Guest plainswolf Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 Have any of you guys seen this before? It's a Lotus Elise. If it has hit the American market already then it's only been here a year or so. But I do know they will be available here in the U.S.A. in 2005. The specs say it only weighs 1975lbs. and has a 190hp. mid-mounted engine and has a low 13-sec. 1/4 mile. Sounds like the handling is awesome on it as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Phailure Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 mmm like an mr-s with more power... i like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim240z Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 Hmmmm.....talk to John Coffey....I think that it was an Elise that used to spank his car all the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zguy95135 Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 those little cars are awesome. I saw one at an autoX once, those things are tiny!!! BTW In another roadtest I saw it posted mid-high 12 sec 1/4 miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest plainswolf Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 I'm 6-1... one thing I love about my 1st.gen datsun is that I actually have headroom... Im not so sure I would in these.. I'd love to compare headroom measurements though... what , exactly IS the headroom specs/ measurement on a first generation Zcar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2many280s Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 I saw a Top Gear video a week or so ago of a Lotus (I believe it was the Exige) Getting chased around the track by an Apache helicopter. Was funny as hell, they couldn't get a lock on the little thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest plainswolf Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 the pecs say it can hold 1.0g on the lateral skidpad.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruxGNZ Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 the pecs say it can hold 1.0g on the lateral skidpad.. ...and the biceps say it has 190 horse power tap, tap, is this thing on !M! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heavy Z Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 These weighed 1,450 lbs to start with, to think of one on the street sends a chill up my spine. If I was paid a million bucks to try and keep up with any production car in a race through town, this would be my last choice for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2many280s Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 Yep thats the one they were chasing with the helicopter =) At one point he drove under the chopper and parked, and it was so light the downdraft was moving the car hehe. Found the video... http://www.sleepy-fish.com/sleepy/Top_Gear_Exige_hi.wmv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VRJoe Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 I've always like Lotus. Small, nimble and sexy. Makes a GT40 look big. - Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 These are really interesting cars. I think HeavyZ was right with the weight being closer to 1400lbs, but either way they weigh nothing. The chassis is incredibly stiff, and it uses aluminum panels and tubing glued together. Yea glued, its quite odd but cool. I have seen elises with quite a few different engines. First they came with a rover inline 4 with 111 hp, now i think they have the toyota mr-s engine and tranny with some mods. I am not sure if lotus uses the new true sequential tranny that is available with the mr-s, but in any case they should. I have also seen a civic type r powered elise, and one oddball with the drivetrain from an audi s4...it was awd. I will see if i can find that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 well, here is the stripped down version of the elise http://www.supercars.net/cars/1999@$Lotus@$340Rg.html and here are some pics of the audi powered one. http://www.sandsmuseum.com/cars/elise/pictures/elisemods/roguess2mods.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slownrusty Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 And they have a Toyota Engine! (right out of the Celica, its the 2ZZGE engine!) Yasin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest steveo Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 throw in a Integra Type R engine in there and it will give a Mustang cobra R a run for its money! http://www.sportcompactcarweb.com/features/0205scc_coblot/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wagz Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 The Elise in the subject of this month's comparo-cover story in Car & Driver. I quickly skimmed the article a couple of nights ago. The test car weighed 1900lbs. The Lotus tuned Toyota power plant came in at 190hp; had a 4.4 second 0 to 60; ran a 13.2@104 in the quarter-mile. I think the skid pad numbers were 1.06g. Very cool little ride!! They were comparing it against a Lotus Super Seven replica, a Factory Five Cobra replica, a Honda S2000 and a MazdaSpeed Miata. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 280ZX_Classic Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 SteveO beat me to it. I was flipping through old sportcompactcar mags for like an hour afte I read the first post. The type R powered car beat the living hell out of a 2000 Cobra R, which had an underrated 380 HP with just an engine, no passenger seat, back seat, ac, radio, nothing. It was a good test, and both cars came in with poor times due to the heat, so the elise was even faster than the article gave it credit for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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