Two protruding pillars - essentially a double nose - slope down over the front wing, whereas on the two cars seen from the front so far, the McLaren MP4-29 and Williams FW36, there are just single sections at the tip.
With the car retaining the same black, gold and red livery of recent seasons, logos from Venezuelan oil firm PDVSA also appear for the first time following Pastor Maldonado's winter arrival from Williams.
Although Lotus have become the latest team to release teaser images of their car, the E22 won't officially be launched until the first of the Bahrain tests in mid-February after the team opted to skip next week's opening four-day session at Jerez.
Despite losing their highly-regarded Team Principal on the eve of one of the most important winter testing seasons in years, Lotus co-chairman Gerard Lopez, who will dovetail his boardroom role with Boullier's former duties, insisted on Friday that the team would prosper in 2014.
Drivers for 2014 are Romain Grosjean and Pastor Maldonado.
photo credit: © 2014 Lotus F1 Team
edited text credit: © 2014 skysports.com
