While little is known about the concept, AutoExpress (the UK automotive press's equivalent of a gossip rag) reckons it will sit alongside a new roadster concept and a new front-engined GT car.
Of course, it remains to be seen if there's any truth to these reports and it will likely be September before any further details are known.
Lotus is known to be focusing its energies on breaking into the cashed-up luxury performance market, with an ultimate goal of tripling sales from around 2000-2500 cars per year to 7000.
Lotus has offered little else on what we can expect to see at Paris, describing its new concept as "the future evolution of an iconic British brand".
