The paper documents the planned specifics of the sales pitch to other carmakers. The Evora platform being licensed for other manufacturers is a long shot though and may be a hurdle high enough to block the flood of affordable Evora-based vehicles.

The 2010 Evora of Lotus is actually depending on a V6 from the Toyota line of DNA that can squeeze out some 276 horsepower. The main lines of the vehicle are designed to cater for both style and performance unlike the more aggressive Exige and Elise models.

The architecture of the Evora follows the Versatile Vehicle principle of Lotus. This entails a modular design which can easily be manipulated to conform to certain purposes. The architecture also favors cheaper manufacturing compared to the riveted and bonded aluminum parts being used by the Elise cars. Replicating the Evora platform is also very easy and cheap.

We are pretty sure that there will be announcements soon if the platform of the Evora will really be licensed for consumption of other carmakers. It is a wait and see game.

The engine from the renowned research division of Lotus is set to deliver the maximum work performance regardless of the kind of fuel. A lot of speculations and hypothesis are being raised because of the known variability of fuel characteristics.

Different fuels will have different octane ratings, burn rates, and combustion temperatures and these will make one wonder how an engine like Omnivore will remain efficient. The Omnivore concept engine is specifically engineered to optimally use different fuels and make use of the available electronic control technologies.

At its current stage, the engine is a single cylinder machine which allows Lotus experts to easily note effects and make revisions as needed. The concept machine also comes as a two stroke engine with direct fuel injection.

The engineering arm of Lotus foresees how Omnivore can influence the increase of efficiency and travel distance when green fuels are utilized.

The monoblock design eliminates the need for a cylinder head gasket by integrating the design of the cylinder head with the engine block. This feature adds to the durability of the design and decreases the total weight of the engine.

The Omnivore also permits asymmetric timing of the exhaust flow. A puck on top of the combustion chamber makes variable compression possible.

Omnivore, if successful, will paved the way for the development of multi fuel engines that can help in decreasing the dependency on fossil fuels.