lotus exige.... what a car!

BiGBrOwNPimpsta · Jan 11, 2006, 11:20 AM

check this video of one hell of a lotus

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...03150737530875

i've never been a huge fan of the elise, but i have respect for it always. these cars prove horsepower isnt everything

Sandok · Jan 11, 2006, 11:22 AM

Yup now that's just gorgeous.. And I love topgear so I've seen it

It's the ultimate proof that nimble and fast is the way to go

Who needs a big engine?

daedal · Jan 11, 2006, 11:24 AM

Looks like a mix of Viper, RX8 and Porshe. Beautiful ride.

j2t · Jan 11, 2006, 11:37 AM

Very cool little vid...I'm sure it would have been made toast by the cannon though. heh

Lotus does make some impressive vehicles.

Rasta Monsta · Jan 11, 2006, 11:46 AM

Great car, but that Apache bit was J.P.S. (just plain stupid).

rasta

Drakon · Jan 11, 2006, 12:00 PM

I gotta agree with Rasta. Though they were playing Motorhead

***Zardon*** · Jan 11, 2006, 12:01 PM

Lotus make some of the best handling cars for sure.

BiGBrOwNPimpsta · Jan 11, 2006, 12:07 PM

they should use them against us troops, no more missle lock! HHAHA

****i hope i dont get flamed poltically by neon now lol

pr0digal jenius · Jan 11, 2006, 01:45 PM

Later on in the show, they let the helicopter go 2 miles out and the lotus is toast in 2.75 seconds

But yes, that car will out handle damn near anything. And it is plain and simple, the fastest 4 wheeled 4 cylindered car ever built on natural aspiration. [They'll do north of 200 tricked out, mind you]

...and the best part is, you can have one of them imported AND tricked out, for less then a corvette. Off the lot here in Atlanta they are around 48,000, where as a vette is pushing 58,000

**MIG-31** · Jan 11, 2006, 01:52 PM

remember seeing this on top gear last year..... one fantastic looking car.....

Always liked the looks of Lotus style of design.and with this car being extremely small,no surprise how nimble it looks.

Sandok · Jan 11, 2006, 02:41 PM

I see them all the time around here... Gorgeous in orange and great noise

Gotta love lotus. Best handling ever. Period.

daedal · Jan 11, 2006, 07:52 PM

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I see them all the time around here... Gorgeous in orange and great noise

Gotta love lotus. Best handling ever. Period.

Damn, all we get here are rusted '92 Civics.

Randomletters · Jan 11, 2006, 08:31 PM

Yea really the expensive cars around here are usually owned by college kids and their daddies, Man I hate college kids

Dark Lord · Jan 11, 2006, 08:48 PM

ive only ever seen 2 lotus's out here here. one was a 72 that i was looking at buying for my self, the other was a brand new Elise.

Rasta Monsta · Jan 12, 2006, 01:14 AM

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Yea really the expensive cars around here are usually owned by college kids and their daddies, Man I hate college kids

Well, we sure are glad you aren't bitter.

rasta

SFOSOK · Jan 12, 2006, 04:13 AM

I don't know if any of you guys noticed how ugly the mirrors were on those cars or were you all just ignoring it. The design must have been devired from man who swung the other way as he would obsessed with a certain something...

I think overall it could be better, probably fast, probably good handling. I wouldn't take it for free I'd sell it. All cars now adays bite off of others designs making none of them truelly unique. I see quite a few cars I know in this ones model. Hopefully that isn't the final version as the mirrors make me want to puke.

CDsDontBurn · Jan 12, 2006, 07:33 AM

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Looks like a mix of Viper, RX8 and Porshe. Beautiful ride.

w00t w00t~! lol.

i wonder which of the two cars would be the better car though, the rx8 or the exige. anybody have any specs on the car?

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found the one for the RX-8.

Sandok · Jan 12, 2006, 10:28 AM

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I don't know if any of you guys noticed how ugly the mirrors were on those cars or were you all just ignoring it. The design must have been devired from man who swung the other way as he would obsessed with a certain something...

I think overall it could be better, probably fast, probably good handling. I wouldn't take it for free I'd sell it. All cars now adays bite off of others designs making none of them truelly unique. I see quite a few cars I know in this ones model. Hopefully that isn't the final version as the mirrors make me want to puke.

I got no clue what you are talking about... The car is way more gorgeous than many out there...

Drakon · Jan 12, 2006, 10:46 AM

Actually I don't find the car's visuals appealing either. It's definitely a nice lil car for speed and handling, but I wouldn't buy it.

Sandok · Jan 12, 2006, 10:52 AM

Well it's more showy than the normal elise, that's for sure......

**Vikingod** · Jan 12, 2006, 10:54 AM

If I had the money, that would be the car I would buy, period.

Rasta Monsta · Jan 12, 2006, 11:46 AM

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i wonder which of the two cars would be the better car though, the rx8 or the exige. anybody have any specs on the car?

The RX-8 is not in the same class as this car. Here are some power to weight ratios to chew on (expressed in lbs/bhp, lower is better):

2005 Ford GT - 6.34 (3485/550)
2005 Dodge VIper - 6.82 (3410/500)
2005 Corvette C6 - 7.95 (3179/400)
2005 Porsche 911 (996) Turbo - 8.24 (3660/444)
2005 Lotus Exige 240R - 8.43 (2050/243)
2005 RX8 Turbo - 12.73 (3029/238)

Add to that gaudy 8.43 lbs/bhp the fact that the car has fully functional underbody ground effects to go with that rear wing, and gets almost 30 MPG. . .this may be one of the top five production vehicles of all time.

My 2 cents (OK, maybe more like 25 cents, but, whatever).

rasta

Rasta Monsta · Jan 12, 2006, 11:47 AM

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The design must have been devired from man who swung the other way as he would obsessed with a certain something...

Hmm, the mirrors don't look like Johnsons to me. Perhaps it is you who are obsessed. . .

rasta

pr0digal jenius · Jan 12, 2006, 02:22 PM

that weight spec you have is also fully decked out, rasta, gutted to the bare essentials, the exige weighs in down towards 1900 pounds

SFOSOK · Jan 13, 2006, 02:39 PM

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Hmm, the mirrors don't look like Johnsons to me. Perhaps it is you who are obsessed. . .

rasta

O no not the mirrors, the entire car itself. The mirrors are just plain nasty though. If someone stuck their arm the window holding a mirror and paint their hand yellow it would look better, or at least the same. The body design is nothing new though. I need to have some edges or I wouldn't like it. Yes cars can have too many curves just like a car can look like a box.

CDsDontBurn · Jan 13, 2006, 06:27 PM

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