{"id":562533,"date":"2026-07-22T12:54:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T12:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/562533\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T12:54:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T12:54:26","slug":"the-lotus-emira-420-sport-in-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/562533\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lotus Emira 420 Sport in Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

\tPublished on July 22, 2026\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\tBy Tim Pitt<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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\t\tTim Pitt’s Most Recent Stories\t<\/p>\n

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The Lotus Emira 420 Sport.<\/p>\n

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In the metal, the Emira looks low, dramatic, and emphatically mid-engined.<\/p>\n

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With the Emira 420 Sport, Lotus offers more scope for personalization inside the car.<\/p>\n

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Starting at the front, you will notice larger mesh-filled intakes in the bumper, plus a deeper splitter with air ducts to cool the front brakes.<\/p>\n

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For those who expect to take their 420 Sport on track, the Dynamic Handling Package seems like a must-have option.<\/p>\n

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The Emira 420 Sport is fit with Lotus-stamped Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires.<\/p>\n

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The 420 Sport sits 0.2 inches lower than its siblings, with revised suspension settings aimed at quicker turn-in and tighter body control.<\/p>\n

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The car covers zero to 62 mph in 3.9 seconds and has a top speed of 186 mph.<\/p>\n

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The Emira\u2019s sills are more sculpted, and its side intakes now sit within a scoop, force-feeding a greater amount of air to the AMG engine.<\/p>\n

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This is a vehicle that takes time to appreciate, with a very \u201cLotus\u201d way of going about its business.<\/p>\n

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While the car transmits every ripple in the road, its trick Multimatic dampers round off imperfections beautifully, so the chassis never feels discombobulated.<\/p>\n

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For the first time, arguably, the Emira delivers the driving experience promised by its looks.<\/p>\n

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The Lotus Emira 420 Sport starts at $122,900.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published on July 22, 2026 By Tim Pitt Tim Pitt’s Most Recent Stories Lotus Cars Image Credit: Lotus…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":562534,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[61,60,237638,563,115278,80],"class_list":["post-562533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-lotus","tag-review","tag-sports-cars","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=562533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/562534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=562533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=562533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}