A few months ago legendary ‘The Who’ frontman and car-lover Roger Daltrey, CBE, teamed up with premium British sports car manufacturer Lotus to design a one-off Lotus Evora to be actiouned off for charity. The outcome of the project is the pictured Roger Daltrey Lotus Evora S 2+2 Coupe, which will be auctioned for Teenage Cancer Trust on Thursday 1 December.

The most distictive traits of the car are a thin red line the graces front lip, side sills and rear bumper, logos of The Who on the sides, Union Jack in shades of grey on the lower sides and rear spoiler and Mr.Daltrey’s autograph, elements that characterize the style of the interior as well. “It’s not every day you get asked to design for one of the legendary British car makers - said Roger Daltrey - As the car is being auctioned for Teenage Cancer Trust, I decided to get some advice from a teenager, Toby, who is 18 and the son of John Entwistle’s roadie. We came up with the ideas together.”

The model uses the same 3.5-litre V6 engine (delivering 350 hp and 400 Nm of peak torque) and IPS automatic gearbox as the stadard Lotus Evora S. The car is expected to fetch between 50,000£ and 70,000£ (about 60,000-80,000€ / 80,000-110,000$), and the sale will take place at a Bonhams auction house location in Surrey, England. Phone, online and absentee bids will be accepted, here’s the auction link.

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When you think of Italian police cars you might have in mind something like a very mean Alfa, or even a Ferrari. But after the state Polizia got their Lamborghini Gallardo police car, the Carabinieri have turned to Lotus instead for its highway vehicle. Hence we get a Lotus Evora S Carabinieri highway patrol car, decked out in full livery and complete with stuff like a fridge for transporting organs, emergency detection system and Enhanced Vehicle Automation (EVA) system for on-the-ground navigation and surveillance.

The Lotus Evora S are licenced to the Carabinieri for the next two years and will undergo maintenance checks at Lotus’ Italian network. Only specifically trained drivers will be able to use the vehicles, and the pics show Carabinieri track testing the Evora S at Hethel facilities. Will it be a boost to the Lotus image in Italy? The company already has a number of Italian executives in its echelons, and this is just another example of the Little Italy happening in Lotus right now as it gets some new product designs out there from former Ferrari employees.

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