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The Lotus Evora S IPS that the company showed drifting all around its test track earlier this year will be available in October, says Car and Driver. The kinder, gentler Lotus is fitted with the six-speed Intelligent Precision Shift transmission, an Aisin unit swiped from the Toyota Camry and retuned with Lotus electronics and actuators.
There are two ‘regular’ modes and two ‘sport’ modes on the IPS gearbox. The former include a traditional hands-off automatic and an auto mode with shifts handled by wheel-mounted paddles. The latter are a sport automatic setting that sharpens the car’s responses and a manual sport mode for total driver control. The Evora S IPS hits showrooms in October. For now, you can take a look at Lotus’ test driver giving it the beans in the video below.Continue reading Lotus Evora S IPS automatic transmission option arrives in October [w/video]
Lotus Evora S IPS automatic transmission option arrives in October [w/video] originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 28 Jul 2012 11:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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