The Evora 400 is available with either a sports-ratio six-speed manual or six-speed automatic transmission (A/T) with paddle-shifters and base prices start from RM597,999 and RM610,999 respectively.
This provides owners with cruise control and the choices of a metallic and signature paint and yellow or black brake callipers.
To add on more goodies, the price of RM624,999 (A/T - RM637,999) blacks the roof, sills and mirror caps, while having the choose from eight options within the leather and Alcantara trim pack.
For RM640,999 (A/T - 653,999) a set of gloss black forged 10-spoke 19-inch front and 20-inch rear alloy wheels rounds with off the list of additionals.
However, the first 30 car buyers will enjoy a special promotional price for the car.
Regardless of pricing, the Evora 400 comes with a three-year factory warranty, two-years free maintenance service, one time entry into the Lotus Driving Academy and a one-year Lotus Official Club Malaysia membership.
With a chassis that is bonded and made out of lightweight extruded aluminium, it has a stiffness of 27,000Nm per degree, while having an unleaden mass that's 42kg lighter than its predecessor at 1,395kg (A/T - 1,425kg).
Furthermore, with the car's redesigned front and rear, the car gets 32kg of downforce when travelling at 165kph.
Externally, the Evora 400 gets slapped with a lightweight rear diffuser, three element rear wing, Bi-xenon headlights with LED daytime running lights, power-folding heated external mirrors and an oval exhaust finisher.
Just aft of the 4+2 cabin lies the engine bay with its 3.5-litre V6 all-aluminium engine equipped with an Edelbrock supercharger to help pump out 400hp at 7,000rpm and 410Nm at 3,500rpm (A/T - 400Nm at 4,500rpm).
This helps the car reach 100kph from standstill in 4.2 seconds and onwards to a top speed to 300kph (A/T - 280kph) and comes to a halt with the help of AP Racing four-piston callipers biting down on servo-assisted two-piece cross-drilled 370mm-front and 350mm- rear disc brakes.
Ride and handling is taken care of by the pairing of Eibach springs and Bilstein dampers with anti-roll bars for the forged aluminium double-wishbone independent suspension.
The sportscar also gets a lightweight low inertia flywheel, Torsen Type limited slip differential (M/T only) Lotus-tuned hydraulically assisted steering system and active exhaust valve.
It also comes with electronic stability programme with traction control, three driving modes (drive, sport, race), tyre pressure monitoring system, five-speaker sound system with Alpine touchscreen head unit and reverse camera.
According to Group Lotus PLC chairman Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. Lotus Cars Malaysia aims to break even or perhaps make a profit this year.
He said Lotus sold 2,000 units of its variants worldwide last year, and expects to at least maintain its sales figures this year.
Its sales last year put it second in the supercar segment in the region and 12th globally.
"Lotus was in a bad shape since DRB-Hicom, the parent group of Proton Holdings, acquired the company, but last year it generated its best sales performance," Bernama quoted him as saying at the Evora 400 launch.
