# Lotus Eletre

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lotus-eletre/1414290>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [September 18, 2023, 11:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lotus-eletre/1414290 "2023-09-18T11:44:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 11:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lotus-eletre/1414290/1 "2023-09-18T11:44:48Z")

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Would you drive it?

Made in Wuhan, China. Big, heavy, etc. However…

> the Eletre is the most Lotus-like you can imagine an electric SUV could be. Although that does feel like a pretty egregious oxymoron.

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/7/2/724297ff30314afe18db1ce54973da9748658884.jpeg)

> **[Complicate then add weight: is the new Eletre SUV a \*real\* Lotus?](https://www.topgear.com/car-news/big-reads/complicate-then-add-weight-new-eletre-suv-real-lotus)**

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**Author:** ![LUC1F3R](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/luc1f3r/32/7299_2.png) [@LUC1F3R](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LUC1F3R)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 11:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lotus-eletre/1414290/2 "2023-09-18T11:58:16Z")

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Not for $155k…rather have two model x plaids for that.

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**Author:** ![drvnkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/drvnkd/32/109615_2.png) [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 2:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lotus-eletre/1414290/3 "2023-09-18T14:11:36Z")

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@91MR2  
I wonder if his ‘Lotus thing’ went off with this thread.

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**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lotus-eletre/1414290/4 "2023-09-18T19:08:16Z")

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These are for rich people who just want to stand out as different but have no real idea how to be different. Like an X5/6 M, lambo suv, etc

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**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 11:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lotus-eletre/1414290/5 "2023-09-19T11:34:02Z")

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So the X is like a “Muscle Car” and the Eletre is more for twisties, according too this:

> **[Lotus Eletre vs Tesla Model X: can the new e-SUV beat the old guard?](https://www.topgear.com/car-news/big-reads/lotus-eletre-vs-tesla-model-x-can-new-e-suv-beat-old-guard)**