Lotus Evora: Speed and Style

Description

This history of the Lotus Evora traces the genesis, context, manufacture and evolution of the Type 122 Evora and its derivative models.The Evora’s prowess as a grand touring sports car is demonstrated with the author's international road trips, and its essence is detailed through in-depth interviews with leading personalities at Lotus involved with the design, development, construction and marketing programmes. The book concludes with the launch of the Evora's successor, the Type 131 Emira in 2021. Johnny Tipler has a long association with the Lotus marque, having run the John Player Team Lotus Motorsport Press Office during the halcyon JPS era, as recounted in his 2019 book ‘Black and Gold’. He has authored many automotive books, notably on the Lotus Elise, and also wrote for the Club Lotus International publication between 2005 and 2011. He is a good friend of Classic Team Lotus boss Clive Chapman (son of the Lotus founder Colin Chapman) and regularly attends historic races such as the Goodwood Revival where CTL's F1 Lotuses are in action. Review: A good book if your patient - A great book, just took like forever to show up from supplier Review: Great pictures, terrible writing - As an Evora owner and Lotus fan I was going to buy this no matter what. It is a beautiful looking coffee table book with a many great photos documenting the history and process of creating the Evora. Unfortunately, the writing is just awful. The text is verbose and repetitive - the same words and phrases to describe the same topic just a paragraph or two later. The author likes to randomly inject their opinion against actually interesting information from interviews with the folks who did the work. Within a chapter topics jump randomly from paragraph to paragraph with no logical flow or reason. The book reads like a rough first draft that badly needs an editor to bash it into shape. Buy it for the pictures. A missed opportunity to tell the story of a relatively unknown and underrated car.