Lotus Emira update promises ride and handling boost

The Lotus Emira has been updated with a bid of refinements that committedness to bring some a more engaging thrust and greater levels of comfort.

The Emira V6 SE (priced from £96,500) gets retuned dampers and caller alignment settings that are said to amended some its thrust and handling.

Its manual gearbox besides gets caller mounts that are intended to amended the precision of gearchanges. Autocar antecedently recovered it prone to hesitation erstwhile slotting the gearlever into higher ratios when rushing a shift. 

Meanwhile, the Mercedes-AMG-powered four-cylinder Emira Turbo (from £79,500) gets a reworked dual-clutch automatic gearbox that is said to alteration gears much rapidly and beryllium smoother successful its delivery.

Both versions get updated cooling systems with rerouted lines, improving travel to the gearbox lipid cooler and the main radiator.

Lotus said this reduces temperatures and sheds weight, though it has yet to specify however overmuch lighter the caller Emira is.

It has besides recalibrated the motor thermostat truthful that it doesn't unfastened until 75deg C – up 10deg C connected its existent specification – to amended show successful hotter climes.

As good arsenic method updates, Lotus has introduced a caller Racing Line trim for some the Turbo and V6 models. This adds a lower-body pinstripe successful yellow, reddish oregon silver, reflector caps painted the aforesaid colour and monochrome exterior badging. It costs an other £3000.