Somebody pass me whatever the guys in Lotus are having! Not content with leaving the motoring world guessing as to what the two unidentified cars from last week's Frankfurt announcement are set to be, the Hethel-based manufacturer has just upped the cryptic ante with a release entitled "The Lotus Fight: What the F...rankfurt?"
The release also goes on to say "Make the rules. Break the rules. More Lotus than EVER." and comes complete with an equally cryptic video that shows a boxer standing on a race-track ready to duke it out with what vaguely looks to be a Lotus Exige.
The only real clue is the 'More Lotus than ever' line, which was the headline of the previous announcement concerning the two yet to be released cars. Could the automotive combatant be one of those cars? If so it would appear that the car Lotus describes as one of the quickest road cars the company has ever built might be right and that the Exige is set to be fitted with a tuned version of the Evora's 3.5-litre V6 engine.
Either that or the Exige in the video is being driven by Swizz Beatz and he is going to 'pop a cap in the ass' of the boxer. All will be revealed come 9.00am on Monday at the
Frankfurt Motor Show.
Paul Healy - 9 Sep 2011