Trash lotus can't drive safely in a straight line. It's heavy so it should have decent downforce. How pathetic. Lotus = Lots of Trouble Usually Serious - Jeremy Clarkson
It's not a Lambo, it's a fancy Audi with Lambo badges on it. Also, the Lotus is not a Lotus, it's a fancy Geeley with Lotus badges on it. You'd have to be f*ck*ng mad to spend 6 figures on either of these two turkeys.
@dj1nnie makes me appreciate my W204 C63. 1600kg and it has 4 doors and a 6.2L v8. But no turbos, no electric motors / batteries, and guess what? Doesn't need them! And sounds amazing. Will never ever sell it. My daily driver and maintenance cost is basically zero. Fuel economy isn't great in traffic but highway economy is actually pretty good!
@@fakamada These are both terrible cars - one is a German car assembled (badly) in Italy and pretending to be Italian, and the other is a Chinese car assembled in China pretending to be British.
@@fakamada The difference with MG is nobody except car enthusiasts remember MG - they were out of production for 20 years, and in most markets, you couldn't even buy one for the last 40 years, and they had been junk for longer than that. Also the Chinese MG's are actually really good value for money. Lotus is a performance icon, now Geeley has bought it so they can use it to sell overpriced & under-developed Chinese junk to western idiots. Pretty clear from how messed up this car was the entire way through the racing that it is based on a Geeley platform and Geeley electronics that aren't suitable for a performance car. Good for them if it works though - a fool and their money as they say.
With all the comments and all the back and forth, the best thing? Seeing Yianni back healthy taking the piss out of Mat. Welcome back mate, glad you are healthy! Cheers!
It's actually not heavy when compared to other EVs.... So still a Lotus DNA but in EV form, not to mention also that it have over twice of Urus downforce
As Jeremy Clarkson once said about Lotus: “Some viewers don’t know this but Lotus does not have a good reputation for quality. Some say this stands for *points at the Lotus badge* Lots of Trouble Usually Serious.”
@Winter_Wyvern1trust me mate. I’m tired of carwow videos due to the long ass pep talk at the beginning + carwow commercial. Drag races should’ve been a simple 5 min video but they make it a 30 min long video 🤦🏽♂️.
@@69op2gg1005ify0m It's all software with electric - I'm sure there are improvements to be made to the code to prevent that level of slippage and adjustments on torque vectoring.
I fuckin love watching Yanni the faces he makes when he is either winning or losing is hilarious, and then way calls Matt selective bias 😆 to his face is also hilarious. These 2 have a great chemistry.
Oooooh yeahhh baby !!! Yianni , the man is back !!! Believe me I’ve waited for every single upload , just to see maybe maybe if he’s back . And Finally wait is over . Big fan
I don't even understand how "off means off" for traction control works in an EV. Does that mean mashing the accelerator just sends full current and voltage to the motors? That's completely mental.
no, it's just stability program off. So no braking when you spin out. With stability on, you get some braking on the sides to get you in track. Would you send full power to all motors on a slippy street you would have wheelspin all over the track.
Bro if audi made a 900hp electric suv it would destroy this easily. I mean look at the taycan GT it would destroy this with less power and a proper launch.
Lotus is under 1/2 of the price and significantly faster! Quite an incredible achievement considering EV's are still improving. Wonder what the real world range is of both cars. On paper Urus has 277 mile range and Lotus is 305 miles.
Good to see Yianni back!!! But we want to see the Lotus race again in normal weather conditions..maybe the wet track is not allowing the car to show its full potential
How I imagine the conversation about the stability control feature goes like: Driver: "Lets turn off stability control." Lotus: "Are you sure you want it off?" Driver: "Yes." Lotus: " OK! It's off!!" Driver: *Launches car and almost crash* "THIS IS NOT WHAT I WANTED!! I NEED A LITTLE STABILITY CONTROL!!!" Lotus: "Nah mate! You wanted it OFF, you have it totally OFF! No take back!"
Replace Lotus with "Geeley" and "Are you sure" with "this feature is half baked and doesn't work properly because this car is cheap Chinese j*nk" and you have it right.
great video...nice to see Yianni back. That Lotus think's it's an 80's 911 Turbo (930 widow maker) I wouldn't touch that with a bargepole. imagine if that sidekick would have happened on the road, straight into on coming traffic.
Its not every day you see a vehicle with more drama than a Lambo. Faster, wilder, more drama, more fussing and some may say better looking. Well done Lotus. That is one wild ride. I hope it sells,
The Lotus without any driver assistance and without stability control is like driving an early BMW 323i from 1980 or a 911 Turbo. Driver skills are the name of the game here.
That's why I love my Tesla Model 3 Performance..it costs peanuts compared to these cars but It still does 1/4 mile in 11.5s consistently without any nonsense launch control.
No kidding! 5 year old Teslas are broken down and falling apart compared to pretty much any legacy car manufacturer. They're a tech company, not a car company.
I hear ya. Had a M3 and an M5 and the Model 3 is far more consistent. The haters just hear media talking points and will never step out to try new powertrains.
@@MrBeckPJ Hmm. Must be driving a fake Model 3 then. Mine has been rock solid. Changed wipers, air filters and tires couple times, but that's about it. 98K kilometres right now, and still gets away just as fast as 5 years ago.
@@Jeroenneman really? I have no doubt you've taken extra good care of your car, so it's probably closer to the exception than the rule. But check out plenty of UA-cam videos featuring 4 or 5 year old Teslas, comparing them to brand new Teslas, and there is a huge drop off in build quality, fit & finish, etc. Talk to anyone whose owned one longer than a lease and they'll tell you: only lease these things. Just like Land Rover, they basically fall apart as soon as the warranty expires.
Dude those are really nice KEF UNI-Q coaxial speakers. It's the legit real deal industry leading stuff. The option just cost an arm and a leg. Welcome to modern aggressively Capitalist china. Its all about the $$$.
To be fair getting 900hp down even on all four wheels with Trofeo R semi slicks is gonna be hard in the wet too considering they also aren't gonna get up to temp.
Sell your car for free with Carwow: bit.ly/-Sell-Your-Car-For-Free-3003
mk
good🥰🥰
LAST JDM CAR RACE MATT TUNED PLs
You gave me 6k for my car, don’t even.
Trash lotus can't drive safely in a straight line. It's heavy so it should have decent downforce. How pathetic.
Lotus = Lots of Trouble Usually Serious - Jeremy Clarkson
I’m back baby! Also after you watch this I uploaded a video talking to Mat about what really happened! Enjoy!
FINALLY
wsg
The king is back!
I miss you yianni hope your recovering well
You been gone for a while glad u back tho
"Once the stability control is gone, you have no stability" ....Lotus
Lotus: ESC OFF means OFF no nannies
I like lotus a lot.
@@Neojhunsame, if it's off, it's off. That's how it works
That’s why i like BMW. ESC off means OFF!
@@CK-nj5ug BMW fall apart
@@svenis97And than you crash to tree:):)
Almost crashed into Yianni on his first day back 😂😂
I know right lol
Yianni didn't even wanna race Mat anymore after that, facial expressions says it all!
😂😂😂
Where's Jim Clark when you need him? 😂
@@andyelliott8027Jackie Stewart and Mika Hakkinen also
Great to see Yianni back, and even in a Lambo. Good stuff guys.
It's not a Lambo, it's a fancy Audi with Lambo badges on it. Also, the Lotus is not a Lotus, it's a fancy Geeley with Lotus badges on it. You'd have to be f*ck*ng mad to spend 6 figures on either of these two turkeys.
@@Beer_Dad1975you cant afford the lambo , go cry in your beat up volvo broke ass
@@Beer_Dad1975it's a Lambo but "audi"fied
And more expensive for the same performance. Why? Just because it's a Lamborghini
900hp Electric SUV + Soaking Wet Runway + ESC OFF. Yet the Lotus staff actually let him do that. That's taking some wild risk.
They’re glad literally anyone is driving that POS
2,640 kg.
@@conor7154 PoS? That car is amazing.
@@conor7154here comes the guy whose whole argument is just "ooh china bad"
@@conor7154here is the guy that goes “oh electric = bad”
Lotus: "Weight is the enemy of performance"
Also Lotus: New car weighs 2.7 tonnes
See the new M5 hybrid weighing at 2435 kg, even more than their full electric i5 M60...
@dj1nnie makes me appreciate my W204 C63. 1600kg and it has 4 doors and a 6.2L v8. But no turbos, no electric motors / batteries, and guess what? Doesn't need them! And sounds amazing. Will never ever sell it. My daily driver and maintenance cost is basically zero. Fuel economy isn't great in traffic but highway economy is actually pretty good!
Colin Chapman: Simplify, then add Lightness.
Clearly lost the memo.
must be the reason the company was going bankrupt and got bought by a Chinese company!
@@stevenspilly are you sure you have really no battery in your car? :D
Watching this in my toilet..
Omg, samesies. Poop buddies?
Same
😂😂😂😂 crazy that I'm also in the toilet
@Tiger10002you're getting that camera!!
Same
Please redo this race on a dry day…
This is better. Urus doesn't deserve a humiliation.
in the UK?🤣
@@fakamada These are both terrible cars - one is a German car assembled (badly) in Italy and pretending to be Italian, and the other is a Chinese car assembled in China pretending to be British.
@@Beer_Dad1975 Lotus doesn't give a single f*ck about being British. Neither MG does. Stop spreading these weird ideas.
@@fakamada The difference with MG is nobody except car enthusiasts remember MG - they were out of production for 20 years, and in most markets, you couldn't even buy one for the last 40 years, and they had been junk for longer than that. Also the Chinese MG's are actually really good value for money. Lotus is a performance icon, now Geeley has bought it so they can use it to sell overpriced & under-developed Chinese junk to western idiots. Pretty clear from how messed up this car was the entire way through the racing that it is based on a Geeley platform and Geeley electronics that aren't suitable for a performance car.
Good for them if it works though - a fool and their money as they say.
With all the comments and all the back and forth, the best thing? Seeing Yianni back healthy taking the piss out of Mat. Welcome back mate, glad you are healthy! Cheers!
How long until we see a Mat Armstrong “I bought a wrecked Lotus Eletre” video 😅
Yes 😂
Highly unlikely really, he's a gas guy and likes his sound, EV's don't make exhaust or engine sound, they're fast, but soulless... 🤷♂️
@@johnnygeorgopoulos4072 Do you mean "you prefer Nokia feature phones to Apple smartphones"? Because smartphones have no soul?
@@leeh1626 Pure Android, no Apple, no iOS, no BS
why so eager?
Gotta love the lotus gus saying "for us when its off, its off."
Great to see you two guys on the track together again. Great humor and theater ❤
Baer🐻 back..Nooo
I love how Yianni insisted on the sound check because he knew it was his best chance of winning something 😜🤣🤣🤣
😂
Lotus making heavy suv's... hell freezes over...
Lotus making lightweight SUV’s keeping to the Ethos as always.
Lotus just trying to survive so they can continue producing sports cars.
@@mathiaspreissler1 The thing is they said they only making ev from now on
Lotus making cars that are commercially viable and may sell in numbers that guarantee the future of the company, how very dare they 😂
It's actually not heavy when compared to other EVs.... So still a Lotus DNA but in EV form, not to mention also that it have over twice of Urus downforce
As Jeremy Clarkson once said about Lotus: “Some viewers don’t know this but Lotus does not have a good reputation for quality. Some say this stands for *points at the Lotus badge* Lots of Trouble Usually Serious.”
He said that a very long time ago, talking about Lotus cars from the 90s and before. Lotus Elise was an incredibly successful production car.
@@raveninnsbruck9166 Helped that they started using other people's engines (Rover K and Toyota engines) rather than their own
Omg I’ve never ever heard that before …..wow what a guy. Gimp.
As people say ''Toyota have reputation for quality'' 'but Carwow is biased and promotes unreliable German brands
@@Lemingtona-x5g Only people that don’t like cars buy Toyotas horrible cars.
Glad to see you're back, Yianni in go mode! Great show, gents!
Need to see this Lotus up against a Tesla Model X plaid, but with better tyres and a dryer track.
Welcome back Yianni 👍🏻
And fixed launch...
Lotus: "You are completely on your own now. Be prepared."
What about Tesla Model X Plaid vs Lotus Elise 190 vs Elise 111R Race Car vs Eletre R?
No we don't
@@purwantiallan5089190/11 lose for sure you need something waay faster.
maybe Lotur F1 car?
Yiannie is back YOOOOO let's goooooo
😂😊
@@yiannimize Legend thanks for replying 🙏🙏😭😭
@@Lemingtona-x5g Bro you're SUS or something
@@aloniabasmerom8868 calling someone a bro and someone a legend for? doesn't sound SUS? you're even using crying emoji
@@Lemingtona-x5gdo u know what sense is?
Race starts at 6:10
Doing God’s work
@@moiseulpasmoilet Eletre cook, man. Let Eletre R COOK.
Entertainment starts at 0.01
@Winter_Wyvern1 calm down dear it's a commercial
@Winter_Wyvern1trust me mate. I’m tired of carwow videos due to the long ass pep talk at the beginning + carwow commercial. Drag races should’ve been a simple 5 min video but they make it a 30 min long video 🤦🏽♂️.
Anybody else get immediately disappointed when these drags happen in wet conditions? LET THE DOGS EAT ON DRY PAVEMENT!!!
11:24 He was about to send Yianni back to the hospital 🏥 😂 “That’s a quick SUV”
I know right 😂
FR
Lotus unreliable junk
Yes, Yainni is back! Glad to see he's good and back at it.
Saw the registration plate on the Urus and saw Yianni was back. Yessss!
Always a great video when Yianni's back!
The old LOTUS acronym Lots of Trouble Usually Serious. New one is Lack of Traction Utterly Scary.
900hp with Pirelli zero on wet track and TCS off...GL with this on any car
@@69op2gg1005ify0m It's all software with electric - I'm sure there are improvements to be made to the code to prevent that level of slippage and adjustments on torque vectoring.
lotus making a heavy ass electric suv IS the end of the world but man that thing IS fast
Everyone said the same thing about Porsche, but it’s what keeps them in business. Stop bitching about automakers wanting to stay in business
@@josephquinto5812 but porsche does still make their original type of cars aswell.. all lotus have become heavy...
@@danielh9981 Posrche sells more SUVs than they do 911s.....Porsche Macan and Cayenne are their best sellers.
Technically it's not even a Lotus. It just has Lotus name. It's chinese car with Lotus badge
@@ChR0nos_7734its designed in the UK. Just assembled in china.
Yianny is back!
Yianni should test drive the Impreza 1994 btw.
I fuckin love watching Yanni the faces he makes when he is either winning or losing is hilarious, and then way calls Matt selective bias 😆 to his face is also hilarious. These 2 have a great chemistry.
Said the f word
Oooooh yeahhh baby !!! Yianni , the man is back !!!
Believe me I’ve waited for every single upload , just to see maybe maybe if he’s back . And Finally wait is over . Big fan
🎉😂
Pretty much everyone:- The Urus is not a good looking car.
Lotus:- Hold my tea
😂 nice.
The front of the lotus is hideous but the back seems pretty fine
Still better looking than the Urus.
@@PrInzzx.The front of the Eletre also looks like 1989 Silvia S13 Q's.
Urus is an even uglier q8 its unbelievable how awful it looks
I don't even understand how "off means off" for traction control works in an EV. Does that mean mashing the accelerator just sends full current and voltage to the motors? That's completely mental.
no, it's just stability program off. So no braking when you spin out. With stability on, you get some braking on the sides to get you in track. Would you send full power to all motors on a slippy street you would have wheelspin all over the track.
Well atleast that mode is honest then
@@xsurefaceturning on the stability devices may cost the player a bit of top speed and some time in drag races actually.
Off after launch control completes?
love the banter between these two .
Lotus back then : light , not much unnecessary power , amazing control of the car
Lotus now : heavy as fuck , lots of power , no control at all
Yeah bec the crowd nowadays only understands straight line speed
It's just a starting sick,and with two electric motors he supposed not to drift on the wet runaway but yet hit the current drag race
Lotus Carlton???
Great video. Nice to see the dynamic duo back together again.
11:43 thats the most british "Jesus Christ" I have ever heard lmaoo
😂😂
Can’t wait for a Mat, Yianni and Sam video!
Yiaaaaannnyyyy is back 🥰🥰😍😍, we've missed you too
kiss him
😊
Kamui Kobayashi also looks happy when Yianni returns.
7:15 2.6 ton lotus almost veering towards you 😬
Yianni is BACK! Hope your back issues are resolved. It just wasn’t the same without the dynamic Duo of Mat and Yianni.
🙌🏼
Yes, Yianni is back! Awesome team work you guys 🤜🤛
The moment I read that yi4nny number plate, I figured, it was you, missed you in the races, man!
The number plate of Yianni almost resembling a number plate from Midnight Club LA.
No shit Sherlock..
🙌🏼🙌🏼
Crazy how the Lotus pretty much mocked the £300k Audi by snaking around all over the place before taking off into the distance. Insane power 😮
The Geely is electric if you hadn’t noticed
now imagine if it had proper traction control and tyres that actually work in the wet
“If you survive, the car is very fast”
German cars suck
Bro if audi made a 900hp electric suv it would destroy this easily. I mean look at the taycan GT it would destroy this with less power and a proper launch.
YES! finally yianni is back, mat + yianni + sam = best video
Love you Yanni. Missed u and welcome back!
Missed you Yannie… good to see you back !!
Top work Yanni! Great to have you back 💫👍💪🏻
Thank you for Yani it´s god to see him back
Yaaay! Good to see you again!
I knew as soon as I read the title Yianni was back. Good to see you back in vids and glad your surgery went well.
You two are brilliant together. Don’t stop 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽❤️❤️
Now put the Lotus against the DBX 707 and Turbo GT. will be very interesting. E: Also, I love the engine note of the Urus, at ANY RPM.😩
No it won't, the Lotus will smash everything unfortunately
@@Don-pk2uyin the dry 100%, turbo gt would be close in these conditions i think
@@Don-pk2uy that's electric for ya
@@Don-pk2uyTurbo gt will give a better show , the urus is slow
@@MR9Mouhibthey are literally the same car
Unless Porsche is lying about the power
Lotus is under 1/2 of the price and significantly faster! Quite an incredible achievement considering EV's are still improving.
Wonder what the real world range is of both cars. On paper Urus has 277 mile range and Lotus is 305 miles.
U R knowledgeable! And an agreable assessment.
Lotus will do 220-240 at max with careful driving!
It's still a sht box. Buy the Urus.
@@PaulAndBiscuitno, don’t pay 400k for an overpriced audi
@@PaulAndBiscuit Urus is a shit box too, overpriced rs q8.
Good to have you back Yanni
Welcome back Yanny!!! 🎉
I’m glad Yianni is back, was getting sad without him.
Yeahhhhh....Yianni's back 👏🏼🥳 welcome back buddy, about time!
If this was 20 years ago, drag racing cars of this power, in the wet, with no nanny electronics would have been deadly
@Yianni yessss you are back. Missed you and im happy you recovered ❤🎉
Mat you got some serious crazy control skills... Such a brave man😅. Welcome back Yianny🎉
Glad you're back! We missed you!
hes married, relax
🙌🏼
@@hsvrdon’t be a melt relax!
Welcome back to the team, man👍
Welcome back Yanni boy!!! So good to see you again mate!!
This is why drag racing tracks don't race on wet ground
Good to see Yianni back!!! But we want to see the Lotus race again in normal weather conditions..maybe the wet track is not allowing the car to show its full potential
Finalllyyyyyy ... welcome back 🔥🔥👏🏼
YANIE IS BACK,i have been waiting
How I imagine the conversation about the stability control feature goes like:
Driver: "Lets turn off stability control."
Lotus: "Are you sure you want it off?"
Driver: "Yes."
Lotus: " OK! It's off!!"
Driver: *Launches car and almost crash* "THIS IS NOT WHAT I WANTED!! I NEED A LITTLE STABILITY CONTROL!!!"
Lotus: "Nah mate! You wanted it OFF, you have it totally OFF! No take back!"
Replace Lotus with "Geeley" and "Are you sure" with "this feature is half baked and doesn't work properly because this car is cheap Chinese j*nk" and you have it right.
great video...nice to see Yianni back. That Lotus think's it's an 80's 911 Turbo (930 widow maker) I wouldn't touch that with a bargepole. imagine if that sidekick would have happened on the road, straight into on coming traffic.
Yanniiiii welcome back my man!!!! 🎉
Thanks
Yianni is back! ❤
11:44 "Jesus Christ!" I'm not even sure he could save that Lotus like Matt did there. Matt, the Lotus Savior. 😇
Yianyyyy back 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 finally love you much man great seeing you again
Great to have you back Yanny
Thanks
Great to seeee yaaniiii back again!!!! 😍😍😍
Its not every day you see a vehicle with more drama than a Lambo. Faster, wilder, more drama, more fussing and some may say better looking. Well done Lotus. That is one wild ride. I hope it sells,
My takeaway of this Video is DO NOT BUY The Lotus Eletre.
Finally!! Yani is back! Good to see your doing well
I can’t decide if the lotus is a total weapon or a dangerous unreliable death trap!
Every time I see this car, "Wait a minute! That's not a Lotus. That's a fat chinese SUV" 😂
Yianni’s comeback made my day !🫶🏻
The Lotus without any driver assistance and without stability control is like driving an early BMW 323i from 1980 or a 911 Turbo. Driver skills are the name of the game here.
What skill is needed on a auto …..
Y A N N I is B A C K 🎉
Let’s show some love ❤️
🙌🏼
14:57 can we appreciate the sync in which the windows got down
Welcome Yanny
That's why I love my Tesla Model 3 Performance..it costs peanuts compared to these cars but It still does 1/4 mile in 11.5s consistently without any nonsense launch control.
Yeah but it's a Tesla POS 🤷
No kidding! 5 year old Teslas are broken down and falling apart compared to pretty much any legacy car manufacturer. They're a tech company, not a car company.
I hear ya. Had a M3 and an M5 and the Model 3 is far more consistent. The haters just hear media talking points and will never step out to try new powertrains.
@@MrBeckPJ Hmm. Must be driving a fake Model 3 then. Mine has been rock solid. Changed wipers, air filters and tires couple times, but that's about it. 98K kilometres right now, and still gets away just as fast as 5 years ago.
@@Jeroenneman really? I have no doubt you've taken extra good care of your car, so it's probably closer to the exception than the rule. But check out plenty of UA-cam videos featuring 4 or 5 year old Teslas, comparing them to brand new Teslas, and there is a huge drop off in build quality, fit & finish, etc. Talk to anyone whose owned one longer than a lease and they'll tell you: only lease these things. Just like Land Rover, they basically fall apart as soon as the warranty expires.
He is backkkk
Welcome back ! It's long time no see.
Yianni's nose looks like it's been through a rough time.
He likes getting sit on
That Lotus almost looks more Lamborghini than the lamb looks
We want a review on Xiaomi SU7
10-20 launch’s on the battery? What before recharging?
Drag racing in the rain makes 0 sense.
Yianni let's go 🔥
The door speakers on that chinese thing look like they forgot and had to go Halfords
Kef speakers
Dude those are really nice KEF UNI-Q coaxial speakers. It's the legit real deal industry leading stuff. The option just cost an arm and a leg. Welcome to modern aggressively Capitalist china. Its all about the $$$.
They might be expensive, they still look s...! money and taste rarely go together@@Neojhun
I don't care what name they are, they still look something you'd buy at a car boot sale@@sylvaind.6786
@@van_trippin5260so you are imposing your personal opinion as the benchmark?
this has been the most entertaining video in a while its yanney
YIANNNII IS BACCCK!!!!!!
Anyone else watching from prison ?
Shut up copy cat
I watched this channel from the Cárcelen neighborhood of Quito, Ecuador before… Cárcelen means jail in Spanish 🤷🏼♂️
Been out now 12years watching from thailand .living the dream
@@locointhailandIs that you Gary ?
😂😂😂😂😂
To be fair getting 900hp down even on all four wheels with Trofeo R semi slicks is gonna be hard in the wet too considering they also aren't gonna get up to temp.
Hi Mr Matt, Ben here from Nigeria, pls do a review of the Xiaomi su7 electric car! I hope to meet you one day sir