The company Lotus announced that begins to develop its own engines V8 and V6. Now the cars of this brand are Toyota motors, and, as evidenced by the survey of 10,000 respondents, conducted by the company, the majority was of the opinion that this situation does not honor the Lotus. It is known that the development of the engine is an expensive and complex, but the firm went on it, using funds released from work on the Quad model Elan, she is excluded from the "five-year plan" of the company. The first prototype V-shaped "eight" should see the light of day in July of this year. According to information leaked from the stables of Lotus information, its capacity will be 550-570 HP For comparison, the 4.5-litre naturally aspirated V8 installed on Ferrari 458 Italia develops 570 HP at 9000 min-1 and has a torque of 540 Nm. Apparently, this model is seen as the management of the Lotus as the nearest competitor. The V8 engine is intended to be modular and subsequently on its base to create rednow "four". If this fails, the management of the firm declares that it is always ready to return to the proven Toyota engines. Also in the plans of the Lotus has a motor V6 rated at 450 HP