot of fun. Not as fast as my Evora GT though. but it's a convertible :-)
Drive the Evora GT410 auto, it's AMAZING! Drove the manual version heavy clutch. Have the Emira, pretty and special but the GT410 is the one to go with and held it's value.
Hahahahahaha this really made me laugh! It was a great excuse to have a fry-up and listen to some podcasts on the drive hahaha. Thoroughly looking forward to getting the review in, especially that I've now driven the Evora S and GT4 since!
If anyone is looking for a Lotus specialist who knows Evoras to the ‘rebuild’ level - they have owned several themselves, rebuilt an Esprit to concourse level, and do a lot of Seven and Elise/Exige rebuilds too - then give Andy Buik at SaabMK a call. Full disclosure, he’s a biking mate of mine, but when Lotus themselves pass him work, you know he’s good. He’ll also give you an honest opinion on the build quality, problem areas, and driving dynamics. And, he knows what he’s talking about - ex-race instructor and regular Lotus track car driver.
I've actually driven one on a test drive with a salesman but sadly on utterly dull dual-carriageways! I would love to drive one on the kinds of B roads that have journalists weak at the knees! I'd say I didn't get a true chance to experience its magic. Like the first time I drove a Swift Sport on a terrible test drive and foolishly claimed it to be dull!
Ooooo see what I found so surprising was how different the Evora and Exige 410 Sport felt. The Exige 410 felt like the most raw supercar experience - how I imagine driving a McLaren F1 to feel in a way, whereas the Evora feels like a mid-engined 911 in terms of ride quality (if not better) but with the Lotus/Toyota V6 heart still! Build quality and usability goes to the 911 though, they feel very, very well screwed together in comparison. How would you sum up your ownership experience between your Porsches and Lotuses?
@@petrolpoodle Excellent Vs poor. Porsche are in a different league engineering, performance, materials, QA/QC its not close at all. For example the Evora has a chassis stiffness ~ 26,000 N/deg whereas the the 981 Cayman is ~ 40,000 N/degree - huge difference. Gear box - PDK Vs something fairly ordinary. Engine flat 6 revving from 7,800 to 9,000 rpm Vs supercharged camry engine.
@@VK6AB- Numbers are just numbers. For some people, it's about the feeling. We are all so different and all have our opinions and that is why there are many different cars to choose between. Lucky us!!
@@purple-porker Sure but QAQC matters as well, if you can't make a good product you go out of business. For all intents and purposes Lotus no longer exists other than through a badge. Their IP has been harvested, there was some token assembly at Hethel and realistically they are a new version of MG. No amount of astroturfing can change that.
Funny. I'm in the exact opposite boat. I've chosen to go with an evora s over a 981 cayman s. I think the broad supercharged powerband of tbe evora is pretty epic, considering the porsche makes most of its power up top , even though for a naturally aspirated car, it also has a wonderful power band. The room in the cayman is better, the evora is piss poor. But heat management in thr cayman is piss poor where as in the evora its okay . Lots of pros and cons
Seriously considering one of these as a daily next year to replace my ND2 2.0 MX5. I do 10,000 miles a year, am I mad? I have an S2 111S as a track/sprint car so I'm already a lotus convert.
Oh it's bloody brilliant mate, it's a mega car! I'd definitely go on an extended test drive of one and see what you think. The ND MX-5 does so comfort, economy, running cost and even I think depreciation is handled really well. And the size of them too, just delightfully small to nip around in. So I can see why they make a lot of sense as a fun commuter - I loved commuting in my NC. The Evora S would make every journey more memorable I'd just do the maths on what you'd spend per year to do 10k in just to be really sure hahaha! God this car has left an impression on me though!
@@petrolpoodle I work from home so most of my work mileage is covered by expenses (5k a year ish). The rest of my daily mileage is made up of visiting my parents, shopping runs, weekends away etc. I'll have to see if I can have a go in one. Not sure where you're located, but if you want to do a review of an ND2 2.0 Sport soft top we could probably arrange something if you're nearish me (North Hampshire). Same for the S2 Elise. I also have an RX8, but that might be a bit "asbo" for your channel demographic.
@@purple-porker yep, they sound as good as they look! And if you can find like I did one of the 188 manual transmission examples, you'll be the happiest driver on the road 😊
Ooooo I do keep forgetting about the manual! With the far improved interior quality and presumably quite a bit better practicality, it would be hard to argue with that. I think the Evora handles in its own league entirely, weighing nearly 200kg less as well as being mid-engined. But the F Type is a proper dream car too, I loved the one I reviewed to pieces
Early Evora owner. Poor fit and finish, but that's why I didn't buy the thing. Chassis is some wizard's work. If only the electrical system, brake switches, etc. weren't so finicky.
When compared to a Cayman, for example, there's just no competition for the best daily for sure. For a weekend toy that you can actually put suitcases in and feel like a supercar owner, it does have something special though!
Why, in an era of ultra horsepower yet clean engines, would an owner brag about removing the catalytic converter? We all breathe, being behind a vehicle spewing unburnt hydrocarbons is hard on the lungs, especially for those of us with less that perfect lungs.
@@onestophobbyspot9350and this being a 2014 UK model it should have only had 2 from factory, but it had 3. Knowing Lotus the catted pipe was probably just more abundant at that point of he production cycle 😉
Owned an Evora S for 3 years, have driven several non S Evoras, as well as a GT410 Sport.
Standard Evora’s have even more plush ride than the S. Lovely cars, although you want the close ratio box for it to feel anything like a sports car. (The original long ratio box has the original diesel gear ratios, good for fuel economy, bad for going anywhere in a hurry).
The GT410 Sport is a sensational car, just watch Harry’s Garage review of it - a much sharper driving car than the Emira that followed.
Very underrated cars, in whichever model you can afford. Just get a good one, as some early cars are now a bit tatty.
Brilliant info Gez, thanks so much!
And for anyone reading this - check out my review of Gez's DeLorean that only went live a few weeks prior to this!
ruclips.net/video/GK9CwikcrC4/видео.html
Criminally underrated channel
Thank you so much, mate! I appreciate this enormously! I've had mountains of corporate work come in out of nowhere at the mo and have needed to find the energy to throw myself back into filming outside in gloomy conditions to keep the channel going. Comments like yours are a massive motivator that I gotta keep the momentum going come rain or shine!
@@petrolpoodle seriously you’re a natural. Keep it up 👍🏼
@@LA-og5vj Thank you so much mate, you're a wonderful soul!
Enjoyed your review. I have a beautiful Evora S Sports Racer and love it. The car is an absolute blast to drive, it’s comfortable yet handles brilliantly, it cruises perfectly on the motorway, yet delivers on a twisty b road. The back seats are useful if you have kids. With the sports exhaust it sounds great. It looks like a mini super car, everyone absolutely loves it. Ive had TVRs in the past, but the positive attention this car gets is on another level. The other thing you didn’t mention is the ownership costs or lack of. Servicing is really reasonable from Lotus, and depreciation is glacial. Mine is still worth roughly what I paid 5 years ago. What a great car and seriously underrated.
Thank you so much, massively appreciate it! And perfectly put, I adore them and MUST have one one day!
imo one of the more underrated and underexposed auto review youtubers. Nice work, man.
Had an Evora S for a couple of years - agree with all of this - stunning car - I’d get another but what’s keeping me out is simple parts availability. I’m in an Elise for my fun at the moment and I don’t feel short changed, except for the noise!
Great channel by the way - new subscriber!!
Thank you so much, massively appreciate it!
Great review would seriously consider this a replacement to my 911 when the time comes especially having Toyota running gear.
The 911 is the ultimate head decision - and understandably so, just superb things! I'd kill to own a nicely sorted one!
The Evora S is the heart decision that would likely come at the cost of usability and the odd bit of dependability but it'd be so, so special to own! That's my take on it but that's from someone who's owned neither hahaha!
Great video and glad you enjoyed the Evora! 😎 It's a hugely special car to me and a fantastic travel companion.
I'll be releasing a 4 year in-depth ownership video at some point with all the costs, now that I've gone through the full A-B-A-C service cycle.
Spoiler alert - if you don't mind a lead time on some parts, it's a great value proposition.
Thanks again and looking forward to that GT4 video!
Thanks again Doug for the loan of the cars, these videos would not be possible if it wasn't for the kindness of people like you.
Thank you so much again, Doug, what a privilege to have driven both of your motors! I really appreciate it!
@@purple-porker no problem, you guys made them look & sound superb 👌
@@petrolpoodle my pleasure, I hope there will be a new addition to the garage for you to try at some point 👍😎
i think the Lexus RCF gets a good shout at that price. I think you should try get one of those on the channel!
Ooooooooo that's a brilliant shout!! I hadn't even thought of putting these in the same conversation! What a forgotten gem! I'll have to try and join an owner's group and get that on the channel!
Yea lovely car, as an ex owner the issue I had was the leather keeps pealing off dashboard and steering wheel and trying to fix that was a nightmare 😢
Ahhhh yes, the build quality issues! Such a shame but god what special machines otherwise!
I drive past an obvious car enthusiasts house on the way to work. There was a BMW 135 on the drive for about 6 months, then an Exige, then an Evora, but now it's a 911.
That says it all for me!
The 911 is the ultimate supercar to me. Fast, good looking, pratical and a great daily.
Oooooo interesting! That is quite damning! Which 911 have they landed on? I'm also curious what they end up with next on their driveway hahaha!
@@petrolpoodle 991.1 C2S. If they've got any sense they'll stick with that in my opinion 😂
911 is a sports car.
Re base vs S.
I have dreamt about both.
Both dreams were great 😂
Great vid! I genuinely didn't realise the Evora sounded that good! Definitely a baby supercar, but still the 2+2, very cool.
Hahahaha your dreams are more informative than my experience of not driving a base Evora to be fair!
And all I can say is I now desperately want either!
I drive my Evora S since 11 years, reached 150'000 KM now and it is perfect for me. In the sum of all attributes: simply great.
Wow! How's it been? I assume quite reliable but perhaps the odd niggle here and there? I STILL think about this car all the time after reviewing it, and I'm usually quite quickly onto the next car!
Jeez, be nice to have 35k to spend on a sports car lol.
Going to take another month to save up for new shocks and springs, on an mx5😂. Then 4k for a full exhaust system. Take me til about march 2025 to pay for that.
Great video. 👍
Too right. I haven't even managed a tenth of that for a toy 😂
MX5s are brilliant-and real world. love the one you’re with, I’d say!
Hahahaha tell me about it! I either need to push a relative down the stairs or work harder. Going for the latter currently
I have a friend with the base Evora. Great looking car but he has had serious electrical wiring harness issues. I have the Lotus Evora GT. Excellent fast car. I also recently got the Porsche 718 Spyder. you are going to love the GT4.
Ooooo lord above, how serious are we talking? Great expense and many attempts to fix, I'm guessing?
And congratulations on your epic garage! How does the 718 Spyder feel? I hear they're sensational!
@@petrolpoodle My friend does most of his own mechanics on cars so not a great expense, but he still can't fix the issues. He's stubborn lol
Yes, the 718 is a lot of fun. Not as fast as my Evora GT though. but it's a convertible :-)
As always great review and great channel. Also great shots 🎥
Thanks so much mate!
Drive the Evora GT410 auto, it's AMAZING! Drove the manual version heavy clutch. Have the Emira, pretty and special but the GT410 is the one to go with and held it's value.
Sounds great, I would love to try one.
Oooooo I'd love to! If anyone is willing to let me review it, that'd be brilliant!
Sorry everyone, it was my 911 that wouldn’t start 😂!
Well I look forward to seeing it!
Very excited for this one!
We need that on the channel asap
Hahahahahaha this really made me laugh! It was a great excuse to have a fry-up and listen to some podcasts on the drive hahaha.
Thoroughly looking forward to getting the review in, especially that I've now driven the Evora S and GT4 since!
@@petrolpoodle It'll be worth it, it'll even start and run this time! 🤣
You are Paul Cabannes doppelganger! holy moly
Hahaha, I had to Google him, but you are right. 🤣
Hahahahaha I also had to Google and this really made me laugh!
you are the new top gear
Huge praise, my friend! Thank you!
Or perhaps that could be 'dead and past its best' hahaha!
If anyone is looking for a Lotus specialist who knows Evoras to the ‘rebuild’ level - they have owned several themselves, rebuilt an Esprit to concourse level, and do a lot of Seven and Elise/Exige rebuilds too - then give Andy Buik at SaabMK a call. Full disclosure, he’s a biking mate of mine, but when Lotus themselves pass him work, you know he’s good. He’ll also give you an honest opinion on the build quality, problem areas, and driving dynamics. And, he knows what he’s talking about - ex-race instructor and regular Lotus track car driver.
Great shout!
Alpine A110 comparison would be good 👍
I've actually driven one on a test drive with a salesman but sadly on utterly dull dual-carriageways! I would love to drive one on the kinds of B roads that have journalists weak at the knees! I'd say I didn't get a true chance to experience its magic. Like the first time I drove a Swift Sport on a terrible test drive and foolishly claimed it to be dull!
where do you find these for 35k?
There are only 4 for sale on Autotrader in the UK but they're all under 35k 😊
@@ShushsusShahshshsh GB Pounds, used cars are very cheap here.
Having owned +20 Porsche sports cars, a 380 and 430 Cup - its not close.
Ooooo see what I found so surprising was how different the Evora and Exige 410 Sport felt. The Exige 410 felt like the most raw supercar experience - how I imagine driving a McLaren F1 to feel in a way, whereas the Evora feels like a mid-engined 911 in terms of ride quality (if not better) but with the Lotus/Toyota V6 heart still!
Build quality and usability goes to the 911 though, they feel very, very well screwed together in comparison.
How would you sum up your ownership experience between your Porsches and Lotuses?
@@petrolpoodle Excellent Vs poor. Porsche are in a different league engineering, performance, materials, QA/QC its not close at all. For example the Evora has a chassis stiffness ~ 26,000 N/deg whereas the the 981 Cayman is ~ 40,000 N/degree - huge difference. Gear box - PDK Vs something fairly ordinary. Engine flat 6 revving from 7,800 to 9,000 rpm Vs supercharged camry engine.
@@VK6AB- Numbers are just numbers. For some people, it's about the feeling. We are all so different and all have our opinions and that is why there are many different cars to choose between. Lucky us!!
@@purple-porker Sure but QAQC matters as well, if you can't make a good product you go out of business. For all intents and purposes Lotus no longer exists other than through a badge. Their IP has been harvested, there was some token assembly at Hethel and realistically they are a new version of MG. No amount of astroturfing can change that.
Funny. I'm in the exact opposite boat. I've chosen to go with an evora s over a 981 cayman s. I think the broad supercharged powerband of tbe evora is pretty epic, considering the porsche makes most of its power up top , even though for a naturally aspirated car, it also has a wonderful power band. The room in the cayman is better, the evora is piss poor. But heat management in thr cayman is piss poor where as in the evora its okay . Lots of pros and cons
Seriously considering one of these as a daily next year to replace my ND2 2.0 MX5. I do 10,000 miles a year, am I mad? I have an S2 111S as a track/sprint car so I'm already a lotus convert.
Oh it's bloody brilliant mate, it's a mega car! I'd definitely go on an extended test drive of one and see what you think. The ND MX-5 does so comfort, economy, running cost and even I think depreciation is handled really well. And the size of them too, just delightfully small to nip around in. So I can see why they make a lot of sense as a fun commuter - I loved commuting in my NC.
The Evora S would make every journey more memorable I'd just do the maths on what you'd spend per year to do 10k in just to be really sure hahaha! God this car has left an impression on me though!
@@petrolpoodle I work from home so most of my work mileage is covered by expenses (5k a year ish). The rest of my daily mileage is made up of visiting my parents, shopping runs, weekends away etc. I'll have to see if I can have a go in one.
Not sure where you're located, but if you want to do a review of an ND2 2.0 Sport soft top we could probably arrange something if you're nearish me (North Hampshire). Same for the S2 Elise. I also have an RX8, but that might be a bit "asbo" for your channel demographic.
Porsche Cayman GT4 and GT4 RS are the drivers keeper!
Stay tuned GT4 video coming very soon.
The new review of the GT4 comes very soon indeed!
@@petrolpoodleAlpine A110 still slightly out of budget?
For the best sound, engagement and looks under £30K nothing beats a manual F-type V6. Ask how I know 😉
How do you know? 😆 I do like an F-Type, those hips on the coupes are great.
@@purple-porker yep, they sound as good as they look! And if you can find like I did one of the 188 manual transmission examples, you'll be the happiest driver on the road 😊
@@JWL-UK Wow, I didn't even know they made a manual. You should get it on the channel!
Ooooo I do keep forgetting about the manual! With the far improved interior quality and presumably quite a bit better practicality, it would be hard to argue with that. I think the Evora handles in its own league entirely, weighing nearly 200kg less as well as being mid-engined. But the F Type is a proper dream car too, I loved the one I reviewed to pieces
Early Evora owner. Poor fit and finish, but that's why I didn't buy the thing. Chassis is some wizard's work. If only the electrical system, brake switches, etc. weren't so finicky.
Great car but not a daily
When compared to a Cayman, for example, there's just no competition for the best daily for sure. For a weekend toy that you can actually put suitcases in and feel like a supercar owner, it does have something special though!
A 996 is a great daily.
Why, in an era of ultra horsepower yet clean engines, would an owner brag about removing the catalytic converter? We all breathe, being behind a vehicle spewing unburnt hydrocarbons is hard on the lungs, especially for those of us with less that perfect lungs.
This thing has 3 catalytic converters relax
And so few people do it it wouldn’t make any appreciable difference.😊
@@onestophobbyspot9350 Oh, I forgot, yeah, everybody knows that.
@@onestophobbyspot9350and this being a 2014 UK model it should have only had 2 from factory, but it had 3. Knowing Lotus the catted pipe was probably just more abundant at that point of he production cycle 😉
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