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BruceTheQuail wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 9:54 am manual v6 would be the way to go to my mind, not a farty AMG turbo.
I wouldn't dismiss that engine too quickly.
I had an A45 AMG in 2013 and it was supposed to pop out 360 bhp in the brochure but tests on customers cars by an aftermarket firm in Germany didn't find one under 370bhp and the new version is over 400 bhp.
In the A45 it was easily capable of dealing with far more expensive and exotic metal .
Given the low weight of this new Lotus I think it will be pretty quick.

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Yeah, I dont doubt the ability but I'd rather have a slower supercharged 6 with a manual. Listen to this engine note
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Yes it sounds good.
The latest A45 which is donating the engine to the new lotus is 421bhp with a 0-60 of sub 4 seconds.
It isn't "farty" just because it's "only" a 4 cylinder.
Or are we still doing the nonsense on here where the P300 only has "half an engine" or the V6 only has "two thirds".
Not everybody can afford a big layout money-wise so the 4 cylinder might be within easier reach for some people and just might be the sweet spot in the range..
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Love it, will wait until they have a more powerful 4 pot though..
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PhilB wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 12:53 pm... the V6 only has "two thirds".
Er, three-quarters? :lol:
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it's not a rag top :D
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no "farty" as in the noise, not the performance. I've got the p300 in our XE and love it, but the noise in the 4 potters is not as good as a supercharged 6, if noise floats your boat. And I dont like the farty noise of the AMG 4, or the 6's or 8's for that matter now that the 8's are turbo, though the latter is more woofy than farty.

So what I was saying was that in the lotus I would rather the supercharged manual 6 for sound and gears, than a faster auto 4.

How the tables have turned, I am constantly arguing on the US forum in favour of the 4 potter and, now I am chided for apparently criticising it?

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Channel 4 has a documentary on called. Lotus a New Dawn at 5.54 today. 17/7/2021
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GBH wrote: ↑Sat Jul 17, 2021 5:03 pm Channel 4 has a documentary on called. Lotus a New Dawn at 5.54 today. 17/7/2021
I've set my recorder! 😁
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There's no replacement for displacement!

Whilst 4 potters provide a cheaper way into the market they sound horrible IMO.
A MK1 Scort RS2000 on the other hand sounds gorge!

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