Sports car specialist broadens its horizons with a Porsche-challenging electric SUV
Ayisha Gharu Ayisha.Gharu@haymarket.com
LATE 2023
TECH GIANT APPLE wouldn’t be anywhere near as big as it is today if it hadn’t expanded into smartphones, and Lotus is hoping that its own entry into a booming market will give its fortunes a similar boost.
You see, the fully electric Eletre is the brand’s first ever SUV. The entry-level version (simply called the Eletre) is set to cost £89,500, placing it in line with Porsche’s Taycan Cross Turismo 4S. However, Lotus has given its car 595bhp to the Taycan’s 563bhp.
If that’s not enough for you, there’s the £120,000 Eletre R, which ups the power to 892bhp and cuts the 0-62mph time from 4.5sec to just 2.95sec. Meanwhile, the Eletre S combines the power of the entry-level car with a longer list of standard kit.
Whichever Eletre you go for, you get a 112kWh battery, which is enough for an official range of 373 miles in the Eletre and Eletre S and 304 miles in the R.
EARLY 2023 Subaru Solterra
Subaru and Toyota have developed cars together before and that relationship shows no sign of coming to an end; the Solterra is Subaru’s version of the Toyota bZ4X. It’s handy in tricky conditions, thanks to its standard four-wheel drive system. However, unlike the bZ4X, there’s no cheaper two-wheel drive version, so the Solterra starts at a pricier £49,995.
EARLY 2023Tesla Model S
First introduced to the UK in 2014, the Model S luxury car will benefit from a big interior update when the facelifted version goes on sale. Most obviously, the portrait-orientated touchscreen that we’re used has been ditched in favour of a 17.0in landscape unit.The other big news is
