2017 Lotus Stratton GT Evora Limited Edition – Car 2 of 10

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2017 Lotus Stratton GT Evora Limited Edition Car No.2

The Lotus Evora GTE was built in more recent years to permit its racing variant to be able to race under the GT3 and LM GTE regs. Based on the Evora floorplan but with an extra track width of 110mm, the car was designed to have a lower centre of gravity, to be lighter and faster. Powered by the 3.5 litre supercharged V6 engine shared by the other Evora and Exige variants but having been re-worked and tuned by Swindon Race Engines. This process involves major engine strengthening, forged pistons, con rods, higher lift camshafts and a specially re-worked exhaust system making this a very lively engine with an instant throttle response, producing an astonishing 438hp, making it the most powerful Lotus under production, with a standing start to 60mph in an astonishing 4 seconds. The throttle response is immediate and impressive. Combine this with a kerb weight of just 1277kgs and……. well, it goes without saying!

Although having had the capacity to build more, just 20 GTE’s and 1 Race Car were built at Hethel, the majority with the IPS semi-auto box and LHD formation although a small number of RHD models and a small number in Manual Transmission were built too. They were all sold before they were built and once Lotus reached the required build numbers for the GT3 regulations production of this amazing car ceased.

Well, nearly!

More parts were produced than were necessary to complete the requisite 20 cars. Due to its special relationship with Lotus Cars, Stratton Motor Company entered into the deal to take on the remaining stock of parts and bodies to be able to produce ten more cars, all hand-built by Stratton Motor Company to unique colours and specification and labelled the ‘Lotus Stratton GT’ under the direction of its owner and racing enthusiast Roger Bennington. These ten cars were then built, now with 7 having been sold, so there are now only 3 remaining.

The ultimate Lotus track day car, also being road registered, each car is powered by the same 438 bhp 3.5 litre V6 ‘Eaton’ supercharged charge cooled engine but are now supplied with the manual version of the gearbox that was found in the original IPS GTE’s. Each has its own individual colour scheme and specification although nearly all are loaded with lots of weight-saving carbon fibre to squeeze just that little bit more in terms of performance whilst also adding to the kerb side appeal. Truly individual and hand-built by Stratton’s team these cars will never be repeated and already have a place in British motoring history.

This car benefits from being VAT Qualifying, making it suitable for export VAT free @ £69, 999 – £83,999 total price including vat.

• Lotus
• Evora