Lotus Etna

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Lotus Etna

Overview
Manufacturer	Lotus
Production	1984 (concept)
Model years	1984
Designer	Giorgetto Giugiaro at Italdesign
Body and chassis
Class	Concept supercar
Body style	2-door coupe
Layout	Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive
Powertrain
Engine	4.0 liter Lotus 909 V8
Transmission	5-speed manual
Dimensions
Wheelbase	99 in (2,515 mm)
Length	168 in (4,267 mm)
Width	72.6 in (1,844 mm)
Height	45 in (1,143 mm)
Kerb weight	2,606 lb (1,182 kg)

The Lotus Etna is a one-off concept car designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro, who also designed the Lotus Esprit. It premiered at the 1984 British International Motor Show. It is powered by a 4.0-litre V8 of Lotus design, code-named the Type 909.^[1] Engineer Tony Rudd had been asked in 1978 by Colin Chapman to build a new V8 engine that should have as much in common with the slant-four still operational across the Lotus family as possible, while conjuring at least 320bhp and 300lb ft.

Meanwhile, other Lotus engineers were working on a new active suspension system for the firm's F1 Grand Prix machines that would eventually filter down into the road cars. Lotus sent the Esprit chassis to Italdesign, with the new engine and gearbox in order to help Giorgetto Giugiaro with the packaging of his creation.

When the Etna was revealed in Birmingham, it was promised that it would be the first road-going Lotus to receive this sophisticated suspension, along with traction control, ABS and noise cancelling – and, of course, Rudd's 4.0-litre Type 909 engine which ultimately produced 335bhp and 295lb ft. Only two Type 909s engines were built; the other had been retained by Lotus for display purposes.

What was the backdrop to the Etna's development: crisis. In the wake of Chapman's death in 1982, Lotus was in turmoil. Sales remained low in the wake of the 1979 Iran-Iraq War, and the subsequent hiking of fuel prices, which hit demand for all luxury cars.

General Motors bought Lotus in 1986 and the Etna and Type 909 were put on ice and eventually killed, as the company changed tack completely, working towards an inexpensive sports car that would eventually emerge in 1989 as the front-wheel-drive Elan. The spirit of the Etna lived on in Peter Stevens’ Esprit remix of 1987, but the emergence of a new Lotus V8 engine would have to wait until 1996 – and that was completely unrelated to the Type 909.

References

^ Clark, John. "Projet M71 revival, full history of the restoration of the 909 Engine".

External links

Lotus Cars timeline

Type	1950s										1960s										1970s										1980s										1990s										2000s										2010s										2020s
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Sports racer					VIII	IX	Eleven		15	17	19		23		30	40		47		62
			Mark VI					Seven																																											340R							2-Eleven									3-Eleven
Roadster													Elan																											Elan M100							Elise
Coupé									Elite							Elan																																			Exige																						Emira
																		Europa									Esprit																														Europa S				Evora													Evija
Grand tourer																		Elan +2							Elite
																									Eclat									Excel
Saloon														Cortina				Cortina																							Carlton																																		Emeya
SUV																																																																										Eletre
Electric

Racing cars	Mark I Mark II Mark III Mark IV Mark V 12 16 17 18 20 21 22 24 25 27 29 31 32 33 34 38 39 41 42 43 44 48 49 56 59 61 63 64 66 69 70 72 73 74 76 77 78 79 80 81 86 87 88 91 92 93T 94T 95T 96T 97T 98T 99T 100T 101 102 107 109 112 114 115 119 T125 T127 T128 F1 T128 LMP T129 E20 E21 E22 E23 Hybrid
Related cars	Caterham Seven Ford Cortina Lotus Talbot Sunbeam Lotus DeLorean Hennessey Venom GT Westfield Sport Isuzu Piazza Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1 Opel Lotus Omega/Vauxhall Lotus Carlton Kia Elan Opel Speedster/Vauxhall VX220 Tesla Roadster Proton EMAS Lotus-Radford Type 62-2
Concept cars	APX Elan Concept Elite Concept Elise Concept CityCar Eterne Emotion Esprit M70 Esprit Concept Ethos Etna M250 M90
Future cars	Type 134 Type 135
Key figures	Colin Chapman Tony Rudd Romano Artioli Dany Bahar Len Terry
Group Lotus	Official website Lotus Cars Lotus Engineering Team Lotus Lotus F1

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