Lotus Evija Hypercar Finally Ready To Be Delivered To Owners

Four years ago,almost to the day(July 16, 2019), theLotus Evijawas revealed. And yet not a single car has been delivered. The Evija has sufferedsetback after setback since its debut,但在2023年的古德伍德速度节(FOS)提交, representatives toldCarBuzzthat the wait is finally over and that the first customer deliveries will start at Monterey Car Week next month. Speaking to media at FOS, Gavan Kershaw, director of Attributes and Product Integrity for Lotus, said, "At Monterey, Pebble Beach, we'll be handing over our first customer cars."

What's more, we've already seen the first customer-spec cars. At FOS, Lotus had a specialEvija Emerson Fittipaldi Edition on display. It wears a black and gold livery that pays homage to the F1 driver and his Lotus 72 that won the Driver's and Constructor's championship titles, respectively, in 1972. The car on display was confirmed to be a customer car, the first of eight in this specification. But looking at the Fittipaldi Edition on display, something was amiss; the badge says "Lotus Nyo" instead of Lotus.

This tells us the owner of this car hails from China, and that's where its final destination will be. The Lotus name is already taken in China, so all Lotus models sold in the Asian country wear a 'Lotus Nyo' badge, which translates as "New Lotus." The Chinese car market is the largest in the world, but for a number of years, many legacy automakers didn't try to enter the market. That, of course, has changed with Lotus being purchasedby Chinese automaker Geely, but since the ownership rights of the name were never registered by the sports car maker there, it has had to adapt its identity accordingly.

Limited to just 130 units, earlier reports said that every one of the 130 hypercars was spoken for, but Lotus representatives confirmed toCarBuzzthat this is no longer the case. That means you can still order one if you have approximately $2.6 million (the price is £1.995 million, and Lotus says for cars like this, all transactions are handled in pounds sterling), burning a hole in your pocket.