At just over 3,000 pounds, the Lotus Evora weighs half a ton more than the spritely Elise. That makes it more of a Lotus Escalade than a Lotus Miata... or a Lotus Lotus.

Lotus has produced some fine convertibles in the past — the original Seven, both front-and rear-drive Elans, the Elise — so you'd think a quirky announcement alluding to a new open-top model would be welcome. It might have been if it wasn't from Dany Bahar's Lotus.

It's the end of an era — the last of the Lotus "comeback cars." Lotus will reveal the Exige Matte Black Final Edition – an exclusive bit for North America — at the Pebble Beach car-o-thon next week.

The Italian highway cops have their Lambo, but the hard-asses at Arma dei Carabinieri are getting two Lotus Evora S cruisers. The specially-equipped cars have voice recognition tech and a refrigerated compartment for blood-and-organs transport, or keeping their Limoncello cold.

When you had that photo of an Esprit on your bedroom’s wall in the ‘80s and closed your eyes, this is probably how you imagined life with a mid-engined Lotus: a never-ending winding road in never-ending sunset. Back then, there was no Evora an Esprit could transform into, but Richard Morris’s latest video solves…

The Lotus Evora S is a more properly sorted machine with a supercharged, 350-hp 3.5-liter V6, a tighter suspension and improved aerodynamics. According to the CEO of Lotus "It's an instinctual car, the experience is pure."

An undisguised Lotus Evora S was out on the Nürburgring testing its newly-supercharged 3.5-liter Toyota V6 engine and slightly more-aggressive spoiler before its Paris Motor Show debut. And no, that supercharger won't fit your Camry. [AutoExpress]

An email announcing the Lotus Evora S, Evora Auto and a "mystery car" will debut at the Paris Motor Show leaked and all the automedia wants to talk about is the CCing error. Who cares? We're getting an Evora S!

Road&Track photographer Chris Cantle, who is a 6-foot-tall human and non-contortionist, managed to fit himself into the trunk of a Lotus Evora without any bodily harm. It's clearly more accommodating than the back seat. [Road&Track]

These photos of a Lotus Evora on an unidentified film set in the French Alps show the same skis and gold-on-copper paint job as the Lotus Esprit Turbo from For Your Eyes Only. UPDATE!