New Lotus Emira vs Porsche Cayman GTS review, Autocar

The allnew Lotus Emira is a big car for Lotus. For one, it s the end of something: the last petrolpowered sports car Lotus says it will make. And for two it s the start of something, as the first allnew model to be introduced since Geely took over Lotus five years ago. Like the Evora before it it s a midengined sports car with a 3. 5litre supercharged V6 engine; here it makes 400bhp and drives through a sixspeed manual gearbox. It ll do 062mph in 4. 3sec and has a 180mph top speed. But just how good is it We ve put it up against the benchmark midengined sports car to find out: a Porsche 718 Cayman GTS. This has a 4. 0litre naturally aspirated flatsix cylinder engine making 394bhp. It will do 062mph in 4. 5sec and has a 182mph top speed.