Lotus Evija Fittipaldi is a picture-perfect tribute
John Player Special
The John Player Special livery is an iconic livery on Lotus’ F1 cars from the 1970s and 1980s. The color combination is considered one of the finest livery’s in motorsports. Even if you have nothing to do with auto racing, it attracts attention. This Lotus Evija Fittipaldi also looks particularly good.
Fittipaldi tribute
It has been 50 years since Emerson Fittipaldi took the Formula One world title in the service of Lotus, giving Lotus the constructors’ championship in the process. The Brazilian drove his Lotus Type 72 to search the entire field. He won five of 11 Grand Prix’ that year. Salient detail is that aluminum from the Type 72 of yesteryear was actually used to make the dial on the center console in the Lotus Evija Fittipaldi.
Powerful EV
As fast as the Type 72 was half a century ago, its performance is nothing compared to the state-of-the-art Lotus Evija. The Type 72 featured a roaring V8 with 400 horsepower. The Lotus Evija, on the other hand, features no fewer than four electric motors, one at each wheel. Consequently, the total power output of this EV supercar is a staggering 2,039 hp and 1,704 Nm. With that, the Lotus Evija pops from 0 to 100 km/h in just 3 seconds and to 300 km/h in 9 seconds. Stopping acceleration does not occur until 350 km/h.
Lotus Evija Fittipaldi
The black-and-gold color scheme can be found all over the car. Inside, you can recognize the Evija Fittipaldi – apart from the color scheme – by the signature of Emerson himself. That one is hand-stitched into the dashboard. Furthermore, there are fine details all over the Evija that show that you are dealing with special edition.
Lotus is building only eight examples of the Evija Fittipaldi Edition, all of which have already been given away. With the chance, of course, that Emerson Fittipaldi himself may also receive one. In any case, the former driver was present at the unveiling of the Lotus named after him and, in addition to sitting in the Evija, got to get behind the wheel of his illustrious Type 72 again for a while. As did former Formula One driver Jensen Button.
