I concur with these guys. I was looking to "upgrade" to an Evora as well.
On paper it seemed to check all the right boxes, and I was seriously considering one until I test drove it --
couldn't wait to get back into the 86. (Keep in mind, this was a 2011 Base)
Looks are great (and even better in person), brakes have bite, but the car isn't screwed together at all -- fitment and finish is worse than the 86.
The steering is telepathic, but communicated through one of the cheapest feeling wheels I've held on to.
The Camry V6 doesn't like to rev like our boxers and feels lethargic and disconnected.
Shifter action is so long it feels like you're punching the bloke overseas who put it together.
Pedal placement might have been an afterthought for LHD, because it is so offset to the right, I was fatigued after my test drive.
No dead pedal either unless you get the IPS.
They fixed some of these problems with the Evora S (and 400),
but $8k and 30 hours to replace the clutch sealed it's fate for me.
I know they are a dime a dozen, but the Cayman is a far superior road car, it takes a fairly special person to own a Lotus.
You will have to accommodate that maybe your Lotus won't startup the next day and you will not have parts for months.
You have to disassemble half the car just to replace the clutch
