New Exige
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The Exige S1 was the sexiest car in the world ever though? The S2 wasn't too bad either...
MY2010 arrived and it all went to pot... then this MY2012 and...
Toyota V6, same as used in the Evora.
They've supercharged the Evora so I guess a Exige V6 SC is on the cards for in a year or two as well... although I guess it depends whether it will fit. Cramming a V6 into the Elise chassis is hard enough as it is!
They've supercharged the Evora so I guess a Exige V6 SC is on the cards for in a year or two as well... although I guess it depends whether it will fit. Cramming a V6 into the Elise chassis is hard enough as it is!
I had that thought too about the new test track
Does seem as though the new Lotus cars are just going to be bland Italian esque pieces of lard with rock hard suspension for no other reason than because bitumen was too readily available.
They should have bought some of the nearby farmland to build their proper "race track", and left the legendary "test track" as it was. But I think with all the new money swirling around they just couldn't bear to stare any longer at the ugliness of all the weeds, cracks and old tyre barriers.
The guys that do all the suspension and setup tuning must be gutted. It's going to make their job 10x harder now. It's basically setting them up to fail. And we will know because the motoring press tend to shout pretty loudly if Lotus ever gets it wrong on the handling front. Remember the whole Elise S2 "understeer zomg" affair?
Does seem as though the new Lotus cars are just going to be bland Italian esque pieces of lard with rock hard suspension for no other reason than because bitumen was too readily available.
They should have bought some of the nearby farmland to build their proper "race track", and left the legendary "test track" as it was. But I think with all the new money swirling around they just couldn't bear to stare any longer at the ugliness of all the weeds, cracks and old tyre barriers.
The guys that do all the suspension and setup tuning must be gutted. It's going to make their job 10x harder now. It's basically setting them up to fail. And we will know because the motoring press tend to shout pretty loudly if Lotus ever gets it wrong on the handling front. Remember the whole Elise S2 "understeer zomg" affair?
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I like it. And I think it will look better in the flesh. But the side view looks wrong to me, the rear is too long compared to the front and middle sections of the car.
Also not too fond of the GT1 / Esprit esque back end. But that could change when I see it in the flesh.
Also not too fond of the GT1 / Esprit esque back end. But that could change when I see it in the flesh.