2024 Lotus Eletre R Review // The World's First 'Hyper' SUV
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The 2024 Lotus Eletre R (~$150,000) is a brand new fully electric SUV, with 905 horsepower and an estimated range of 600 km / 373 miles. It has a claimed 0-100 kmh time of just under 3 seconds and a 266 kmh / 165 mph top speed, which has Lotus boasting the Eletre R as the World’s fastest dual-motor SUV. But despite this speed it still weighs a considerable amount - especially when compared to any other Lotus in existence. But does it still drive and provide a Lotus-like experience despite its size and weight? Thomas and James are excited to find out! We hope you enjoy the episode. And then subscribe, silly.
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That intro was absolutely magnificent! How do you keep coming up with such incredible intros?!😂
@dhruvasammeta69
4 ай бұрын
did you just watch the intro and immediately head to the comment? there no way you could watch the 22 min video in approx 5 mins
@TheGsGClan
4 ай бұрын
2001
@kaigordon2900
4 ай бұрын
@@dhruvasammeta69a lot of people do that lol
@DuBstep115
4 ай бұрын
And I keep skipping them, I'm here for the car not the lame jokes
@oceanNmotoWoman
4 ай бұрын
I watched the intro then posted here. The pause button is your friend 😊 I agree the intro was pretty inspired, it made me LOL
Please never stop doing your fun filled intros! Anyone can do a car review, but your intros certainly put you apart.
@duosable
4 ай бұрын
hope they hire Louis CK to do the intros.
@amorgan20111
4 ай бұрын
Not everyone can do good car reviews btw.... KZread is full of amateur car reviewers, these guys are on top with the likes of Camisa (I know Thomas and James wouldn't like to read his name) and Matt Watson
@imranaijaz105
4 ай бұрын
@@amorgan20111 Completely agree!
@PrinsOrlof
4 ай бұрын
One of the most legendary intro of Throttle House period
@ConstantinFlattermann
4 ай бұрын
there reviews should not be in the same category as matt watson, because they are better in EVERY Sense i believe. they put so much more work in, it seems
I think Thomas had the right reaction in the opening scene.. Wuhan joke was gold... lmao!! Well done James
You guys are so good with these reviews. I know its been said before, but you truly are the spiritual successor to Top Gear. That's not hyperbole...you didn't have a big network to finance a world-class car show, and yet here you are not just making top quality videos, but you have the banter and commentary that made Top Gear so great. Keep doing what you're doing. Throttle House absolutely rules
@purwantiallan5089
4 ай бұрын
Eletre R SUV overall is 8.1/10. Quite enjoyable to drive despite being an EV SUV.
The Wuhan joke was absolutely phenomenal. Great review as always
@Neojhun
4 ай бұрын
Welp that was lotus' fault for setting up the joke.
@cody3335
4 ай бұрын
I choked 😂
@nec135
4 ай бұрын
So catchy!
@johnlongnecker8776
4 ай бұрын
So funny I lost my breath!!
@mrunabout
4 ай бұрын
This was one of their greatest intros. I was hoping James would add in, "You're driving me bat s**t crazy." at the end, though.
Electric and SUV are not words I’d want to associate with Lotus but if this sells well enough to fund their proper sports cars then I can live with it
@memorimusic420
4 ай бұрын
Thats the only reason I can accept a car like this! But judging by this being chinese and the chinese taking over, thats not a good sign...
@_TheElMan
4 ай бұрын
Exactly. People said the same about Cayenne. If it funds us a new Elise I'm all for it.
@memorimusic420
4 ай бұрын
@@_TheElMan exactly!!! The problem is just if they dont give us that 😭 and since theyre literally changing into a chinese company focused on the chinese market im scared for it.
@kutlutortop4245
4 ай бұрын
unfortunately it won't. emira is their last gas sports car and i don't think geely is going to allow any more pure sports cars to come from lotus.
@TheFatihyet
4 ай бұрын
I agree but it still should have been lighter. That way brand identity can be there.
I can't think of anything further from "simplify and add lightness" than an electric luxury "hyper" suv. Hopefully this exists so they can use the sales to prop up the cars they want to make, and not because some investor got greedy and decided it was time to cannibalize the brand for a big payout.
@Beer_Dad1975
4 ай бұрын
This is what Geely does - they buy up recognised names and the churn out crappy Chinese EV's to sell to rich stupid Westerners.
@shuangzhou8445
3 ай бұрын
Lotus is pretty much on the brink of bankruptcy. Anyone who invests in Lotus now is actually saving it, making EV or not.
@Beer_Dad1975
3 ай бұрын
Guess loads of Lotus and/or Volvo fanboys down-voted my comment pointing out that they are both Chinese owned companies now, and all their EV only models are built in China based on Chinese designed & engineered platforms. Truth hurts I guess.
@Beer_Dad1975
3 ай бұрын
@@shuangzhou8445 I think the point is, it's not really Lotus if Lotus had almost nothing to do with its design and engineering, and they build it in China in a Geely factory and slap a Lotus badge on it.
@franksun4017
2 ай бұрын
@@Beer_Dad1975Well the lotus part. Or shall I say the lotus gene comes in the tuning of handling characteristics and chassis dynamics. I test drove it back in China, it is extremely well balanced, and handles better than some of the smaller and lighter competitors, without any loss of the comfort that people expect out of a luxury family SUV. The spirit of down sizing and adding lightness still holds true in that particular manner. After all, some start up can use the best possible parts for suspension and still mess up the tuning due to simply lack of engineers who understand motor sports. (The one I test drove back in Shanghai was tri-motor, and a 4 seater) It is a phenomenal car, in a sense that if you have some background knowledge about various brands and actually love driving; you feel the story flow through your blood when you floor it and carve it hard down a race track.
Well done. They are going to sell literally tens of these!
@Flugs0
4 ай бұрын
probably more
@lwwells
4 ай бұрын
@@Flugs0 I hope so. I hope they sell enough to make an affordable EV sports car.
@asharak84
4 ай бұрын
@@lwwells I hope not or they'll keep making SUVs instead
@lwwells
4 ай бұрын
@@asharak84 UGGGG That certainly is what happened to Porsche.
@Flugs0
4 ай бұрын
i don't really get it. why is it such an issue when a tradional sportscar manufacturer creates a non-sportscar? i guess it kinda takes away some meaning or value from what a porsche or a lotus is, but it doesn't take anything away from all the other sportscar that they have put out or will put out in the future.
What makes you guys hands down the best car channel on KZread is how genuinely funny you both are, cool cars are supposed to be fun and enjoyed I’ll never understand why other people want to take that fun out of cars by giving serious and stuffy reviews
@crazylego98
4 ай бұрын
"People that have different perspective than me are dumb >:(" They like the same stuff as you and you wanna put them down? Car community so positive..
@travvhunter
4 ай бұрын
@@crazylego98 you’re the negativity you’re talking about then.. all I said was I personally like to have fun and laugh when I watch my car content LOL
@crazylego98
4 ай бұрын
@@travvhunter you're comparing one as the best, implying the other as not the best, going further to say 'ill never understand", and then you turn it on me. Okay enjoy your day lol.
@Southghost5997
4 ай бұрын
😂 these guys are up there, but who the hell are giving serious and stuffy reviews?
@chaseteter
4 ай бұрын
@@Southghost5997Matt Farrah gave a serious, controversial, and political review that has a lot of people talking. I can’t think of anyone other example honestly. Almost all reviewers are more technical than these guys, maybe that’s what they mean.
James Attenborogh is always spot on... You guys absolutely make me laugh with every episode. Keep having fun (along the way of throwing some car knowledge in there for "review' purposes).
@thedarkknight1971
4 ай бұрын
Re: the intro... Here we find the 'Oafs', a descendent of the 'Lummox'. It itself a genus of the 'Clod' family tree, where, you'll also find the associated branches of 'Lout', 'Lump' and 'Stumblebum'... (The more you know 😉) 🤣🤣🤣 😎🇬🇧
@purwantiallan5089
4 ай бұрын
@@thedarkknight1971well you definitely got an idea man. 😉
that intro made my day... the last second cracked me up! Congratz guys and hope this year brings you even more success!
Truly incredible car content in every aspect - informative, entertaining. Thanks guys, keep going!
These two guys makes me proud to be Canadian. Informative and entertaining, both to a higher degree than required.
@Kevatron-qk9op
4 ай бұрын
Same here!
@64Alvis
4 ай бұрын
James has a weird accent. He must be French Canadian.
@fredrce
4 ай бұрын
@@64Alvis He's not Canadian, he's Brit
@nielosoweznaki
4 ай бұрын
Woosh man :)
@JJs_playground
4 ай бұрын
@@64Alvis Lol.. ya he must be from Rimouski, Quebec.
02:52 is EVERYTHING I love about this channel. You guys ARE the evolved Top Gear and you deserve many more subscribers.
@falcongamer5867
4 ай бұрын
Stop looking for a top gear alternative. When a real one comes up, it would feel natural and not the viewers trying to skew their perception to make it seem like top gear
@pandre5458
4 ай бұрын
@falcongamer5867 too bad your ratio says nobody cares
@falcongamer5867
4 ай бұрын
@@pandre5458 what's the reasoning behind that? It's a reply
@patton3338
4 ай бұрын
@@falcongamer5867 Bro, I love Top Gear, but it was just 3 decently entertaining British dudes. Stop looking for an alternative? Stop pretending Top Gear was magic lol. They had so many terrible episodes along with the good, you remember that right? Throttle House is better, if anything. If they're not your style, Rory is better too. Rory even was a Top Gear presenter, than he ditched that scene for youtube cause he didn't need em.
@ItzzzBeamo
4 ай бұрын
Im surprised this video didn't come with a Covid-19 footnote after hearing that joke XD
You’ve outdone yourself for the intro skit. Someone give them an Oscar! Thomas puking had me laughed out loud for real! 😂
Hitting the like button because you guys are killing it with the quality! Don’t like the car but the effort you put in the video 👏 Keep pushing and wish you even more successful year than the previous!
@wisdoma4860
4 ай бұрын
LIES, THAT LOTUS IS NOT THE WORLDS FIRST HYPER WHATEVER. TESLA PLAID ALREADY GOT ONE AT 1000HP..DONT LISTEN TO THESE FAKERS ...LOL EVER..
A classic throttle house intro.
The minute you think the intro will be a fail you realize it might be the best one yet
@theoteddy9665
4 ай бұрын
well.. I feel it would fail only if put at the end..regardless whats in it..?
As always, another fantastic review!! Great work, as always!!
proper car reviews with a proper sense of madness and humour ... brilliant !
The shot of the roof fading and Harrison standing over it was hilarious. It was like something from a horror movie, lol. Great work as always.
LOVED the intro. The Wuhan joke was on point as well. Great start to '24, guys!
I always look forward to how your next and next and next intro will be....very creative, funny and precise to the car under review. Laughing all the way from Kenya...Keep it up!!!. Awesome reviews as well.
Always a pleasure watching you two! You rock
You guys are by far the most entertaining car reviewers to watch.
@purwantiallan5089
4 ай бұрын
Throttle House in 2023/2024 starts to look like 2009 Top Gear due to how amazing it really is.
@Chongfjongdong
4 ай бұрын
most cringey
@TinyT1792
4 ай бұрын
Carwow😂
@NotYourAverageMeatball
4 ай бұрын
@@TinyT1792 Nope. Mat's good, but T & J are nearly on par with Top Gear
@NotYourAverageMeatball
4 ай бұрын
@@Chongfjongdong No one's forcing you to watch
Lotus: we want to sell 100k cars a year! World: cool, let's do this! Lotus: priced at $150,000! World: wait....what?????
@romanovmarkelyon1021
4 ай бұрын
Don’t worry, these will all sell lol
@faheemabbas3965
4 ай бұрын
Another EV too expensive to “save the world”
@asmedia5220
4 ай бұрын
I work for a Lotus dealer - they're absolutely flying out the doors here in the UK, we're not used to being so busy 🤣
@cowmath77
4 ай бұрын
@@asmedia5220how much does a new battery pack cost, with labor, once the originals fail 5-10 years from now? I bet these will be $40,000 on the used market once the pack tax starts to kick in.
@drumnbasssakuga9352
4 ай бұрын
And marked up to $300,000
this is hands down the greatest and best intro of any car video i've ever seen 😂😂
That intro killed me 😂😂 You guys are the best! Top 10 intros so far, and been watching since the beginning
OMG, James sticking his hands through the seat to touch Thomas, priceless! 😂
That Wuhan joke was gold!
That is hands down, the best opening of any YT content.
Best intro in all videos/movies/tv shows I have ever seen
Looks like Predator from the front. Have to say, this is the first Lotus I've looked at without any feeling of excitement.
@AdrianJReynolds
4 ай бұрын
Probably that dry grey color. Looks amazing in green, red, yellow.
We need a compilation of all your intros one day 😂, truly hilarious!
@msmoniz
4 ай бұрын
Along with the blooper reels from all of them!
Y’all are hands down THE #1 Car Review Channel! Thanks for everything y’all do!
@purwantiallan5089
4 ай бұрын
Car Throttle and CarWow are 2nd and 3rd best Car review channels.
I love your intros! Phenomenal! Greetings from Germany!!!
Best intro ever 😂😂😂
@purwantiallan5089
4 ай бұрын
Yep. Throttle House always nailed those intros.😊
the Wuhan joke starting at 2:50 was hella funny this channel is gold
Great way to keep me entertained, loved the intro
That intro was amazing. Top content in general 👍🏼
Y'all's review of the GT350 helped me to decide with absolute confidence to get one a few years ago when you did the M2 shootout. When I was getting a Volvo, at the dealership our sales guy had an M2, and we swapped keys and went for a drive in eachothers cars! It was a hoot, but all of the other employees were saying my Orange Fury Gt350 was "the cool car" compared to his Teal M2 competition. I agree to this day! Thanks for making these hilarious and fun car videos!
@Konnersaki
4 ай бұрын
Jeez people watching these videos actually buy the cars ?? 😅 congrats ur rich asf -a broke trades apprentice
Lotus left us drooling over the Elise and Esprit back in the day but this thing is a monstrosity that resembles 4 different cars molded together to create one personality less meh-mobile .
@sylvaind.6786
4 ай бұрын
See one, drive one and you may change your mind
@CarShopping101
4 ай бұрын
304 mile WLTP range is pathetic. That is probably equal to about 220 mile real world warm weather range. Cold weather range will be atrocious.
@seanlee3863
4 ай бұрын
This one is for making money and selling in larger volume, the other sport cars are for the niche market for car enthusiasts
@cwdjdsd-36321cs
4 ай бұрын
@@CarShopping101373km for the electre S this is the performance model. Plus these support 350kw charging
@kevinqi7992
10 күн бұрын
lotus doesn’t need people like you to “drool”. you can “drool” for a lifetime and lotus doesn’t benefit a cent. they need this to work to get money for sports cars, like porsche’s suvs
thats the best intro you guys have done yet, so good absolutely perfect xD
The most genuine car review channel on earth! PERIOD! 😎😎😎
I'm sure it will be perfectly reliable 👌🏻
@mattspeer01
4 ай бұрын
Lol, for sure... nothing screams reliability like a British car, especially a high-tech EV
@Elkott
4 ай бұрын
@@mattspeer01Made in China no less
@runescapemasters123
4 ай бұрын
@@mattspeer01 It's Chinese. Desgined in China and built in China. Lotus is 100% owned by Geely.
@mattspeer01
4 ай бұрын
Not any better…
@nanashi7779
4 ай бұрын
@@runescapemasters123 marginally worse
You guys made laugh so hard this morning. I think my woke up my neighbors. Door handle part was hilarious 😂
AS always GREAT VID :) always enjoy you guys
Haven’t watched the rest yet, but that intro was amazing. A top fiver for sure.
This is definitely the funniest of the Attenborough intros!
That intro was an instant classic 😂😂😂😂👍🏾
Absolutely the best intro!! 👌
"The badge says Lotus" but everyone else says "Is that an Urus?". The interior is so different, I love it.
Hands down best intro’s on KZread. Keep up the good work fellas. Happy New Year
The intro to this should have been the beginning of 2001: A Space Odyssey
You guys are the best!! Intro masters!!!
The intro really got me 😂 thanks for entertaining and providing great information for us guys
Imagine being a first timer on this channel and seeing that intro😂!
Some of the jokes in these sketches hit harder than an SNL episode.
You guys are EASILY my favorite automotive KZreadrs!!! 🤣👍🏼
Not sure how you all got into this gig originally, but you deserve all the success that comes your way (no interior pun intended, James). You guys rock!
@purwantiallan5089
4 ай бұрын
The Eletre R SUV is as heavy as FORD F650 SUPER TRUCK.
@mry82
4 ай бұрын
crazy!@@purwantiallan5089
lol, you two are brilliant! Another excellent intro (and video) and Thomas’ reaction on it being an EV nearly caused me to pee a little 😂😂
I spat my drink with that intro! You guys!!!🤣🤣
I'm just chilling at work eating my lunch and when the door handle popped out in the intro, I nearly done spewed food all over the place! Hilarious intro!
Love the video. You guys continue to crush it. I think it’s interesting the trajectory that Lotus has gone.
It makes economically sense to sell an electric SUV, it still feels wrong. Let's hope a lot of rich guys buy this car so Lotus can afford to keep building light and nimble cars in the future 🙏
@4literv6
4 ай бұрын
Best selling lambo of ALL time is the urus, the Ferrari not an SUV but is an SUV purosangue thingie has greater demand than any Ferrari ever! I bet the all new ev only Porsche macon will outsell the ice macon by the end of next year, heck the taycan outsold The 911 twice already. 😀 The ice macon is the best selling Porsche of ALL time. Seems to be a common theme here eh?
@matz4k
4 ай бұрын
I know, thats why I said it made economical sense. @@4literv6
@motorista_ramon
4 ай бұрын
@@4literv6that's the reason why it will fail,the competition is just better.
@4literv6
4 ай бұрын
@@motorista_ramon not sure I'm following here? The competition has vehicle's with superior perf sure(model X plaid since late 2021. They have luxurious 2 and 3 row ev suvs and even sporty ones sure. But this is definetely one for the premium ev segment and that lotus badge(despite geely&China ownership plus tech. Still means something to some people. I mean people didn't stop buying jags, Porsches n lambos when Ford owned jaguar, vag bought out Porsche and lambo right. Imo this will sell quite well for lotus/geely. I bet just 3-5,000 units sold annually would make them very happy!
@faheemabbas3965
4 ай бұрын
The problem is that the Emira is Lotus’ last ICE car.
love your work! Canadians are such nice people.
That smoke out sunroof glass is awesome!
Your Intros keep me going in this crappy world, absolutely love your guys work and the fun you bring to your channel!
I'd watch you twerps review a sausage. Sending love from Yorkshire.
Epic intro! Throwing up after not seeing the exhaust was hella funny! Lol
Love these guys. Never change
You guys are extremely good, Extremely creative! It's wonderful
If there is something worth watching after Jeremy and team left top gear then its throttle house. I wish you guys the best. Keep it light, fun and informative.
That intro was so good I had to rewatch before getting to the rest of the video 🤣
21:50 LMAO u almost got me ! i clicked away on the black screen but was like “nah i should go back and check” hahaha !
Always a good morning when this crew drop a video!
The quality of a Lotus paired with the attention to detail the Chinese car industry is known for, all in an electric car thats 150K? What a F*****G NIGHTMARE! Good luck with that, sport.
@MichaelNiteRealEstate
4 ай бұрын
Atrocious at the very minimum. I foresee flop in the Eletre future
@AdrianJReynolds
4 ай бұрын
They're delivering in Europe right now (not in the Americas until next fall/winter), so we'll see over the next several months how the vehicle fairs in software updates and early reliability. Could be a stinker, could be problem-free.
THE BEST intro to-date
Sick intro boys!!😂😂 love to have you back for 2024!!
Intro was incredible, Wuhan references were hilarious! Ending bit was great. You guys truly are next level. Keep up the great work!
@purwantiallan5089
4 ай бұрын
Wish they also include reference from Osaka.
God, I absolutely love the car enthusiasts in the wild!!! I have to keep up with these two wild beasts. The best story of the year by far!
This intro and Hoovie's Dumb & Dumber intro are the best, love it!
Man it sure is fun watching you lol. Gorgeous car but I would have expected MUCH more talk about the handling since in reality… that’s all Lotus is really known for. Also, I LOVE that you guys kept the glitch in the screen when Thomas was trying to turn on the fog mode. I can only imagine that its due to the lotus connect OS is built on Android, Great job guys!
Man what an intro, just amazing!!
I genuinely appreciate the commitment to the intro bit. 🤣
Love your guys work and as a Brit think the humour is on par with comedy required to keep us from getting to move away from the show. One thing you should closely look into and possibly revisit about the Lotus is the shocking fact that the range is actually very bad to what it calms. I’m here in Hangzhou China and had the car to test for 2 weeks and found the figures displayed within the GUI were all over the place and consistently jumped around. So range anxiety its a major factor and surprised me considering the high price of the car. Lotus really needs to address this is as a plethora of cheaper cars give me true range figures when using the car on a daily drive. It’s not a small issue and buyers should be aware and not be swayed by the many other plus points that the car delivers but the GUi is absolutely shocking and needs an updated now, as you’re paying so much money for an elite SUV. Keep going guys you’re hilarious and I love your channel, a comment from you would be appreciated.
@purwantiallan5089
4 ай бұрын
Is Eletre R SUV available in Guangzhou, China?
@yupengchang4281
3 ай бұрын
@@purwantiallan5089 yes
That is the best intro yet… the barf at the end had me laughing out loud
Your intros absolutely slay me! 🤣🤣 As a fellow Canadian, I'm so proud of you boys.
That intro will age well. Well Done Guys!! 👍🏻😄👍🏻
Absolutely amazing skit guys 😂 love it, keep it up
That intro was brilliant. Missed you guys. There was a ghost on the sunroof 😱
Fantastic review, guys.
The wuhan joke was hilarious.
You guys should be on Prime Time!!!. Great job!!
These guys are geniuses and super funny,the on cue vomiting after the mention of E mentioned was hilarious😂😂😂
Sir David Attenborough would be proud after watching that intro 😂
I laughed through the entire video; The intro The Wuhan joke The dentist joke The German joke 🤣🤣🤣
Great video!! really had to laugh at the intro!! :D will you do a cybertruck video?
The Intro was absolutely 💯 🔥 😂
Can't believe 3 days into 2024 and you guys already have your first video in.