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#315813 19-Aug-2024 08:32

I saw heresy today ... an awful thing ...

A lovely new Lotus Eletre with a fricking towbar fitted to it! And not even a discrete one you can remove, nope, looked just like a cheap old "I got some bloke to make it" one ... Colin Chapman will be rolling in his grave!

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#3273341 19-Aug-2024 08:36

Its like people doing this to a GTR.....

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#3273343 19-Aug-2024 08:46

I saw a Porsche (one of the 911 variants) with a towbar on a few weeks ago, towing a teardop mini-caravan.

First thing I thought was "I wonder how long it'll be before it starts to sway?".

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#3273370 19-Aug-2024 09:25

its a SUV? what does the U stand for?

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#3273374 19-Aug-2024 09:35

Mark:

I saw heresy today ... an awful thing ...

A lovely new Lotus Eletre with a fricking towbar fitted to it! And not even a discrete one you can remove, nope, looked just like a cheap old "I got some bloke to make it" one ... Colin Chapman will be rolling in his grave!

Apparently 22" wheel versions can be supplied with a typical euro electrically retractable tow ball. Maybe it's to make it easier to heave onto the recovery truck 😋

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#3273375 19-Aug-2024 09:36

Almost as bad as the time I saw a BMW M5 towing a caravan.

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#3273382 19-Aug-2024 10:09

Image of the car:

It's rated for towing:

Tow Hitch Possible

Yes

Towing Weight Unbraked

750 kg

Towing Weight Braked

2250 kg

Vertical Load Max

90 kg

https://ev-database.org/car/1767/Lotus-Eletre

And dealer's are advertising an electric folding towbar.

https://lotusmontreal.com/en/lotus-models/eletre

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#3273466 19-Aug-2024 12:22

Scott3:

https://lotusmontreal.com/en/lotus-models/eletre

How many millions for a factory towbar though? Factory ones can be a joke for how expensive they are.

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#3273468 19-Aug-2024 12:31

davidcole:

How many millions for a factory towbar though? Factory ones can be a joke for how expensive they are.

Electronically retracting towbars are unlikely to be cheap.

Polestar charges NZ$3000 for their 1500kg rated one on the polestar 2. (they do have a cheaper non electronic option).

For a 2250kg rated one on a high end, non China car, I would not be surprised by a price around $6k

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#3273473 19-Aug-2024 12:38

As opposed to < $500 for a tow bar express one (was $360 when I got mine, manually removable) - Assumed some inflation

Mark

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#3273476 19-Aug-2024 12:54

Scott3:

It's rated for towing:

I don't care! It's wrong!!!!! :-)

Lotus is supposed to be light weight, handle like physics has been given an exemption from applying and fall to bits when you look at them to hard!

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#3273479 19-Aug-2024 13:18

And dealer's are advertising an electric folding towbar

If nothing else that looks handy to warn off drivers following too closely.

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#3273487 19-Aug-2024 13:48

Mark:

Scott3:

It's rated for towing:

I don't care! It's wrong!!!!! :-)

Lotus is supposed to be light weight, handle like physics has been given an exemption from applying and fall to bits when you look at them to hard!

I think they throw a lot of lotus DNA out the door the moment they make it an SUV, same with the Urus, Purosangue, DBX etc.

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#3273494 19-Aug-2024 14:49

lxsw20:

I think they throw a lot of lotus DNA out the door the moment they make it an SUV, same with the Urus, Purosangue, DBX etc.

I know .. I bet they even come with carpet now! :-(

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#3273524 19-Aug-2024 15:57

To be fair I don't have an issue with a tow bar on anything really. If I had an M5 I'd rather have a towbar on it than have to have another SUV/Ute just to tow stuff.

Besides, some M5s have a stonking great V10 in them. Surely they'd be great for towing!

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