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13/11/2009 | By: Colum Wood

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To help promote the 2010 Evora, Lotus has publicly announced a U.S. tour for its new flagship sports car. The Evora will be visiting all 44 Lotus dealerships over the next four months starting today, November 13th with simultaneous displays at Lotus Motorsports, Inc. in Boston, MA and Park Place Limited in Bellevue, WA.

We don’t yet have full U.S. specs on the car, but they should be close to the European ones that list the Evora as being powered by a Toyota V6 engine with 276-hp at 6400 rpm and 258 ft-lbs of torque at 4700 rpm. The car will weighs just over 3,000 lbs (3,047 to be exact) and thanks to a six-speed manual gearbox can hit 60 mph in just 4.9 seconds. Lotus also gives braking distance figures for the Evora with its four-piston AP Racing calipers at each corner with front 13.8-inch rotors and rear 13.1-inch rotors. It will stop from 60 mph in 110 feet and from 100 mph in 290 feet. The car will come straight from the factory with a staggered wheel fitment, with 18-inch rollers up front and 19-inch wheels in the rear. A set of forged rims, which weigh 7.1 lbs less (in total), will be available as an option. As expected ,with the fuel-efficient Toyota engine, as well as the light-weight Lotus chassis, fuel-economy is impressive with 22.8 mpg in the city and 43.5 mpg on the highway for an average of 32.5 mpg.

GALLERY: 2010 Lotus Evora

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See after the jump for the 2010 Lotus Evora Open House tour schedule:

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