To demonstrate its capabilities, Lotus has so far offered a glimpse of the Evija finished in three new colours: Atomic Red, Solaris Yellow and Carbon Black. And if this all sounds very futuristic ...

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The black paint and gold lines of (gasp ... The Emira is finished in yellow and wears the number 12 in blue. The Lotus Evija hypercar has faced some setbacks, but it was worth the wait.

Lotus needed an SUV. The company is adamant that there were lessons learned in the Evija project that could be transferred ... not the rather flattening grey or neutralising black that swathed half ...